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The Penguin Jazz Guide

Richard Cook was born in Kew and spent virtually all of his life in or around that part of London. An early passion for record collecting helped push him towards jazz and both interests endured. He got paid for a piece of music writing in 1979 and was so impressed that he kept going. He edited the
Wire
for seven years and was founding editor of
Jazz Review
; he also wrote for the
Sunday Times
, the
New Statesman
and
Punch
at different times and, in addition to the first eight editions of this book, was the author of a ‘biography’ of the Blue Note label, a study of Miles Davis and
Richard Cook’s Jazz Encyclopedia
, published by Penguin. He also presented a well-liked and thoroughly idiosyncratic jazz programme on London local radio, and made some documentaries for BBC Radio 3; didn’t like cameras much, though. Horse racing and malt whisky were his other passions and the only subjects on which he and his co-author ever disagreed. Sadly, Richard Cook succumbed to cancer in the late summer of 2007. He is greatly missed.

Brian Morton was born in Paisley. He was first published at the age of sixteen and has never stopped, though he has also worked as an academic, a newspaper journalist and a broadcaster on BBC Radios 3 and 4, and on BBC Radio Scotland, where he presented a daily arts programme for eight years. Jazz and improvisation gradually won out over other musical enthusiasms. Writing gradually won out over playing, and his improvising ensembles The Golden Horde, Phlogiston and People Without Government are now a distant memory. He lives with his wife, the landscape photographer Sarah MacDonald, and son John on a small farm in the west of Scotland. His older girls Fiona and Alice are there much of the time, too. Unlike Mr Cook, who was a devoted Islay malted man, Morton favours the great Speysides. With a good few drops of gypsy blood in his veins, he reckons he was a better judge of horseflesh, too. He misses the arguments.

Brian Morton
and
Richard Cook

The Penguin Jazz Guide

THE HISTORY OF THE MUSIC IN THE 1,001 BEST ALBUMS

PENGUIN BOOKS

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First published 2010

Copyright © Brian Morton and the Estate of Richard Cook, 2011

All rights reserved

Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser

ISBN
: 978-0-14-195900-9

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ABBREVIATIONS

RECORDINGS

BEGINNINGS

EUBIE BLAKE
: Memories of You

ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND
: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1917–1921

JAMES P. JOHNSON
: Carolina Shout

EUREKA BRASS BAND
: New Orleans Funeral And Parade

JELLY ROLL MORTON
: The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings

BABY DODDS
: Baby Dodds

GEORGE ‘POPS’ FOSTER
: George ‘Pops’ Foster

THE ’20s

JELLY ROLL MORTON
: The Piano Rolls

LADD’S BLACK ACES / ORIGINAL MEMPHIS FIVE
: The Complete Ladd’s Black Aces 1921–1924

LADD’S BLACK ACES / ORIGINAL MEMPHIS FIVE
: Original Memphis Five: Columbias 1923–1931

NEW ORLEANS RHYTHM KINGS
: New Orleans Rhythm Kings 1922–1925: The Complete Set

KID ORY
: Ory’s Creole Trombone

THE GEORGIANS
: The Georgians 1922–23 / 1923-24

PERRY BRADFORD
: And The Blues Singers In Chronological Order

ARMAND PIRON
: Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra

ORIGINAL INDIANA FIVE
: The Original Indiana Five: Volume 1

JOE ‘KING’ OLIVER
: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band: The Complete Set

FREDDIE KEPPARD
: The Complete Set 1923–1926

JIMMY BLYTHE
: Messin’ Around Blues

GEORGIA MELODIANS
: Georgia Melodians 1924–1926

FIVE BIRMINGHAM BABIES
: Heart Breakin’ Baby

LOVIE AUSTIN
: Lovie Austin 1924–1926

RED NICHOLS
: The Red Heads Complete 1925–1927

WILLIE ‘THE LION’ SMITH
: Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith 1925–1937

FLETCHER HENDERSON
: The Harmony & Vocalion Sessions: Volumes 1 & 2

LOUIS ARMSTRONG
: Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings: Volumes 1–3

OSCAR ‘PAPA’ CELESTIN/SAM MORGAN
: Papa Celestin & Sam Morgan

EDDIE LANG
: The Quintessential Eddie Lang 1925–1932

JOHNNY DODDS
: Johnny Dodds 1926

JELLY ROLL MORTON
: Jelly Roll Morton 1926–1928

TINY PARHAM
: Tiny Parham 1926–1929

BIX BEIDERBECKE
: At The Jazz Band Ball

FRANKIE TRUMBAUER
: Frankie Trumbauer 1927–1928

DUKE ELLINGTON
: Duke Ellington 1927–1929

MIFF MOLE
: Slippin’ Around

EDDIE CONDON
: Eddie Condon 1927–1938

MEADE ‘LUX’ LEWIS
: Meade Lux Lewis 1927–1939

DICKY WELLS
: Dicky Wells 1927–1943

JOHNNY HODGES
: Classic Solos 1928–1942

MCKINNEY’S COTTON PICKERS
: Put It There / Cotton Picker’s Scat

EARL HINES
: Earl Hines Collection: Piano Solos 1928–1940

JIMMIE NOONE
: Jimmie Noone 1928–1929

JABBO SMITH
: Jabbo Smith 1929–1938

BENNIE MOTEN
: Band Box Shuffle 1929–1932

LUIS RUSSELL
: The Luis Russell Story

HENRY ‘RED’ ALLEN
: Henry ‘Red’ Allen & His Orchestra 1929–1933

COLEMAN HAWKINS
: Coleman Hawkins 1929–1934

THE ’30s

JIMMIE LUNCEFORD
: Jimmie Lunceford 1930–1934

CAB CALLOWAY
: The Early Years 1930–1934

JOE VENUTI
: Joe Venuti 1930–1933

CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA
: Casa Loma Stomp / Maniac’s Ball

DON REDMAN
: Shakin’ the Africann

ART TATUM
: Art Tatum 1932–1934

NAT GONELLA
: Nat Gonella And His Georgians

CHICK WEBB
: Rhythm Man / Strictly Jive

JACK TEAGARDEN
: I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues

MILLS BLUE RHYTHM BAND
: Blue Rhythm

BENNY CARTER
: Benny Carter 1933–1936

THE SPIRITS OF RHYTHM
: The Spirits Of Rhythm 1933–1945

WINGY MANONE
: Wingy Manone 1934–1935

TINY BRADSHAW
: Breakin’ Up The House

DJANGO REINHARDT
: Django Reinhardt, 1935–1936

BENNY GOODMAN
: The Complete Small Group Sessions

FATS WALLER
: Fats Waller 1934–1935

JESS STACY
: Ec-Stacy

TOMMY DORSEY
: The Best Of Tommy Dorsey And His Clambake Seven 1936–1938

JOE MARSALA
: Joe Marsala 1936–1942

ANDY KIRK
: Andy Kirk 1936–1937

ROY ELDRIDGE
: The Big Sound Of Little Jazz

BILLIE HOLIDAY
: The Billie Holiday Collection: Volume 2

JIMMY DORSEY
: Amapola

TEDDY WILSON
: Teddy Wilson Volume 1 – Too Hot For Words

EDMOND HALL
: Edmond Hall 1936–1944

COUNT BASIE
: The Original American Decca Recordings

EDDIE SOUTH
: Eddie South 1937–1941

LIONEL HAMPTON
: Lionel Hampton 1937–1938

CLAUDE HOPKINS
: Claude Hopkins 1932–1934

DUKE ELLINGTON
: Duke Ellington 1937–1938

BENNY GOODMAN
: At Carnegie Hall 1938: Complete

CHU BERRY
: Chu Berry 1937–1941

AVERY ‘KID’ HOWARD
: Prelude To The Revival: Volume 1

EDGAR HAYES
: Edgar Hayes 1937–1938

BUNNY BERIGAN
: Bunny Berigan 1937

HARRY JAMES
: Harry James 1937–1939

DIZZY GILLESPIE
: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings

GEORGE CHISHOLM
: Early Days 1935–1944

BOBBY HACKETT
: Bobby Hackett 1938–1940

SAVOY SULTANS
: Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans 1938–1941

ZIGGY ELMAN
: Ziggy Elman 1938–1939

PETE JOHNSON
: Pete Johnson 1938–1939

GENE KRUPA
: Gene Krupa 1939–1940

MUGGSY SPANIER
: Muggsy Spanier 1939–1942

COLEMAN HAWKINS
: Coleman Hawkins 1939–1940

BUD FREEMAN
: Bud Freeman 1939–1940

ARTIE SHAW
: Artie Shaw 1939

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN
: The Genius Of The Electric Guitar

WOODY HERMAN
: Woody Herman 1939

JOHN KIRBY
: John Kirby 1939–1941

HARLAN LEONARD
: Harlan Leonard And His Rockets 1940

SIDNEY BECHET
: Sidney Bechet 1940–1941

CLAUDE THORNHILL
: Snowfall

DUKE ELLINGTON
: Never No Lament

DUKE ELLINGTON
: The Duke At Fargo

THE ’40s

HOT LIPS PAGE
: Hot Lips Page 1940–1944

REX STEWART
: Rex Stewart And The Ellingtonians

LESTER YOUNG
: The Complete Aladdin Sessions

LUCKY MILLINDER
: Lucky Millinder 1943–1947

GEORGE LEWIS
: George Lewis & His New Orleans Stompers: Volumes 1 & 2

STUFF SMITH
: The Stuff Smith Trio 1943

MILDRED BAILEY
: Mildred Bailey 1943–1945

COUNT BASIE
: The Jubilee Alternatives

ART HODES
: The Jazz Record Story

DUKE ELLINGTON
: Black, Brown And Beige

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