Jazz, Vol. 1: South

Various Artists FW02801 / FJ 2801

Moses Asch purchased the "race records" heard on this album in 1941 for 15 cents each. Demonstrating some of the musical styles characteristic of the American South that proved influential in shaping what is now called jazz, the selections range from folk songs to urban blues to boogie-woogie piano; artists include Dock Reese, Lead Belly, Scrapper Blackwell, Bessie Tucker and Champion Jack Dupree.

	101	Ol' Hannah	Dock Reese	5:02
	102	Julie Ann Johnson	Lead Belly	1:09
	103	Harmonica Breakdown	Sonny Terry and Oh Red	2:35
	104	John Henry	Lead Belly, Brownie McGhee, and Sonny Terry	2:27
	105	Down South	Scrapper Blackwell	3:00
	106	Penitentiary Blues	Bessie Tucker	3:21
	201	Dry Bones	Rev. J.M. Gates and Congregation	3:43
	202	I Can't Feel at Home - I Can't Feel at Home in this World Anymore	Two Gospel Keys	2:53
	203	Slow Boogie	Champion Jack Dupree	2:26
	204	38 Slug	Jim Jam Band	2:54
	205	Blues For Lorenzo	Omer Simeon Trio	2:37
	206	Dallas Rag	Dallas String Band	2:56
	207	When a 'Gator Holler, Folks Say It's a Sign of Rain	Margaret Johnson, Black & Blue Trio, and King Oliver	2:59