The Ultimate Jazz Archive CD23 – Mezz Mezzrow [1936-1939] [2005]

01.Mutiny In The Parlor
02.The Panic Is On
03.I’se A’Muggin – Part 1
04.I’se A’Muggin – Part 2
05.Blues In Disguise
06.That’s How I Feel Today
07.Hot Club Stomp
08.The Swing Session’s Called To Order
09.Revolutionary Blues
10.Comin’ On With The Come On – Part 1
11.Comin’ On With The Come On – Part 2
12.Swingin’ For Mezz (Careless Love)
13.Royal Garden Blues
14.Everybody Loves My Baby
15.I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None O’ This Jelly Roll
16.If You See Me Comin’
17.Gettin’ Together
18.I’m Tired Of Fattenin’ Frogs For Snakes
19.Stop It, Joe
20.My Man Jumped Salty On Me
21.Double Crossin’ Papa

Mezz Mezzrow occupies an odd and unique place in jazz history. Although an enthusiastic clarinetist, he was never much of a player, sounding best on the blues. A passionate propagandist for Chicago and New Orleans jazz and the rights of blacks (he meant well, but tended to overstate his case), Mezzrow was actually most significant for writing his colorful and somewhat fanciful memoirs, Really the Blues, and for being a reliable supplier of marijuana in the 1930s and '40s. In the 1920s, he was part of the Chicago jazz scene, at first helping the young white players and then annoying them with his inflexible musical opinions. Mezzrow recorded with the Jungle Kings, the Chicago Rhythm Kings, and Eddie Condon during 1927-1928, often on tenor. In the 1930s, he led a few swing-oriented dates that featured all-star integrated bands in 1933-1934 and 1936-1937. The French critic Hugues Panassie was always a big supporter of Mezzrow's playing and Mezz was well-featured on sessions in 1938 with Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet; "Really the Blues" is a near-classic. Mezzrow had his own King Jazz label during 1945-1947, mostly documenting ensemble-oriented blues jams with Bechet and occasionally Hot Lips Page. After appearing at the 1948 Nice Jazz Festival, Mezzrow eventually moved to France, where he recorded fairly regularly during 1951-1955 (including with Lee Collins and Buck Clayton), along with a final album in 1959. ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

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