The Definitive Dixieland Collection (Definitive Collections)

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Summary: Okay, but...
Review: The cover, of a bunch of middle-aged to elderly white musicians, indicates what's meant by Dixieland here. At least half the numebrs have nothing to do with New orleans or chicago Jazz, original or revived. The irrelevant pieces include good stuff, but where's Panama? Climax Rag? Pretty Baby? Snag It? On and On Blues? (just kidding....

Rating:
Summary: A Musical Journey Back in Time
Review: This collection of one of the earliest forms of jazz provides some ancient tunes that nevertheless keep people's feet moving decades later. Many of the 73 tunes will be familiar to those who have spent even a second in New Orleans. Scattered throughout are also some venerable blues. Anyone looking for the written notes of some of the songs featured in Ken Burns' "Jazz" can find many here, including "Livery Stable Blues" and "Maple Leaf Rag." The only complaint is that some of the arrangements are written in a poor key or have been overly simplified. Nevertheless, you won't be disappointed.

Songs included: After You've Gone/ Ain't Misbehavin'/ Alexander's Ragtime Band/ Angry/ Baby, Won't You Please Come Home/ Ballin' the Jack/ Basin Street Blues/ Beale Street Blues/ Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home/ Black Bottom Stomp/ Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me/ Bugle Call Rag/ The Chant/ Climax Rag/ Copenhagen/ Dallas Blues/ Darktown Shuffle/ Deep Henerson/ Dinah/ Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans/ Doctor Jazz/ Everybody Loves My Baby/ Farewell Blues/ Frog-I-More Rag/ A Good Man is Hard to Find/ Grandpa's Spells/ High Society/ Honeysuckle Rose/ I Ain't Got Nobody/ I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate/ I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter/ I've Found a New Baby/ Ida (Sweet as Apple Cider)/ Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana)/ The Jazz-Me Blues/ Kansas City Stomp/ King Porter Stomp/

Livery Stable Blues/ Mahogany Hall Stomp/ Mama's Gone, Goodbye/ Maple Leaf Rag/ Melancholy/ Milenberg Joys/

Mississippi Mud/ Muskrat Ramble/ My Honey's Lovin' Arms/ Original Dixieland One-Step/ Ory's Creole Trombone/ The Pearls/ Rosetta/ Royal Garden Blues/ San/ Shreveport Stomps/ Sidewalk Blues/ Sobbin' Blues/ Some of these Days/ St. Louis Blues/ Struttin' with some Barbecue/ Sugar Blues/ Sugar Foot Stomp/ The Tailgate Ramble/ 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do/

That's a Plenty/ There'll be some Changes Made/ Tin Roof Blues/ Tishomingo Blues/ Walkin' the Dog/ 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans/ Weary Blues/ When the Saints Go Marching In/ Wild Man Blues/ Willie the Weeper/ Wolverine Blues

Rating:
Summary: A Musical Journey Back in Time
Review: This collection of one of the earliest forms of jazz provides some ancient tunes that nevertheless keep people's feet moving decades later. Many of the 73 tunes will be familiar to those who have spent even a second in New Orleans. Scattered throughout are also some venerable blues. Anyone looking for the written notes of some of the songs featured in Ken Burns' "Jazz" can find many here, including "Livery Stable Blues" and "Maple Leaf Rag." You won't be disappointed.

Songs included: After You've Gone Ain't Misbehavin' Alexander's Ragtime Band Angry Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Ballin' the Jack Basin Street Blues Beale Street Blues Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home Black Bottom Stomp Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me Bugle Call Rag The Chant Climax Rag Copenhagen Dallas Blues Darktown Shuffle Deep Henerson Dinah Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans Doctor Jazz Everybody Loves My Baby Farewell Blues Frog-I-More Rag A Good Man is Hard to Find Grandpa's Spells High Society Honeysuckle Rose I Ain't Got Nobody I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter I've Found a New Baby Ida (Sweet as Apple Cider) Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) The Jazz-Me Blues Kansas City Stomp King Porter Stomp Livery Stable Blues Mahogany Hall Stomp Mama's Gone, Goodbye Maple Leaf Rag Melancholy Milenberg Joys Mississippi Mud Muskrat Ramble My Honey's Lovin' Arms Original Dixieland One-Step Ory's Creole Trombone The Pearls Rosetta Royal Garden Blues San Shreveport Stomps Sidewalk Blues Sobbin' Blues Some of these Days St. Louis Blues Struttin' with some Barbecue Sugar Blues Sugar Foot Stomp The Tailgate Ramble 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do That's a Plenty There'll be some Changes Made Tin Roof Blues Tishomingo Blues Walkin' the Dog 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Weary Blues When the Saints Go Marching In Wild Man Blues Willie the Weeper Wolverine Blues