001 Fred Parkes’ New Rhythm Kings – 1987 VJAZZ 001 – PAR 058
Clarinet player Fred Parkes, who, from the 1950s played with many important bands including Len Barnard, Kenn Jones, and the Powerhouse aggregation, produced this recording with his Dixieland-style New Rhythm Kings at the South Melbourne Town Hall in 1987. Tunes include Frenesi, My Walkin’ Stick, and Cherokee.
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1. Jubilee
2. People Will Say We’re In Love
3. Frenesi
4. Don’t Let It Bother You
5. My One And Only Love
6. Mamma Nita
7. Liza
8. My Walkin’ Stick
9. Rosalie
10. Cherokee
11. I Can’t Get Started
12. Get Happy
001/010 Rare Collectable Jazz – Sampler 1 VJAZZ 001/010 – RCJ 312
This CD provides sample tracks from the VJAZZ series from 001 to 010 in order to assist prospective purchasers in making a selection from the range. The sample tunes include Frenesi, Doctor Blues, Dusky Stevedore, Shine, Steamboat Stomp, Bugle Call Rag, and Keepin’ out of Mischief Now.
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1. Frenesi
2. My One And Only Love
3. Give Me Your Telephone Number
4. Doctor Stomp
5. Stormy Weather
6. I Heard a Jazz Band Playing
7. Trombone Frankie
8. All Night Blues
9. Sage Hen Strut
10. Dusky Stevedore
11. Totem Tom Tom
12. Old Man Harlem
13. Bugle Call Rag
14. That Da Da Strain
15. Shine
16. Steamboat Stomp
17. Wabash Blues
18. Keeping Out of Mischief
19. Wild Man Blues
20. Singin’ The Blues
002 Melbourne – Hobart Sessions 1943/1949 VJAZZ 002 – MEL 059
This is a selection of rare trad jazz from the acetate collection (recordings made direct to disc) of jazz entrepreneur the late Bill Miller. They include Roger Bell’s Jazz Band, Ced Pearce’s All Stars, Tom Pickering’s Good Time Music, The Barrelhouse Four, and Lazy Ade’s Backroom Boys all recorded in Melbourne in the late 1940s.
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1. Give Me Your Telephone Number
2. I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me
3. I Wish I Were Twins – (Roger Bell v)
4. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
5. Untitled Blues
6. Yes Sir – (Tom Pickering v)
7. Oh Dem Golden Slippers
8. Barefoot Stomp
9. Old Nog Says Goodbye
10. Doctor Blues
11. Once In A While
12. In A Milk Gloom
13. Buddy Bolden’s Blues
14. Six Or Seven Times
15. Dark Town Strutters Ball
16. Jelly Roll
17. Knee Drops
18. Wabash Blues
19. Build My Gallows High – (Tom Pickering v)
20. At The Jazz Band Ball
21. Royal Garden Blues
003 Jelly Roll Label Sessions 1943/1945 VJAZZ 003 – JRL 072
These recordings by broadcaster and writer C. Ian Turner were intended for release on his intended Jelly Roll label. The performances, now released for the first time on this CD, represent some of the best Dixieland-style jazz of the early 1940s. The Bands—the Backroom Boys, the Ramblers, etc. all include the legendary Ade Monsbourgh.
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1. Rose Room
2. Dark Town Strutters Ball
3. Stormy Weather
4. You Must Have Been A beautiful Baby
5. That’s When I’ll Come Back To You
6. I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody ….Jelly roll
7. I Hear A Jazz Band
8. Sorry To Be Leaving
9. Some Of These Days
10. Stomp It Around
11. Fairfield Blues
12. Kelly’s Deal
13. Southbound Bump
14. The Jazz Parade
15. I Hear A Jazz Band Playing
16. The Rusty Drag
17. The King’s Cakewalk
18. Rainbow Jelly Strut Take #2
19. Is That The Way?
20. Lazy Stuff
21. The Father’s Stomp
22. Just A Petty Thing
23. Blues For Shirley
24. Big Butter & Egg Man
004 Frank Traynor’s Jazz Preachers – Trombone Frankie VJAZZ 004 – TRA 129
Trombonist Frank Traynor gained experience with Len Barnard and Frank Johnson before forming his own band, the Jazz Preachers (which included Roger Bell, Ade Monsbourgh and Graham Coyle) in 1958. The items on this CD are unissued takes from some of his commercial recordings. The 23 tracks include Charleston, Doctor Jazz, and Saturday Night Function.
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1. Charleston
2. Dallas Blues
3. You Have Just Missed Lafcadio Spooncreel
4. Muskrat Ramble
5. Daddy Do
6. Corrine Corrina
7. Doctor Jazz
8. St James Infirmary
9. Apex Blues
10. Trombone Frankie
11. Moan You Mourners
12. Dear Old Southland
13. Trombone Rag
14. My Sweetie Went Away
15. Muddy Water Blues
16. Dancin’ Fool
17. Saturday Night Function
18. Boogie Woogie Stomp
19. You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming
20. Do You Ever Think Of Me
21. Papa Dip
22. All Night Blues
23. When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo
005 Tom Baker’s San Francisco Jazz Band – Live at The Esplanade Hotel VJAZZ 005 – BAK 187
The items on this CD were recorded live at the Esplanade Hotel in 1977. This New Orleans-style band, led by Californian trumpeter Tom Baker, first played at the Australian Jazz Convention in 1975 and was an instant success. Tunes include 1919 March, Savoy Blues, Dusky Stevedore, Bill Bailey, Riverboat Shuffle and I Got Rhythm
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1. 1919 March 2. Savoy Blues 3. Strutting With Some Barbecue 4. Up A Lazy River 5. Sage Hen Strut 6. I’ve Got What It Takes 7. Dusty Stevedore 8. Mabel’s Dream 9. Wocka The Fish 10. Ostrich Walk 11. Nobody Knows You When Your Down/Out 12. Riverboat Shuffle 13. Perido Street Blues 14. Stomp The Blues 15. Stormy Weather 16. Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home 17. Cakewalking Babies From Home 18. I Got Rhythm 19. Rollo, Jordan, Roll
006 Kenn Jones and His Powerhouse Crew 1965/1982 VJAZZ 006 – JON 188
From two separate sessions, these recordings represent the best of the Kenn Jones’s Dixieland style Jazz Band. Also in the band were Tony Newstead, Fred Parkes, Harry Price, Peter Cleaver, and Graham Coyle. Tunes include Moten Swing, Us on a Bus, The Natural Thing to Do, Stumbling and Old Man Harlem.
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1. Song of the Vagabond
2. Us On A Bus
3. Totem Tom Tom
4. Moten Swing
5. Ponchatrain
6. Did I Remember
7. Riverboat Shuffle
8. The Natural Thing To Do
9. Stumbling
10. Love Is Just Around The Corner
11. I’ll Never Say Never Again
12. Jive At Five
13. Just Squeeze Me
14. Old Man Harlem
007/008 Graeme and Roger Bell – The Early Years 1939/1947 (2 CD Set) VJAZZ 007 008 – BEL 161
Probably Australia’s two best-known jazz musicians and their bands are featured on this two-CD set. Very little Australian jazz was recorded in the 1940s but the Museum is fortunate to have located this rare selection of early recordings by this iconic group. Tunes include Ain’t Misbehavin’, Muskrat Ramble, Dippermouth Blues, Ballin’ the Jack, and Who’s Sorry Now.
CD1- VJazz007
CD2- VJazz008
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Disc 1
Original Tin Pan Alley
1. Tin Alley Rambler
2. Ain’t Misbehavin’
Leonard’s Group
3. Muskrat Ramble
4. Dippermouth Blues
Graeme Bell & His Jazz Gang
5. Bugle Call Rag
6. Leonard’s Shuffle
7. Dippermouth Blues
8. Who’s Sorry Now
9. Blue Moon
Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Band
10. Chicago
Graeme Bell’s Jazz Gang
11. Ballin’ The Jack
12. Georgia Camp Meeting
13. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
14. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
15. Mum Dalleey Blues
16. Maxie’s Gone Away
17. The Father’s Stomp
18. I’ve Got A Feeling I’m Falling
19. High Society
20. Don’t Leave Me Daddy
21. Someday Sweetheart
Disc 2
Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Six
1. Tippin’ Barrel Blues
2. Georgia Bo Bo
Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Band
3. You Rascal You
4. I’m Going But I’ll Be Back
5. You Tell Her I Stutter
6. Strut Miss Lizzie
7. Unrealistic Blues
8. Bloody Recording Blues
9. Swanston Street Shamble
10. Two Day Jag
Lazy Ade’s Late Hour Boys
11. Drag It Out Blues
12. Big Bass Blues
Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Band
13. At The Jazz Band Ball
14. Alma Street Requiem
The Bell Monsbourgh Melbourne Jazz Men
15. Georgia Camp Meeting
16. Back Home
Graeme Bell – Piano Solos
17. That Da Da Strain
18. Angry Penguins
Graeme Bell’s Dixieland Band
19. Darktown Strutters Ball
20. Canal Street Blues
21. Darktown Strutters Ball
009 Downbeat Concert No.55 – Melbourne Town Hall – 27th June, 1960 VJAZZ 009 – DOW 207
Melbourne’s music store owner Bob Clemens weekly Downbeat Concerts were an institution in Melbourne from 1952 to 1968. The bands featured from this particular concert are those of Len Barnard, Fred Parkes, Frank Traynor, Graeme Bell, Brian Hanley, Dick Tatum, and the Melbourne New Orleans Jazz Band all playing familiar tunes.
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1. Mahogany Stomp
2. Downbeat Blues
3. Shine
4. Original Dixieland One Step
5. Potato Head Blues
6. Ponchatrain
7. Ice Cream
8. Heebie Jeebies
9. Solitude
10. Get Out Of Here
11. Georgia Camp Meeting
12. Shake It & Break It
13. Sister Kate
14. Guitar Blues
15. Dauphine Street Blues
16. Steamboat Stomp
17. Just A Little While To Stay Here
18. Milenberg Joys
19. The Jazz Band Ball
010 Jim Loughnan’s Indigo Five – Live at La Pion Lounge 1964 VJAZZ 010 – LOU 222
The items on this CD, in traditional jazz style, were recorded at the La Pion coffee lounge in Canterbury, Melbourne. Jim Loughnan on soprano sax and clarinet is joined by Paul Martin, Ross Collins, Keith Cox, Wes Brown. Numbers include Royal Garden Blues, Once in a While, Rosetta, and Wabash Blues.
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1. Honeysuckle Rose
2. Really The Blues
3. Tiz Autumn
4. Royal Garden Blues
5. Stormy Weather
6. Honky Tonk Train Blues-Piano Solo
7. Up A Lazy River
8. Si Tu Vois Ma Mere
9. Keeping Out of Mischief Now
10. Wabash Blues
11. I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None .. Jelly Roll
12. Roses of Picardy
13. Rosetta
14. Speaking My Mind
15. Once In a While
16. Strike Up The Band
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