Reefer Songs: Original Jazz & Blues Vocals

Description: Genre: Compilation / Artist: Various Artists / Audio CD released 1991-10-01 at Stash / Disc #1 Tracklisting 1 Reefer Ma ... more

Reefer Songs: Original Jazz & Blues Vocals ... Man - Redman, Don Orchestra
2 Man From Harlem - Calloway, Cab & His Orchestra
3 Here Comes The Man With The Jive - Smith, Stuff & His Onyx Club Boys
4 If You're A Viper - Howard, Bob & His Boys
5 Texas Tea Party - Goodman, Benny & His Orchestra
6 Light Up - Bailey, Buster & Rhythm Busters
7 Jack I'm Mellow - Smith, Trixie
8 Sweet Marijuana Brown - Bigard Sextet, Barney
9 Viper Mad - Bechet, Sidney & Noble Sissle's Swingsters
10 Weed Smoker's Dream (Why Don;'t You Do Right) - Harlem Hamfats
11 G Man Got The T Man - Johnson, Cee Pee & Band
12 All The Jive Is Gone - Kirk, Andy & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
13 Stuff Is Here - White, Georgia
14 Wackey Dust - Webb, Chick & His Orchestra
15 Who Put the Benzedrine In Mrs Murphy's Ovaltine - Gibson, Harry 'The Hipster'
16 Jerry The Junker - Williams, Clarence & His Washboard Five
17 Refer Song - Waller, Fats
18 Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana) - Lee, Julia & Her Boy Friends
19 Willie The Chimney Sweeper - Rodgers, Ernest
20 Weed - Foote, Bea
21 Save The Roach For Me - Washington, Buck
22 Knockin' Myself Out - Green, Lil
23 Minnie the Moocher - Calloway, Cab & His Cotton Club Orchestra

Newest Review: ... sounding Stuff Smith and His Onyx Club's track "I'm the Man with the Jive". There's a great energy in the music, ... more

... the drug related jargon of the time is highly entertaining, it's presented by some superb vocalists, musically each and every track is amazingly catchy and joyful - except the more thoughtful and dark "The Weed Smoker's Dream" by The Harlem Hamfats which seems to have the first reggae chords I've ever came across but probably doesn't realise it. "Willie the Weeper" too has a kind of tragic sound. Piano playing throughout the album is outstanding. Some of the crackly recordings on the older track...more

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	Reefer Songs: Original Jazz & Blues Vocals Release Date: 1991 - 10 - 01, Audio CD, Stash Last Update 26.11.2009 05:50	£ 20.95

Reefer Songs: Original Jazz & Blues Vocals
Release Date: 1991 - 10 - 01, Audio CD, Stash

Last Update 26.11.2009 05:50

£ 20.95

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Reefer Songs: Original Jazz & Blues Vocals: The coolest jazzy blues album there is (701 words)
by - written on 05/06/09 (Very useful, 28 readings)
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Reefer Songs is a compilation of songs from 1927 through to 1947 dedicated to marijuana that was originally released in 1989, to years ahead of similar album "Viper Mad Blues", it's by far the best one - leaving some of the scraps for Viper Mad Blues. It's not that VPM is bad but Reefer Songs is an amazing collection of songs. The stories told through these awesome piano and guitar blues tracks are wild and enjoyable. Topics covered include the singer's dealer being arrested and being left without supplies, another encouraging the sale of drugs to change around ones fortunes but most of the artists are just singing about their love for "tea", ... Read the complete review