| 1. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | In A Mezz [KJ 1-1]
Sammy Price
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| 2. | Those Mellow Blues [KJ 2-1]
Sammy Price
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| 3. | Gully Low Blues [KJ 3-1]
Sammy Price o
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| 4. | Cow Cow Blues [KJ 4-1]
Sammy Price
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| 5. | 133rd Street Blues [KJ 5-1]
Sammy Price
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| 6. | I Finally Gotcha' [KJ 6-1]
Sammy Price
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| 7. | Boogin' With Mezz [KJ 7-1]
Sammy Price
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| 8. | Callin' 'Em Home [KJ 8-1]
Sammy Price
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| 9. | Step Down, Step Up [KJ 9-1]
Sammy Price
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| 10. | Shakin' Loose [KJ 9-2]
Sammy Price
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| 11. | Shakin' Loose [KJ 9-3]
Sammy Price
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| 12. | Broken Man Blues [KJ 10-1]
Pleasent Joseph
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| 13. | New Jailhouse Blues [KJ 11-1]
Pleasent Joseph
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| 14. | House Party [KJ 12-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzow/Sidney Bechet/'Hot Lips' Page/Sammy Pri
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| 15. | House Party [KJ 12-2]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzow/Sidney Bechet/'Hot Lips' Page/Sammy Pri
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| 16. | Peridido Street Stomp [KJ 13-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzow/Sidney Bechet/'Hot Lips' Page/Sammy Pri
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| 17. | Peridido Street Stomp [KJ 13-2]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzow/Sidney Bechet/'Hot Lips' Page/Sammy Pri
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| 18. | Revolutionary Blues, Part 1 [KJ 14-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzow/Sidney Bechet/'Hot Lips' Page/Sammy Pri
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| 19. | Revolutionary Blues, Part 2 [KJ 15-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzow/Sidney Bechet/'Hot Lips' Page/Sammy Pri
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| 20. | Blood On The Moon [KJ 16-1]
'Hot Lips' Page
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| 21. | Levee Blues [KJ 17-1]
Pleasent Joseph
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| 22. | Layin' My Rules In Blues [KJ 18-1]
Pleasent Joseph
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| 23. | Bad Bad Baby Blues [KJ 19-1]
Pleasent Joseph
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| 24. | Bad Bad Baby Blues [KJ 19-2]
Pleasent Joseph
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| 25. | Saw Mill Man Blues [KJ 20-1]
Pleasent Joseph
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| 26. | Minor Swoon [KJ 21-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Oran 'Hot Lips' Page/Sam
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| 27. | Minor Swoon [KJ 21-2]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Oran 'Hot Lips' Page/Sam
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| 2. CD tartalma: |
| 1. | Minor Swoon [KJ 21-3]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Oran 'Hot Lips' Page/Sam
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| 2. | The Sheik Of Araby [KJ 22-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Oran 'Hot Lips' Page/Sam
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| 3. | The Sheik Of Araby [KJ 22-2]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Oran 'Hot Lips' Page/Sam
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| 4. | Boogin' With Big Sid [KJ 23-1]
Sammy Price/Sidney Catlett
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| 5. | Baby, I'm Cuttin' Out [KJ 24-1]
Douglas Daniels
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| 6. | Baby, I'm Cuttin' Out [KJ 24-2]
Douglas Daniels
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| 7. | Baby, I'm Cuttin' Out [KJ 24-3]
Douglas Daniels
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| 8. | Ole Miss [KJ 25-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 9. | Ole Miss [KJ 25-2]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 10. | Bowin' The Blues [KJ 26-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 11. | Bowin' The Blues [KJ 26-2]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 12. | Jelly Roll [KJ 27-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 13. | Jelly Roll [KJ 27-2]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 14. | Jelly Roll [KJ 27-3]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 15. | Jelly Roll [KJ 27-4]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 16. | Perdido Street Stomp [KJ 28-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 17. | Perdido Street Stomp [KJ 28-2]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 18. | 32 Bars Of Blues [KJ 29-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 19. | Forgotten Harmony [KJ 29-2]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 20. | Revolutionary Blues [KJ 29-3]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 21. | Gone Away Blues [KJ 30-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 22. | De Luxe Stomp [KJ 31-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 23. | Out Of The Gallon [KJ 32-1]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 24. | Out Of The Gallon [KJ 32-2]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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| 25. | Out Of The Gallon [KJ 32-3]
Milton 'Mezz' Mezzrow/Sidney Bechet/Fitz Weston/George 'Pops
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Jazz
Mezz Mezzrow - Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
In 1945, clarinetist and New Orleans jazz propagandist Mezz Mezzrow started recording sessions for his King Jazz label. The music tended to emphasize ensembles, fairly basic chord structures (lots of lowdown blues, some with bridges) and was most notable for featuring the remarkable soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet. The selections (most of which were recorded two or even three or four times) had been released through the years in often random fashion. However, in 1997, GHB reissued the entire catalog on this two-CD set, plus the three-disc Volume Two. Heard in chronological order, the music can finally be enjoyed in its entirety in coherent fashion. The first volume has 11 piano solos by Sammy Price (a fine blues and boogie-woogie player), a pair of numbers in which Price accompanies singer Pleasant Joseph, and four lengthy band sessions. The latter finds Mezzrow and Bechet joined on the first two dates by trumpeter Hot Lips Page, Price, rhythm guitarist Danny Barker, bassist Pops Foster, and drummer Sid Catlett; the final 21 cuts (from Aug. 29 and 30, 1945) find Mezz and Sidney accompanied by pianist Fitz Weston, Foster and drummer Kaiser Marshall; Douglas Daniels takes the vocal on three versions of "Baby, I'm Cuttin' Out." Although there is a certain sameness to the music after awhile, and Mezzrow's sincere flights often run out of gas, the playing of Page and especially Bechet greatly uplift the performances and make this a recommended acquisition to classic jazz collectors.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Mezz Mezzrow
Active Decades: '20s, '30s, '40s and '50s
Born: Oct 09, 1899 in Chicago, IL
Died: Aug 05, 1972 in Paris, France
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Classic Jazz, Dixieland, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Swing
Mezz Mezzrow occupies an odd and unique place in jazz history. Although an enthusiastic clarinetist, he was never much of a player, sounding best on the blues. A passionate propagandist for Chicago and New Orleans jazz and the rights of blacks (he meant well, but tended to overstate his case), Mezzrow was actually most significant for writing his colorful and somewhat fanciful memoirs, -Really the Blues, and for being a reliable supplier of marijuana in the 1930s and '40s. In the 1920s, he was part of the Chicago jazz scene, at first helping the young white players and then annoying them with his inflexible musical opinions. Mezzrow recorded with the Jungle Kings, the Chicago Rhythm Kings, and Eddie Condon during 1927-1928, often on tenor. In the 1930s, he led a few swing-oriented dates that featured all-star integrated bands in 1933-1934 and 1936-1937. The French critic Hugues Panassie was always a big supporter of Mezzrow's playing and Mezz was well-featured on sessions in 1938 with Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet; "Really the Blues" is a near-classic. Mezzrow had his own King Jazz label during 1945-1947, mostly documenting ensemble-oriented blues jams with Bechet and occasionally Hot Lips Page. After appearing at the 1948 Nice Jazz Festival, Mezzrow eventually moved to France, where he recorded fairly regularly during 1951-1955 (including with Lee Collins and Buck Clayton), along with a final album in 1959.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
