Biograph

ITEM	Artist	Title	RelDate	Comment
BIO146.2	Beers Family	Seasons of Peace	15.10.96	1971 Recordings
BIO112.2	Blake,Eubie	Memories of You	19.11.93	w/Noble Sissle - Vocals/ Gertrude Baum - Rolls, Piano Rolls/ Steve Williams - Rolls, Piano Rolls
BIO148.2	Boilermaker Jazz Band	Honky Tonk Town	24.06.97	Ernest McCarty, Jr. - Bass/ Paul Cosentino - Clarinet, Vocals/ Nelson Harrison - Piano, Vocals/ Jay Consentino - Trombone/ Rich Strong - Drums/ Andrew Consentino - Trumpet, Vocals
BIO140.2	Boilermaker Jazz Band	Burgundy Street Blues	19.03.96	New Orleans Jazz
BIO137.2	Cohn,Al / Sims,Zoot / Gordon,Dexter	We Three Tenor Sax Legends	30.05.95	This compilation combines portions of studio dates led by three different saxophonists: Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, and Dexter Gordon. Cohn is heard from a 1956 session originally made for Dawn, joined by the always in-demand New York rhythm section of Hank Jones, Milt Hinton, and Osie Johnson. Included also Lionel Hampton, Bucky Pizzarelli, George Duvivier, and Oliver Jackson,
BIO155.2	Cosentino,Paul	Linger Awhile	13.07.99	Clarinet, Vocals w/Ernest McCarty, Jr. - Bass/ Rich Strong - Drums/ Clint Baker - Guitar/ Tom Roberts - Piano
BIO123.2	Davis,Rev Gary	From Blues to Gospel	19.11.93	1971 Recordings
BIO129.2	Dorsey,Tommy/Dorsey,Jimmy/ Red Nichols	New York Jazz in the Roaring Twenties	11.04.94	w/Phil Napoleon - Trumpet/ Miff Mole - Trombone/ Adrian Rollini - Sax (Bass)/ Frankie Trumbauer - Sax (C-Melody)/...
BIO154.2	Dorsey,Tommy/Dorsey,Jimmy/ Red Nichols	New York Jazz in the Roaring Twenties, Vol.2	13.07.99	w/Bobby Davis - Clarinet, Reeds, Sax (Alto)/ Roy Johnson - Trumpet/ Stan King - Drums/ Fud Livingston - Reeds/ John Ryan - Vocals/...
BIO153.2	Dorsey,Tommy/Dorsey,Jimmy/ Red Nichols	New York Jazz in the Roaring Twenties, Vol.3	13.07.99	w/Adrian Rollini - Sax (Bass)/ Arnold Brillhardt - Reeds/ Spencer Clark - Sax (Bass)/ Bobby Davis - Clarinet, Reeds, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)/...
BIO106.2	Gershwin,George	Rhapsody in Blue	19.11.93
BIO132.2	Getz,Stan	Rare Dawn Sessions	21.12.95	w/Wardell Gray/Paul Quinichette/ Zoot Sims
BIO109.2	Goodman,Benny	Early Years	06.07.93	w/Bunny Berigan - Trumpet/ Gene Krupa - Drums/ Jack Jenney - Trombone/ Red McKenzie - Vocals/ Artie Bernstein - Bass/...
BIO119.2	Hart,Kathy & the Bluestars	Tonight I Want It All	19.11.93	Modern Electric Blues: 1977 Recordings, Hart has a strong voice, with a wide, expressive Joplin-esque vibrato and an impressive range
BIO108.2	Hines,Earl	Way Down Yonder in New Orleans	19.11.93	w/Wallace Davenport - Trumpet/ Orange Kellin - Clarinet/ Louis Barbarin - Drums/ Lloyd Lambert - Bass/ Emanuel Sayles - Banjo, Guitar/ Tom Ebert - Trombone
BIO120.2	Hinton,Milt/Jones,Hank/ Pettiford,Oscar	Modern Art of Jazz	19.11.93	w/Bob Brookmeyer - Trombone/ Art Farmer - Trumpet/ Gigi Gryce - Sax(Alto)/ Herbie Mann - Sax(Tenor)/...
BIO122.2	James,Skip	Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers	24.09.92	1964 Recordings
BIO105.2	Johnson,James P.	Carolina Shout	19.11.93	This CD contains 14 of James P. Johnson's piano rolls (cut during an eight-year period) mostly for the QRS company
BIO150.2	Johnson,James P.	Parlor Piano Solos From Rare Piano Rolls	04.11.97	1917 - 1921 Recordings
BIO138.2	Johnson,Larry & Hammond, John Jr.	Midnight Hour Blues	03.10.95	1971 Recording
BIO102.2	Joplin,Scott	Elite Syncopations: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls	19.11.93	These vintage Scott Joplin rags were transferred to digital from piano rolls and are the way he wanted his rags to sound
BIO110.2	Joplin,Scott	King of Ragtime Writers	19.11.93	17 Tracks
BIO101.2	Joplin,Scott	Entertainer: Classic Ragtime from Rare Piano Rolls	19.11.93	14 Tracks
BIO142.2	Kern,Jerome	Classic Movie & Show Tunes from Rare Piano Rolls	06.08.96	Originally played by Lawrence Cook, Victor Arden, Paul Jouard, and Dick Watson have been newly recorded by using a Steinway Duo-Art Pianola Grand piano
BIO144.2	Leadbelly/McTell,Blind Willie	Masters of Country Blues	03.09.96	This representative pair of folk-Blues talent spread over two discs crystallizes succinctly the early direction of the Blues tradition. Leadbelly, a.k.a. Huddie Ledbetter, and Blind Willie McTell were recorded in '35 and '40, respectively
BIO127.2	Lewis,George	Classic New Orleans Jazz Vol.1	19.11.93	From the Rare "Center Series" Trad. Jazz 1965-66 Rec.
BIO130.2	McDowell,Mississippi Fred	Mississippi Fred McDowell & Furry Lewis: When I Lay My Burden Down	11.04.94	1970 Recordings
BIO107.2	McTell,Blind Willie	Three Shades of Blues	17.05.93
BIO126.2	McTell,Blind Willie	Pig'n Whistle Red	16.06.93	This collection of 20 songs, cut by McTell with Curley Weaver on second guitar and sharing the vocals, was left out of many McTell biographical accounts until it resurfaced in 1993
BIO124.2	Memphis Minnie	Early Rhythm & Blues from the Rare Regal Sessions: 1934-1942	19.11.93	1930s and early '40s
BIO016.2	MOOCK,ALASTAIR	BAD MOOCK RISING	31.12.99	Boston-based singer/songwriter Alastair Moock can assemble a fine pack of musicians to play his acoustic urban folk songs
BIO111.2	Morton,Jelly Roll	Blues & Stomps From Rare Piano Rolls	19.11.93	1924-1926. These are just immaculate classic rolls, seminal piano cuts
BIO139.2	Moss,Buddy	Atlanta Blues Legend	03.10.95	1966 Recordings
BIO143.2	Porter,Cole	Great American Composer Series	06.08.96	(Hal Linden, Eileen Rodgers, Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison) in cast recordings to pop singers (Tony Bennett, Doris Day, Dinah Shore, Rosemary Clooney, Robert Goulet, Johnny Mathis) and legendary personalities (Judy Holiday)
BIO136.2	Quinichette,Paul	Kid From Denver Vice Pres: The Rare	30.05.95	w/Gene Roland Septet
BIO128.2	Robinson,Jim	Classic New Orleans Jazz 2	19.11.93	From the Rare "Center Series" Trad. Jazz 1964-74 Rec.
BIO134.2	Rouse,Charlie	Les Jazz Modes	30.05.95	For a short time during 1956-58, tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse and Julius Watkins (the wizard of the jazz French horn) teamed up to form a regular quintet that they named Les Jazz Modes
BIO149.2	Scott,James	Classic Ragtime From Rare Piano Rolls	04.11.97	This Biograph CD has 15 vintage piano rolls (probably dating from 1906-1919) that were newly recorded in 1974
BIO125.2	Shines,Johnny	Mr. Cover Shaker	19.11.93	w/David Bromberg - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Mandolin, Accordion, Guitar (Electric)/ Mark Bell - Drums/Peter Ecklund - Trumpet, Cornet, Horn/ Jean Leiberman - Choir, Chorus/ Tony Markellis - Bass (Electric)/...
BIO121.2	Shines,Johnny	Traditional Delta Blues	19.11.93	Solo Guitar
BIO131.2	Sims,Zoot	Rare Dawn Sessions	30.08.94	1956 Recordings
BIO151.2	Smith,Jabbo	Hot Jazz in the Twenties, Vol.1	13.07.99	The first of two volumes by trumpeter Jabbo Smith in 1929 and 1930 features the trumpeter leading his own groups as well as appearing as a sideman
BIO152.2	Smith,Jabbo	Hot Jazz in the Twenties, Vol.2	13.07.99
BIO118.2	Son House	Delta Blues	23.11.92	In 1941 and 1942 folklorist Alan Lomax recorded these sides on House on a pair of field trips with a bulky, 300-pound acetate cutting machine for the Library of Congress; w/Willie Brown - Guitar/Fiddlin' Joe Martin - Mandolin/ Leroy Williams - Harmonica/ Eddie James House Jr. - Guitar, Vocals
BIO141.2	Thompson,Butch	Plays Jelly Roll Morton Piano Solos	19.03.96	For his recording debut, 24-year-old pianist Butch Thompson performs a dozen selections associated with Jelly Roll Morton, including a couple ("Tiger Rag" and Scott Joplin's "Original Rags') not actually composed by Morton but performed during his Library of Congress sessions
BIO115.2	Various	BOOGIE WOOGIE BLUES	30.06.90	w/Cow Cow Davenport/ Clarence Williams/ Jimmy Blythe/&
BIO113.2	Various	Good Morning Blues	19.11.93	w/Leadbelly/ Reverend Gary Davis/ Dan Smith/&
BIO116.2	Various	GREATEST JAZZ,BLUES,RAGTIME OF THE CENTURY	30.06.90	w/Scott Joplin/J.R.Morton/ Fats Waller/Eubie Blake/ James P. Johnson/Jimmy Blythe/ Charles Clark
BIO103.2	Various	Greatest Ragtime of the Century: Classic...	30.06.90	w/Scott Joplin/J.R.Morton/ Fats Waller/Eubie Blake/ James P. Johnson/Jimmy Blythe/ Charles Clark
BIO011.2	Various	JAZZ, BLUES & RAGTIME	21.12.95	w/Scott Joplin/ J.R.Morton/ J.P. Johnson/ Eubie Blake/&
BIO117.2	Various	Jazzin' Baby Blues: Hot Piano Roll Solos	30.06.90	James P. Johnson P./ Fats Waller/ Clarence Jones/ Mike Montgomery/ Edythe Baker/ Vee Lawnhurst
BIO107.2	Various	THREE SHADES OF BLUES	30.06.90	w/Skip James/ Blind Willie McTell/ Bukka White/&
BIO016.2	VOSS, JANE	FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD	31.12.99	This respected songwriter and performer began working at folk festivals in the early '70s and has steadily expanded her repertoire to include a variety of musical genres, her reputation and following increasing just as steadily along the way. In 1976, she formed an enduring partnership with swing and ragtime piano player Hoyle Osborne, with whom she has performed and recorded regularly ever since
BIO104.2	Waller,Fats	Classic Jazz Solos From Rare Piano Rolls	19.11.93	1923-1929 Recordings
BIO001.2	WALLER, FATS	CLASSIC JAZZ FROM RARE PIANO SOLOS	31.12.99
BIO114.2	Waller,Thomas Fats	Low Down Papa	19.11.93	Original 20's and 30's Recordings
BIO147.2	Weston,Randy	How High the Moon	24.06.97	Piano, w/trumpeter Ray Copeland, baritonist Cecil Payne, bassist Ahmed-Abdul Malik and Willie Jones or Wilbert Hogan on drums
BIO145.2	White,Bukka	Big Daddy Mississippi Blues	03.09.96	Bukka White proves the staying power of the traditional blues style with his 1973 sessions. Riding the folk-blues popularity wave in the '60s, these early-'70s recordings find the storyteller/singer still in his prime.