Ida Cox Vol 4 1927 - 1938

Singing The Gospel 1933 - 1936

Blue Ladies 1934 - 1941

Rev A W Nix Vol 1 1927 - 1928

Elder J E Burch & Rev Beaumont 1927 - 1929

Bertha Chippie Hill 1925 - 1929
DOCD-5330 Bertha “Chippie” Hill 1925-1929 Bertha “Chippie” Hill, vocal With contributions by; Louis Armstrong, cornet. Richard M Jones, piano. Georgia Tom, piano. Tampa Red, guitar. Scrapper Blackwell, guitar. Leroy Carr, piano. Ikey Robinson, banjo. And others… Genres; Female Blues Vocal / Jazz. Extensive, detailed booklet notes by CoIin J. Bray. Detailed discography. The majority of Bertha Chippie Hill's records were made for the General Phonograph Corporation and later for the Okeh Phonograph Corporation, and issued on their Okeh label. Consequently the company's A. and R. man in Chicago, Richard M. Jones influenced the choice of material Chippie Hill was to record, the majority of the songs being written by him. Fortunately he wrote some excellent blues and was a fine pianist too, being present on many of the tracks on this CD. Ten selections also feature the remarkable cornet playing of Louis Armstrong. Louis had taken a tough decision to break away from King Oliver's band in late 1924 and soon thereafter joined Fletcher Henderson's orchestra in New York. On his return to Chicago in early November 1925, the very first records he was to make were Low Land Blues and Kid Man Blues accompanying Chippie Hill. The first of his classic Hot Five records were made for Okeh just three days later. Within a few months Louis was back in the Okeh studios to accompany Chippie again. This session produced one of the most outstanding jazz inspired blues records of alt time Trouble In Mind. Louis' long introduction sets the theme for Chippie, who passionately belts out the words. Rudi Blesh, in his book "Shining Trumpets' was absolutely right in describing her singing on this record as fervent. Continued...

Rare 1930s Blues Vol 1 1934 - 1937

Trixie Smith Vol 1 1922 - 1924

Trixie Smith Vol 2 1925 - 1939
DOCD-5333 Trixie Smith Vol. 2 – 1925-1939 Trixie Smith, vocal. With contributions by; Miff Mole, trumpet. Jimmy Lyell, clarinet Louis Armstrong, cornet. Charlie Green, trombone. Buster Bailey, clarinet. Fletcher Henderson, piano. Charlie Dixon, banjo. Joe Smith, clarinet Johnny Dodds, clarinet, alto sax Jimmy Blythe, piano. Sidney Bechet, clarinet, alto sax Sammy Price, piano. Teddy Bunn, guitar. Richard Fullbright, stand-up bass. And others… Genre: “Classic Blues”, Female Blues, Jazz. Inforamtive booklet notes by Keith Briggs. Includes detailed discography. Paramount continued to record Trixie Smith up until 1926. During this period her vocal prowess on record gained in strength, although the discs’ appeal to latter day collectors was centred more on the accompanists rather than the featured vocalist and their appearance on LP was usually due to the presence of such luminaries as “Trombone Cholly” Green, Don Redman, Miff Mole, Buster Bailey and particularly, Louis Armstrong. Her repertoire continued to be varied, she could record a pop song such as “Everbody Loves My Baby”, a dance number such as “Everbody’s Doing That Charleston Now”, then cap it with one of the toughest and most chilling songs ever committed to wax; the unnerving, masochistic anthem, “You’ve Got To Beat Me To Keep Me”. Continued...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe Vol 1 1938 - 1941

Sister Rosetta Tharpe Vol 2 1942 - 1944

Piano Blues Vol 4 1923 - 1928