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