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On This Page: Scott Joplin, James Scott, Joseph Lamb, James P Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Willie The Lion Smith, Clarence Williams ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Juke Joints & Sporting Houses
Country juke joints and the more sophisticated sporting houses of burgeoning conurbations were places of assignation and negotiation, with professional ladies or enthusiastic amateurs. This was a milieu that responded to the earliest forms of jazz and provided musicians with employment and a lifestyle that, in turn, helped shape the musical genre. Stride piano and ragtime were amongst the earliest forms of American popular music, not least because piano pieces could be replicated by the earliest, mechanical, form of sound recording the piano roll. Player pianos brought recorded music into places of public entertainment and helped establish the piano at the heart of the jazz form, with ragtime as an enduring influence.
We strongly suggest that you review the information provided on Amazon carefully before selecting your choices. Artists develop and draw upon their own repertoires of standard numbers which appear, in various combinations, albeit with occasionally different treatments, on a succession of albums. It is worth studying the available information to avoid unwanted duplication (although the variations are often interesting in their own right). On the other hand, compilation albums and sets can be of varying degrees of comprehensiveness, a factor that is often reflected in a wide range of prices. Where appropriate, we have tried to give choices that cater to all budgets.
BEWARE of Complete Recordings. This may be a misleading title in some cases and refer to a specific period, a specific record label or a specific line-up. To avoid disappointment, check the Amazon track listing and product details before ordering.
Artists on our Jazz pages are arranged in order of their dates of birth.
- Scott Joplin 1867-1917. Born in East Texas. Detail
to come. (For more Scott Joplin see Max Morath on this page.)
Original Piano Rolls: 1899-1916 / Scott Joplin Format: 1 Disc. 12 Tracks.
The Very Best of Scott Joplin: King of
Ragtime / Scott
Joplin Format: 1 Disc. 12 Tracks.
Piano Rags of Scott Joplin / Scott Joplin Format: 1 Disc. 16 Tracks.
Scott Joplin / Scott Joplin Format: 2 Disc Set. 40 Tracks.
The Complete Piano Music / Scott Joplin Format: 4 Disc Box Set. 52 Tracks.
- James
Scott 1886-1938. Born James Sylvester Scott in Neosho, Missouri. Detail
to come.
Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls / James Scott Format: 1 Disc. 13 Tracks.
James Scott: The Complete Works 1903-1922 / Guido Nielsen Format: 2 Disc Set. 38 Tracks.
- Joseph
Lamb 1887-1960. Born Joseph Francis Lamb in Montclair, New Jersey. Detail
to come.
Complete Stark Rags of Joseph F Lamb / Guido Nielsen Format: 1 Disc. 12 Tracks. - James
P Johnson 1894-1955. Born James Price Johnson in New Brunswick, New
Jersey. Detail
to come.
King of Stride Piano 1918-1944 / James P Johnson Format: 1 Disc. 22 Tracks.
The Original / James P Johnson Format: 1 Disc. 20 Tracks.
Snowy Morning Blues / James P Johnson Format: 1 Disc. 20 Tracks.
Parlor Piano Solos from Rare Piano Rolls / James P Johnson Format: 1 Disc. 13 Tracks.
- Jelly
Roll Morton 1895 or 1890-1941. Born Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe (Lamott) in
New Orleans, Louisiana. Detail
to come.
An Introduction to Jelly Roll Morton / Jelly Roll Morton Format: 1 Disc. 20 Tracks.
Original Mr Jelly Lord / Jelly Roll Morton Format: 2 Disc Set. 74 Tracks.
Doctor Jazz: His Greatest Recordings / Jelly Roll Morton Format: 1 Disc. 25 Tracks.
Jazz King of New Orleans / Jelly Roll Morton Format: 1 Disc. 20 Tracks.
The Complete Library of Congress Recordings / Jelly Roll Morton Format: 8 Disc Box Set. 126 Tracks. - Willie
The Lion Smith 1897-1973. Born William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff
Smith in Goshen, New York. Detail
to come.
Pork and Beans Remastered / Willie The Lion Smith Format: 1 Disc. 15 Tracks.
Memoirs / Willie The Lion Smith Format: 2 Disc Box Set. 25 Tracks.
Luckey and The Lion: Harlem Piano Solos / Willie Smith & Luckey
Roberts Format: 1 Disc. 12 Tracks.
The Lion and The Lamb / Willie The Lion Smith Format: 1 Disc. 26 Tracks. - Clarence
Williams 1898-1965. Born in Plaquemine, Louisiana. Detail
to come.
New Orleans Pioneer: Original Performances
1923-44 / Clarence
Williams Format: 1 Disc. 20 Tracks.
Baby Won't You Please Come Home 1923-1925 / Clarence Williams Format: 1 Disc. 25 Tracks.
Whoop It Up 1927-1929 / Clarence Williams Format: 1 Disc. 25 Tracks.
Clarence Williams Vocalion Vol 1 1933-1934 / Clarence Williams Format: 2 Disc Set. 48 Tracks.
Clarence Williams Vocalion Vol 2 1933-1937 / Clarence Williams Format: 2 Disc Set. 47 Tracks.
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