Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti - The New York Sessions 1926-1935 [Box]

Artist:

Lang, Eddie

UPC:

788065901622

See Also:

Boswell Sisters Armstrong, Louis McDuff, Jack

Description:

Personnel includes: Eddie Lang (guitar); Joe Venuti (violin); Texas Alexnader (vocals); Frankie Traumbauer (C-melody saxophone); Bix Beiderbecke (cornet, piano); King Oliver (trumpet); Clarence Williams (piano); Lonnie Johnson (guitar).
Recorded between 1926 & 1935.
The recordings of master jazz duo Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti have been compiled many times and in many ways, but never before as easily as JSP`s four-disc box set The New York Sessions 1926-1935. While Mosaic still deserves pride of place for its massive set The Classic Columbia and OKeh Sessions (which doubles the number of discs), this set earns great notices because of its low price and high availability. Certainly this includes all of Lang and Venuti`s best moments, most delivered under the studio rubric Joe Venuti`s Blue Four -- with the help of talented friends like Adrian Rollini, Jimmy Dorsey, and Frank Signorelli. "The Blue Room," "Doin` Things," and "The Wild Dog" belied the frantic nature of much classic jazz; sides by Lang and Venuti called to mind adjectives like buoyant, pastoral, virtuosic, ones that hadn`t previously been applied to recorded jazz. The New York Sessions 1926-1935 also adds many scattered sessions that didn`t come out under their name, such as sidemen gigs for artists ranging from Cliff Edwards to Annette Hanshaw to bluesman Texas Alexander. Also appearing are a few excellent sides of guitar duets featuring Lonnie Johnson and Lang, who recorded under the name Blind Willie Dunn. All in all, it`s a treasure trove of classic jazz for fans who`ve been unable to find this much material so easily. ~ John Bush

Track Listing:

DISC 1: - 1927:

1. Black and Blue Bottom
2. Stringing the Blues
3. String the Blues
4. Wild Cat
5. Sunshine
6. Eddie`s Twister
7. April Kisses
8. Doin` Things
9. Goin` Places
10. Prelude
11. Little Love, A Little Kiss, A
12. There`ll Be Some Changes Made
13. My Syncopated Melody Man
14. I`m Somebody`s Somebody Now
15. I Like What You Like
16. Ain`t That a Grand and Glorious Feeling?
17. Who-Oo? You-Oo, That`s Who!
18. Under the Moon
19. Kickin` the Cat
20. Beatin` the Dog
21. Cheese and Crackers
22. Mug of Ale, A
23. Wringin` and Twistin`
24. Melody Man`s Dream
25. Perfect

DISC 2:

1. Penn Beach Blues
2. Four String Joe
3. Dinah
4. Wild Dog, The
5. Rainbow Dreams
6. Add a Little Wiggle
7. My Baby Came Home
8. From Monday On
9. Man From the South, The
10. Pretty Trix
11. Doin` Things
12. Wild Cat
13. My Handy Man
14. Organ Grinder`s Blues
15. Good Little Bad Little You
16. Jeaninne I Dream of Lilac Time
17. Blue Room, The
18. Sensation
19. I`ll Never Be the Same
20. How Long, How Long Blues
21. Deck Hand Blues
22. Church Street Sobbin` Blues
23. There`ll Be Some Changes Made
24. Wild Geese Blues
25. How Much Can I Stand?

DISC 3: - 1929:

1. Work Ox Blues
2. Risin` Sun, The
3. Two Tone Stomp
4. Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues
5. Tell Me Woman Blues
6. Frisco Bound Blues
7. St. Louis Fair Blues
8. I Am Calling Blues
9. In the Bottle Blues
10. What Ya Want Me to Do?
11. My Honey`s Lovin` Arms
12. Goin` Home
13. Jet Black Blues
14. Blue Blood Blues
15. Guitar Blues
16. Handful of Riffs, A
17. Blue Guitars
18. Bull Frog Moan
19. Deep Minor Rhythm
20. Midnight Call
21. Hot Fingers
22. Blue Room
23. Runnin` Ragged
24. Apple Blossom

DISC 4: - 1935:

1. Raggin` the Scale
2. Put and Take
3. Wild Dog, The
4. Really Blue
5. I`ve Found a New Baby
6. Sweet Sue, Just You
7. Pardon Me Pretty Baby
8. Little Girl
9. Little Buttercup
10. Tempo de Modernage
11. There`s No Other Girl
12. Now That I Need You You`re Gone
13. Wolf Wobble, The
14. Toto Blues
15. Pickin` My Way Guitar Mania Pt. 1
16. Feeling My Way Guitar Mania Pt. 2
17. Fit as a Fiddle
18. Baby
19. Raggin` the Scale
20. Hey Young Fella
21. Jigsaw Puzzle Blues
22. Pink Elephants
23. Red Velvet
24. Black Satin
25. Venuti`s Pagliacci #2

Album Information

Release Date:

08/12/2003

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Guitar

Label:

JSP (UK)

Catalog Number:

JSPCD 916

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

4

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

Runtime:

303 : 29

Guest Artist:

Frankie Trumbauer; King Oliver; Clarence Williams; Lonnie Johnson; Texas Alexander; Bix Beiderbecke

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