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Also by Bix Beiderbeck (sic)

There´s a complete Bix on-line discography (with images and sound) coming: BIX BEIDERBECKE DISCOGRAPHY Created by Jean Pierre Lion Amended, expanded, and reformated by Hans Eekhoff and Albert Haim To obtain the complete discography by Jean Pierre Lion in word and pdf versions, click here There´s a site (a satellite site to the bixography.com) with another on-line discography by Joel Vanwambeke and reformated by Albert Haim: http://bixography.com/recordingsjoel/index.html --Edit in bold letters--

BTW: apart from the four "recognized" Bix piano pieces, "In a mist", "Candlelights", "Flashes" and "Candlelight", there are three additional compositions (under discussion). This is extracted from Bix Discussion site: "Additional Compositions by Bix: Authentic or Apocryphal? Whenever Bix had spare time and there was a piano around, he would sit and play "beautiful chords". His genius for improvisation was remarkable, and it is likely that he "composed" numerous pieces in this manner. It is also likely that these "compositions" were not quite organized and finished. Since they were not written down or recorded, they were ephemeral. There are two possible exceptions. Cloudy. In the documentary "Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet", Charlie Davis, band leader and composer of "Copenhagen", states that he heard Bix play a composition that he called "Cloudy". Davis claims that he recorded that tune in his mind and played it in the documentary. A transcription of the tune (music and lyrics) was published as the last page of the book "That Band from Indiana" by Charlie Davies, Mathom Publishing Company, Oswego, NY, 1982. The tune was recorded by Randy Sandke and is available in the CD Awakening (Concord CD 42049-2). Randy Sandke made an arrangement for trumpet and orchestra and gives it the subtitle "Homage to Bix". According to Randy Sandke (Bix Beiderbecke: Observing a Genius at Work, 1996), this may be the same tune called "Clouds" and described by Chip Deffaa in his book "Voices of the Jazz Age", University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1990. "Stacy, who adored Beiderbecke's work, remembered him playing a piece called "Clouds" in a jam session once." In the documentary, Davis states that Bix was a "black key man". This is incorrect. I take the expression "black key man" to describe a musician who prefers to play predominantly in keys, that, on the piano, include numerous black keys in the scale. All of Bix's piano music was written in the key of C. As a matter of fact, Bill Challis and Paul Mertz were quite upset when they heard Davies' comment about the black keys. Bill Challis, who worked with Bix and transcribed all of Bix's piano compositions, knew well that Bix was not a "black key man". (I am grateful to Joe Giordano, Bixophile, collector, and writer, who knew Bill Challis, for this information.) Betcha I Getcha. On December 13, 1973, Dick Hyman, Joe Venuti and drummer Panama Francis recorded "Shreveport Stomp" and "The Perfect Rag" as part of a Columbia album of Jelly Roll Morton pieces specially arranged by Dick Hyman. In an article that he published in the June 1985 issue of "Keyboard", Dick Hyman writes: "After a bit Joe himself sat down at the piano and astonished me by playing what he claimed was an unpublished composition by Bix Beiderbecke. He said it was called "Betcha I Getcha." "Whether what he played is in fact something of Beiderbecke's or merely another of the great Venuti gags cannot be determined". "The eight opening bars sound Bixian, without a doubt, but on the other hand Joe was perfectly familiar with Bix's style, and might have been able to replicate it with a theme of his own." "The middle strain is most likely Joe marking time, and the title sounds like a Venuti invention. However, the possible validity of the main theme is tantalizing." A transcription of "Betcha I Getcha" is available in the article mentioned above and in Dick Hyman's book "Piano Pro" (1992, Ekay Music). Brooklets. In the June 5, 1996 issue of the Princeton Recollector, under the Class Notes for '32, there is an excerpt of a letter dated April 17, 1992 from Charles L. Smith: "In the late Spring of 1931, I remember, Bix Beiderbecke came down as a member of a professional dance band to play at a local dance, and the next morning, a Sunday morning, he and Bill Priestley, a 'pupil' of his, my brother Shelley of Triangle Club fame, and Doug McNamee and others gathered at Doug's house. Bix played some piano for us, but his lip was 'gone' from the night before, so he did not play cornet. He played a piano piece that he told us had just recently been named 'Brooklets' by a bartender of his acquaintance in Greenwich Village." Chip Deffaa also mentions "Brooklets" in his book "Voices of the Jazz Age. On the basis of a 1983 interview with Charles Smith, Deffaa writes "(Smith) recalled Beiderbecke playing a new piano composition called "Brooklets", which he had not yet put on paper." There is no transcription of this alleged composition by Bix."

Dick Hyman made a very personal cover in "The piano giants at Bob Haggart´s 80th Birthday party" (Arbors). This disc includes Ralph Sutton, Derek Smith and Dick Hyman, playing solo or in trio sets. Hyman strays from the original partiture more than what has been usual.

Up! Now listening to James P. Johnson orchestra 1939 recordings with Red Allen, Higginbotham, Sedric, James P., Eugene Fields (g), Pops Foster ( b ) and Sid Catlett (d). Hungry blues / Memories of you / Old-fashioned love / Swingin´ at the Lido / Havin´a ball for the Honey Bear! Love his warm tone. Maybe this is a blasphemy, but I find his playing (phrasing, rhythm, the way he approaches melody) certainly similar to Lester Young´s... or at least Pres was the first player that came to my mind when listening to Sedric´s solos. Milan? Anyone? (I like to stand corrected, that´s how one can learn )

Has COWLS.com got any relation with COUW? Bringing us spam, John?

I´d like to compare it with the recent Avid 3 CD box-set: (from their website) Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz Giant CD BOX SET AMBX137 ( 5022810213727) 76 sides recorded between 1935 & 1952 Featuring Teddy Wilson, Coleman Hawkins, Artie Shaw, Barney Kessel, Zoot Sims, Dick Hyman, Buddy Tate, Oscar Peterson...and many more! Continuing AVID Entertainment's Gold Remasters 3 x CD Box Set series we present one of the unsung jazz trumpet hero's of the classic jazz era…Roy Eldridge, "The Little Jazz Giant". Our musical journey begins in 1935 with The Delta Four before Roy was invited to front his own swing combo in 1937, a period he was to look back on as the happiest of his playing life. There followed a period of big band success before Roy joined Artie Shaw in 1944 as a featured sideman on an astronomical $500 a week! Following appearances in Europe including Paris and Stockholm, two great jazz cities, Roy returned to New York to fulfil an ambition to record with strings before finishing off our musical journey with four tracks recorded with Oscar Peterson in 1952. CD1 1. Swingin' On That Famous Door 2. Farewell Blues 3. Mary Had A Little Lamb 4. Wabash Stomp 5. Florida Stomp 6. Heckler's Hop 7. Where The Lazy River Goes By 8. That Thing 9. After You've Gone 10. The Gasser 11. Jump Through The Window 12. I Can't Get Started 13. After You've Gone 14. Body And Soul 15. Fish Market 16. Twilight Time 17. Little Jazz Boogie 18. Embraceable You 19. All The Cats Join In 20. Ain't That A Shame? 21. Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip 22. Tippin' Out 23. Yard Dog 24. Lover, Come Back To Me 25. Rockin' Chair 26. It's The Talk Of The Tow CD2 1. Don't Be That Way 2. I Want To Be Happy 3. Fiesta In Brass 4. St Louis Blues 5. I Only Have Eyes For You 6. 'S'wonderful 7. I'm In The Mood For Love 8. "Bean" At The Met 9. The Grabtown Grapple 10. The Sad Sack 11. Little Jazz 12. Scuttlebutt 13. Mysterioso 14. Hop Skip And Jump 15. The Gentle Grifter 16. King David 17. Undecided 18. Ain't No Flies On Me 19. Wild Driver 20. If I Had You 21. Nuts 22. Goliath Bounce 23. I Remember Harlem 24. L'isle Adam 25. Tu Disais Que Tu M'aimais CD3 1. I'd Love Him So 2. Fireworks 3. Wild Man Blues 4. Echoes Of Harlem 5. School Days 6. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Part 1 7. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Part 2 8. The Heat's On 9. No Rolling Blues 10. They Raided The Joint 11. Roy's Got Rhythm 12. Nappin' John 13. Scottie 14. Baby, What's The Matter With You? 15. Yard Dog 16. Sweet Lorraine 17. Jumbo The Elephant 18. Basin Street Blues 19. I Remember Harlem 20. Easter Parade 21. I See Everybody's Baby 22. Roy's Riff 23. Wrap You Troubles In Dreams 24. Rockin' Chair 25. Little Jazz ...but I´m too lazy!

Track list PROPERBOX68 BENNY CARTER 'THE MUSIC MASTER' Disc One (Accent on Swing) 1. GOODBYE BLUES Carter p 1931 3.17 2. CLOUDY SKIES Hawkins p 1931 2.54 3. GOT ANOTHER SWEETIE NOW Harrison p 1931 2.59 4. BUGLE CALL RAG Pettis, Mills, Schoebel p 1931 2.49 5. DEE BLUES Carter p 1933 2.55 6. SWING IT Bretz, Weiss p 1933 3.10 7. SYNTHETIC LOVE Carter, Mills, Washington p1933 3.25 8. SIX BELLS STAMPEDE Hughes p 1933 2.39 9. LOVE, YOU’RE NOT THE ONE FOR ME Carter p 1933 2.32 10. SWEET SUE, JUST YOU Young, Harris p 1933 2.59 11. BLUE INTERLUDE Carter p 1933 3.25 12. I NEVER KNEW Fio Rito, Kahn p 1933 3.03 13. ONCE UPON A TIME Carter p 1933 3.24 14. KRAZY KAPERS Carter p 1933 3.28 15. DEVIL’S HOLIDAY Carter p 1933 3.06 16. LONESOME NIGHTS Carter p 1933 3.33 17. SYMPHONY IN RIFFS Carter p 1933 3.03 18. BLUE LOU Sampson p 1933 3.05 19. SHOOT THE WORKS Carter, Mills p1934 2.57 20. DREAM LULLABY Carter, Mills p 1934 3.09 21. EVERYBODY SHUFFLE Carter p 1934 3.02 22. THESE FOOLISH THINGS Strachey, Link p 1936 3.00 23. ACCENT ON SWING Carter p 1936 2.49 Disc Two (When Lights Are Low) 1. WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW Carter, Williams p 1936 2.48 2. BLUE INTERLUDE Carter p 1936 3.07 3. GIN AND JIVE Carter p 1937 2.55 4. NAGASAKI Warren, Dixon p 1937 2.57 5. THERE’S A SMALL HOTEL Rodgers, Hart p 1937 3.05 6. I’M IN THE MOOD FOR SWING Carter p 1937 2.32 7. I’LL NEVER GIVE IN Johnson p 1937 2.40 8. SKIP IT Carter p 1937 2.56 9. LAZY AFTERNOON Carter p 1937 3.01 10. BLUES IN MY HEART Carter p 1937 2.33 11. SOMEBODY LOVES ME Gershwin, McDonald, De Sylva p 1937 2.46 12. MIGHTY LIKE THE BLUES Feather p 1937 3.02 13. PARDON ME, PRETTY BABY Rose, Klages, Meskill p 1937 2.57 14. MY BUDDY Donaldson p 1937 2.47 15. FAREWELL BLUES Mares, Schoebel p 1938 3.13 16. BLUE LIGHT BLUES Ellington p 1938 3.04 17. MELANCHOLY LULLABY Carter p 1939 2.55 18. WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW Carter, Williams p 1939 2.50 19. RIFF ROMP Carter p 1939 2.55 20. SHUFFLEBUG SHUFFLE Carter p 1939 2.45 21. SLEEP Lebieg p 1940 2.57 22. FISH FRY Carter p 1940 3.10 23. SLOW FREIGHT Carter p 1940 3.20 24. NIGHT HOP Carter p 1940 3.08 25. POM POM Carter p 1940 2.50 Disc Three (Back Bay Boogie) 1. O.K. FOR BABY Carter p 1940 3.03 2. SMACK Feather p 1940 2.36 3. I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME McHugh p 1940 4.12 4. BOOGIE WOOGIE SUGAR BLUES Williams, Fletcher p 1940 3.06 5. ALL OF ME Simons, Marks p 1940 3.20 6. CUDDLE UP, HUDDLE UP Carter p 1941 2.43 7. MIDNIGHT Gomez, Parker p 1941 3.16 8. LULLABY TO A DREAM Carter p 1941 3.07 9. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE Adams, Grever p 1941 3.02 10. SUNDAY Miller, Cahn, Stein, Krueger p 1941 2.45 11. BACK BAY BOOGIE Carter p 1941 2.54 12. POINCIANA Simon, Bernier p 1943 3.01 13. LOVE FOR SALE Porter p 1943 3.01 14. I CAN’T ESCAPE FROM YOU Robin, Whiting p 1944 3.21 15. I CAN’T GET STARTED Duke, Gershwin p 1944 2.51 16. I SURRENDER DEAR Barris, Clifford p 1944 3.03 17. MALIBU Carter p 1945 3.03 18. FOREVER BLUES Carter p 1946 2.37 19. JUMP CALL Carter p 1946 2.53 20. LOOKING FOR A BOY Gershwin, Gershwin p 1946 2.51 21. ROSE ROOM Hickman, Williams p 1946 2.57 22. THE MOON IS LOW Brown, Freed p 1946 2.48 23. STAIRWAY TO THE STARS Signorelli, Malneck, Parish p 1946 3.07 24. BYE BYE BLUES Hamm, Bennett, Lown, Gray p 1946 2.44 25. I DONT KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU, LIKE I DO Ahlert, Turk p 1946 3.05 Disc Four (Funky Blues) 1. MOONGLOW Hudson, De Lange, Mills p 1946 2.51 2. GIVE ME SOMETHING TO REMEMBER YOU BY Dietz Schwartz p 1946 2.47 3. LADY BE GOOD Gershwin, Gershwin p 1946 2.38 4. DEEP PURPLE Parish, De Rose p 1946 3.12 5. SWEET GEORGIA BROWN Bernie, Pinkard, Casey p 1946 2.35 6. OUT OF MY WAY Catlett, Grimes, Sigman p 1946 3.00 7. WHAT’LL IT BE Webster p 1946 3.16 8. CADILLAC SLIM Webster p 1946 3.01 9. JAM BLUES Unknown p 1952 14.19 10. WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE? Porter p 1952 15.23 11. FUNKY BLUES Hodges p 1952 13.11 12. ISN’T IT ROMANTIC ? Rodgers, Hart p 1952 3.40 13. GONE WITH THE WIND Wrubel, Magidson p 1952 2.56 14. I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN’T GOOD Ellington, Webster p 1952 2.55 15. KEY LARGO Carter, Worth, Suessdorf p 1952 3.06

Track list: PROPERBOX69 ROY ELDRIDGE 'LITTLE JAZZ TRUMPET GIANT' Disc One (Swing Is Here) 1. (LOOKIE, LOOKIE, LOOKIE) HERE COMES COOKIE (Mack Gordon) 3.01 2. WHAT A LITTLE MOONLIGHT CAN DO (Harry MacGregor Woods) 2.58 3. SWEET LORRAINE (Mitchell Parish, Cliff Burwell) 3.02 4. SWINGIN’ ON THE FAMOUS DOOR (Roy Eldridge) 3.01 5. FAREWELL BLUES (Elmer Schoebel, Paul Mares, Leon Rappolo) 3.01 6. I HOPE GABRIEL LIKES MY MUSIC (Dave Franklin) 3.01 7. SWING IS HERE (Gene Krupa, Roy Eldridge, Chu Berry) 2.52 8. BLUE LOU (Edgar Sampson, Irving Mills) 3.05 9. STEALIN’ APPLES (Andy Razaf, Thomas Waller) 2.57 10. TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE (Clay Boland) 3.08 11. WARMIN’ UP (Teddy Wilson) 3.15 12. BLUES IN C SHARP MINOR (Teddy Wilson) 3.18 13. SHOE SHINE BOY (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) 3.31 14. WABASH STOMP (Roy Eldridge, Edgar Battle) 3.05 15. FLORIDA STOMP (Joe Eldridge, Edgar Battle, Clyde Hart) 2.53 16. HECKLER’S HOP (Roy Eldridge, Joe Eldridge, Edgar Battle) 2.33 17. THAT THING (Roy Eldridge) 2.56 18. SITTIN’ IN (Roy Eldridge) 2.11 19. STARDUST (Mitchell Parish, Hoagy Carmichael) 3.55 20. BODY AND SOUL (Frank Eyton, Robert Sour, Edward Heyman, John Green) 3.52 21. FORTY-SIX WEST FIFTY-TWO (Chu Berry, Milt Gabler) 2.32 22. S-H-I-N-E (Cecil Mack, Lew Brown, Ford Dabney) 4.04 23. ROY’S RIFFIN’ NOW (Unknown) 1.46 24. I’M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU (Ned Washington, George Bassman) 2.56 25. HIGH SOCIETY (Walter Melrose, Porter Steele) 3.01 Disc Two (The Gasser) 1. SMACK (Leonard Feather) 2.39 2. I SURRENDER, DEAR (Gordon Clifford, Harry Barris) 4.37 3. I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME (Clarence Gaskill, James McHugh) 4.12 4. LET ME OFF UPTOWN (Redd Evans, Earl Bostic) 3.02 5. ROCKIN’ CHAIR (Hoagy Carmichael) 3.00 6. BALL OF FIRE (Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa) 2.59 7. ROYAL FLUSH (Count Basie) 3.28 8. THE GASSER (Roy Eldridge) 2.53 9. JUMP THROUGH THE WINDOW (Roy Eldridge) 2.40 10. MINOR JIVE (Roy Eldridge) 2.41 11. TEA FOR TWO (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) 3.23 12. DON’T BE THAT WAY (Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson, Benny Goodman) 3.17 13. I WANT TO BE HAPPY (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) 3.01 14. FIESTA IN BRASS (Roy Eldridge, Emmett Berry, Joe Thomas) 2.58 15. ST. LOUIS BLUES (W.C. Handy) 2.36 16. AFTER YOU’VE GONE (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) 3.01 17. THE SAD SACK (Buster Harding, Artie Shaw) 3.03 18. LITTLE JAZZ BOOGIE (Buster Harding) 2.46 19. EMBRACEABLE YOU (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) 3.26 20. LITTLE JAZZ (Buster Harding) 3.00 21. JUST FLOATIN’ ALONG (George Siravo, Artie Shaw) 3.03 22. SCUTTLEBUTT (John Carleton, Artie Shaw) 3.08 23. ALL THE CATS JOIN IN (Eddie Sauter, Alec Wilder, Ray Gilbert) 2.44 24. TIPPIN’ OUT (Buster Harding, Roy Eldridge) 2.45 25. LOVER, COME BACK TO ME (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) 3.08 Disc Three (Kind David In Paris...And Stockholm Too) 1. KING DAVID (Roy Eldridge) 3.00 2. IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING) (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) 3.00 3. WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS (Ted Koehler, Billy Moll, Harry Harris) 3.09 4. UNDECIDED (Sid Robin, Charlie Shavers) 3.23 5. AIN’T NO FLIES ON ME (Unknown) 3.18 6. THE MAN I LOVE (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) 3.31 7. EASTER PARADE (Irving Berlin) 2.55 8. WILD DRIVER (Roy Eldridge) 3.08 9. IF I HAD YOU (Ted Shapiro, Jimmy Campbell, Reg. Connelly) 3.32 10. NUTS (Roy Eldridge) 3.15 11. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) 3.07 12. GOLIATH BOUNCE (Roy Eldridge) 3.35 13. I REMEMBER HARLEM (Roy Eldridge) 2.53 14. BABY, DON’T DO ME LIKE THAT (Roy Eldridge) 3.23 15. L’ISLE ADAM (Roy Eldridge) 3.16 16. (WHAT DID I DO TO BE SO) BLACK & BLUE? (Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks, Fats Waller) 3.25 17. ECHOES OF HARLEM (Duke Ellington) 2.42 18. SCHOOLDAYS (Roy Eldridge) 2.51 19. SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Part 1) (Jordan, Walsh) 2.24 20. SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Part 2) (Jordan, Walsh) 2.31 21. THE HEAT’S ON (Roy Eldridge) 2.59 22. NO ROLLING BLUES (John Collins) 3.03 23. THEY RAIDED THE JOINT (Eldridge, Jackson, Page) 3.12 24. ESTRAD SWING (ROY’S GOT RHYTHM) (Roy Eldridge) 3.23 25. HOPPIN’ JOHN (Roy Eldridge) 3.07 Disc Four (Dale's Wail) 1. SCOTTIE (George Duvivier) 2.58 2. OH! SHUT UP (Roy Eldridge) 3.09 3. HOLLYWOOD PASTIME (Dorsey) 3.59 4. I’D LOVE HIM SO (Benny Carter) 3.24 5. THE HEAT IS ON (TRES CHAUD) (Roy Eldridge) 3.23 6. WILD MAN BLUES (Lil Hardin) 3.47 7. FIREWORKS (Clarence Williams) 2.58 8. BABY, WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU? (Roy Eldridge) 3.20 9. YARD DOG (Roy Eldridge, Buster Harding) 2.54 10. SWEET LORRAINE (Mitchell Parish, Cliff Burwell) 2.50 11. JUMBO THE ELEPHANT (Roy Eldridge) 2.47 12. BASIN STREET BLUES (Spencer Williams) 2.42 13. I REMEMBER HARLEM (Roy Eldridge) 3.29 14. EASTER PARADE (Irving Berlin) 2.49 15. I SEE EVERYBODY’S BABY (Astor, Williams) 2.52 16. ROY’S RIFF (Roy Eldridge) 3.07 17. WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS (Ted Koehler, Billy Moll, Harry Barris) 3.18 18. ROCKIN’ CHAIR (Hoagy Carmichael) 3.12 19. LITTLE JAZZ (Buster Harding) 2.35 20. LOVE FOR SALE (Cole Porter) 3.39 21. DALE’S WAIL (Roy Eldridge) 3.36 22. ST. LOUIS BLUES (Parts 1& 2) (W.C. Handy) 6.18

Due out on April 26 4 CD box-set

Due out on April 26. 4 CD box-set Recordings from 1931 to 1952

Any information on their upcoming 4 CD set "The Paramount Masters 1924-1932"?