Recorded December 98

Recording Engineer - Glen Hirst of Audio Live

South Rampart Street Parade
40 sec (mp3 150k)
Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Steve Allen - 1937 1st recorded Bob Cosby 1937 Originally titled "Bulls on Parade" after the "Bulls" Society, Aid and Pleasure club in New Orleans.

Mapleleaf Rag
50 sec (mp3 200k)
Scott Joplin - 1897. Recognised as his first published rag. Named after the "Maple Leaf Club" in Sedalia Missouri, where he played.

Dr Jazz
50 sec (mp3 207k)
Jelly Roll Morton - 1926, Recorded 1926 Later played by King Oliver and Walter Melrose 1927 The original sheet music wording is "HelloCentral! Give me Dr Jazz" and often called Dr Jazz Stomp.

Dippermouth Blues
King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Walter Melrose - 1923 1st recorded King Oliver 1923

If I Had You
Ted Shapiro, James Campbell and Reg Connelly - 1928 1st recorded Sam Lanin 1928

O Gee Say Gee (My Gee Gee from the Figi Isle)
Albert Von Tilzer and Lew Brown 1st recorded Joseph Samuels Jazz Band 1921

Panama Rag
50 sec sample (mp3 190k)
William H Tyers 1911 1st recorded Louis Russell 1930 Written for and named after a famous vaudeville act, Aida Overton Walker and her Panama Girls.

Muskrat Ramble
Edward "kid" Ory 1926 1st recorded Louis Armstrong 1926 According to Sidney Becket, this was an old creole theme called "The Old Cow Died"

Sweet Patootie
Bogan William Alexander 1st recorded Nobie Sissles Swingsters 1938

Clarinet Marmalade
Larry Shields and Henry Ragas 1917 1st recorded Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1918

Louisiana
James C Johnson, Andy Razaf and Bob Schafer 1928 1st recorded Bix Beiderbecke 1928

Please Don't Talk About Me When I've Gone
Sam Stept and Sidney Clare 1930 1st recorded Ethel Waters 1931

Beale Street Blues
W C Handy 1916 1st recorded Charleston Chasers 1931

Riverboat Shuffle
Hoagy Carmichael, Dick Voynow, Irving Mills and Mitchell Parish 1924 1st recorded Wolverines 1924 Originally called "Free Wheeling", Hoagy's first recorded composition.

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