Artist: Various
Album: Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz In Los Angeles (1921-1956)
Genre: Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz
Label: Rhino
Released: 1999
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- CD 1:
- Ory's Creole Trombone - Ory's Sunshine Orchestra
- Creole Song - Ory's Creole Jazz Band
- Get Out Of Here - Ory's Creole Jazz Band
- Blues For Jimmy - Ory's Creole Jazz Band
- Someday Sweetheart - Jelly Roll Morton's Jazz Band
- The Pearls - Jelly Roll Morton
- Kansas City Stomps - Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
- Mamanita - Jelly Roll Morton
- Harlem - Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders
- California Swing - Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders
- If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight - Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra
- Shine - Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
- Dixie Rhythm - The Four Blackbirds
- Body And Soul - Art Tatum & His Swingsters
- Tiger Rag - Art Tatum
- Central Avenue Breakdown - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
- T-Bone Blues - T-Bone Walker/Les Hite & His Orchestra
- Jump For Joy - Duke Ellington
- Blues On Central Avenue - Joe Turner
- Benny's Bugle - Lee & Lester Young's Orchestra
- Flying Home - Lionel hampton & His Orchestra
- Mean Old World - T-Bone Walker
- Jumpin' In The Groove - Cee Pee Johnson Orchestra
- CD 2:
- Straighten Up And Fly Right - Nat King Cole Trio
- The Man I Love - Nat King Cole Trio
- Body And Soul - Nat King Cole Trio
- I Wonder - Cecil Grant
- The Honeydripper Pts. 1 & 2 - Joe Liggins & His Orchestra
- Swingin' The Boogie - Hadda Brooks Trio
- That's My Desire - Hadda Brooks Trio
- Harlem Nocturne - Johnny Otis Orchestra
- Driftin' Blues - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
- Tutti Frutti - Slim Gaillard & His Boogiereeners
- Laguna - Slim Gaillard Quartet
- Soothe Me - Ernie Andrews
- Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' - Ernie Andrews
- These Foolish Things - Lester Young
- R.M. Blues - Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
- Groovin' High - Gerald Wilson Orchestra
- Bugle Call Rag - Wilbert Baranco Orchestra
- Ornithology - Charlie Parker Septet
- A Night In Tunisia - Charlie Parker Septet
- Jump Call - Benny Carter Orchestra
- Bedspread - Baron Mingus & His Octet
- Pipe Dream - Lady Will Carr
- Smooth Sailing - Lucky Thompson Quartet
- CD 3:
- Dial-Ated Pupils - Howard McGhee Sextet
- Up In Dodo's Room - Howard McGhee Sextet
- Cruisin' With Cab - Gerald Wilson Orchestra
- Dissonance In Blues - Gerald Wilson Orchestra
- Mischievous Lady - Dexter Gordon Quintet
- The Chase - Dexter Gordon/Wardell Gray
- Chromatic Aberration - Dexter Gordon Quartet
- Bikini - Dexter Gordon Quintet
- I Thought About You - Nellie Lutcher
- Fine Brown Frame - Nellie Lutcher
- Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Red Top - Lionel Hampton Orchestra
- Ain't Nobody's Business - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Big Fine Girl - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Blues In Teddy's Flat - Teddy Edwards Quartet
- Tear Drop Blues - Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy
- Hop, Skip And Jump - Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
- So Tired - Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
- It's April - Buddy Collette Quartet
- Collette - Buddy Collette Quartet
- Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton
- Mingus Fingers - Charles Mingus
- These Foolish Things - Charles Mingus
- CD 4:
- Sippin' With Cisco - Roy Porter's 17 Beboppers
- Gassin' The Wig - Roy Porter's 17 Beboppers
- Little Wig - Roy Porter's 17 Beboppers
- Double Crossing Blues - Johnny Otis Quintette
- Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
- Move - Wardell Gray
- Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield
- Black Nite - Charles Brown
- Money Blues - Camille Howard & Her Boyfriends
- Deacon's Hop - Big Jay McNeely
- Sweet And Lovely - Wardell Gray
- Farmer's Market - Wardell Gray
- Lover Man - Wardell Gray
- East Of The Sun - Joe Swanson Orchestra
- Thrust - Joe Swanson Orchestra
- 3-D - Big Jay McNeely
- Nervous Man Nervous - Big Jay McNeely
- Too Marvelous For Words - Art Tatum
- Lover Man - Art Tatum
- The Champ - Frank Morgan
- De Silva Wig - Gerald Wiggins Trio
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Los Angeles is not usually seen as a hotbed of African-American musical creativity in the first half of the 20th century, but this deluxe box set deflates that misconception in a hurry. From 1921 to 1956 -- the time frame covered by the four discs of Central Avenue Sounds -- jazz of all kinds flourished on Central Avenue, L.A.'s main stem of sepia culture. Kicking off with the ultra rare 78 of "Ory's Creole Trombone" by Kid Ory (the original recording finally speed-corrected to 85.3 rpm), the first disc moves effortlessly, showing who stopped in Los Angeles to record, who stayed, and who jazz's early pioneers were. Early sides from Ory, Jelly Roll Morton, Lionel Hampton, Lester Young, Lee Young, T-Bone Walker, Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, and the highly underrated Paul Howard Quality Serenaders make up the highlights. Disc two brings the early sounds of jump blues into the mix with sides from the Nat "King" Cole Trio, Hadda Brooks, Joe Liggins, Johnny Otis, and Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, as well as early bop from Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus. Disc three follows the bop and big band trail with seminal sides from Howard McGhee, Gerald Wilson, Dexter Gordon, Teddy Edwards, and Buddy Collette, with blues and jump from T-Bone Walker, Nellie Lutcher, Pee Wee Crayton, and Roy Milton. The final disc moves into the 1950s and shows just how fine the boundary between jazz and R&B truly was, with high-octane sides by Roy Porter's 17 Beboppers, Charles Brown, Wardell Gray, and Camille Howard, as well as honking sax showcases by Big Jay McNeely. There's some amazing music aboard this sumptuous set, and the whole shebang shines the spotlight on a strong and varied musical scene that hasn't been around the reissue block a million times. All kinds of jazz was played on L.A.'s Central Avenue and here are four discs that rightly showcase what a varied and interesting lot it all was.
Review by Cub Koda