Vintage Jazzmen - Messin Around - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This compilation of early jazz and ragtime dates from a very early recording (Eli Green's Cakewalk from 1898) to the 1920s. The sources are from pianola rolls, 78 rpm records and phonograph cylinders. The rolls on this recording were played on an Orchestrelle player attachment 65/88 note made around 1905. The first known player is thought to be the 1863 Furneaux 'Pianista.' As with the Orchestrelle this operated by striking the keys of an ordinary piano. The main difference was that it was operated by a handle in the manner of a street piano, while the later instrument is worked pneumatically by foot operated bellows. Early rolls were 58 and later 65 note. 88 notes became standard in the 1900s although the earlier sizes continued to be made. It was some years before manufacturers got together and standardized roll size and fitting so that any player could play any roll. Album Tracks 1. Skip Along (Cakewalk) 2. Pussyfoot March 3. Sunflower Dance 4. When It's Night Time in Italy 5. Maple Leaf Rag 6. Whistling Rufus 7. Tha Moaning Saxophone Rag 8. Banjo Floric 9. Rag-Time Skedaddle 10. Charleston 11. Ross Double Shuffle 12. French Trot 13. Too Much Mustard 14. Alabama Dream (Cakewalk) 15. Camptown Carnival 16. Smiles & Chuckles (Jazz Rag) 17. 1915 Rag 18. Mon Paris 19. Poppies 20. Florida Rag 21. Dardanella 22. Come Back to Georgia 23. Ragtime Oriole 24. Meadow Lark 25. Slippery Place Rag 26. Panama Rag 27. Eli Green's Cake Walk

This CD presents a panorama of Gypsy jazz recordings from 1933-2003. Features Quintette du Hot Club de France, Coleman Hawkins with Django Reinhardt, Claude Bolling with Stephane Grappelli, Rodolphe Raffalli, Galliano/Capon, Les Primitifs du Futur, Tony Murena, Jo Privat, Orchestre Musette Victor, Capon/Escoude, Annie Papin, Okay Temiz and others. Album Tracks 1. Nuages - Quintet of the Hot Club of France 2. Tears - Jean-Charles Capon, Richard Galliano 3. Belle Et Le Manouche - Les Primitifs Du Futur 4. Passion - Tony Mur 5. Danse Des Trois - Boulou Ferr 6. Stardust - C.D. Hawkins and Singers, Django Reinhardt 7. Mr. Grappelli 8. Paris Musette - Jo Privat 9. Improvisation N 2 - Django Reinhardt 10. Valse de Minuit 11. Supplique 12. Dinah - Quintet of the Hot Club of France 13. Jeannette - Pierre Boussaguet, Jean-Charles Capon 14. Swing Deux 15. Artillerie Lourde - Django Reinhardt 16. De Partout Et D'ailleurs - Claude Bolling, Stane Grappelli 17. Belleville - Quintet of the Hot Club of France 18. Mari - Okay Temiz

Album Tracks 1. Blues in Hoss' Flat 2. Sophisticated Lady 3. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 4. Basically Blues 5. Cherokee 6. Begin the Beguine 7. Things Ain't What They Used to Be 8. Early Autumn 9. April in Paris 10. Stompin' at the Savoy