| 1. Joe ‘King’ Oliver was an American cornetist and trumpeter and bandleader, as well as an influential composer, who was one of the true pioneers of early jazz during the 1920s and into the ‘30s – Louis Armstrong, for whom he was a mentor, said of him “if it had not been for Joe Oliver, jazz would not be what it is today”. Born in Louisiana in the 1880s, he learnt his trade in New Orleans marching bands and during WWI moved to Chicago, which became the primary centre of recorded jazz. This 126-track 5-CD collection comprises a significant proportion of his career recordings leading his own bands or as a member of other leaders’ bands and accompanying singers where he made an important contribution. It includes some of the most significant and influential recordings made during this era, through to the end of his active recording career in 1931 occasioned by dental and mouth problems that affected his ability to play. There are recordings on the Gennett, Okeh, Columbia, Paramount, Autograph, Vocalion, Brunswick, QRS and Victor labels, featuring recordings with his Creole Jazz Band, Dixie Syncopators, Savannah Syncopators, his Jazz Band and his Orchestra. It also includes recordings with Butterbeans & Susie, Irene Scruggs, Sippi Wallace, Ida Cox, Victoria Spivey, Katherine Henderson, Irene Gibson and Texas Alexander, and with the Clarence Williams Novelty Four, with performances alongside Louis Armstrong, Baby Dodds, Lil Armstrong, Jimmy Noone, Clarence Williams, Barney Bigard and many other top names. It’s a comprehensive showcase for one of the genre’s most important personalities |
| 2. Tracklist: |
| 3. 1-1. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Dipper Mouth Blues |
| 4. 1-2. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Weatherbird Rag |
| 5. 1-3. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Just Gone |
| 6. 1-4. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Canal Street Blues |
| 7. 1-5. , 's Creole Jazz Band - I'm Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind |
| 8. 1-6. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Mandy Lee Blues |
| 9. 1-7. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Chimes Blues |
| 10. 1-8. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Froggie Moore |
| 11. 1-9. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Snake Rag |
| 12. 1-10. , 's Jazz Band - Sweet Lovin' Man |
| 13. 1-11. , 's Jazz Band - Sobbin' Blues |
| 14. 1-12. , 's Jazz Band - Dipper Mouth Blues |
| 15. 1-13. , 's Jazz Band - Where Did You Stay Last Night |
| 16. 1-14. , 's Jazz Band - High Society Rag |
| 17. 1-15. , 's Jazz Band - Snake Rag |
| 18. 1-16. , 's Jazz Band - Jazzin' Babies Blues |
| 19. 1-17. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Krooked Blues |
| 20. 1-18. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Alligator Hop |
| 21. 1-19. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Zulu's Ball |
| 22. 1-20. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Workingman's Blues |
| 23. 1-21. , 's Jazz Band - Chattanooga Stomp |
| 24. 1-22. , 's Jazz Band - New Orleans Stomp |
| 25. 1-23. , 's Jazz Band - Camp Meeting Blues |
| 26. 1-24. , 's Jazz Band - London Cafe Blues |
| 27. 1-25. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Riverside Blues |
| 28. 1-26. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Mabel's Dream |
| 29. 1-27. , 's Creole Jazz Band - Southern Stomps |
| 30. 2-28. Joe Oliver's Jazz Band - Buddy's Habit |
| 31. 2-29. , 's Jazz Band - Tears |
| 32. 2-30. , 's Jazz Band - Room Rent Blues |
| 33. 2-31. , 's Jazz Band - I Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody |
| 34. 2-32. , 's Jazz Band - Mabel's Dream |
| 35. 2-33. , 's Jazz Band - Sweet Baby Doll |
| 36. 2-34. , 's Jazz Band - Working Man Blues |
| 37. 2-35. , 's Jazz Band - Riverside Blues |
| 38. 2-36. Butterbeans & Susie - Kiss Me Sweet |
| 39. 2-37. Butterbeans & Susie - I Got Your Bath Water On |
| 40. 2-38. With Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp |
| 41. 2-39. With Jelly Roll Morton - Tom Cat Blues |
| 42. 2-40. Sippi Wallace - Morning Dove Blues |
| 43. 2-41. Sippi Wallace - Every Dog Has His Day |
| 44. 2-42. Sippi Wallace - Devil Dance Blues |
| 45. 2-43. Ida Cox - Rambling Blues |
| 46. 2-44. Ida Cox - Coffin Blues |
| 47. 2-45. , 's Jazz Band - Too Bad |
| 48. 2-46. , 's Jazz Band - Snag It |
| 49. 2-47. & His Dixie Syncopators - Jackass Blues |
| 50. 2-48. & His Dixie Syncopators - Deep Henderson |
| 51. 2-49. Irene Scruggs - Sorrow Valley Blues |
| 52. 2-50. Irene Scruggs - Home Town Blues |
| 53. 2-51. & His Dixie Syncopators - Sugarfoot Stomp |
| 54. 2-52. & His Dixie Syncopators - Wa Wa Wa |
| 55. 3-53. & His Dixie Syncopators - New Wang Wang Blues |
| 56. 3-54. & His Dixie Syncopators - Tack Annie |
| 57. 3-55. The Savannah Syncopators - Snag It |
| 58. 3-56. & His Dixie Syncopators - Dead Man Blues |
| 59. 3-57. & His Dixie Syncopators - Someday Sweetheart |
| 60. 3-58. & His Dixie Syncopators - Willie The Weeper |
| 61. 3-59. & His Dixie Syncopators - Black Snake Blues |
| 62. 3-60. & His Dixie Syncopators - Doctor Jazz |
| 63. 3-61. & His Dixie Syncopators - Showboat Shuffle |
| 64. 3-62. & His Dixie Syncopators - Every Tub |
| 65. 3-63. & His Dixie Syncopators - Sobbin' Blues |
| 66. 3-64. & His Dixie Syncopators - Farewell Blues |
| 67. 3-65. & His Dixie Syncopators - Tin Roof Blues |
| 68. 3-66. & His Dixie Syncopators - West End Blues |
| 69. 3-67. & His Dixie Syncopators - Sweet Emmaline |
| 70. 3-68. & His Dixie Syncopators - Lazy Mama |
| 71. 3-69. & His Dixie Syncopators - Speakeasy Blues |
| 72. 3-70. & His Dixie Syncopators - Aunt Hagar's Blues |
| 73. 3-71. & His Dixie Syncopators - Four Or Five Times |
| 74. 3-72. & His Dixie Syncopators - Got Everything |
| 75. 3-73. & His Dixie Syncopators - I'm Watching The Clock |
| 76. 3-74. & His Dixie Syncopators - Slow And Steady |
| 77. 3-75. Victoria Spivey - My Handy Man |
| 78. 3-76. Victoria Spivey - Organ Grinder Blues |
| 79. 3-77. Irene Gibbons - I'm Busy And You Can't Come In |
| 80. 4-100. & His Orchestra - Frankie And Johnny |
| 81. 4-101. & His Orchestra - You're Just My Type |
| 82. 4-102. & His Orchestra - I Must Have It |
| 83. 4-78. Katherine Henderson - Lonesome Lovesick Blues |
| 84. 4-79. Henderson,Katherine - Have You Ever Felt That Way |
| 85. 4-80. Katherine Henderson - Do It Baby |
| 86. 4-81. Katherine Henderson - If You Like Me |
| 87. 4-82. Katherine Henderson - Mushy Love |
| 88. 4-83. Sara Martin - Dont Turn Your Back On Me |
| 89. 4-84. Sara Martin - Hole In The Wall |
| 90. 4-85. Sara Martin - Death Sting Me Blues |
| 91. 4-86. Sara Martin - Mistreating Man Blues |
| 92. 4-87. Sara Martin - Kitchen Man Blues |
| 93. 4-88. Sara Martin - Mean Tight Mama |
| 94. 4-89. Texas Alexander - Tell Me Woman Blues |
| 95. 4-90. Clarence Williams & Novelty Four - In The Bottle Blues |
| 96. 4-91. Clarence Williams & Novelty Four - What Ya Want Me To Do |
| 97. 4-92. & His Orchestra - West End Blues |
| 98. 4-93. & His Orchestra - Call Of The Freaks |
| 99. 4-94. & His Orchestra - The Trumpet's Prayer |
| 100. 4-95. & His Orchestra - Can I Tell You? |
| 101. 4-96. & His Orchestra - My Good Man Sam |
| 102. 4-97. & His Orchestra - What You Want Me To Do? |
| 103. 4-98. & His Orchestra - Too Late |
| 104. 4-99. & His Orchestra - I Want You Just For Myself |
| 105. 5-103. & His Orchestra - Sweet Like This |
| 106. 5-104. & His Orchestra - Everybody Does It In Hawaii |
| 107. 5-105. & His Orchestra - Boogie Woogie |
| 108. 5-106. & His Orchestra - Mule Face Blues |
| 109. 5-107. & His Orchestra - Rhythm Club Stomp |
| 110. 5-108. & His Orchestra - Edna |
| 111. 5-109. & His Orchestra - Freakish Light Blues |
| 112. 5-110. & His Orchestra - I've Got That Thing |
| 113. 5-111. & His Orchestra - St. James Infirmary |
| 114. 5-112. & His Orchestra - When You're Smiling |
| 115. 5-113. & His Orchestra - Olga |
| 116. 5-114. & His Orchestra - Struggle Buggy |
| 117. 5-115. & His Orchestra - Don't You Think I Love You? |
| 118. 5-116. & His Orchestra - Stingaree Blues |
| 119. 5-117. & His Orchestra - Shake It And Break It |
| 120. 5-118. & His Orchestra - You Were Only Passing Time With Me |
| 121. 5-119. & His Orchestra - What's The Use Of Living Without Love? |
| 122. 5-120. & His Orchestra - I'm Lonesome, Sweetheart |
| 123. 5-121. & His Orchestra - I Can't Stop Loving You |
| 124. 5-122. & His Orchestra - Nelson Stomp |
| 125. 5-123. & His Orchestra - New Orleans Shout |
| 126. 5-124. & His Orchestra - Stop Crying |
| 127. 5-125. & His Orchestra - I'm Crazy Bout My Baby |
| 128. 5-126. & His Orchestra - Sugar Blues |
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