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Various Artists
Handful of Keys
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. A Monday Date - Earl Hines
2. I Ain't Got Nobody - Earl Hines
3. Black Beauty - Duke Ellington
4. Swampy River - Duke Ellington
5. Don't Blame Me - Teddy Wilson
6. Every Now And Then - Teddy Wilson
7. Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis
8. Shout For Joy - Albert Ammons
9. How Long Blues - Count Basie
10. The Dirty Dozens - Count Basie
11. Between Sets - Billy Kyle
12. Finishing Up A Date - Billy Kyle
13. Handful Of keys - Fats Waller
14. Numb Fumbling - Fats Waller
15. Overhand - Mary Lou Williams
16. The Pearls - Mary Lou Williams
17. Gin Mill Blues - Joe Sullivan
18. Onyx Bringdown - Joe Sullivan
19. In A Mist - Bix Beiderbecke
20. In The Dark/Flashes - Jess Stacy
21. Barrelhouse - Jess Stacy
22. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise - Jess Stacy
23. Gone With The Wind - Art Tatum
24. Stormy Weather - Art Tatum

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Handful of Keys
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Asv Living Era
Release Date: 4/20/1994
Genres: Blues, Jazz, Special Interest, Pop
Styles: Piano Blues, Modern Postbebop, Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Bebop, Dixieland
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 743625507324, 5011975507321, 074362550732

CD Reviews

Anthology of top old jazz pianists is piece of history

Richard Singer | Lopez, WA USA | 12/15/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a great sampler of the early jazz pianists of the late 20s and 30s. It swings and the sound is clear. Actually, the CD contains 24 cuts :Earl Hines (A MONDAY DATE and I AINT GOT NOBODY), Duke Ellington (BLACK BEAUTY and SWAMPY RIVER), Teddy Wilson (DON'T BLAME ME and EVERY NOW AND THEN), Meade Lux Lewis (HONKY TONK TRAIN BLUES), Albert Ammons (SHOUT FOR JOY), Count Basie (HOW LONG BLUES and THE DIRTY DOZEN), Billy Kyle (BETWEEN SETS and FINISHING UP A DATE), Fats Waller (HANDDUL OF KEYS and NUMB FUMBLING), Mary Lou Williams (OVERHAND and THE PEARLS), Joe Sullivan (GIN MILL BLUES and ONYX BRINGDOWN), Bix Beiderbecke (IN A MIST), Jess Stacy (IN THE DARK/FLASHES, BARRELLHOUSE and THE WORLD'S WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE), Art Tatum (GONE WITH THE WIND and STORMY WEATHER). It's an earful!"