
The Classic Jazz Stompers CDs

CHASIN' OLD MAN BLUES
MP3 Bite of St. Louis Blues
- St. Louis Blues (6:33) - The most popular blues
of all time. Recorded by everyone from Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong in 1925 and Bing Crosby with Duke Ellington’s Orchestra
in 1932 onward to every jazz singer and band in history.
- Sposin’ (4:51) - Recorded by Jimmie Noone’s Apex
Club Orchestra in 1929. A sweet song.
- The Classic Jazz Stomp (4:37) - Never before recorded.
©2009 Greg Dearth.
- All Alone (4:29) - Irving Berlin’s lullaby of
loneliness recorded by The California Ramblers in 1930 and by Artie Shaw
in 1937.
- Baltimore (3:36) - Recorded in dramatically different
arrangements by Clarence Williams Blue Five in 1927 and by Bix with Frankie
Trumbauer’s Orchestra in the same year.
- Baby Brown (4:27) - A great Razaf-Waller tune recorded by
Fats Waller in 1935 and, in the same year, by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings
with a vocal by Red McKenzie.
- Blue Prelude (4:34) - Recorded in 1933 by the Casa Loma
Orchestra and by Adrian Rollini’s Orchestra with Benny Goodman and the
Dorsey Brothers.
- Whoopee Soup (3:56) - Never before recorded. ©
2009 Ted des Plantes.
- I’ll See You in My Dreams (3:37) - A classic tune from
the pen of Isham Jones. Recorded way back in 1925 by Louis Armstrong
with Fletcher Henderson’s Orchestra.
- There Ain’t No Sweet Man That’s Worth the Salt of My
Tears. Recorded by Bix and Bing with Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra in
1928.
- I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby. Recorded on numerous
occasions by Fats Waller between 1931 and 1939, including a memorable session
with the Ted Lewis Band in 1931.
- Melancholy Moments - Never before recorded. ©
2010 Ted des Plantes.
- Waukazoo 212. Never before recorded. © 2009
Erik Greiffenhagen.
- When Day is Done. The Paul Whiteman recording from
the early 1920s with Henry Busse’s muted cornet was my mother’s favorite
record.
- Old Man Blues - Duke Ellington wrote this tune. His
orchestra recorded it for Victor Records in August of 1930 and again for Okeh
Records in October of that year.

BIPOLAR
JAZZ MP3 Bite of Medicine
Man for the Blues (1.83 Mbyte)
OK,
the title may not be rated "politically correct"...and yet - good jazz
has never sought that rating. It is all about freedom, harmony and rhythm of
life. And it covers the entire emotional spectrum from euphoria to despair and
back to euphoria. Here are Dave Greer's Classic Jazz Stompers lurching from one
extreme to another on the following tunes:
- Bipolar Blues (3:52)
- Blue Mama's Suicide Wail (3.53)
- Dip Your Brush In The Sunshine (4:23)
- Blue And Broken Hearted (5:42)
- Happy Feet (5:28)
- The Panic Is On (4:09)
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (5:23)
- Blue Again (4:47)
- Brother, Can You Spare A Dime (5:30)
- There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (4:55)
- Death Sting Me Blues (4:50)
- I Want To Be Happy (4.09)
- Am I Blue (5:39)
- Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (3:49)
- I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues (6.54)

YOU ASKED FOR IT!
MP3 Bite of Animoon
(147 k)
Dave Greer's Classic Jazz Stompers in this CD serves its thirsty
followers a full fifth of carefully distilled, patiently aged, and oft-requested
early jazz plus a single shot of something new. Recorded at Soundspace, Chris
Hertzler's studio in Yellow Springs, Ohio on February 25 & 26, and May 27,
2006. Cover art by Greg Dearth. The single shot, Animoon, was composed by Erik
Greiffenhagen in 2005.
- China Boy (5:14)
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee (4:36)
- Some of These Days (4:27) Vocal: Jim Leslie
- Basin Street Blues (4:29)
- Everybody Loves My Baby (4:58) Vocal: Chris Moore
- Animoon (6:00)
- Caravan (5:23)
- Sweet Georgia Brown (5:23) Whistling: Gordon
Moore, Ukulele: Greg Dearth
- Saint James Infirmary (3:29) Vocal: Dave Greer
- Wolverine Blues (5:48)
- Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (3:59) Vocal:
Jim Leslie
- When the Saints Go Marching In (6:54)

THE EARLY RECORDINGS (2-CD
Set)
These tracks were recorded in 1989 and 1991, with the following
personnel:
Chris Moore -
Cornet
Erik
Greiffenhagen - Clarinet and Soprano Sax
Gordon Moore
- Trombone
Denny Snyder
- Tuba
Nick Moore -
Piano
Frank Tiffany
- Drums
Dave Greer -
Banjo and Vocals
Guest performers:
Nadine
Daugherty - Vocals
Pat Patterson
- Clarinet and Vocals
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CD2: |
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| 1. |
Sorry (6:24) |
1. |
Sidewalk Blues (3:52) |
| 2. |
Some Of These Days (6:09) |
2. |
Bessie Couldn't Help It (3:12) |
| 3. |
2:19 Blues (7:37) |
3. |
Perdido St. Blues (3:50) |
| 4. |
Buddy's Habits (4:10) |
4. |
Original Dixieland One Step (4:13) |
| 5. |
Just A Closer Walk With Thee (8:00) |
5. |
Shreveport Stomp (2:20) |
| 6. |
Messin' Around (6:52) |
6. |
Sweet Substitute (3:58) |
| 7. |
A Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid (7:33) |
7. |
Sweet Georgia Brown (3:42) |
| 8. |
Mr. Jelly Lord (3:55) |
8. |
Mama Jazz (4:28) |
| 9. |
The Chant (3:05) |
9. |
New Orleans Stomp (3:47) |
| 10. |
Tecumseh St. Blues (6:00) |
10. |
Blue Mama's Suicide Wail (5:07) |
| 11. |
Wild Man Blues (4:02) |
11. |
Riverboat Shuffle (5:04) |
| 12. |
Kansas City Stomp (2:24) |
12. |
Copenhagen (3:49) |
| 13. |
Ford Engine Movements (2:50) |
13. |
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair (5:29) |
| 14. |
Lonesome Road (5:04) |
14. |
Breeze (6:03) |

ROUGH WINDS AND DARLING BUDS
MP3 Bite (Wa Wa Wa) (197k)

Jelly Roll Morton, in the perverse wisdom of hokum, understood that true
jazz began in a collision of cultures - black and white (ergo, Creole), rural
and urban, harmony of Europe and rhythm of America, moan of the levee camp or
cotton field and the lilt of the unrestrained Spanish tinge. As devoted keepers
of the flame, the Classic Jazz Stompers offer here a sample of the range and
universality of the music Morton claimed to have created. They are joined by
their lovely guest Barbara Rosene, who has recently been filling the hotspots of
New York with well-rendered echoes of Mildred Bailey, Ruth Etting, and Annette
Hanshaw.
Prepare yourself for some rough winds of stomps and blues and
for some darling buds of ballads and lyric moods. We hope that after hearing
this CD, and unlike the poor soul who caused the opening collision, you'll
understand and find yourself refreshed by the audible art that Louis
Armstrong defined in still resonant words: "Hot can be hot and cool
can be cool or cool can be hot or hot can be cool, but - hot or cool -
jazz is jazz!"
These recordings were made on October 25 and 26, 2003 at the
Lausche Recording studio in Cincinnati, Ohio with the able sound engineering of
Lou Lausche and Mark Santangelo. The cover art is the work of Greg Dearth.
- Sidewalk Blues (7:34)
- I'm Confessin' (4.53)
- The Chant (3:24)
- East St. Louis Toodle-oo (5:46)
- Avalon (5:22)
- Singin' the Blues (5:27)
- Tia Juana (4:56)
- Four Or Five Times (5:09)
- Wa Wa Wa (4:40)
- Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (4:37)
- High Society (4:13)
- Trouble In Mind (6:01)
- Concentratin' On You (3:47)
- That's You, Baby (3:45)
- Diga Diga Doo (5:21)

THE WORLD CAN'T DO WITHOUT THAT RHYTHM MAN
MP3 Bite (138k)
That Rhythm Man (5:24)
- Black and Tan Fantasy (4:54)
- Lady Be Good (5:20)
- My Gal Sal (4:40)
- Willie The Weeper (3:32)
- I Would Do Anything For You (5:08)
- Susie (5:10)
- I'll See You In C-U-B-A (4:42)
- San (5:10)
- Doin' The New Low Down (3:57)
- Pennies From Heaven ((6:43)
- Dinah (5:02)

THOSE SENTIMENTAL GENTLEMEN FROM DAYTON MP3
Bite (93k)
-
Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia (3:32)
- Lover Come Back To Me (5:27)
- The Mooche (5:09)
- I Never Knew (3:18)
- Papa Dip (4:05)
- Everybody Loves My Baby (3:50)
- Wait 'Till You See Ma Cherie (3:30)
- Exactly Like You (4:56)
- My Mama Rocks Me (7:20)
- Nobody's Sweetheart (4:05)
- Egyptian Fantasy (4:03)
- Candy Lips (4:17)
- High Society (4:35)
- Oh Baby (4:29)
- Waiting at The End of The Road (3:35)

SWING THAT MUSIC MP3
Bite (126k)
-
Swing That Music (4:36)
- More Than Satisfied (4:30)
- Black Bottom Stomp (3.27)
- Mandy Make Up Your Mind (4:57)
- Delta Bound (5:46)
- Love Me Or Leave Me (6.29)
- Dip Your Brush In The Sunshine (4:24)
- Someday Sweetheart (5:50)
- Weary Blues (4:26)
- How Deep Is The Ocean (5:18)
- Savoy Blues (5.44)
- Big Man From The South (3:50)

To order a tape or CD, write David C. Greer, 400 PNC Center,
Dayton, OH 45402-1908. Or click here for
Dave's Phone, FAX and e-mail address.
Cost is $15 per CD, $10 per tape.

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was last updated 02/06/11