Album US 1954 on Folkways Records label
Jazz, Spoken Word and Children's Music (Education, Spoken Word)
For children, with documentary recordings Written and narrated by Langston Hughes, author of "First Book Of Jazz", Franklin Watts Inc.
Langston Hughes voc, 1902-1967 US narrator, written by, album by | |
Bix Beiderbecke cor, p, 1903-1931 US featuring | |
Bunk Johnson tr, 1879-1949 US featuring | |
Dizzy Gillespie tr, 1917-1993 US featuring | |
Duke Ellington p, 1899-1974 US featuring | |
Earl Hines p, 1903-1983 US featuring | |
Jelly Roll Morton p, voc, 1890-1941 US featuring | |
Lennie Tristano p, 1919-1978 US featuring | |
Louis Armstrong tr, voc, 1901-1971 US featuring | |
Ma Rainey voc, 1886-1939 US featuring | |
Mary Lou Williams p, 1910-1981 US featuring | |
Scott Joplin p, 1868-1917 US featuring |
John Carlis artwork |
Moses Asch recording supervisor |
Langston Hughes |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | The First Album Of Jazz (Part 1) | Langston Hughes | ||
2 | Beginnings: Introduction, Africa, The Soth, New Orleans, Jelly Roll Morton, Rags, Bunk Johnson, Scott Joplin, Louis Amstrong | Langston Hughes | ||
3 | The Blues: Introduction, St. Louis, Ma Rainey, Perdido Street Blues | Langston Hughes | ||
4 | The First Album Of Jazz (Part 2) | Langston Hughes | ||
5 | Characteristics: A Break, A Riff, Boogie Woogie, Bix Biederbecke, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Dizzy Gillespie, Lenny Tristano, Teen-Agarts, Mary Lou Williams | Langston Hughes |