The second of two CDs put out by Yazoo that has a variety of obscurities (plus a few better-known performances) from the 1920s, Jazz the World Forgot, Vol. 2 shares with the earlier volume the fault of not listing the full personnel and the exact recording dates. Musically, the program contains 23 selections from as many groups (this is not a release for completists) and covers a wide span of hot '20s jazz, with one number apiece from J. Neal Montgomery, Sam Morgan, the Whoopee Makers, Andy Preer & the Cotton Club Orchestra ...
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The second of two CDs put out by Yazoo that has a variety of obscurities (plus a few better-known performances) from the 1920s, Jazz the World Forgot, Vol. 2 shares with the earlier volume the fault of not listing the full personnel and the exact recording dates. Musically, the program contains 23 selections from as many groups (this is not a release for completists) and covers a wide span of hot '20s jazz, with one number apiece from J. Neal Montgomery, Sam Morgan, the Whoopee Makers, Andy Preer & the Cotton Club Orchestra, George McClennon's Jazz Devils, Edna Winston, Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight, Clarence Williams (featuring Sidney Bechet on "Wild Cat Blues"), Dixon's Jazz Maniacs, the Ross De Luxe Syncopators, Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders, Bennie Moten, Bennett's Swamplanders, Phil Baxter, Thomas Morris & His Seven Hot Babies, Johnny DeDroit, Lou Weimer, Reb Spikes Majors & Minors, Charles Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs, King Oliver, Slim Lamar, the Five Hot Chocolates and the New Orleans Owls. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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Add this copy of Jazz the World Forgot, Vol. 2 to cart. $73.61, new condition, Sold by Entertainment by Post - UK rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BRISTOL, SOUTH GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1996 by Yazoo.
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