Jazz Vol. 1: South / Various

Artista: Jazz Vol. 1: South / Various

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: FOWY

Catalogo: 2801

Faixas: 1.2 Julie Ann Johnson
1.3 Harmonica Breakdown
1.4 John Henry
1.5 Down South
1.6 Penitentiary Blues
1.7 Dry Bones
1.8 I Can’t Feel at Home – I Can’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
1.9 Slow Boogie
1.10 38 Slug
1.11 Blues for Lorenzo
1.12 Dallas Rag
1.13 When a ‘Gator Holler, Folks Say It’s a Sign of Rain

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.