Playlist
DISC 1
Title Spoken Introduction and Over The Waves
Artist George Lewis
Composer Rosas
Album Complete Blue Note Recordings of George Lewis
Label Mosaic
Number MD3 132 CD 2 Tracks 12/13
Personnel: GL Clt;, Kid Howard t; Jim Robinson, tb; Alton Purnell, p; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Slow Drag Pavageau, b; Joe Watkins, d. Bakersfield, CA, 28 May 1954.
DISC 2
Title Weary Blues
Artist Bunk Johnson's Original Superior Band
Composer Mathews
Album A Portrait of George Lewis: From Burgundy Street to Berlin
Label Upbeat
Number URCD 197 Track 2
Personnel: GL, clt; Bunk Johnson, t; Jim Robinson, tb; Walter Decou, p; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Austin Young, b; Ernest Rogers, d; New Orleans: 11 June 1942
DISC 3
Title Burgundy Street Blues
Artist George Lewis 3-piece band
Composer Lewis
Album With Kid Shots
Label American Music Number AMCD 2 Track 3
Personnel GL, clt; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Slow Drag Pavageau, b; 27 July 1944
DISC 4:
Title Burgundy St Blues
Artist George Lewis
Composer Lewis
Album Municipal Auditorium Congo Square 1951-52
Label American Music
Number AMCD 107 Track 10
Personnel: GL, clt; Alton Purnell, p; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Slow Drag Pavageau, b; Joe Watkins, d. New Orleans 1952
DISC 5
Title Climax Rag
Artist George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers
Composer Scott
Album Complete Blue Note Recordings of George Lewis
Label Mosaic
Number MD3 132 CD 1 Track 5
Personnel GL, clt; Kid Howard, t; Jim Robinson, tb; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Chester Zardis, b; Edgar Mosley, d. New Orleans 16 May 1943
DISC 6
Title Just a Little While to Stay Here
Artist Bunk Johnson's Brass Band
Composer trad
Album Bunk's Brass Band and Dance Band
Label American Music
Number AMCD 6 Track 2
Personnel: Bunk Johnson, Louis 'kid Shots' Madison, Trumpets; Jim Robinson, Trombone; George Lewis, Eb Clarinet; Isidore Barbarin, Alto Horn; Adolphe Alexander, Baritone Horn; Joe Clark, Bass Horn; Baby Dodds, Snare Drum; Lawrence Marrero, Bass Drum. New Orleans 18 May 1945
DISC 7
Title Tishomingo Blues
Artist Bunk Johnson and His New Orleans Band
Composer ?
Album The Complete Deccas, Victors, and V-Discs 1945-6
Label Document
Number DOCD 1001 Track 3 Personnel: GL Clt;, Bunk Johnson t; Jim Robinson, tb; Alton Purnell, p; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Slow Drag Pavageau, b; Baby Dodds, d; New York 21 Nov 1945
DISC 8
Title Mama Don't Allow It
Artist George Lewis Ragtime band
Composer trad
Album A Portrait of George Lewis: From Burgundy Street to Berlin
Label Upbeat
Number URCD 197 Track 11
Personnel GL Clt;, Elmer Talbert, t, voc; Jim Robinson, tb; Alton Purnell, p; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Slow Drag Pavageau, b; Joe Watkins, d. 5 June 1950
DISC 9
Title Louisian-i-a
Artist George Lewis Ragtime Band
Composer trad
Album Bands Trios and Quartets
Label American Music
Number AMCD 83 Track 14
Personnel: GL Clt;, Kid Howard t; Jim Robinson, tb; Alton Purnell, p, voc; Lawrence Marrero, bj; Slow Drag Pavageau, b; Joe Watkins, d. California 26 Oct 1953
DISC 10
Title Ciribiribin
Artist Billie and De De Pierce
Composer trad.
Album The Atlantic New Orleans Sessions
Label Mosaic
Number MD4 179 CD 3 Track 5
Personnel: GL clt; De De Pierce tp; Louis Nelson, tb; Billie Pierce, p; Papa John Joseph,b; Chinee Foster, d. 3 July 1962.
Overall Recommendation: A Portrait of George Lewis from Burgundy Street to Berlin (Upbeat)
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