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