AN INTRODUCTION

TO TRADITIONAL JAZZ!

Notes on the performances by David Robinson, Jr.

Please note: Due to the audio conversion process for online streaming, some of the timing indications appearing in the track descriptions may differ from what appears in the elapsed time counter by a second or so.

Mainstream Style

1. It All Belongs to Me

 Eddie Metz and his Gang, 1999

New Orleans Brass Band Style

2. Just a Little While to Stay Here

 Eureka Brass Band, 1962

Classic New Orleans Style

3. Canal Street Blues

 Chris Tyle’s Silver Leaf Jazz Band, 1995

4. Snake Rag

 King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, 1923

5. Black Bottom Stomp

 Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers, 1926

6. Potato Head Blues

 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven, 1927

New Orleans Revival Style

7. Panama

 George Lewis’ New Orleans Ragtime Band, 1953

8. Careless Love

 Dr. Michael White, 1990

European “Trad” Style

9. I Love You, Samantha

 Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen, 1961

Early “Dixieland” Style

10.  Ostrich Walk

 Dan Levinson’s Roof Garden Jass Band, 1998

New York Style

11. Riverboat Shuffle

 Frankie Trumbauer and his Orchestra, 1927

12. Red Hot Chicago

 Keith Ingham and Marty Grosz and Their Hot Cosmopolites, 1994

Early Chicago Style

13. I’ve Found a New Baby

 Chicago Rhythm Kings, 1928

Chicago Style

14. There’ll Be Some Changes Made

 Eddie Condon’s All Stars, 1954

Swing Style

15. Who’s Sorry Now

 Bob Crosby’s Bob Cats, 1937

16. Honeysuckle Rose

 Teddy Wilson Sextet, 1944

San Francisco Style

17. Sage Hen Strut

 Lu Watters’ Yerba Buena Jazz Band, 1946

18. Big Bear Stomp

 South Frisco Jazz Band, 1995

Listening exercises

19. O Holy Night

 New Black Eagle Jazz Band, 1996

20. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing

 Jim Cullum Jazz Band, 1987