Name: Take Me to the Land of Jazz
Brand: ASV/Living Era
SKU: 923621
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Take Me to the Land of Jazz

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Album: Take Me to the Land of Jazz
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Feelin' No Pain
2)	Crying All Day
3)	Hello Lola!
4)	One Hour (If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight)
5)	Bugle Call Rag
6)	Who's Sorry Now?
7)	Home Cooking
8)	Lady in Red, The - (featuring Louis Prima)
9)	Love Is Just Around the Corner
10)	Serenade to a Shylock
11)	Dinah
12)	I've Found a New Baby
13)	Everybody Loves My Baby
14)	China Boy
15)	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll
16)	Good Man Is Hard to Find, Pt. 3, A
17)	Last Time I Saw Chicago, The
18)	That's a Plenty
19)	Snag It
20)	Peg O' My Heart
21)	Rose of Washington Square
22)	D.A. Blues
23)	Take Me to the Land of Jazz
24)	Muskogee Blues

Album: Take Me to the Land of Jazz
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Feelin' No Pain
2)	Crying All Day
3)	Hello Lola!
4)	One Hour (If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight)
5)	Bugle Call Rag
6)	Who's Sorry Now?
7)	Home Cooking
8)	Lady in Red, The - (featuring Louis Prima)
9)	Love Is Just Around the Corner
10)	Serenade to a Shylock
11)	Dinah
12)	I've Found a New Baby
13)	Everybody Loves My Baby
14)	China Boy
15)	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll
16)	Good Man Is Hard to Find, Pt. 3, A
17)	Last Time I Saw Chicago, The
18)	That's a Plenty
19)	Snag It
20)	Peg O' My Heart
21)	Rose of Washington Square
22)	D.A. Blues
23)	Take Me to the Land of Jazz
24)	Muskogee Blues

Performer Notes

Personnel includes: Pee Wee Russell (clarinet); Louis Prima, Eddie Condon, James P. Johnson, Bud Freeman.
Recorded between 1929 & 1946.
Personnel: Pee Wee Russell (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Billy Banks (vocals); Eddie Condon (guitar, banjo); Dick McDonough, Freddie Green, Jack Bland, Garry McAdams (guitar); Jack Teagarden, Louis Prima (violin, trombone); Joe Venuti (violin); Bobby Davis (alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins, Al Gold, Bud Freeman (tenor saxophone); Frankie Trumbauer (C-melody saxophone); Adrian Rollini (bass saxophone); Henry "Red" Allen, Max Kaminsky (trumpet); Red McKenzie (cornet, piano); Muggsy Spanier, Red Nichols, Bix Beiderbecke, Bobby Hackett (cornet); Bill Rank, Dicky Wells, Floyd O'Brien, Georg Brunis, Miff Mole, Vic Dickenson (trombone); Brad Gowans (valve trombone); Dick Cary, James P. Johnson & His Orchestra, Frank Signorelli, Frank Pinero, Dave Bowman , Jess Stacy, Joe Bushkin, Joe Sullivan , Lennie Hayton, Alex Hill , Gene Schroeder (piano); Joe Grauso, Gene Krupa, George Wettling, Danny Alvin, Sam Weiss, Big Sid Catlett, Vic Berton, Zutty Singleton, Chauncey Morehouse (drums).
Liner Note Author: Vic Bellerby.
Recording information: New York, NY (08/15/1927-05/27/1946).
Unknown Contributor Roles: Eddie Condon & His Band; Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra; Louis Prima & His New Orleans Gang; The Mound City Blue Blowers.
A unique presence in both traditional and early modern jazz, Charles Ellsworth Pee Wee Russell succeeded in translating the human genome's enormous range of beauty, sincerity, vulnerability and quirkiness into friendly, good-time music, standing his ground amongst masterful improvisers and legendary ensembles without ever sacrificing one crumb of individuality. Living Era's Take Me to the Land of Jazz may be approached as one of the best imaginable Pee Wee Russell collections ever made available on either side of the Atlantic. Spanning the years 1927-1946, it traces his early adventures with Bix Beiderbecke, Frankie Trumbauer, Miff Mole, the Mound City Blue Blowers, and Jack Bland's Rhythmakers. Russell is also heard as a consistently creative member of traditional jazz bands led by Eddie Condon, Wild Bill Davison, and Louis Prima, who sings "The Lady in Red" with uncontrived passion. Practically the entire second half of the collection features groups operating under Russell's leadership, with an awesome collective personnel list made up of his greatest and most accomplished colleagues, including pianist James P. Johnson, drummer Zutty Singleton, trombonist Vic Dickenson, saxophonist Bud Freeman, trumpeter Max Kaminsky, cornetist Muggsy Spanier, and singing trombonist Jack Teagarden. ~ arwulf arwulf