The Classic Columbia and Okeh Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang Sessions

Compilation by Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang

Released 2002

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Black and Blue Stomp
2:48
2
Stringing the Blues
2:40
3
Stringing the Blues
2:52
4
He’s the Last Word
Jack Pettis and His Band
2:53
5
St. Louis Shuffle
Jack Pettis and His Band
2:47
6
St. Louis Shuffle
Jack Pettis and His Band
2:48
7
Stockholm Stomp
Jack Pettis and His Band
2:56
8
It All Depends on You
Jack Pettis and His Band
2:56
9
Muddy Water
Jack Pettis and His Band
2:59
10
I Gotta Get Myself Somebody to Love
Jack Pettis and His Band
3:01
11
Wild Cat
2:58
12
Sunshine (with Warm‐Up)
3:08
13
Singin’ the Blues
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra
3:01
14
I’m Back in Love Again
Jack Pettis and His Band
2:53
15
That’s My Hap‐Hap‐Happiness
Jack Pettis and His Band
2:48
16
Ain’t She Sweet
Jack Pettis and His Band
2:46
17
Ain’t She Sweet
Jack Pettis and His Band
2:44
18
Eddie’s Twister
Eddie Lang
2:56
19
April Kisses
Eddie Lang
3:16
20
Doin’ Things
2:56
21
Goin’ Places
3:00
22
I’m Coming, Virginia
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra
3:16
23
For No Reason at All in C
Tram, Bix & Lang
3:08
24
Prelude (Op. 3, No. 2)
Eddie Lang
3:10
25
A Little Love, a Little Kiss
Eddie Lang
3:07
26
Magnolia
Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
2:54
CD 2
1
There’ll Be Some Changes Made
Red McKenzie and His Music Box
2:44
2
My Syncopated Melody Man
Red McKenzie and His Music Box
3:24
3
I’m Somebody’s Somebody Now
Four Instrumental Stars
3:08
4
I Like What You Like
Four Instrumental Stars
2:58
5
Ain’t That a Grand and Glorious Feeling?
Annette Hanshaw
3:02
6
Who‐Oo? You‐Oo, That’s Who!
Annette Hanshaw
3:07
7
Under the Moon
Annette Hanshaw
3:25
8
Kickin’ the Cat
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:11
9
Beatin’ the Dog
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
2:41
10
It Was Only a Sunshower
Annette Hanshaw & Her Sizzlin' Syncopators
3:12
11
Who’s That Knocking at My Door?
Annette Hanshaw & Her Sizzlin' Syncopators
2:51
12
Cheese and Crackers
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
2:56
13
A Mug of Ale
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:03
14
Wringin’ an’ Twistin’ (with Warm‐Up)
Tram, Bix & Lang
3:05
15
Melody Man’s Dream
Eddie Lang
2:54
16
Perfect
Eddie Lang
3:07
17
Penn Beach Blues
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
2:49
18
Four String Joe
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
2:59
19
Dinah
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
2:55
20
The Wild Dog
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
2:48
21
Rainbow Dreams
Eddie Lang
3:00
22
Add a Little Wiggle
Eddie Lang
2:57
23
I Must Be Dreaming
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:20
24
’Tain’t So, Honey, ’Tain’t So
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:20
CD 3
1
My Baby Came Home
Red McKenzie and His Music Box
2:49
2
From Monday On
Red McKenzie and His Music Box
3:03
3
Because My Baby Don’t Mean ‘Maybe’ Now
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:05
4
The Man From the South
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:00
5
Pretty Trix
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:24
6
I’m on the Crest of a Wave
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:12
7
How Long, How Long Blues
Gladys Bentley
2:50
8
Moanful Wailin’ Blues
Gladys Bentley
3:04
9
My Handy Man
Victoria Spivey with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
3:08
10
Organ Grinder Blues (ALT TK)
Victoria Spivey with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
3:28
11
Organ Grinder Blues
Victoria Spivey with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
3:16
12
I’m Busy and You Can’t Come In
Irene Gibbons and Clarence Williams’ Jazz Band
2:50
13
Jeannine I Dream of Lilac Time
Irene Gibbons and Clarence Williams’ Jazz Band
3:26
14
Good Little Bad Little You
Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards And His Hot Combination
2:42
15
Jeannine I Dream of Lilac Time
Eddie Lang
3:02
16
The Blue Room
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:19
17
Sensation
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
2:55
18
I’ll Never Be the Same
Eddie Lang
3:13
19
Doin’ Things
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:20
20
I Must Have That Man
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:16
21
How Long, How Long Blues
Sonny Porter
2:58
22
Deck Hand Blues
Sonny Porter
2:50
23
Church Street Sobbin’ Blues
Eddie Lang
3:09
24
There’ll Be Some Changes Made
Eddie Lang
3:09
CD 4
1
It’s Right Here for You
Tommy Dorsey
3:13
2
Tiger Rag
Tommy Dorsey
2:52
3
Wild Geese Blues
Gladys Bentley
3:04
4
How Much Can I Stand?
Gladys Bentley
3:07
5
Work Ox Blues
Alger “Texas” Alexander
3:20
6
The Risin’ Sun
Alger “Texas” Alexander
3:28
7
Two Tone Stomp
Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn
3:07
8
Have Got to Change Keys to Play These Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn
3:07
9
Tell Me Woman Blues
Alger “Texas” Alexander
2:58
10
’Frisco Bound Blues
Alger “Texas” Alexander
2:58
11
St. Louis Fair Blues
Alger “Texas” Alexander
3:00
12
I Am Calling Blues
Alger “Texas” Alexander
3:04
13
In the Bottle Blues
Clarence Williams and His Novelty Four
2:55
14
What Ya Want Me to Do
Clarence Williams and His Novelty Four
2:55
15
My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:08
16
Goin’ Home
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:19
17
Knockin’ a Jug
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
3:17
18
Jet Black Blues
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four
3:05
19
Blue Blood Blues
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four
3:03
20
Guitar Blues
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four
3:13
21
A Handful of Riffs
Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn
3:06
22
Blue Guitars
Blind Willie Dunn’s Gin Bottle Four
3:09
CD 5
1
I’m Wild About That Thing
Bessie Smith
2:53
2
You’ve Gotta Give Me Some
Bessie Smith
2:49
3
Kitchen Man
Bessie Smith
3:04
4
Bull Frog Moan
Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn
3:12
5
Bugle Call Rag
Ed Lang and His Orchestra
2:58
6
Freeze an’ Melt
Ed Lang and His Orchestra
2:55
7
Hot Heels
Ed Lang and His Orchestra
3:04
8
Walkin’ the Dog
Ed Lang and His Orchestra
3:06
9
March of the Hoodlums
Ed Lang and His Orchestra
3:22
10
Deep Minor Rhythm
Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn
3:06
11
Midnight Call (Blues)
Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn
3:22
12
Hot Fingers
Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn
3:04
13
Blue Room (Blues)
Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn
3:10
14
Chant of the Jungle
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:15
15
That Wonderful Something (Is Love)
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:03
16
If I Had a Talking Picture of You
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
2:56
17
After You’ve Gone
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
3:06
18
Runnin’ Ragged
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:03
19
Apple Blossoms
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:23
20
Happy Feet
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
3:01
21
A Bench in the Park
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
2:57
22
I Like to Do Things for You
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
2:51
23
Raggin’ the Scale
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:18
24
Put and Take
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:20
25
Put and Take
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:21
CD 6
1
Promises
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:26
2
Promises
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:23
3
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:10
4
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:10
5
I Am Only Human After All
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:13
6
Out of Breath (And Scared to Death of You)
Joe Venuti & His New Yorkers
3:36
7
You’re Simply Delish
Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
3:25
8
I’ll Be Blue Just Thinking of You
Fred Rich and His Orchestra
3:13
9
I Got Rhythm
Fred Rich and His Orchestra
3:16
10
My Love for You
Fred Rich and His Orchestra
3:25
11
A Peach of a Pear
Fred Rich and His Orchestra
3:08
12
I’ve Found a New Baby
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:12
13
Sweet Sue – Just You
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
2:51
14
Cheerful Little Earful
Fred Rich and His Orchestra
3:03
15
The Little Things in Life
Fred Rich and His Orchestra
3:13
16
I’m Tickled Pink With a Blue‐Eyed Baby
Fred Rich and His Orchestra
2:59
17
Pardon Me, Pretty Baby
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:09
18
Little Girl
Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
3:03
19
Little Buttercup
Joe Venuti’s Blue Four
3:14
20
Tempo de Modernage
Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
3:06
21
There’s No Other Girl
Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
3:14
22
Now That I Need You, You’re Gone
Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
3:10
23
The Wolf Wobble
Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
3:03
24
To to Blues
Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys
3:14
CD 7
1
Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
2:58
2
Haunting Blues
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
3:06
3
Haunting Blues (ALT)
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies
3:09
4
Pickin’ My Way (Guitar Mania Pt. 1)
Eddie Lang & Carl Kress
3:01
5
Feeling My Way (Guitar Mania Pt. 2) (ALT)
Eddie Lang & Carl Kress
2:58
6
Feeling My Way (Guitar Mania Pt. 2)
Eddie Lang
2:53
7
Fit as a Fiddle
Paul Small
3:21
8
Baby
Paul Small
3:15
9
Fit as a Fiddle
The Ponce Sisters
2:57
10
Contented
The Ponce Sisters
2:51
11
So at Last It’s Come to This
The Ponce Sisters
3:07
12
A Million Dreams
The Ponce Sisters
3:07
13
A Million Dreams (ALT)
The Ponce Sisters
3:11
14
Raggin’ the Scale
Joe Venuti-Eddie Lang Blue Five
3:02
15
Hey! Young Fella
Joe Venuti-Eddie Lang Blue Five
3:09
16
Jig Saw Puzzle Blues
Joe Venuti and His Blue Five
3:26
17
Pink Elephants
Joe Venuti-Eddie Lang Blue Five
3:14
18
Hiawatha’s Lullaby
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
3:19
19
Vibraphonia
Joe Venuti and His Blue Five
2:50
20
You’re My Past, Present and Future
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
3:00
21
I Want to Ring Bells
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
2:59
22
Doin’ the Uptown Lowdown
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
2:46
23
Gather Lip Rouge While You May
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
3:03
24
Moon Glow
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
2:53
25
Cheese and Crackers
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
2:52
CD 8
1
Sweet Lorraine
Joe Venuti and His Blue Six
3:15
2
Doin’ the Uptown Lowdown
Joe Venuti and His Blue Six
3:18
3
The Jazz Me Blues (with Warm‐Up)
Joe Venuti and His Blue Six
3:27
4
In de Ruff (ALT)
Joe Venuti and His Blue Six
3:11
5
In de Ruff
Joe Venuti and His Blue Six
3:09
6
Build a Little Home
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
3:12
7
No More Love
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
3:00
8
My Dancing Lady
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
3:10
9
Everything I Have Is Yours
Joe Venuti & His Orchestra
3:05
10
Fiddlesticks
Joe Haymes & His Orchestra
2:48
11
Goblin Market
Joe Haymes & His Orchestra
2:57
12
Satan’s Holiday
Joe Venuti and His Blue Four
3:00
13
Tea Time
Joe Venuti and His Blue Four
3:07
14
Romantic Joe
Joe Venuti and His Blue Four
2:41
15
Hell’s Bells and Hallelujah
Joe Venuti and His Blue Four
3:00
16
Somebody Loves Me
Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers
2:44
17
Red Velvet
Joe Venuti & Russ Morgan
3:21
18
Black Satin
Joe Venuti & Russ Morgan
2:43
19
We’re a Couple of Soldiers, My Baby and Me
Bing Crosby
3:19
20
Studio Chatter
Colonel Martin “The Gimp” Snyder, Ruth Etting, Eddie Lang, Victor Young, Joe Venuti & Dave Kapp
3:59
21
Onyx Club Revue (No. 1)
Joe Venuti & Friends
3:04
22
Non‐Skid Manure
Joe Venuti & Friends
3:15
23
Venuti’s Pagliacci No. 2
Joe Venuti & Friends
2:48
24
Onyx Club Record
Joe Venuti & Friends
2:54

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Release credits

Adrian Rollini
bass saxophone [7.15-17, 8.1-5, 2.8-9, 2.12-13], piano [4], reeds [14-19], soprano clarinet [9]
Al Goering
piano [4-10, 14-17]
Alger “Texas” Alexander
vocal [5-6, 9-12, 18-19]
Andy Sannella
alto saxophone [14]
Andy Secrest
cornet [17], trumpet [8-9, 14-17]
Annette Hanshaw
vocal [10-11]
Arnold Brilhart
alto saxophone [1-4], reeds [6, 19-20], woodwind [23-24]
Arthur Schutt
harmonium [1-2], piano [7.1-3, 1.20-21, 3.3, 2.8-9, 2.23-24, 5.5-7]
Arthur Young
piano [12-15]
Artie Bernstein
double bass [23]
Benny Goodman
clarinet [1-5]
Bernard Daly
alto saxophone [8-9], reeds [16-17], soprano saxophone [17], tenor saxophone [1-4]
Bessie Smith
vocal [1-3]
Bill Moore
trumpet [6.8-11, 1.8-10, 1.14-17]
Bill Rank
trombone [8-9, 14-17]
Billy Hillpot
vocal [3.3, 1.4-10, 1.14-17]
Bing Crosby
vocal [8.19, 5.16-17]
Bix Beiderbecke
cornet [1.13, 2.14], performer [13]
Bobby Van Eps
piano [7]
Boyce Cullen
trombone [16-17]
Bud Freeman
reeds [10-11], tenor saxophone [1-9]
Bunny Berigan
trumpet [22]
Carl Kress
guitar [8.22, 7.4-5]
Charles Butterfield
trombone [3.3, 3.6, 2.23-24]
Charles Strickfaden
alto saxophone [8-9], reeds [14-17]
Charlie Bush
drums (drum set) [10-11]
Charlie Margulis
trumpet [8.21, 5.8-9, 5.14-17, 6.5-6]
Chauncey Morehouse
drums (drum set) [2.23-24, 3.3, 3.6, 3.19-20, 1.13], vocal [20]
Chester Hazlett
reeds [17]
Clarence Williams
piano [3.9-13, 5.1-3, 4.9-10, 4.13-14]
Cliff Edwards
ukulele [14], vocal [14]
Cliff Weston
trumpet [10-11]
Cornell Smelser
accordion [14-16]
Danny d'Andrea
reeds [10-11]
Dick McDonough
guitar [7.18-25, 8.1-9]
Dillon Ober
drums (drum set) [4-10, 14-17]
Doc Ryker
alto saxophone [13]
Don Barrigo
tenor saxophone [12-13, 15]
Don Murray
baritone saxophone [3.3-5, 2.19-20], clarinet [19], reeds [17-19, 23-24]
Dorothea Ponce
vocal [9-13]
Ed Cuffee
trombone [9-11]
Eddie Condon
banjo [1-2], other vocals [1]
Eddie Lang
guitar [2.1-4, 2.4-18, 2.18-24, 3.1-24, 4.1-22, 5.1-25, 7.1-17, 8.19, 1.1-26, 6.1-24]
Ethel Ponce
piano [9-13], vocal [9-13]
Frank Guarente
trumpet [23]
Frank Signorelli
piano [3.6, 3.19-20, 3.23-24, 6.12-20, 2.15-22]
Frank Victor
guitar [10-13, 15]
Frankie Trumbauer
reeds [16-19], saxophone [2.14, 1.13]
Fred "Fuzzy" Farrar
trumpet [2.23-24, 3.19-20]
Fud Livingston
arranger [3.6, 3.19, 1.13, 2.23-24], reeds [3], tenor saxophone [6]
Gene Traxler
tuba [10-11]
George Marsh
drums (drum set) [17]
George van Eps
guitar [7]
Gladys Bentley
vocal [3.7-8, 4.3-4]
Hank Stern
tuba [2.23-24, 3.3]
Happy Caldwell
tenor saxophone [17]
Harold "Scrappy" Lambert
vocal [6.5-6, 1.4-10, 1.14-17, 2.24, 3.6]
Harold Arlen
vocal [17-18]
Harry Goldfield
trumpet [16-17]
Henry Whiteman
violin [8-9]
Herb Quigley
drums (drum set) [1-4]
Hoagy Carmichael
piano [8-9]
Howard Phillips
vocal [6-9]
Hymie Wolfson
reeds [7-8]
Irene Gibbons
vocal [12-13]
Irving Friedman
clarinet [1-4], reeds [14-17]
Itzy Riskin
piano [23-25]
Izzy Friedman
reeds [17]
J.C. Johnson
piano [7-8, 21-22]
Jack Fulton
trombone [16-17]
Jack Pettis
reeds [4-10, 14-17]
Jack Teagarden
trombone [4.17, 6.1-4]
Jimmy Dorsey
alto saxophone [13], clarinet [1.13, 7.1-3], cornet [9-13], reeds [1.13, 8.21-23, 5.5-7, 3.6, 3.16-17, 3.19-20, 4.15-16, 6.5-6, 6.8-24, 7.14-19]
Jimmy McPartland
cornet [14-16]
Jimmy Williams
tuba [1-2]
Joe Meresco
piano [21]
Joe Sullivan
piano [4.17, 8.1-5]
Joe Tarto
arranger [6, 20], double bass [6.13, 8.21-22], tuba [3.6, 3.19-20, 5.5-7, 5.14-15, 6.8-13]
Joe Venuti
spoken vocals [20], violin [5.14-19, 5.23-25, 3.1-6, 3.14, 3.16-17, 3.19-20, 4.15-16, 7.1-3, 7.7-25, 6.1-24, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.8-13, 2.17-20, 2.23-24, 1.1-12, 1.14-21, 1.26, 8.1-19, 8.21-24], vocal [22]
Joe Yukl
trombone [10-11]
Justin Ring
chimes [23-24], percussion [13-16]
Kaiser Marshall
drums (drum set) [17]
King Oliver
trumpet [4.9-10, 4.13-14, 3.9-13]
Lennie Hayton
piano [6.1-4, 6.21-24, 5.14-15, 5.18-19]
Leo McConville
trumpet [2.23-24, 3.6, 3.19-20, 5.5-7]
Lonnie Johnson
guitar [5.4, 5.10-13, 4.5-8, 4.18-22]
Louis Armstrong
trumpet [17]
Mac Cheikes
guitar [10-11]
Manny Klein
trumpet [6.1-6, 6.8-11, 6.14-16, 8.21]
Matty Malneck
violin [17]
Max Farley
clarinet [6-9], woodwind [2.23-24, 3.19-20]
Miff Mole
trombone [13]
Mike Pingitore
banjo [16-17]
Mike Trafficante
double bass [8-9, 16-17]
Min Leibrook
bass saxophone [1-6], tuba [16-17, 17]
Neil Marshall
drums (drum set) [1-5]
Omer Simeon
clarinet [9-13]
Otto Landau
violin [17]
Paul Graselli
drums (drum set) [4.15-16, 6.21-24, 3.16-17]
Paul Madeira
piano [13]
Paul Mitchell
piano [10-11]
Paul Ricci
reeds [10-11]
Paul Small
vocal [7.7-8, 6.21-22]
Pee Wee Erwin
trumpet [10-11]
Perry Botkin
guitar [23]
Phil Wall
piano [14-19]
Ray Lodwig
trumpet [1-4]
Red Bone
trombone [20-25]
Red McKenzie
kazoo [1-2], other instruments [1-2], vocal [3.1-2, 2.1-2]
Red Nichols
cornet [1-3]
Roy Bargy
piano [16-17]
Roy Wager
trumpet [10-11]
Rube Bloom
piano [4.15-16, 2.12-13, 2.19, 3.4-5, 3.15-18], vocal [3.4-5, 4.15-16]
Rube Crozier
reeds [14-15]
Russ Morgan
piano [17-18]
Smith Ballew
vocal [6.1-4, 6.7-11, 6.14-16, 5.14-15]
Sonny Porter
vocal [21-22]
Stan King
drums (drum set) [4.1-2, 6.5-6, 6.8-11, 6.14-16, 5.5-7, 5.14-15, 8.22]
Thelma Terry
double bass [14]
Tommy Dorsey
performer [23], solo [1], trombone [5.5-7, 3.19-20, 6.5-6, 6.8-11, 6.14-16, 8.21-22], trumpet [1, 1-2, 18-19]
Tony Colucci
banjo [6]
Toots Mondello
reeds [10-11]
Vic Berton
drums (drum set) [2.4, 2.10-11, 7.1-3]
Victor Young
piano [23], spoken vocals [21]
Victoria Spivey
vocal [9-11]
Ward Silloway
trombone [10-11]
Wilbur Hall
trombone [16-17]
Will Osborne
vocal [21, 24]

Issues

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The Classic Columbia and Okeh Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang Sessions
8x CD
2002