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Dippermouth Blues: His 25 Greatest Hits | 
| Artist: Joe 'king' Oliver
Label: Asv
Category: Music
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 116946
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 743625521825
EAN: 0743625521825
ASIN: B000001HK0
Release Date: December 19, 1996
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| Tracks:
| • | Chimes Blues - Oliver, Joe 'King' Creole Jazz Band | | • | Canal Street Blues - Oliver, Joe 'King' Creole Jazz Band | | • | Dippermouth Blues - Oliver, Joe 'King' Creole Jazz Band | | • | Snake Rag - Oliver, Joe 'King' Creole Jazz Band | | • | Chattanooga Stomp - Oliver, Joe 'King' Creole Jazz Band | | • | Riverside Blues - Oliver, Joe 'King' Creole Jazz Band | | • | Snag It - Oliver, Joe 'King' Creole Jazz Band | | • | Deep Henderson | | • | Wa Wa Wa | | • | Some Day Sweetheart | | • | Showboat Shuffle | | • | Willie The Weeper | | • | Black Snake Blues | | • | Farewell Blues | | • | Sobbin' Blues | | • | Tin Roof Blues | | • | West End Blues | | • | Speakeasy Blues | | • | Aunt Hagar's Blues | | • | I'm Watchin The Clock | | • | New Orleans Shout - Oliver, Joe 'King' Orchestra | | • | Everybody Does It In Hawaii - Oliver, Joe 'King' Orchestra | | • | Rhythm Club Stomp - Oliver, Joe 'King' Orchestra | | • | Struggle Buggy - Oliver, Joe 'King' Orchestra | | • | Shake It And Break It - Oliver, Joe 'King' Orchestra |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Dippermouth Blues shows why, in the prewar years in New Orleans and in the early years of Chicago jazz, Joe "King" Oliver reigned supreme, his stirring lead cornet and varied mute work inevitably at the head of the finest group of musicians available. His Creole Jazz Band of 1923--with a young Louis Armstrong on second cornet, Lil Hardin Armstrong on piano, Johnny Dodds on clarinet, and Baby Dodds on drums--produced the first great jazz records. This overview of Oliver's career begins with six examples of his 1923 work, a meld of precision and invention that retains its excitement today. With rapidly changing fashions in music, Oliver opted to expand his band, and the bulk of the material here comes from the years 1926--28, when the cornetist led his Dixie Syncopators. While these 14 tracks may lack the genius of the first recordings, Oliver remained a significant force, a master of instrumental blues usually partnered by one of the great New Orleans clarinettists, whether Dodds, Barney Bigard, or Albert Nicholas. Increasingly, the band synthesized the elements of New Orleans jazz and more composed sectional writing. The final tracks follow Oliver to New York and include the novelty tune "Everybody Does It in Hawaii", with Roy Smeck adding his Hawaiian guitar to Oliver's increasingly dated style of jazz. The final "Shake It and Break It", from 1930, has Oliver, with mounting dental problems, concentrating on his muted work and ceding an open trumpet solo to a younger New Orleans trumpeter, Henry "Red" Allen. Like other titles in ASV's Living Era series, this CD presents a fine portrait of an early jazz giant, with consistently good sound and careful selection. --Stuart Broomer
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| Customer Reviews:
Historical recordings of authentic traditional jazz December 28, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This CD on the Living Era label is one of a series dealing with great jazz musicians. Joe Oliver earned his title "King" in New Orleans before any jazz was recorded, and this CD covers the period after he moved to Chicago and then on to New York. All 25 tracks were recorded between 1923 and 1930, and unfortunately some are less than perfect quality.There can be no criticism of the personnel line-ups on this CD. King Oliver surrounded himself with the best jazz instrumentalists of the time. In 1923 he had invited Louis Armstrong to join him on second cornet in his Creole Jazz Band. This group also included Johnny Dodds on clarinet, but other great names were to follow and the CD combines contributions from Kid Ory, Paul Barbarin, Barney Bigard, Omer Simeon, Clarence Williams, Dave Nelson and many, many more. The first 4 tracks were recorded on 6 April 1923 by King Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band and are revered by jazz experts and enthusiasts. All are Oliver compositions, with my favourites being "Canal Street Blues" and the CD title "Dippermouth Blues" as they demonstrate how the front line of the ensemble dovetails superbly in authentic New Orleans style. King Oliver, with his renamed Jazz Band, recorded other numbers for which he was composer, and where he introduced his famous two cornet sound. Examples are "Chattanooga Stomp" and "Riverside Blues", and already these tracks trend towards reliance of virtuoso instrumentalists. The following 13 tracks are by King Oliver's Dixie Syncopators, continuing with solo slots and starting a shift to swing and orchestration. These tracks result from orientation of jazz to night-life but King Oliver retains the essentials of traditional jazz, and my favourites include "Wa Wa Wa", "Willie The Weeper", "Farewell Blues", "Sobbin' Blues" and "West End Blues". King Oliver never strayed too far from his authentic roots, but he made the transition from oral and spontaneous creations to preserved and disciplined numbers for recordings. The final 4 tracks of the CD, recorded in 1929-30 with his Orchestra, confirm the change to big band and swing was virtually complete, and all rely on written arrangements to suit dancing and cabaret floor shows. Many recordings were made about this time, and "New Orleans Shout" and "Rhythm Club Stomp" are typical examples. The last track "Shake It And Break It" shows that King Oliver still retained his New Orleans influences. It is difficult to argue with the sub-heading on the CD insert claiming the tracks as "his 25 greatest". This CD is a "must" for collectors of early authentic jazz.
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