The Alternative Takes: King Oliver 1923-1930/Luis Russell 1926-1930

Original Release Date:  November 6, 2001

Track Listing

• 1. Mabel's Dream
• 2. The Southern Stomp
• 3. Too Bad
• 4. Snag It
• 5. Tack Annie
• 6. Snag It
• 7. Got Everything (Don't Want Anything But You)
• 8. West End Blues
• 9. I've Got That Thing
• 10. Freakish Light Blues
• 11. Call of the Freaks
• 12. The Trumpet's Prayer
• 13. Can I Tell You?
• 14. My Good Man Sam
• 15. Jet Black Blues
• 16. Blue Blood Blues
• 17. Nelson Stomp
• 18. Nelson Stomp
• 19. Sweet Mumtaz [*]
• 20. The Way He Loves Is Just Too Bad [*]
• 21. Louisiana Swing [*]
• 22. On Revival Day [*]

Credits

• Lonnie Johnson: Guitar, Composer
• Hoagy Carmichael: Percussion, Vocals
• Paul Barbarin: Composer, Drums, Vibraphone
• Bill Coleman: Trumpet
• Johnny Dodds: Clarinet
• Eddie Lang: Guitar
• Albert Nicholas: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• King Oliver: Trumpet, Composer, Cornet, Director
• Kid Ory: Trombone
• Luis Russell: Piano, Composer, Director
• Louis Metcalf: Cornet
• Cass Simpson: Piano
• Johnny St. Cyr: Banjo
• Andy Razaf: Vocals
• Jimmy Archey: Trombone
• Louis Armstrong: Cornet
• Baby Dodds: Drums
• Barney Bigard: Clarinet, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
• Wallace Bishop: Drums
• Lawson Buford: Double Bass
• Bert Cobb: Double Bass
• Ed Cuffee: Trombone
• Honore Dutrey: Trombone
• Pops Foster: Slap Bass
• William Franklin: Trombone
• Charles Frazier: Sax (Tenor)
• Lil Hardin: Piano
• Arville Harris: Sax (Alto)
• Leroy Harris: Banjo
• J.C. Higginbotham: Trombone
• Teddy Hill: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Charlie Holmes: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Darnell Howard: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Cecil Irwin: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Hilton Jefferson: Sax (Alto)
• J.C. Johnson: Piano
• Otis Johnson: Trumpet
• R.J. Jones: Vocals, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
• Punch Miller: Cornet
• Dave Nelson: Trumpet, Composer
• Elmer Schoebel: Composer
• Bud Scott: Banjo
• Bob Shoffner: Cornet
• Omer Simeon: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Cyrus St. Clair: Double Bass
• Greely Walton: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Clarence Williams: Composer
• Quinn Wilson: Double Bass
• Billy Meyers: Composer
• Billy Page: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Henry Duncan: Piano
• Stump Evans: Clarinet, Sax (Soprano)
• Will Johnson: Banjo, Guitar
• Fred Robinson: Trombone
• Ike Smith: Composer
• Ed Anderson: Cornet
• Walter "Fats" Pichon: Vocals
• Bass Moore: Double Bass
• Andy Pendleton: Vocals
• Arthur Nipton: Double Bass
• Glyn Pacque: Sax (Alto)
• Leroy Tibbs: Piano
• Blind Willie Dunn & His Gin Bottle Four: Performer
• King Oliver's Jazz Band: Performer
• King Oliver's Orchestra: Performer
• Willie Jackson: Vocals
• Charlie Johnson: Sax (Bass), Double Bass