Name: The Essential Collection *
Brand: Avid
SKU: 1399391
Price: 69.95 HKD
Availability: InStock

The Essential Collection *

Rating

Album: The Essential Collection *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Livery Stable Blues	More Info...	0:03
2)	Dixie Jass Band One Step	More Info...	0:02
3)	Darktown Strutters' Ball	More Info...	0:03
4)	Indiana	More Info...	0:03
5)	Ostrich Walk	More Info...	0:03
6)	At the Jazz Band Ball	More Info...	0:02
7)	Soudan	More Info...	0:03
8)	At the Jazz Band Ball	More Info...	0:02
9)	Ostrich Walk	More Info...	0:03
10)	Skeleton Jangle	More Info...	0:03
11)	Tiger Rag	More Info...	0:03
12)	Bluin' the Blues	More Info...	0:03
13)	Fidgety Feet	More Info...	0:02
14)	Sensation Rag	More Info...	0:03
15)	Mournin' Blues	More Info...	0:03
16)	Clarinet Marmalade	More Info...	0:03
17)	Lazy Diddy	More Info...	0:03
18)	Look At 'Em Doing It	More Info...	0:03
19)	Tiger Rag	More Info...	0:03
20)	Satanic Blues	More Info...	0:03
21)	'Lasses Candy	More Info...	0:04
22)	My Baby's Arms	More Info...	0:04
23)	Tell Me	More Info...	0:04
24)	I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now	More Info...	0:03
25)	Original Dixieland One-step	More Info...	0:02

Album: The Essential Collection *
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Livery Stable Blues	More Info...	0:03
2)	Dixie Jass Band One Step	More Info...	0:02
3)	Darktown Strutters' Ball	More Info...	0:03
4)	Indiana	More Info...	0:03
5)	Ostrich Walk	More Info...	0:03
6)	At the Jazz Band Ball	More Info...	0:02
7)	Soudan	More Info...	0:03
8)	At the Jazz Band Ball	More Info...	0:02
9)	Ostrich Walk	More Info...	0:03
10)	Skeleton Jangle	More Info...	0:03
11)	Tiger Rag	More Info...	0:03
12)	Bluin' the Blues	More Info...	0:03
13)	Fidgety Feet	More Info...	0:02
14)	Sensation Rag	More Info...	0:03
15)	Mournin' Blues	More Info...	0:03
16)	Clarinet Marmalade	More Info...	0:03
17)	Lazy Diddy	More Info...	0:03
18)	Look At 'Em Doing It	More Info...	0:03
19)	Tiger Rag	More Info...	0:03
20)	Satanic Blues	More Info...	0:03
21)	'Lasses Candy	More Info...	0:04
22)	My Baby's Arms	More Info...	0:04
23)	Tell Me	More Info...	0:04
24)	I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now	More Info...	0:03
25)	Original Dixieland One-step	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Whether or not the Original Dixieland Jazz Band were the actual "creators of jazz" as the cover on this West End compilation asserts is up for serious debate, but one cannot deny the value of this budget-priced Essential Collection. Here are 49 tracks, arranged chronologically from 1917 through the early '30s. The band underwent changes during that time, but the music was the same. Also of note is how many tunes that are now standards in the New Orleans repertoire were written by members of this fine outfit: "Ostrich Walk," "Tiger Walk," "Sensation Rag," and many others. This double-disc set is essentially a non-remastered reissue of Avid's earlier collection of the same name that was released in 2001. ~ Thom Jurek