Muggsy Spanier



CD 1

Whistlin’ The Blues  


1. At The Jazz Band Ball (La Rocca – Shields) 2:52

2. Sister Kate (Piron) 2:56

3. Dippermouth Blues (Sugar Foot Stomp)(Oliver – Armstrong) 2:28

4. Riverboat Shuffle (Carmichael) 2:47

5. Relaxin’ At The Touro (Spanier – Buskin) 3:14

6. At Sundown (Donaldson) 2:35

7. Bluin’ The Blues (Ragas) 2:41

8. Lonesome Road (Broonzy) 3:01

9. Sweet Lorraine (Parish – Burwell) 4:22

10. Four Or Five Times (Gay – Hellmann) 4:11

11. That’s A Plenty (Pollack) 4:19

12. Sweet Sue (Just You)(Harris – Young) 4:06

13. Angry (Cassard –Brunies – Brunies – Mecum) 2:49

14. Weary Blues (Matthews) 3:00

15. Snag It (Oliver) 3:14

16. Alice Blue Gown (Tierney – McCarthy) 3:08

17. Sweet Lorraine (Parish – Burwell) 3:53

18. Oh! Lady Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:28

19. Sugar (Pinkard – Mitchell) 3:04

20. September In The Rain (Warren – Dubin) 4:22

21. Memphis Blues (Handy – Norton) 4:15

22. Riverside Blues (Dorsey) 3:05

23. Rosetta (Woode - Hines) 3:13


Total Time: 77:14





CD 2

Pee Wee Speaks


1. That’s A Plenty (Pollack) 4:39

2. Squeeze Me (Williams – Waller) 4:36

3. Jazz Me Blues (Delaney) 4:06

4. Pee Wee Speaks (Spanier – Russell) 4:46

5. Pat’s Blues (Spanier) 4:34

6. Whistlin’ The Blues (Spanier – Haggart) 3:08

7. Sobbin' Blues (Kassel - Burton) 2:56

8. Darktown Strutters' Ball (Brooks) 3:03

9. The Lady's In Love With You (Loesser - Lane) 3:03

10. Tin Roof Blues (Rappolo - Mares - Pollack - Brunies - Stitzel - Melrose) 2:56

11. Muskrat Ramble (Ory) 3:06

12. Bugle Call Rag (Schoebel - Meyers - Pettis) 2:57

13. That's A Plenty (Pollack - Simon) 2:54

14. Feather Brain Blues (Spanier - Daniel) 3:03

15. Lucky To Me (Camden - Green - Bernstein) 2:55

16. Tin Roof Blues (Rappolo - Mares - Pollack - Brunies - Stitzel - Melrose) 2:58

17. Cherry (Redman - Russell) 2:43

18. China Boy (Winfree - Boutelje) 4:56

19. You’re Driving Me Crazy (Donaldson) 2:33 

20. You Took Advantage Of Me (Hart - Rodgers) 3:11

21. Pee Wee Squawks (Spanier - Russell) 2:33

22. Sentimental Journey (Green - Brown - Homer) 2:48

23. Muggsy Special (Spanier - Haggart) 2:29


Total Time: 77:04




CD 1


At The Jazz Band Ball
Dippermouth Blues (Sugar Foot Stomp)

New York, November 10, 1939
Muggsy Spanier (cn), George Brunies (tb), Rod Cless (cl), Bernie Billings (ts), Joe Buskin (p), Bob Casey (b), Don
Carter (d)

Sister Kate

New York, November 10, 1939
Muggsy Spanier (cn), George Brunies (tb)(vcl), Rod Cless (cl), Bernie Billings (ts), Joe Buskin (p), Bob Casey (b), Don
Carter (d)

Riverboat Shuffle
Relaxin' At The Touro
At Sundown
Bluin' The Blues

New York, November 22, 1939

Same, except Nick Caiazza (ts) replaces Bernie Billings

Lonesome Road

New York, December 12, 1939

Same, except Al Sidell (d) replaces Don Carter


Sweet Lorraine
Four Or Five Times
That's A Plenty
Sweet Sue, Just You

New York, March 24 - April 6, 1940
Muggsy Spanier (cn), Sidney Bechet (cl)(ss), Carmen Mastren (g), Wellman Braud (b)


Angry 

Weary Blues 

Snag It 

Alice Blue Gown 

New York, April 15, 1944
Muggsy Spanier (cn), Miff Mole (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Dick Cary (p), Eddie Condon (g), Bob Casey (b), Joe Grausso (d)

Sweet Lorraine 

Oh! Lady Be Good

Sugar 

September In The Rain 

New York, April 22, 1944
Muggsy Spanier (cn), Ernie Caceres (bar), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Dick Cary (p), Eddie Condon (g), Sid Weiss (b), Joe Grausso (d)

Memphis Blues 

Riverside Blues 

Rosetta

New York, September 27, 1944
Muggsy Spanier (cn), Miff Mole (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Boomie Richman (ts), Gene Schroeder (p), Eddie Condon (g), Bob Haggart (b), George Wettling (d)



CD 2


That’s A Plenty 

Squeeze Me 

Jazz Me Blues 

Pee Wee Speaks 

Pat’s Blues

New York, October 17, 1944
Muggsy Spanier (cn), Robert Louis McGarity (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Boomie Richman (ts), Jess Stacy (p), Henry White (g), Bob Haggart (b), George Wettling (d)

Whistlin’ The Blues

Sobbin' Blues
Darktown Strutters' Ball
The Lady's In Love With You

New York, December 7, 1944
Muggsy Spanier (cn), Robert Louis McGarity (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Boomie Richman (ts), Jess Stacy (p), Eddie Condon (g), Bob Haggart (b), Joe Grausso (d)


Tin Roof Blues

Muskrat Ramble

New York, March 1, 1945
Muggsy Spanier (cn), Lou McGarity (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Gene Schroeder (p), Carl Kress (g), Bob
Casey (b), Joe Grausso (d)

Bugle Call Rag
That's A Plenty
Feather Brain Blues
Lucky To Me

New York, March 2, 1945
Muggsy Spanier (cn), Lou McGarity (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Ernie Caceres (bars), Gene Schroeder (p),
Carl Kress (g), Bob Haggart (b)(whistling), Charlie Carroll (d)

     

      

Tin Roof Blues

Cherry

China Boy

You're Driving Me Crazy

You Took Advantage Of Me

New York, October 22, 1945

Muggsy Spanier (cn), Lou McGarity (tb), Peanuts Hucko (cl), Bud Freeman (ts), Dave Bowman (p), Hy White (g),

Trigger Alpert (b), George Wettling (d)

PeeWee Squawks

Sentimental Journey

Muggsy Special

New York, September 9, 1946

Muggsy Spanier (cn)(vcl), Vernon Brown (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl)(vcl), Nick Caiazza (ts), Gene Schroeder (p), Bob Haggart (g), George Wettling (d)