Buster Bailey - Memphis Blues
His 47 Finest 1924-1958
Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey - Memphis Blues
His 47 Finest 1924-1958
Buster Bailey
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About
Jazz history has produced few masters to rival the phenomenal technical mastery of William C. 'Buster' Bailey (1902-1967). Given different social conditions he might have forged a career as a classical soloist, but it was as a superlative jazz performer that his long career (46 years!) almost traced the development of the form, from its earliest days right through to the Sixties. Retrospective's Memphis Blues presents 47 remarkable examples of his artistry. From a 1924 track with Louis Armstrong and the Red Onion Jazz Babies, Bailey's story is followed through his landmark tenures with Fletcher Henderson (Hocus Pocus) and John Kirby (St. Louis Blues), interspersed with his outstanding contributions to many other bands, such as those of Clarence Williams, Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton and, especially, Red Allen.
Contents and tracklist
Disc 1
Dizzy Debutante
Afternoon in Africa
Santa Claus Blues
Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
Clarinet Marmalade
Yama Yama Blues
Church Street Sobbin' Blues
Hocus Pocus
There's a House in Harlem for Sale
Rug Cutters' Swing
Wild Party
Call of the Delta
Shanghai Shuffle
Stealin' Apples
Blues in C Sharp Minor
Warming Up
They Can't Take That Away from Me
More Than That
Rhythm, Rhythm
I Know That You Know
Sloe Jam Fizz
Planter's Punch
Lorna Doone Shortbread
Chained to a Dream
Light Up
Man With a Horn Goes Berserk
I'm Cuttin' Out
Disc 2
Limehouse Blues
Am I Blue?
Should I?
April in Paris
The Blue Room
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Eccentric
Can't We Be Friends?
St. Louis Blues
9:20 Special
You Can Depend On Me
Tin Roof Blues
How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
Hatton Avenue and Gayoso Street
Bear Wallow
Beale Street Blues
Sunday Parade
Memphis Blues
Chickasaw Bluff
Hot Water Bayou
