Poor, but ambitious!
Looking up and outward this week, bringing along whatever has been stuck my ears lately.
Playlist
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California Ramblers, “Yes She Do (No She Don't)”
from California Ramblers 1923-27 featuring Adrian Rollini
Documents - 2009
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Little Brother Montgomery, “Frisco Hi-Ball Blues”
from Little Brother Montgomery (1930-1936)
Document Records - 1992
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Buster Carter & Preston Young, “A Lazy Farmer Boy”
from White House Evil Minded Blues
DO IT Records - 2020
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Josh White, “Freedom Road”
from That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folk Song Movement
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 1996
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Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band, “President Blues”
from Complete Recorded Works: Jack Kelly & His Memphis Jug Band
Document Records - 1990
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Jimmy O'Bryant's Washboard Band, “Clarinet Getaway”
from Jimmy O'Bryant's Washboard Band, Vol. 1 (1924-1925)
Document Records - 1995
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Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra, “Sunday”
from Bix Beiderbecke With Jean Goldkette's Orchestra 1924-1927
Retrieval - 2007
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Victor Military Band, “Joe Turner Blues”
from Too Much Mustard, Ragtime, Cakewalks and Stomps
Saydisc - 1971
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Lew Dockstader & His Quartet, “Everybody Works But Father”
from Minstrel Show: Early Minstrelsy in America
Vintage Masters
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Lotie Kimbrough & Winston Holmes, “Lost Lover Blues”
from Rough Guide to the Best Country Blues You've Never Heard
World Music Network
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Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey, “Need More Blues”
from Really the Blues? A Blues History
West Hill radio Archives - 2010
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Roy Bargy & Ramona, “Raising the Rent”
RCA Bluebird - 2003
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George Hall and His Hotel Taft Orchestra, “Accent on Youth”
from The Big Broadcast, Volume 6: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
Rivermont Records - 2010
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Billie Holiday, “Easy Living (with Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra)”
from Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia (1933-1944)
Columbia/Legacy - 1935
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The Bamboo Orchestra, “Poor But Ambitious”
RCA Bluebird - 2003
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Tommy Dorsey, “Gotta Go to Work Again”
from Stop, Look & Listen: 1936-1939 (Remastered)
Salt and Pepper
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The Callahan Brothers, “Sweet Violets”
from Top 65 Classics - The Very Best of the Callahan Brothers
GRR Music - 2015