Essential New Orleans Jazz: 50 Original Dixieland Jazz Favourites (2-CD)

by Various Artists

Any visitor to the French quarter today will be left in no doubt that New Orleans Jazz is alive and well, over a century since its supposed heyday. It would take more than a hurricane to extinguish the flame, so while you check out flights to Louis Armstrong International Airport, lend an ear - preferably both - to this magnificent musical primer. With tracks from the likes of Bunk Johnson, Pee Wee Russell, Bobby Hackett and Bix Beiderbecke. CD1 1. Alexander s Ragtime Band ~ Bunk Johnson 2. Bourbon Street Parade ~ Wilbur De Paris 3. Perdido Street Blues ~ Louis Armstrong 4. Tiger Rag ~ The Firehouse Five Plus Two 5. At The Jazz Band Ball ~ Bix Beiderbecke 6. None Of My Jelly Roll ~ Pee Wee Russell 7. Riverboat Shuffle ~ Muggsy Spanier 8. South Rampart Street Parade ~ Bob Crosby 9. Sweet Georgia Brown ~ Bobby Hackett 10. Yellow Dog Blues ~ Eddie Condon 11. King Porter Stomp ~ Jelly Roll Morton 12. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet ~ Paul Barbarin & His Band 13. Margie ~ Sidney Bechet 14. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? ~ George Wettling 15. Shim Sha Wabble ~ Mutt Carey & His New-Yorkers 16. More Than That ~ Buster Bailey 17. I Found A New Baby ~ The New Orleans Feetwarmers 18. Are You From Dixie? ~ Wilbur De Paris 19. Ol' Man River ~ Bix Beiderbecke 20. Milenberg Joys ~ Freddie Kohlman & His Band 21. Dippermouth Blues ~ Muggsy Spanier 22. Muggin Lightly ~ J.C. Higginbotham 23. You re Driving Me Crazy ~ Bob Crosby 24. Beale Street Blues ~ Jelly Roll Morton 25. When The Saints Go Marching In ~ Bunk Johnson CD2 1.Coal Cart Blues ~ Louis Armstrong 2. Sugar Foot Strut ~ Bob Crosby 3. Jazz Me Blues ~ Bix Beiderbecke 4. Shreveport Stomp ~ Wilbur De Paris 5. Struttin With Some Barbecue ~ Bobby Hackett 6. Oh, Didn t He Ramble ~ Oscar Papa Celestin s Tuxedo Jazz Band 7. Careless Love ~ Kid Ory 8. Bugle Call Rag ~ George Wettling 9. Take Me To The Land Of Jazz ~ Pee Wee Russell 10. Honeysuckle Rose ~ Sidney Bechet 11. Whispering ~ Red Nichols 12. The Sheik Of Araby ~ Bunk Johnson 13. Nobody s Sweetheart ~ Eddie Condon 14. Jelly Roll ~ Mezz Mezzrow 15. Sugar ~ Louis Armstrong 16. Muskrat Ramble ~ Wild Bill Davison 17. Clarinet Marmalade ~ Frankie Trumbauer 18. S Wonderful ~ Bobby Hackett 19. Savoy Blues ~ Kid Ory 20. Just A Closer Walk With Thee ~ George Lewis 21. At Sundown ~ Muggsy Spanier 22. Chrysanthemum ~ Mutt Carey & His New Yorkers 23. At A Georgia Camp Meeting ~ Sidney Bechet 24. Steamboat Stomp ~ Jelly Roll Morton 25. Franklin Street Blues ~ Bunk Johnson