I’d like to share with you the CDs that I bought during the Canadian Collectors’ Congress in Toronto at the end of April. We’ll be hearing recordings made between 1922 and 1970 by Don Byas, Oliver Cobb,
Lee Collins, Carroll Dickerson, Elgar’s Creole Orchestra, Fred Elizalde, Paul Gason, Lud Gluskin, Capt. John Handy, Ma Rainey, Joe Robichaux, the Sunset Band, Clark Terry & Claude Thornhill, reissued on specialist labels such as Frog, Hindsight, Jazz Crusade, Jazz Oracle, King Jazz, Savoy and Timeless.
Artist: Sunset Band
Album: Black Chicago Big Bands
Tune: Wolverine Stomp
Label: Frog
Artist: Ma Rainey
Album: Ma Rainey Volume 1
Tune: Bad Luck Blues
Label: King Jazz
Artist: Ma Rainey
Album: Ma Rainey Volume 1
Tune: See See Rider Blues
Label: King Jazz
Artist: Paul Gason
Album: Lud Gluskin
Tune: Down Home Blues
Label: Jazz Oracle
Artist: Ma Rainey
Album: Ma Rainey Volume 2
Tune: Stack O’ Lee Blues
Label: King Jazz
Artist: Fred Elizalde Cinderella Roof Orchestra
Album: Fred Elizalde & the Sunset Bands
Tune: Boneyard Shuffle
Label: Timeless
Artist: Elgar’s Creole Orchestra
Album: Black Chicago Big Bands
Tune: Brotherly Love
Label: Frog
Artist: Lud Gluskin
Album: Lud Gluskin
Tune: Tiger Rag
Label: Jazz Oracle
Artist: Lud Gluskin
Album: Lud Gluskin
Tune: Whiteman Stomp
Label: Jazz Oracle
Artist: Carroll Dickerson
Album: Black Chicago Big Bands
Tune: Black Maria
Label: Frog
Artist: Lud Gluskin
Album: Lud Gluskin
Tune: Milenberg Joys
Label: Jazz Oracle
Artist: Oliver Cobb
Album: Black Chicago Big Bands
Tune: The Duck’s Yas Yas yas
Label: Frog
Artist: Lud Gluskin
Album: Lud Gluskin
Tune: There’s a Wah-Wah Gal in Agua Caliente
Label: Jazz Oracle
Artist: Joe Robichaux
Album: Joe Robichaux
Tune: I Would Do Anything For You
Label: Jazz Oracle
Artist: Don Byas
Album: Savoy Jam Party
Tune: Savoy Jam Party
Label: Savoy
Artist: Don Byas
Album: Savoy Jam Party
Tune: St. Louis Blues
Label: Savoy
Artist: Claude Thornhill
Album: Claude Thornhill
Tune: Robbins’ Nest
Label: Hindsight
Artist: Claude Thornhill
Album: Claude Thornhill
Tune: Donna Lee
Label: Hindsight
Artist: Lee Collins
Album: Club Hangover Airshots Volume 1
Tune: After You’ve Gone
Label: Jazz Crusade
Artist: Lee Collins
Album: Club Hangover Airshots Volume 2
Tune: If I Could Be With You
Label: Jazz Crusade
Artist: Clark Terry
Album: Clark Terry
Tune: Cat Meets Chick
Label: EmArcy
Artist: Clark Terry
Album: Clark Terry
Tune: Slow Boat
Label: EmArcy
Artist: Captain John Handy
Album: Television Airshots 1968 & 1970
Tune: Sunny Side of the Street
Label: Jazz Crusade
Artist: Captain John Handy
Album: Television Airshots 1968 & 1970
Tune: Untitled Blues
Label: Jazz Crusade
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