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