Muggsy Spanier: The "Ragtime Band" Sessions (Bluebird, 1939).

Bluebird 07863 66550-2 (1995). 

Muggsy Spanier and his Ragtime Band

Muggsy Spanier (cornet), George Brunies (trombone, vocal sur 1-2), Rod Cless (clarinette), Ray McKinstry (saxophone ténor), George Zack (piano), Bob Casey (guitar), Pat Pattison (contrebasse), Marty Greenberg (batterie). Chicago, 7 juillet 1939. 

1. Big Butter and Egg Man (Cliff Friend, Sidney Clare, Joseph Santley) (Take 1) 3:03

2. Big Butter and Egg Man (Take 2) 3:00

3. Someday Sweetheart (John & Benjamin Spikes) (Take 1) 2:42

4. Someday Sweetheart (Take 2) 2:44

5. Eccentric (That Eccentric Rag) (J. Russel Robinson) 2:38

6. That Da Da Strain (D.J. LaRocca, Larry Shields) (Take 1) 2:28

7. That Da Da Strain (Take 2) 2:28

Muggsy Spanier (cornet), George Brunies (trombone, vocal sur 9), Rod Cless (clarinette), Bernie Billings (saxophone ténor), Joe Bushkin (piano), Bob Casey (contrebasse), Don Carter (batterie). New York, 10 novembre 1939. 

8. At the Jazz Band Ball (D.J. LaRocca, Larry Shields) 2:50

9. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate (A.J. Piron) 2:52

10. Dippermouth Blues (Joe "King" Oliver) 2:26

11. Livery Stable Blues (Barnyard Blues) (Take 1) (Alcide Nunez, Ray Lopez) 2:53

12. Livery Stable Blues (Barnyard Blues) (Take 2) 3:00

Les mêmes, Nick Caiazza (saxophone ténor) remplace Billings. New York, 22 novembre 1939. 

13. Riverboat Shuffle (Take 1) (Mitchell Parish, Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Mills, Dick Voynow) 2:47

14. Riverboat Shuffle (Take 2) 2:42

15. Relaxin' at the Touro (Take 1) (Muggsy Spanier, Joe Bushkin) 3:14

16. Relaxin' at the Touro (Take 2) 3:14

17. At Sundown (Walter Donaldson) 2:32

18. Bluin' the Blues (Henry W. Ragas, D.J. LaRocca, Larry Shields) 2:37

Les mêmes, Al Sidell (batterie) remplace Carter. Brunies (vocal sur 21). New York, 12 décembre 1939. 

19. Lonesome Road (Take 1) (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) 2:53

20. Lonesome Road (Take 2) 2:59

21. Dinah (Sam Lewis, Joe Young, Harry Akst) 2:41

22. (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue (Andy Razaf, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Harry Brooks) 2:35

23. Mandy, Make Up Your Mind (Take 1) (Grant Clarke, Arthur Johnston, George Meyer, Roy Turk) 2:33

24. Mandy, Make Up Your Mind (Take 2) 2:37

Producteur de la réédition: Orrin Keepnews. 

Producteur exécutif: Brian Bacchus. 

Transferts digitaux, restoration audio et remasterisation digitale: James Nichols. 

Design de la pochette: Amy Wenzler. 

Recherche artistique: Liz Fierro. 

Photographie gracieuseté de Frank Driggs. 

Notes de pochette par Richard B. Hadlock.