 | The Charleston Era by Various Artists
Buy used from: $40.00 Worth it for the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks stuff and "Whispering" Jack Smith version of "Annabelle Lee" alone.
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 | The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks, Vol. 2 by The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $13.59 The first coast-to-coast radio broadcasting red hot jazz band, based eventually in Chicago, &, rumor has it, much liked by Al Capone.
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 | The Bix Beiderbecke Story by Bix Beiderbecke
Buy used from: $28.60 The ill-fated, brilliant Bix Beiderbecke & virtually all of his best Jean Goldkette and Paul Whiteman records.
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 | Volume 2 by The Dorsey Brothers
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $11.89 Very early Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey with excellent vocals by a young, swinging Bing Crosby on "Spell of the Blues" & "Let's Do It."
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 | The Hot Fives & Sevens by Louis Armstrong
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $20.50 All-time classic department: Louis Armstrong's best twenties sides with modern CD sound engineering by the late, great John R.T. Davies. Blow dat horn, Louie!
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 | Six Jumping Jacks, Vol. 2 by Harry Reser
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $11.95 One of Harry Reser's (*the* greatest jazz banjo player ever) many bands with an emphasis on jazz comedy and novelty records.
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 | Volume 2: 1928-1929 by Ben Pollack
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $15.58 Absolutely sensational 1920's dance jazz pop, with Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Jimmy McPartland, singer Gene Austin and other all-stars contributing.
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 | Mckinney,S Cotton 1928 1929 by Mckinney Cotton Pickers
Band leader Don Redman and his musicians light a fire under some pop standards.
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 | Dime Store Hot Dance by Various Artists
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $10.20 Cheap dimestore records (Banner, Oriole labels, etc.), but a very authentic 1920's sound with the Dorseys, Tommy Gott and other slumming luminaries.
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 | Marvelous! by Ted Weems & His Orchestra
Buy used from: $3.49 The very happy, up tempo sounds of the surprisingly hot ensemble band run by Ted Weems.
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 | Lovable & Sweet: 25 Vintage Hits by Annette Hanshaw
Buy used from: $24.95 "Poor little rich girl" rents the best studio musicians money can buy--Venuti, Lang, the Dorseys, Phil Napoleon--and then she turns out to be the greatest white jazz singer of the 1920's. Who knew?
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 | Musical Portrait by Lee Morse
Buy used from: $25.00 Her vocals are definitely an acquired taste, but she has some great backing musicians and can carry a tune.
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 | Boop-Boop-A-Doop: 27 Original Mono Recordings 1928-1951 by Helen Kane
Buy used from: $118.99 Betty Boop incarnate, the perky, squeaky, but undeniably charming queen of jazz flappers.
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 | Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things by Various Artists
Buy used from: $24.99 Undeniably the best compilation of 1920's pop jazz female singers--Kane, Etting, Sophie Tucker, and many others.
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 | Am I Blue? by Ethel Waters
Buy used from: $28.98 Most successful black female "crossover" singer of the 1920's/early 1930's--great diction, vocal control, delivery--and a sense of humor.
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 | Original Dance Music of 1920's & 1930's by Various Artists
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $66.79 Fast-moving, utterly entertaining compilation! Ben Selvin, Jan Garber, Ted Weems, & many more obscure bands put on a great show...
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 | 1925-1935 by Blanche Calloway & Her Joy Boys
Buy used from: $85.00 Cab's big sister goes to town, with some help from Louie, Ben Webster and others. Can't get "Just a Crazy Song" out of my head.
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 | Heigh-Ho Everybody, This Is Rudy Vallée by Rudy Vallée
Buy used from: $16.96 The "Jazz Age Elvis" brings his megaphone crooning to the public with an occasionally hotter-than-expected (but mostly "sweet") back up band.
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 | Vol. 3 - 1924 by Fletcher Henderson
Buy used from: $6.99 They don't come any hotter--but still stay as pop savvy--as early Fletcher Henderson's band.
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 | The Charleston Chasers by The Charleston Chasers
Buy used from: $8.49 Red Nichols & Miff Mole put together the ultimate 1920's white jazz-pop band: Teagarden, Krupa, Goodman, the Dorseys, Phil Napoleon, Fud Livingston, and a lot more. Essential listening.
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 | Chicago Hot Bands 1924-1928 by Various Artists
Buy new: $18.49 / Used from: $40.83 More hot Chicago jazz! Features rare 78 sides by Thelma Terry & Her Playboys. She was one of the few female bandleaders of the era.
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 | Me and My Shadow by Whispering Jack Smith
Buy used from: $55.00 One of the earliest crooners, who realized how to use the then new electrical recording to his advantage.
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 | Fred Waring, Vol. 1: Collegiate Years by Fred Waring
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $12.99 Long before Fred Waring turned to boring choral music in the 1940's & 1950's, he had one of the most amusing--and hot--1920's collegiate bands. Can one dance well while laughing hysterically?
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 | Singin' in the Rain by Cliff Ukelele Ike Edwards
Buy used from: $29.99 One of the best male jazz-pop singers of the 1920's--later a friend of Buster Keaton and even later the voice of Disney's Jiminy Cricket!
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 | The Roaring Twenties by Various Artists
Buy used from: $15.47 Nice, inexpensive box set compilation of 1920's pop hits. It's worth it for the Irving Aaronson & His Commanders version of "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" all by itself. Why can't they get their own CD?
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