Jazz of the Forties, Vol. 1: Jazz at Town Hall

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Recorded at New York’s famed venue Town Hall in 1946, this album features two bands’ worth of fabulous jazz musicians, including Sidney Bechet, Baby Dodds, Pops Foster, James P. Johnson, Pee Wee Russell and Muggzy Spanier, who mixed themselves together on the night as the mood directed, creating a sonic whole that exceeds the sum of its parts.

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101	Royal Garden Blues	Art Hodes, Pee Wee Russell, Muggzy Spanier, Miff Mole, Pops Foster, George Wettling	03:41
102	How Come You Do Me Like You Do?	Miff Mole, Muggzy Spanier, Art Hodes, Pops Foster, Pee Wee Russell, George Wettling	03:30
103	China Boy	Sidney Bechet, James P. Johnson, Baby Dodds, and Pops Foster	03:21
104	Sister Kate	Miff Mole, James P. Johnson, Pops Foster, Mezz Mezzrow, Baby Dodds, J. Windhurst	04:03
105	I've Found a New Baby	Johnny Windhurst, James P. Johnson, and Baby Dodds	03:56
106	Snowy Morning Blues	James P. Johnson and Baby Dodds	01:10
201	Relaxin' at the Touro	Art Hodes, Muggzy Spanier, Pee Wee Russell, Miff Mole, George Wettling, Pops Foster	02:23
202	Dear Old Southland	Sidney Bechet, J.P. Johnson, Pops Foster, Baby Dodds	02:55
203	She's Funny That Way	James P. Johnson, Johnny Windhurst, Mezz Mezzrow, Baby Dodds	01:37
204	Maple Leaf Rag	James P. Johnson, Pops Foster, and Baby Dodds	02:27
205	Jazz Me Blues	J. Windhurst, Mezz Mezzrow, Vernon Brown, Art Hodes, Pops Foster, George Wettling	02:49
206	The Blues	Art Hodes, Pops Foster, Mezz Mezzrow, Vernon Brown, Peee Wee Russell, Baby Dodds, Muggzy Spanier	05:24

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Jazz of the Forties, Vol. 1: Jazz at Town Hall

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