Jazz, Vol. 1: South

Moses Asch purchased the "race records" heard on this album in 1941 for 15 cents each. Demonstrating some of the musical styles characteristic of the American South that proved influential in shaping what is now called jazz, the selections range from folk songs to urban blues to boogie-woogie piano; artists include Dock Reese, Lead Belly, Scrapper Blackwell, Bessie Tucker and Champion Jack Dupree.

Track Listing

101	Ol' Hannah	Dock Reese	05:02
102	Juliana Johnson	Lead Belly	01:09
103	Harmonica Breakdown	Sonny Terry and Oh Red	02:35
104	John Henry	Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, and Sonny Terry	02:27
105	Down South	Scrapper Blackwell	03:00
106	Penitentiary Blues	Bessie Tucker	03:21
201	Dry Bones	Rev. J.M. Gates and Congregation	03:43
202	I Can't Feel at Home	Two Gospel Keys	02:53
203	Slow Boogie	Champion Jack Dupree	02:26
204	38 Slug	Jim Jam Band	02:54
205	Blues For Lorenzo	Omer Simeon Trio	02:37
206	Dallas Rag	Dallas String Band	02:56
207	When a 'Gator Holler, Folks Say It's a Sign of Rain	Margaret Johnson, Black and Blue Trio, and King Oliver	02:59