The Classic Jazz Stompers CDs  

CHASIN' OLD MAN BLUES      MP3 Bite of St. Louis Blues

1. 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.
2. Sposin’ (4:51) - Recorded by Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra in 1929. A sweet song.
3. The Classic Jazz Stomp (4:37) - Never before recorded.  ©2009 Greg Dearth.
4. All Alone (4:29) - Irving Berlin’s lullaby of loneliness recorded by The California Ramblers in 1930 and  by Artie Shaw in 1937.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Whoopee Soup (3:56) - Never before recorded.  © 2009 Ted des Plantes.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Melancholy Moments - Never before recorded.  © 2010 Ted des Plantes.
13. Waukazoo 212.  Never before recorded.  © 2009 Erik Greiffenhagen.
14. When Day is Done.  The Paul Whiteman recording from the early 1920s with Henry Busse’s muted cornet was my mother’s favorite record.
15. 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:

1. Bipolar Blues (3:52)
2. Blue Mama's Suicide Wail (3.53)
3. Dip Your Brush In The Sunshine (4:23)
4. Blue And Broken Hearted (5:42)
5. Happy Feet (5:28)
6. The Panic Is On (4:09)
7. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (5:23)
8. Blue Again (4:47)
9. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime (5:30)
10. There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (4:55)
11. Death Sting Me Blues (4:50)
12. I Want To Be Happy (4.09)
13. Am I Blue (5:39)
14. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me (3:49)
15. 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.

1. China Boy (5:14)
2. Just a Closer Walk with Thee (4:36)
3. Some of These Days (4:27)  Vocal: Jim Leslie
4. Basin Street Blues (4:29)
5. Everybody Loves My Baby (4:58)  Vocal: Chris Moore
6. Animoon (6:00)
7. Caravan (5:23)
8. Sweet Georgia Brown (5:23)  Whistling:  Gordon Moore, Ukulele: Greg Dearth
9. Saint James Infirmary (3:29)  Vocal: Dave Greer
10. Wolverine Blues (5:48)
11. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (3:59) Vocal: Jim Leslie
12. 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

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.

1. Sidewalk Blues (7:34)
2. I'm Confessin' (4.53)
3. The Chant (3:24)
4. East St. Louis Toodle-oo (5:46)
5. Avalon (5:22)
6. Singin' the Blues (5:27)
7. Tia Juana (4:56)
8. Four Or Five Times (5:09)
9. Wa Wa Wa (4:40)
10. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (4:37)
11. High Society (4:13)
12. Trouble In Mind (6:01)
13. Concentratin' On You (3:47)
14. That's You, Baby (3:45)
15. Diga Diga Doo (5:21)

THE WORLD CAN'T DO WITHOUT THAT RHYTHM MAN    MP3 Bite   (138k)

1. That Rhythm Man (5:24)
2. Black and Tan Fantasy (4:54)
3. Lady Be Good (5:20)
4. My Gal Sal (4:40)
5. Willie The Weeper (3:32)
6. I Would Do Anything For You (5:08)
7. Susie (5:10)
8. I'll See You In C-U-B-A (4:42)
9. San (5:10)
10. Doin' The New Low Down (3:57)
11. Pennies From Heaven ((6:43)
12. Dinah (5:02)

THOSE SENTIMENTAL GENTLEMEN FROM DAYTON    MP3 Bite  (93k)

1. Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia (3:32)
2. Lover Come Back To Me (5:27)
3. The Mooche (5:09)
4. I Never Knew (3:18)
5. Papa Dip (4:05)
6. Everybody Loves My Baby (3:50)
7. Wait 'Till You See Ma Cherie (3:30)
8. Exactly Like You (4:56)
9. My Mama Rocks Me (7:20)
10. Nobody's Sweetheart (4:05)
11. Egyptian Fantasy (4:03)
12. Candy Lips (4:17)
13. High Society (4:35)
14. Oh Baby (4:29)
15. Waiting at The End of The Road (3:35)

SWING THAT MUSIC    MP3 Bite (126k)

1. Swing That Music (4:36)

2. More Than Satisfied (4:30)
3. Black Bottom Stomp (3.27)
4. Mandy Make Up Your Mind (4:57)
5. Delta Bound (5:46)
6. Love Me Or Leave Me (6.29)
7. Dip Your Brush In The Sunshine (4:24)
8. Someday Sweetheart (5:50)
9. Weary Blues (4:26)
10. How Deep Is The Ocean (5:18)
11. Savoy Blues (5.44)
12. 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.

This page was last updated 02/06/11