I am often asked to recommend various types of rolls. Following are lists of rolls that fill these various requests:
137291 Fourth of July
Medley played by the arranger Scott Kirby
137377 Goodbye Broadway,
Hello France! played by Pete Wendling
137380 Let's All Be Americans
Now played by Pete Wendling (check out the lyrics on
this one!) and America, I Love You played by Harold
Weber
Favorite ragtime rolls:
This is almost impossible for me, because I don't recut it
if I don't like it! But here are some of the first rolls mentioned
when someone thinks of good ragtime rolls. Most are by well-known
composers.
137221 Charleston Rag
played by the composer Eubie Blake
137359 Carolina Shout
played by the composer James P. Johnson
137141 Steeplechase Rag
played by the composer James P. Johnson
137056 Maple Leaf
Rag and Magnetic Rag played by the composer Scott Joplin
137356 Weeping Willow
Rag and Something Doing (Joplin) played by the composer Scott
Joplin
137020 Contentment Rag
(Joseph Lamb) played by Steve Williams
137285 Champagne Rag and
Exelcior Rag (Joseph Lamb) arranged rolls
137286 Kinklets and Silver
Rockets Rag (Arthur Marshall) arranged rolls
137207 Grandpa's Spells
played by the composer Jelly Roll Morton
137200 Shreveport Stomp
played by the composer Jelly Roll Morton
137288 That Eccentric
Rag and Sapho Rag (J. Russel Robinson) arranged rolls
137313 Great Scott Rag and
Kansas City Rag (James Scott) arranged rolls
137358 Grace And Beauty Rag
and Quality Rag (James Scott) played by William Arlington
Favorite blues & popular rolls (in general):
137176A St. Louis Blues
played by John Arpin
DA-024 / Spring Fever
(Bloom) played by the Composer Rube Bloom
137074 I've Got The
Yes! We Have No Banana Blues played by James Blythe
137201 Mr. Jelly
Lord played by the composer Jelly Roll Morton
137204 London Blues
played by the composer Jelly Roll Morton
137087 Eliza played
by Robert Billings
137329 Flamin' Mamie
(A Red Hot Stepper) played by J. Lawrence Cook
137150 Hurry and Bring
It Home Blues played by the composer "Cow Cow"
Davenport
137326 It Takes A Long
Tall Brown-Skin Gal To Make A Preacher Lay His Bible Down
played by Pete Wendling
137088 Slow and Easy
(Norm Spencer) played by Pete Wendling
Wel-049 When the Red, Red
Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along pb Johnny Johnson
Wel-065 Everything's Gonna
Be All Right (Davis & Akst) pl. by Ralph Reichenthal
137045 Papa Better
Watch Your Step played by Thomas "Fats" Waller
Favorite fast, hot blues rolls:
This is also difficult, but here goes:
137184 Percolatin'
Blues played by the composer Lem Fowler
137185 Fowler's Hot Strut
played by the composer Lem Fowler
137191 Showin' Out
played by the composer Lem Fowler
137299 Dr. Jazzes Raz-Ma-Taz
James P. Johnson
137090 I've Got My Habits
On (Jimmie Durante) played by James P. Johnson
137346 If You've Never Been
Vamped By A Brownskin played by James P. Johnson
137177 Frankie & Johnny
Boogie played by Scott Kirby
137245 Mo'lasses (Luckey
Roberts) played by the composer Luckey Roberts
Favorite slow, low-down blues rolls:
This is also difficult, but here goes:
Wel-001 Body and Soul
played by Robert Armbruster (slow, but not low-down: this
is a beautiful bluesy ballad)
137179 Nashville Blues
played by the composer Charlie Booty
137188 Gin Mill Blues
played by the composer Lem Fowler
137344 Black Snake Blues
played by "Lew" Jackson
137292 Aunt Hagar's Blues
played by Jim Hession
137071 Jackass Blues
played by Teddy Weatherford
137150 Hurry and Bring
It Home Blues played by the composer "Cow Cow"
Davenport
Rolls with Themodist coding:
137223 Universal Rag
and Incandescent Rag (George Botsford) (arranged rolls)
137095 French Pastry Rag
and 38th Street Rag played by the composer Les Copeland
137145 Oh, You Devil
(Ford T. Dabney) arranged roll
137330 Tenth Interval
Rag played by the composer Ted Eastwood
137256 Echoes from the Snowball
Club (Harry P. Guy) arranged roll
137162 Twilight Rag
played by the composer James P. Johnson
Rolls with Boogie-Woogie bass:
137176A St. Louis Blues
played by John Arpin
137177 Frankie & Johnny
Boogie played by Scott Kirby
137150 Hurry and Bring It
Home Blues played by the composer "Cow Cow" Davenport
137353 New Orleans
Hop Scop Blues arranged roll, composed by George W. Thomas