FRANKIE "Half-Pint" JAXON — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 · 1926-1929 | DOCD-5258 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

At five feet two inches in height, Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon was one of the tiniest performers in all of early to mid-20th century African-American entertainment. His often disarmingly funny vocal outbursts were delivered in tones that led and still lead many listeners to mistake him for a woman. Not surprisingly, Half Pint was an accomplished female impersonator as well as a comedian, dancer, pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, and stage manager. Born in 1895 in Montgomery, AL, he came up in Kansas City and spent years touring the black vaudeville circuit (sometimes assisting Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith) while operating mainly out of Chicago. On this first of three volumes, which covers his entire output dating from May 1926 through July 1929, Half Pint is heard with pianists Blanche Smith Walton, Cow Cow Davenport, and Georgia Tom Dorsey; guitarist Tampa Red, cornetist Freddie Keppard, Banjo Ikey Robinson & His Bull Fiddle Band, New Orleans bassist Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band, and the Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers, who back him on "She's Coming Round the Mountain," otherwise known as "Charmin' Betsy" and recorded around the same time by traveling Texas folk/blues troubadour Henry Thomas. Tune for tune, this first volume is by far the best Half Pint collection ever put together on CD. It contains some of his most dazzling performances ("I'm Gonna Steal You," "Corrine," "My Four Reasons," "Get the 'L' on Down the Road") in addition to two recordings that contain some of his very best moments on record, and therefore the best examples of his artistry. "Don't Drink It in Here" is an outrageously funny depiction of a police raid on a good time flat, while "Willie the Weeper" is the perfect encapsulation of Half Pint's one-of-a-kind delivery, complete with high pitched guffaws and a punchy rhythmic pacing that other singers were rarely able to achieve or sustain. arwulf arwulf
Tracklist :
1.    Frankie Jackson–    Hannah Fell In Love With My Piano 2:57
Piano – De Lloyd Barnes
Vocals – Frankie Jackson
2.    Frankie Jackson–    If That Don’t Get It - This Sho’ Will 2:43
Piano – De Lloyd Barnes
Vocals – Frankie Jackson
3.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Can’t You Wait Till You Get Home (12919)
Piano – Blanche Smith Walton
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
4.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    I’m Gonna Steal You 2:33
Piano – Blanche Smith Walton
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
5.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Willie The Weeper 2:23
Piano – Blanche Smith Walton
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
6.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    She Got It 2:14
Piano [probably] – Blanche Smith Walton
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
7.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    I’m Gonna Dance Wit De Guy Wot Brung Me 2:36
Piano [probably] – Blanche Smith Walton
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
8.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Corinne 2:10
Piano – Blanche Smith Walton
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
9.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Hit Ta Ditty Low Down 2:46
Cornet [probably] – Freddie Keppard
Piano [probably] – Hound Head Henry
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
10.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Down At Jasper’s Bar-B-Que 2:45
Cornet [probably] – Freddie Keppard
Piano [probably] – Cow Cow Davenport
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
11.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    How Can I Get It? 2:56
Piano [probably] – Cow Cow Davenport
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
12.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Fan It (Take A) 2:57
Piano – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
13.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Fan It (Take B) 3:26
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
Wood Block – Unknown Artist
14.    "Banjo Ikey" Robinson And His Bull Fiddle Band–    My Four Reasons
Acoustic Bass – Bill Johnson
Banjo – Ikey Robinson
Percussion – Unknown Artist
Piano – William Barbee
Violin – R. Waugh
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
15.    "Banjo Ikey" Robinson And His Bull Fiddle Band–    Rock Me Mama
Acoustic Bass – Bill Johnson 
Banjo – Ikey Robinson
Violin – R. Waugh
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
Washboard – Unknown Artist
16.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Let’s Knock A Jug
Banjo – Ikey Robinson
Clarinet [possibly], Alto Saxophone [possibly] – Arnett Nelson
Clarinet [probably], Alto Saxophone [probably] – Lem Johnson
Drums [possibly] – Sid Catlett
Piano – Jimmy Flowers 
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
17.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Can’t You Wait Till You Get Home (C-2952)
Banjo – Ikey Robinson
Clarinet [possibly], Alto Saxophone [possibly] – Arnett Nelson
Clarinet [probably], Alto Saxophone [probably] – Lem Johnson
Piano – Jimmy Flowers 
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
18.    Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers–    She’s Coming Round The Mountain 2:59
Brass Bass – Unknown Artist
Cornet – Punch Miller
Piano – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
Vocals [Vcl Group] – Unknown Artist
19.    Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band–    Get The "L" On Down The Road 2:55
Acoustic Bass, Speech – Bill Johnson 
Kazoo, Jug, Vocals – Unknown Artist
Percussion – Unknown Artist
Piano – Georgia Tom Dorsey
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
20.    Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band–    Don’t Drink It In Here 2:50
Acoustic Bass, Speech – Bill Johnson
Piano, Speech – Georgia Tom Dorsey
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
21.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    It’s Heated 3:32
Guitar – Tampa Red
Piano – Georgia Tom Dorsey
Scraper – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
22.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Jive Man Blues
Guitar – Tampa Red
Piano – Georgia Tom Dorsey
Scraper – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
23.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Corinne Blues 2:57
Clarinet [possibly] – Vance Dixon
Clarinet [probably] – Lem Johnson
Piano [possibly] – Georgia Tom
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
24.    Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon–    Operation Blues 3:10
Clarinet [possibly] – Vance Dixon
Clarinet [probably] – Lem Johnson
Drums [possibly] – Jasper Taylor
Piano [possibly] – Georgia Tom
Vocals – Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon

FRANKIE "Half-Pint" JAXON — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 1929-1937 | RM | DOCD-5259 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Volume two in the complete recordings of Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon contains all of the titles he is known to have cut between July 1929 and July 1937. During this period, Jaxon crossed over from the Vocalion label to Decca, working with a diverse range of musicians that included the Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers, (a traditional-sounding choir who backed him on several spirituals) and cornetist Punch Miller & His Delegates of Pleasure. Most of these records were issued under the headings of Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon and either his Hot Shots or his Quarts of Joy. Half Pint's jumpin' little bands included trumpeters Bob Schoffner and George Mitchell; trombonist Preston Jackson, and Cassino Simpson, a skilled pianist who made his best recordings with Jabbo Smith and ultimately ended up in a mental institution after trying to murder Half Pint, whose androgyny and well-known theatrical knack for female impersonation might well have driven Simpson over the edge. For awhile, Jaxon was accompanied by one of Chicago's hottest little bands, misleadingly billed as the Harlem Hamfats. With "No Need Knockin' on the Blind," the focus of the Half Pint Jaxon story has moved from his longtime stomping grounds in Chicago to the swinging environment in New York, where he was accompanied by a band that included clarinetist Buster Bailey, a mainstay in the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra who was on the verge of leading his own Rhythm Busters and would soon be prominently featured in the John Kirby Sextet. Maximum enjoyment is to be found in rambunctious performances like "Down Home in Kentucky," the spunky "Fifteen Cents," Half Pint's theme song "Fan It," and a very theatrical "Mortgage Blues" which begins with a brusque and spirited reference to Marcus Garvey, founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and spokesman for the Back to Africa Movement. Frankie Jaxon's gleefully outspoken pride in being a person of color was chiseled in high relief with the title "Chocolate to the Bone (I'm So Glad I'm Brownskin)," and he was fond of injecting little Black Nationalist references that probably got by any Caucasians but without a doubt resonated among his predominately African-American audience. His introduction to "Down Home in Kentucky," for example, describes a segregated social environment where "Mr. Charlie is still in the lead." arwulf arwulf
Tracklist :
1.    Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers–    I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face 2:40
Banjo – Unknown Artist
Cornet – Punch Miller
Piano – Unknown Artist
Trombone – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Vocals [Vcl Group] – Unknown Artist
2.    Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers–    Give Me That Old Time Religion 2:55
Banjo – Unknown Artist
Cornet – Punch Miller
Piano – Unknown Artist
Trombone – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Vocals [Vcl Group] – Unknown Artist
3.    Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers–    Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn 3:25
Banjo – Unknown Artist
Brass Bass – Unknown Artist
Cornet – Punch Miller
Piano – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Vocals [Vcl Group] – Unknown Artist
4.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon*–    Take It Easy 3:11
Cornet – Punch Miller
Drums – Unknown Artist
Piano – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
5.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon With Punches Delegates Of Pleasure–    You Got To Wet It 3:01
Clarinet [possibly] – Lem Johnson
Cornet – Punch Miller
Guitar – Charles Ducastaign
Piano – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
6.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon With Punches Delegates Of Pleasure–    Down Home In Kentuck 3:12
Clarinet [possibly] – Lem Johnson
Cornet – Punch Miller
Guitar – Charles Ducastaign
Piano – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
7.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon–    Scuddlin' 2:47
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano [probably] – Charlie Johnson
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
8.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon–    Chocolate To The Bone 3:04
Drums – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano [probably] – Charlie Johnson
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
9.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And His Hot Shots–    Mama Don't Allow It  3:12
Acoustic Bass [probably] – Johnny Frazier
Alto Saxophone [probably] – Kenneth Anderson 
Clarinet [probably] – Dalbert Bright
Drums [probably] – Tubby Hall
Piano [probably] – Jerome Carrington
Tenor Saxophone [probably] – David Young
Trombone [probably] – Preston Jackson
Trumpet [probably] – Bob Shoffner, George Mitchell, Guy Kelly
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Vocals [2nd v.] – Unknown Artist
10.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And His Hot Shots*–    Spank It 2:37
Acoustic Bass [probably] – Johnny Frazier
Alto Saxophone [probably] – Kenneth Anderson 
Clarinet [probably] – Dalbert Bright
Drums [probably] – Tubby Hall
Piano [probably] – Jerome Carrington
Tenor Saxophone [probably] – David Young
Trombone [probably] – Preston Jackson
Trumpet [probably] – Bob Shoffner, George Mitchell, Guy Kelly
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
11.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And His Hot Shots*–    The Mortgage Blues - Part 1 3:00
Drums [probably] – Tubby Hall
Piano [probably] – Jerome Carrington
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Vocals [2nd v.], Vocals [group] – Unknown Artist
12.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And His Hot Shots*–    The Mortgage Blues - Part 2 2:53
Drums [probably] – Tubby Hall
Piano [probably] – Jerome Carrington
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Vocals [2nd v.] – Unknown Artist
Vocals [Group Vcl] – Unknown Artist
13.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And His Hot Shots*–    Mama Don't Allow It 2:57
Acoustic Bass – Johnny Frazier
Alto Saxophone – Kenneth Anderson 
Clarinet – Dalbert Bright
Drums – Tubby Hall
Piano – Jerome Carrington
Tenor Saxophone – David Young
Trombone – Preston Jackson
Trumpet – Bob Shoffner, George Mitchell, Guy Kelly
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Vocals [2nd v.] – Unknown Artist
14.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And His Hot Shots–    My Baby's Hot (Can't You Understand) 2:54
Acoustic Bass – Johnny Frazier
Alto Saxophone – Kenneth Anderson 
Clarinet – Dalbert Bright
Drums – Tubby Hall
Piano – Jerome Carrington
Tenor Saxophone – David Young
Trombone – Preston Jackson
Trumpet – Bob Shoffner, George Mitchell, Guy Kelly
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
15.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And His Hot Shots–    Fifteen Cents 3:07
Acoustic Bass – Johnny Frazier
Alto Saxophone – Kenneth Anderson
Clarinet – Dalbert Bright
Drums – Tubby Hall
Piano – Jerome Carrington
Tenor Saxophone – David Young
Trombone – Preston Jackson
Trumpet – Bob Shoffner, George Mitchell, Guy Kelly
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
16.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And His Hot Shots–    Fan It
Acoustic Bass – Johnny Frazier
Alto Saxophone – Kenneth Anderson 
Clarinet – Dalbert Bright
Drums – Tubby Hall
Piano – Jerome Carrington
Tenor Saxophone – David Young
Trombone – Preston Jackson
Trumpet – Bob Shoffner, George Mitchell, Guy Kelly
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
17.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon* And The Harlem Hamfats–    The Dirty Dozen 2:56
Acoustic Bass – Ransom Knowling
Clarinet – Odell Rand
Drums – Pearlis Williams
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Herb Morand
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
18.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon* And The Harlem Hamfats–    She Brings Me Down 2:45
Acoustic Bass – Ransom Knowling
Clarinet – Odell Rand
Drums – Pearlis Williams
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Herb Morand
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
19.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And The Harlem Hamfats–    Take It Easy, Greasy 2:53
Acoustic Bass – Ransom Knowling
Clarinet – Odell Rand
Drums – Pearlis Williams
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Herb Morand
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
20.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And The Harlem Hamfats–    Wet It (Let The Good Work Go On) 2:43
Acoustic Bass – Ransom Knowling
Clarinet – Odell Rand
Drums – Pearlis Williams
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Herb Morand
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
21.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And The Harlem Hamfats–    No Need Knockin' On The Blind 3:07
Acoustic Bass – Unknown Artist
Clarinet – Buster Bailey
Drums – Pearlis Williams
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
22.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And The Harlem Hamfats–    You Certainly Look Good To Me 2:28
Acoustic Bass – Unknown Artist
Clarinet – Buster Bailey
Drums – Pearlis Williams
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
23.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And The Harlem Hamfats–    She Sends Me 2:33
Acoustic Bass – Unknown Artist
Clarinet – Buster Bailey
Drums – Pearlis Williams
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
24.    Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon And The Harlem Hamfats–    Chocolate To The Bone (I'm So Glad I'm Brownskin) 2:59
Acoustic Bass – Unknown Artist
Clarinet – Buster Bailey
Drums – Pearlis Williams
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon 

FRANKIE "Half-Pint" JAXON — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 3 · 1937-1940 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

After cutting records with the Harlem Hamfats in Chicago during the years 1937 and 1938, Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon made his final recordings in New York City in 1939 and 1940 with bands that included trumpeters Jonah Jones and Henry "Red" Allen, Ellingtonians Barney Bigard and Wellman Braud, and veteran pianist Lil Hardin Armstrong. Although Half Pint's old-time sense of humor is fully present with songs like "They Put the Big Britches on Me," "Take Off Them Hips," "Turn Over," "Let Me Ride Your Train," "You Know Jam Don't Shake," and "You Can't Put That Monkey on My Back," he came across more smoothly backed by some of the Apple's best instrumentalists playing Harlem-styled swing. The highly sexualized "She Loves So Good" is an update of a profoundly lewd and libidinous original that Half Pint recorded a few years earlier with Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band, along with a steamily erotic version of Leroy Carr's "How Long, How Long Blues." The third and last volume in Document's chronological history of Frankie Jaxon also contains a boogie-woogie adaptation of Half Pint's theme song, "Fan It," which was fast becoming a hit for artists as diverse as Woody Herman and Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers. Jaxon is said to have quit performing in 1941, whereupon he secured a steady job as a United States government worker in the Pentagon. Transferred to Los Angeles in 1944, he either died there shortly afterwards or survived all the way into 1970, depending upon which biographical sources you wish to believe. When in 1994 Document reissued no less than 69 recordings by this amazing entertainer, few people realized what a precious gift had been bestowed upon an unsuspecting public. Watch out for Half Pint, this little guy is dynamite. His sense of humor and passionate delivery is likely to grow on you. arwulf arwulf

Tracklist :
1.    Prince Budda And His Boys–    When A Woman Gets The Blues 3:00
Acoustic Bass – Unknown Artist
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano – Unknown Artist
Vibraphone – Prince Budda
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
2.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon* And The Harlem Hamfats–    She Loves So Good 2:44
Acoustic Bass – John Lindsay
Clarinet – Odell Rand
Drums – Fred Flynn
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Herb Morand
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
3.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon* And The Harlem Hamfats–    Riff It 2:37
Acoustic Bass – John Lindsay
Clarinet – Odell Rand
Drums – Fred Flynn
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Herb Morand
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
4.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon* And The Harlem Hamfats–    Some Sweet Day 2:46
Acoustic Bass – John Lindsay
Clarinet – Odell Rand
Drums – Fred Flynn
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Herb Morand
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
5.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon* And The Harlem Hamfats–    I'm Gonna Steal You 2:31
Acoustic Bass – John Lindsay
Clarinet – Odell Rand
Drums – Fred Flynn
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Herb Morand
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
6.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon And The Harlem Hamfats–    I Knocks Myself Out 2:54
Acoustic Bass – John Lindsay
Clarinet – Odell Rand
Drums – Fred Flynn
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Herb Morand
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
7.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon* And The Harlem Hamfats–    They Put The Big Britches On Me 2:34
Acoustic Bass – John Lindsay
Clarinet – Odell Rand
Drums – Fred Flynn
Guitar – Joe McCoy
Guitar, Mandolin – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Horace Malcolm
Trumpet – Herb Morand
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
8.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon–    Don't Pan Me (Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone) 2:44
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet – Barney Bigard
Drums – Sid Catlett
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
9.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon*–    Callin' Corrine 2:50
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet – Barney Bigard
Drums – Sid Catlett
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
10.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon–    You Can't Put That Monkey On My Back 2:40
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet – Barney Bigard
Drums – Sid Catlett
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
11.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon*–    Fan It Boogie Woogie 2:26
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet – Barney Bigard
Drums – Sid Catlett
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
12.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon–    When They Play Them Blues 2:43
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet – Rupert Cole
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Henry "Red" Allen
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Washboard – Walter Martin 
13.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon*–    Something's Goin' On Wrong 2:36
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet – Rupert Cole
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Henry "Red" Allen
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Washboard – Walter Martin 
14.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon–    Wasn't It Nice 3:03
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet – Rupert Cole
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Henry "Red" Allen
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Washboard – Walter Martin
15.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon*–    You Know Jam Don't Shake 2:40
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet – Rupert Cole
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Henry "Red" Allen
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Washboard – Walter Martin 
16.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon*–    Let Me Ride Your Train 2:27
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet [possibly] – Fess Williams
Clarinet [probably] – Rupert Cole
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Washboard – Walter Martin 
17.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon*–    Be Your Natural Self 2:22
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet [possibly] – Fess Williams
Clarinet [probably] – Rupert Cole
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Washboard – Walter Martin 
18.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon*–    Turn Over 2:42
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet [possibly] – Fess Williams
Clarinet [probably] – Rupert Cole
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Washboard – Walter Martin 
19.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon*–    Take Off Them Hips 2:33
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet [possibly] – Fess Williams
Clarinet [probably] – Rupert Cole
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon*
Washboard – Walter Martin 
20.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon*–    Gimme A Pig's Foot And A Bottle Of Beer 2:28
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet [possibly] – Fess Williams
Clarinet [probably] – Rupert Cole
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Washboard – Walter Martin 
21.    Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon–    You Can't Tell 2:52
Acoustic Bass – Wellman Braud
Clarinet [possibly] – Fess Williams
Clarinet [probably] – Rupert Cole
Piano – Lil Armstrong
Trumpet – Jonah Jones
Vocals – Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
Washboard – Walter Martin 

CARL MARTIN + TENNESSE CHOCLATE DROPS + LOUIE BLUIE & TED BOGAN 1930-1936 + WILLIE "61" BLACKWELL - 1941 Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order | DOCD-5229 (1994) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The first in Document's exhaustive series of everything Carl Martin recorded, this release covers Martin's first recordings, covering 1930-1936. Recorded in his twenties, Martin sounds young, but confident enough to give real personality to compositions such as "Crow Jane" and "Good Morning Judge." Presented in a scholarly manner such as this, Martin's earliest recordings are still a joy, although the sound quality is naturally a problem in places. Although perhaps not quite as revelatory as his later recordings, especially the performances toward the end of his career, these important cuts contain many minor revelations and are necessary for any devotee of prewar blues.  Thomas Ward
Tracklist :
1.    Tennessee Chocolate Drops–    Knox County Stomp 2:52
Double Bass – Roland Armstrong 
Guitar – Carl Martin
Violin – Howard Armstrong
2.    Tennessee Chocolate Drops–    Vine Street Drag 2:40
Double Bass – Roland Armstrong 
Guitar – Carl Martin
Violin – Howard Armstrong
3.    Louie Bluie And Ted Bogan–    State Street Rag 2:44
Guitar – Ted Bogan
Mandolin – Louie Bluie
4.    Louie Bluie And Ted Bogan–    Ted's Stomp 2:41
Guitar – Ted Bogan
Violin – Louie Bluie
5.    Carl Martin–    You Can Go Your Way 2:43
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
6.    Carl Martin–    Kid Man Blues 2:46
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
7.    Carl Martin–    Farewell To You Baby
Double Bass – Roland Armstrong 
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
8.    Carl Martin–    You Can't Play Me Cheap 2:54
Double Bass – Roland Armstrong 
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
9.    Carl Martin–    Badly Mistreated Man 3:07
Double Bass – Roland Armstrong 
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
10.    Carl Martin–    Good Morning, Judge 2:51
Double Bass – Roland Armstrong 
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
11.    Carl Martin–    Crow Jane
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
12.    Carl Martin–    Old Time Blues
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
13.    Carl Martin–    That New Kind Of Stuff 2:58
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
14.    Carl Martin–    Joe Louis Blues 2:44
Guitar [possibly] – Willie Bee James
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
15.    Carl Martin–    Let's Have A New Deal 2:43
Guitar [possibly] – Willie Bee James
Vocals, Guitar – Carl Martin
16.    Carl Martin–    I'm Gonna Have My Fun (When I Get My Bonus) 3:26
Guitar [possibly] – Charlie McCoy 
Piano – Chuck Segar
Vocals – Carl Martin
17.    Carl Martin–    High Water Flood Blues 3:04
Guitar – Unknown Artist
Piano – Unknown Artist
Tenor Saxophone – Unknown Artist
Vocals – Carl Martin
18.    Willie "61" Blackwell–    She's Young And Wild 3:15
Vocals, Guitar – Willie "61" Blackwell
Washtub Bass – Alfred Elkins
19.    Willie "61" Blackwell–    Noiseless Motor Blues 3:20
Vocals, Guitar – Willie "61" Blackwell
Washtub Bass – Alfred Elkins
20.    Willie "61" Blackwell–    Don't Misuse Me, Baby 3:17
Vocals, Guitar – Willie "61" Blackwell
Washtub Bass – Alfred Elkins
21.    Willie "61" Blackwell–    Bald Eagle Blues 3:24
Vocals, Guitar – Willie "61" Blackwell
Washtub Bass – Alfred Elkins
22.    Willie "61" Blackwell–    Four O'Clock Flower Blues 3:09
Vocals, Guitar – Willie "61" Blackwell
Washtub Bass – Alfred Elkins
23.    Willie "61" Blackwell–    Chalk My Toy 3:09
Vocals, Guitar – Willie "61" Blackwell
Washtub Bass – Alfred Elkins
24.    Willie "61" Blackwell–    Machine Gun Blues 3:06
Vocals, Guitar – Willie "61" Blackwell
Washtub Bass – Alfred Elkins
25.    Willie "61" Blackwell–    Rampaw Street Blues 3:09
Vocals, Guitar – Willie "61" Blackwell
Washtub Bass – Alfred Elkins

MARTHA COPELAND — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 · 1923-1927 | DOCD-5372 (1995) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

During a five-year stretch beginning in 1923, blues woman Martha Copeland recorded about three dozen titles for the OKeh, Victor, and Columbia labels. Virtually all of these were reissued by Document during the 1990s. Vol. 1 of her complete works contains 23 tunes dating from September 1923 to August 1927. Because the second volume was filled out with recordings by Irene Scruggs, the first installment stands as the definitive Copeland collection. Her accompanists during this period included pianists Eddie Heywood, Sr., Cliff Jackson, Phil Worde, Louis Hooper, and Porter Grainger, in addition to cornetists Bubber Miley and Louis Metcalf, violinist Bert Howell, and banjoist Buddy Christian. On "Hard Headed Mama" and "When the Wind Make Connection with Your Dry Goods" she is joined by comedic vocalist Sidney Easton. When Copeland switched from OKeh to Columbia in September 1926, she was persuaded to cover Victoria Spivey's very first recorded song, "Black Snake Blues," which Spivey had waxed four months earlier for OKeh. Copeland recorded it again in February 1927 as "The Black Snake Moan," whereupon Blind Lemon Jefferson cut his own cover using Copeland's title almost exactly one month later. For those who really love blues from this time period, the link between these three amazing musicians may serve as an inspiration to obtain the complete works of all three artists as reissued by Document. arwulf arwulf
Tracklist :
1.        The Down So Long Blues    3:15
2.        The Pawn Shop Blues    3:02
3.        Daddy, You've Done Put That Thing On Me    2:47
4.        The Penetrating Blues    3:21
5.        Black Snake Blues    3:03
6.        Papa If You Can't Do Better (take 2)    3:01
7.        Papa If You Can't Do Better (take 3)    2:59
8.        On Decoration Day (They'll Know Where To Bring Your Flowers To)    3:06
9.        Fortune Teller Blues    3:06
10.        When The Wind Make Connection With Your Dry Goods    2:35
11.        Hard Headed Mama    3:04
12.        I Don't Care Who Ain't Got Nobody    2:46
13.        Stole My Man Blues     3:22
14.        The Black Snake Moan    3:02
15.        Mine's Just As Good As Yours    2:54
16.        Soul And Body (He Belongs To Me)    2:40
17.        Sorrow Valley Blues    2:54
18.        Dyin' Crap-Shooter's Blues    3:13
19.        Mr. Brakes-man (Let Me Ride Your Train)    2:57
20.        Police Blues    2:56
21.        Skeleton Key Blues    2:40
22.        Hobo Bill    3:19
23.        Nobody Rocks Me Like My Baby Do    3:03
Credits : 
Banjo – Buddy Christian (tracks: 22, 23)
Clarinet – Bob Fuller (tracks: 18, 19), Ernest Elliott (tracks: 18, 19)
Compilation Producer – Johnny Parth
Cornet – Louis Metcalf (tracks: 16, 17)
Liner Notes – John Wilby
Piano – Cliff Jackson (tracks: 5 to 9), Eddie Heywood (2) (tracks: 1 to 4), Louis Hooper (tracks: 14 to 17), Phil Worde (tracks: 10 to13), Porter Grainger (tracks: 18 to 23)
Remastered By – Gerhard Wessely
Trumpet – Bubber Miley (tracks: 8, 9)
Violin – Bert Howell (tracks: 10 to 12)
Vocals – Martha Copeland, Sidney Easton (tracks: 10, 11)
Whistle [Police Whistle] – Unknown Artist (tracks: 20)