Best of King Oliver

Original Release Date:  April 5, 2005

Track Listing

• 1. West End Blues
• 2. Frankie and Johnny
• 3. Aunt Hagar's Blues
• 4. Tin Roof Blues
• 5. Farewell Blues
• 6. Sobbin' Blues
• 7. Stingaree Blues
• 8. Sugar Blues
• 9. Mule Face Blues
• 10. Freakish Light Blues
• 11. Speakeasy Blues
• 12. Black Snake Blues
• 13. New Wang Wang Blues
• 14. Jackass Blues
• 15. Riverside Blues
• 16. Working Man's Blues
• 17. Camp Meeting Blues
• 18. Canal Street Blues
• 19. London (Cafe) Blues
• 20. Chimes Blues

Credits

• Victoria Spivey: Composer
• Buster Bailey: Clarinet
• Paul Barbarin: Composer, Drums
• Johnny Dodds: Clarinet
• Jelly Roll Morton: Composer
• Albert Nicholas: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• King Oliver: Trumpet, Composer, Cornet, Director
• Kid Ory: Trombone
• Luis Russell: Piano, Composer
• Louis Metcalf: Cornet
• Jimmie Noone: Clarinet
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• Art Kassel: Composer
• New Orleans Rhythm Kings: Composer
• Richard M. Jones: Composer
• Lil Johnson: Composer
• Roy Smeck: Harmonica
• Jimmy Archey: Trombone
• Louis Armstrong: Composer, Cornet
• Baby Dodds: Drums
• Vic Berton: Composer
• Barney Bigard: Clarinet, Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
• Lawson Buford: Brass Band
• Bert Cobb: Brass Band
• Junie C. Cobb: Banjo
• Tommy Dorsey: Composer
• Honore Dutrey: Trombone
• Don Frye: Piano
• Lil Hardin: Piano
• Leroy Harris: Banjo
• J.C. Higginbotham: Trombone
• Teddy Hill: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Charlie Holmes: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Darnell Howard: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Hilton Jefferson: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Paul Mares: Composer
• Dave Nelson: Trumpet, Composer
• Elmer Schoebel: Composer
• Bud Scott: Banjo
• Bob Shoffner: Cornet
• Omer Simeon: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Cyrus St. Clair: Brass Band
• Clinton Walker: Brass Band
• Greely Walton: Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
• Benny Waters: Banjo, Clarinet, Piano, Arranger, Sax (Tenor), Brass Band
• Clarence Williams: Piano, Composer, Director
• Ernest Elliott: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Carroll Dickerson: Director
• Henry Duncan: Piano
• Stump Evans: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (C-Melody)
• Glyn Paque: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
• Mel Stitzel: Composer
• Reverend Charlie Jackson: Sax (Bass), Brass Band
• Billy Paige: Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Bass Moore: Drums, Brass Band
• Ed Atkins: Trombone
• Arthur Nipton: Brass Band
• Walter Wheeler: Sax (Tenor)
• Georgia Taylor: Vocals
• Norman Lester: Piano
• Lucy Fletcher: Composer