Various artists
The Story of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 - 1911 - 1940

Various artists - The Story of Vocal Jazz: Part 1 - 1911 - 1940

  • Release date: 2004
  • Genre: Vocal Jazz
  • Format: MP3
  • Category: jazz
  • Duration: 12:31:26
  • not rated
  • Added July 28, 2014
  • Played January 26, 2016

Tracks

disc 1
1. Sophie Tucker - Some of These Days [1911]not rated4:13
2. Fisk University Jubilee Quartet - Roll Jordan Roll [1913]not rated2:41
3. Marion Harris - After You've Gone [1918]not rated3:18
4. Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues [1920]not rated3:28
5. Bessie Smith - Down Hearted Blues [1923]not rated3:28
6. Ida Cox - I've Got the Blues for Rampart Street [1923]not rated2:49
7. Bessie Smith - Graveyard Dream Blues [1923]not rated2:46
8. Esther Bijeou - West Indies Blues [1923]not rated2:47
9. Ida Cox - Blues Ain't Nothin' Else But! [1924]not rated3:13
10. Bessie Smith - Boweavil Blues [1924]not rated2:54
11. Bessie Smith - Weeping Willow Blues [1924]not rated3:12
12. Alberta Hunter - Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin' [1924]not rated2:50
13. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan [1925]not rated2:55
14. Eva Taylor - Cake Walking Babies from Home [1925]not rated3:03
15. Ethel Waters - Sweet Georgia Brown [1925]not rated3:10
16. Bessie Smith - Soft Pedal Blues [1925]not rated3:21
17. Bessie Smith - Careless Love [1925]not rated3:28
18. Ethel Waters - Shake That Thing [1925]not rated3:13
19. Blind Blake - Too Tight Blues [1926]not rated2:56
20. Paul Robeson - Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child [1926]not rated3:02
21. Fred & Adele Astaire - Fascinating Rhythm [1926]not rated2:24
22. Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Comin' [1926]not rated3:03
23. Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys - Young Woman Blues [1926]not rated3:10
24. Bertha "Chippie" Hill - Pratt City Blues [1926]not rated2:56
25. Lonnie Johnson - Mean Old Bedbug Blues [1927]not rated2:54
1:17:14
disc 2
1. Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault but Mine [1927]not rated3:11
2. Bessie Smith - Back Water Blues [1927]not rated3:20
3. Bessie Smith - Alexander's Ragtime Band [1927]not rated3:01
4. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Match Box Blues [1927]not rated3:02
5. Sippie Wallace - Dead Drunk Blues [1927]not rated3:01
6. Adelaide Hall with Duke Ellington & HO - The Blues I Love to Sing [1927]not rated3:12
7. Bessie Smith - Dyin' by the Hour [1927]not rated3:00
8. Bessie Smith - Foolish Man Blues [1927]not rated2:56
9. Victoria Spivey - Dope Head Blues [1927]not rated3:17
10. Helen Humes - Cross Eyed Blues [1927]not rated3:09
11. Marion Harris - The Man I Love [1927]not rated3:23
12. Louis Armstrong - Hotter than That [1927]not rated3:05
13. Hattie McDaniels - I Thought I'd Do It [1927]not rated2:58
14. Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting for a Train [1928]not rated2:47
15. Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Tellin' [1928]not rated2:57
16. Rev. Johnny Blakey - Warming by the Devil's Fire [1928]not rated3:28
17. Blind Willie Davis - When the Saints Go Marching In [1928]not rated1:57
18. Memphis Jug Band - Peaches in the Springtime [1928]not rated3:15
19. Bessie Smith - Empty Bed Blues, Part 2 [1928]not rated3:22
20. Rube Lacy - Mississippi Jail House Blues [1928]not rated3:23
21. Henry Williams & Eddie Anthony - Georgia Crawl [1928]not rated3:23
22. Ma Rainey - Prove It on Me Blues [1928]not rated2:43
23. Arizona Dranes - God's Got a Crown [1928]not rated2:59
24. Ivy Smith with Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive [1928]not rated3:04
25. Ethel Waters - Guess Who's in Town [1928]not rated2:50
1:16:43
disc 3
1. Walter "Furry" Lewis - Kassie Jones [1928-08-28]not rated3:07
2. Bertha "Chippie" Hill - Some Cold Rainy Day [1928-10-13]not rated3:15
3. Noah Lewis - Viola Lee Blues [1928]not rated3:09
4. Texas Alexander - No More Woman Blues [1928]not rated3:03
5. Ozie Ware & Irving Mills - Diga Diga Doo [1928-11-15]not rated2:55
6. Louis Armstrong - Basin Street Blues [1928-12-04]not rated3:20
7. Charley Patton - Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues [1929]not rated3:05
8. Memphis Minnie - Bumble Bee [1929]not rated2:49
9. Blind Blake - Georgia Bound [1929]not rated3:23
10. Sonny Greer - Sloppy Joe [1929-03-07]not rated3:17
11. Jabbo Smith - Decatur Street Tutti [1929-04-04]not rated2:46
12. McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Beadle-Um-Bum [1929-04-09]not rated3:21
13. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Mosquito Man [1929]not rated3:02
14. Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out [1929-05-15]not rated2:59
15. Louis Armstrong - Black and Blue [1929-07-22]not rated3:10
16. T-Bone Walker - Wichita Falls Blues [1929]not rated3:12
17. Noble Sissle - Camp Meeting Day [1929-09-10]not rated3:01
18. Edith Johnson - Nickel's Worth of Liver Blues [1929-09-27]not rated2:49
19. Bessie Smith - Blue Spirit Blues [1929-10-11]not rated2:56
20. Georgia Tom Dorsey - Come On Mama [1929]not rated2:50
21. Bing Crosby - After You've Gone [1929-10-18]not rated3:04
22. Blind Willie McTell - Travelin' Blues [1929-10-30]not rated3:21
23. Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues [1929-12-13]not rated3:04
24. Sleepy John Estes - Milk Cow Blues [1930]not rated3:04
25. DunHam Jubilee Singers - I Dreamed of the Judgment Morning [1930]not rated2:42
1:16:44
disc 4
1. Fred Astaire - Puttin' On The Ritz (1930-03-26)not rated2:34
2. Bessie Smith - On Revival Day (1930-06-09)not rated2:58
3. George Thomas With McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (1930-07-28)not rated3:14
4. Hall Johnson - Good News (1930-08-08)not rated1:17
5. Ethel Waters - I Got Rhythm (1930-11-18)not rated3:09
6. Bumble Bee Slim - No Woman No Nickel (1931)not rated3:31
7. Louis Armstrong And His Sebastian New Cotton Orchestra - Shine (1931-03-09)not rated3:26
8. Bessie Smith - Shipwreck Blues (1931-06-11)not rated3:24
9. George Morton And Mill's Blue Rhythm Band - Heebie Jeebies (1931-06-26)not rated3:13
10. The Boswell Sisters - It's The Girl (1931-07-08)not rated3:12
11. Rosa Henderson - Can't Be Bothered With No Sheik (1931-08-19)not rated3:20
12. Louis Armstrong - Stardust (1931-11-04)not rated3:36
13. Bessie Smith - Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl (1931-11-20)not rated2:50
14. Mildred Bailey - Georgia On My Mind (1931-11-24)not rated3:30
15. Big Bill Broonzy - Too-Too Train (1932)not rated2:54
16. Leroy Carr - How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone (1932)not rated2:54
17. Ivie Anderson - It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Git That Swing (1932-02-02)not rated3:12
18. Harlan Lattimore - I Wanna Count Sheep (1932-03-10)not rated3:04
19. Bing Crosby - Some Of These Days (1932-05-26)not rated2:36
20. Josh White - Little Brother Blues (1932)not rated3:02
21. Mildred Bailey And The Matty Malneck Orchestra - Rockin' Chair (1932-08-18)not rated3:03
22. Irene Taylor - Willow Weep For Me (1932-09-26)not rated3:28
23. Bing Crosby And The Mill Brothers - My Honey's Lovin' Arms (1933-01-26)not rated3:00
24. Lee Wiley And The Dorsey's Brother Orchestra - I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (1933-03-07)not rated2:46
25. Ethel Waters And The Dorsey's Brother Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933-05-03)not rated3:05
1:16:18
disc 5
1. Connie Boswell And The Dorsey's Brothers Orchestra - The River's Taking Care Of Me (1933-06-15)not rated3:00
2. Henri "Red" Allen - Nagasaki (1933-09-22)not rated3:29
3. Louis Bacon - Rude Interlude (1933-09-26)not rated3:12
4. Jack Teagarden - I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (1933-10-18)not rated3:08
5. Cab Calloway - Zah Zuh Zah (1933-11-02)not rated3:27
6. Jack Teagarden - Love Me (1933-11-11)not rated3:04
7. The Spirits Of Rhythm - Rhythm (1933-11-20)not rated2:30
8. Bessie Smith - Take Me For A Buggy Ride (1933-11-24)not rated2:38
9. Tampa Red - King Fish Blues (1934)not rated3:12
10. Kokomo Arnold - Old Original Kokomo Blues (1934)not rated2:55
11. Charley Patton - Stone Pony Blues (1934-01-30)not rated2:49
12. Mitchell's Christian Singers - Them Bones (1934)not rated3:02
13. Ivie Anderson - Troubled Waters (1934-03-09)not rated3:32
14. Red McKenzie With The Spirits Of Rhythm - As Long As I Live (1934-09-11)not rated3:13
15. The Spirits Of Rhythm - Dr. Wattson And Mr. Holmes (1934-09-14)not rated2:45
16. Leroy Carr - Blues Before Sunrise (1934)not rated3:34
17. Charlie McCoy - Baltimore Blues (1934-09-16)not rated2:51
18. Billie Holiday - Symphony In Black (1934-10)not rated1:57
19. Carter Family, The - Wildwood Flower (1935)not rated3:18
20. Memphis Minnie - Dirty Mother For You (1935)not rated2:49
21. Leadbelly - Midnight Special (1935)not rated2:09
22. Leadbelly - See See Rider (1935)not rated2:58
23. Heavenly Gospel Singers - Lead Me To The Rock (1935)not rated2:50
1:08:22
disc 6
1. Dixie Rhythm - The Four Blackbirds (1935)not rated2:35
2. Valaida Snow - I Can't Dance, I've Got Ants In My Pants (1935-01-19)not rated2:44
3. Cab Calloway - I Ain't Got Nobody (1935-07-02)not rated3:04
4. Sleepy John Estes - Down South Blues (1935)not rated3:09
5. Georgia White - Honey Dripper Blues (1935-07-15)not rated3:09
6. Billie Holiday - I'm Painting The Town Red (1935-07-31)not rated3:00
7. Frances Langford And The Mahlon Merrick Orchestra - I Feel A Song Comin' On (1935-07-31)not rated3:03
8. Walter Davis - Ashes In My Whisky (1935)not rated2:36
9. Fats Waller - Truckin' (1935-08-07)not rated3:21
10. Blind Boy Fuller - My Brown Skin Sugar Plum (1935)not rated3:02
11. Louis Armstrong - I'm In The Mood For Love (1935-10-03)not rated3:11
12. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues (1936)not rated2:41
13. Robert Johnson - Ramblin' On My Mind (1936)not rated2:53
14. Memphis Minnie - Hoodoo Lady (1936)not rated3:06
15. Lil Johnson - That Bonus That Done Gone Thru (1936-02-12)not rated3:03
16. Bill Casey - W.P.A. Blues (1936-02-12)not rated3:18
17. Ella Fitzgerald - All My Life (1936-03-17)not rated3:15
18. Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues (1936)not rated3:04
19. Billie Holiday - These Foolish Things (1936-06-30)not rated3:20
20. Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra - Billie's Blues (1936-07-10)not rated2:41
21. Ella Fitzgerald - Mr Paganini You'll Have To Swing It (1936-10-29)not rated2:56
22. Midge Williams - Where The Lazy River Goes By (1936-12-16)not rated2:53
23. Lonnie Johnson - Flood Water (1937)not rated2:45
24. Washboard Sam - The Big Boat (1937)not rated3:04
25. Golden Gate Quartet - Golden Gate Gospel Train (1937)not rated2:36
1:14:29
disc 7
1. Norfolk Jubilee Quartet - Didn't It Rain (1937)not rated3:17
2. Mildred Bailey - Smoke Dreams (1937-01-08)not rated3:07
3. Gladys Palmer - Where The Lazy River Goes By (1937-01-28)not rated2:35
4. Duke Ellington - I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter (1937-03)not rated2:02
5. Ivie Anderson & Rex Stewart - I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter (1937-03-05)not rated2:36
6. Blind Boy Fuller - Pistol Slapper Blues (1937)not rated2:42
7. Ella Fitzgerald - You Showed Me The Way (1937-03-24)not rated3:22
8. The Mills Brothers & Louis Armstrong - Darling Nelly Gray (1937-04-07)not rated2:45
9. Merline Johnson - Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (1937-05-04)not rated2:53
10. Billie Holiday - Mean To Me (1937-05-11)not rated3:09
11. Bukka White - Shake'em On Down (1937)not rated3:00
12. Mahalia Jackson - Keep Me Every Day (1937-05-21)not rated2:47
13. Jimmy Rushing - Good Morning Blues (1937-08-09)not rated3:07
14. Edythe Wright & Tommy Dorsey And His Clambake Seven - Nice Work If You Can Get It (1937-10-14)not rated2:23
15. Maxine Sullivan - The Folks Who Live On The Hill (1937-10-22)not rated3:04
16. Billie Holiday - My Man (1937-11-01)not rated3:04
17. Ella Fitzgerald - I Want To Be Happy (1937-11-02)not rated4:32
18. The Andrew Sisters - Bei Mir Biste Schön (1937-11-24)not rated3:09
19. The Mills Brothers - Tiger Rag (1938)not rated1:50
20. Peetie Wheatstraw - What More Can A Man Do_ (1938)not rated3:05
21. Golden State Quartet - Sweet Adeline (1938)not rated2:24
22. Billie Holiday - Now They Call It Swing (1938-01-12)not rated3:07
23. Jimmy Rushing - Sent For You Yesterday (1938-02-16)not rated2:59
24. Jazz Gillum - Mule Blues (1938)not rated3:16
25. Slim & Slam - Chinatown My Chinatown (1938-02-17)not rated2:42
26. Rosetta Howard - How Long Baby Will You Keep Me This Way (1938-04-21)not rated2:23
1:15:20
disc 8
1. Billie Holiday - You Go to My Head [1938-05-11]not rated2:52
2. Sonny Boy Williamson I - Goodbye Red [1938]not rated3:13
3. Louis Armstrong - Shadrack [1938-06-14]not rated2:34
4. Louis Armstrong - Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen [1938-06-14]not rated3:10
5. Tiny Mayberry - Mailman Blues [1938-07-20]not rated3:07
6. Nan Wynn with Teddy Wilson - Laugh and Call It Love [1938-07-29]not rated2:57
7. Yank Rachell - When You Feel Down [1938]not rated3:17
8. Bea Wain with Larry Carlton - At Long Last Love [1938-08-01]not rated2:55
9. Fats Waller - Two Sleepy People [1938-10-13]not rated3:07
10. Georgia White - The Blues Ain't Nothin' But... [1938-10-21]not rated2:41
11. Marian Anderson - Deep River [1938-11]not rated3:13
12. Marian Anderson - Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child [1938-11]not rated3:21
13. Big Joe Turner - Roll 'Em Pete [1938-12-30]not rated2:52
14. Leadbelly - Bourgeois Blues [1939]not rated5:36
15. Selah Jubilee Singers - I Want Jesus to Walk Around My Bedside [1939]not rated3:21
16. Trummy Young with Jimmie Lunceford - 'Tain't What You Do [1939-01-03]not rated3:06
17. Helen Humes with Count Basie - My Heart Belongs to Daddy [1939-01-05]not rated2:58
18. Louis Armstrong - Jeepers Creepers [1939-01-18]not rated2:38
19. Billie Holiday with Teddy Wilson - More than You Know [1939-01-30]not rated3:09
20. Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie - Goin' to Chicago Blues [1939-02-13]not rated3:22
21. Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb - Undecided [1939-02-17]not rated3:18
22. Jean Eldridge with Johnny Hodges - Mississippi Dream Boat [1939-02-27]not rated2:40
23. Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters - She's Gone [1939-02-28]not rated3:04
24. Helen Ward with Gene Krupa - Mutiny in the Parlor [1939-02-29]not rated3:01
1:15:32
disc 9
1. Pha Terrell - You Set Me On Fire (1939-03-16)not rated2:56
2. Helen Humes - If I Could Be With You (1939-03-19)not rated3:00
3. Something To Live For (1939-03-21) - Long Gone Blues (1939-03-21)not rated3:09
4. Ivie Anderson - Something To Live For (1939-03-21)not rated2:49
5. Billie Holiday - Fine And Mellow (1939-04-20)not rated3:20
6. Ella Fitzgerald - Have Mercy (1939-03-21)not rated3:10
7. Big Bill Broonzy - Too Many Drivers (1939-05-11)not rated2:38
8. Jimmy Rushing - Nobody Knows (1939-05-19)not rated2:49
9. The Quintones & Barney Bigard - Utt-Da-Zay (1939-06-08)not rated2:51
10. Ivie Anderson - I'm Checkin' Out Go'om Bye (1939-0612)not rated2:30
11. Fats Waller - Honeysuckle Rose (1939-08-02)not rated3:20
12. Helen Forrest - Day In, Day Out (1939-08-27)not rated3:38
13. Frank Sinatra - All Or Nothing At All (1939-08-31)not rated3:01
14. Trummy Young - Think Of Me Little Lady (1939-09-14)not rated2:47
15. Martha Raye - Body And Soul (1939-09-17)not rated2:58
16. Ethel Waters - Baby What Else Can I Do (1939-09-22)not rated3:01
17. Ida Cox - Death Letter Blues (1939-10-31)not rated3:10
18. Fats Waller - Your Feet's Too Big (1939-11-03)not rated3:09
19. Hazel Scott - Mighty Like The Blues (1939-12-01)not rated2:55
20. Billie Holiday - The Man I Love (1939-12-13)not rated3:08
21. Ida Cox - 'Fore Day Creep (1939-12-24)not rated3:26
22. Bukka White - Parchman Farm (1940)not rated2:38
23. Leadbelly - Good Morning Blues (1940)not rated2:54
24. Blind Gary Davis - Cross And Evil Blues (1940)not rated3:05
25. Charioteers - Wade In The Water (1940)not rated2:43
1:15:05
disc 10
1. Charioteers - Ezechiel Saw The Wheel (1940)not rated2:44
2. Lee Wiley - A Ship WIthout A Sail (1940-02)not rated3:26
3. Faber Smith - East St. Louis Blues (1940-02-23)not rated2:51
4. Viola Jefferson - I Got Rhythm (1940-02-27)not rated2:33
5. Billie Holiday - Body And Soul (1940-02-29)not rated2:58
6. Champion Jack Dupree - New Long Down Dog (1940)not rated3:01
7. Shirley Ross - It Never Entered My Mind (1940-03-02)not rated3:12
8. Maxine Sullivan - The Hour Of Parting (1940-05-01)not rated2:50
9. T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues (1940-06)not rated3:18
10. Alberta Hunter - My Castle's Rockin' (1940-06-03)not rated2:34
11. Josh White - Trouble (1940)not rated3:21
12. Billie Holiday - Laughing At Life (1940-06-07)not rated2:58
13. Valaida Snow - You're Driving Me Crazy (1940-07-26)not rated2:22
14. Jimmy Rushing - I Want A Little Girl (1940-08-08)not rated2:41
15. Sammy Price - The Dirty Dozens (1940-09-26)not rated2:36
16. Big Joe Turner - Piney Brown Blues (1940-11-11)not rated2:57
17. Frank Sinatra - Stardust (1940-11-11)not rated3:15
18. Sonny Boy Williamson 1 - War Time Blues (1940)not rated2:58
19. Helen Forrest - The Man I Love (1940-11-13)not rated3:53
20. Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (1940)not rated2:42
21. Nat King Cole - Sweet Lorraine (1940-12-06)not rated2:57
22. Helen Ward - Embraceable You (1940-12-09)not rated3:18
23. Golden Gate Quartet - Blind Barnabus (1941)not rated2:10
24. Son House - Delta Blues (1941)not rated2:28
25. Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur (1941)not rated2:48
26. Golden Gate Quartet - Jezebel (1941)not rated2:48
1:15:39

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