BluesTone Roll Recommendations

 

I am often asked to recommend various types of rolls. Following are lists of rolls that fill these various requests:

Patriotic tunes:

137291 Fourth of July Medley played by the arranger Scott Kirby $14
137377 Goodbye Broadway, Hello France! played by Pete Wendling $11
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 $14
Sorry, this roll is OUT OF STOCK 137125 Yankee Doodle Blues played by Max Kortlander $11

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 $14
137359 Carolina Shout played by the composer James P. Johnson $11
137141 Steeplechase Rag played by the composer James P. Johnson $11
137056 Maple Leaf Rag and Magnetic Rag played by the composer Scott Joplin $14
137356 Weeping Willow Rag and Something Doing (Joplin) played by the composer Scott Joplin $14
137020 Contentment Rag (Joseph Lamb) played by Steve Williams $11
137285 Champagne Rag and Exelcior Rag (Joseph Lamb) arranged rolls $14
137286 Kinklets and Silver Rockets Rag (Arthur Marshall) arranged rolls $14
137207 Grandpa's Spells played by the composer Jelly Roll Morton $11
137200 Shreveport Stomp played by the composer Jelly Roll Morton $11
137288 That Eccentric Rag and Sapho Rag (J. Russel Robinson) arranged rolls $14
137313 Great Scott Rag and Kansas City Rag (James Scott) arranged rolls $14
137358 Grace And Beauty Rag and Quality Rag (James Scott) played by William Arlington $14

 

Favorite blues & popular rolls (in general):

137176A St. Louis Blues played by John Arpin $18
DA-024 / Spring Fever (Bloom) played by the Composer Rube Bloom $12
137074 I've Got The Yes! We Have No Banana Blues played by James Blythe $11
137201 Mr. Jelly Lord played by the composer Jelly Roll Morton $11
137204 London Blues played by the composer Jelly Roll Morton $11
137087 Eliza played by Robert Billings $11
137329 Flamin' Mamie (A Red Hot Stepper) played by J. Lawrence Cook $11
137150 Hurry and Bring It Home Blues played by the composer "Cow Cow" Davenport $11
137326 It Takes A Long Tall Brown-Skin Gal To Make A Preacher Lay His Bible Down
played by Pete Wendling $11
137088 Slow and Easy (Norm Spencer) played by Pete Wendling $11
Wel-049 When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along pb Johnny Johnson $13
Wel-065 Everything's Gonna Be All Right (Davis & Akst) pl. by Ralph Reichenthal $12
137045 Papa Better Watch Your Step played by Thomas "Fats" Waller $11

 

Favorite fast, hot blues rolls:
This is also difficult, but here goes:

137184 Percolatin' Blues played by the composer Lem Fowler $11
137185 Fowler's Hot Strut played by the composer Lem Fowler $11
137191 Showin' Out played by the composer Lem Fowler $11
137299 Dr. Jazzes Raz-Ma-Taz James P. Johnson $11
137090 I've Got My Habits On (Jimmie Durante) played by James P. Johnson $11
137346 If You've Never Been Vamped By A Brownskin played by James P. Johnson $11
137177 Frankie & Johnny Boogie played by Scott Kirby $14
137245 Mo'lasses (Luckey Roberts) played by the composer Luckey Roberts $11

 

Favorite slow, low-down blues rolls:
This is also difficult, but here goes:

Wel-001 Body and Soul played by Robert Armbruster $12 (slow, but not low-down: this is a beautiful bluesy ballad)
137179 Nashville Blues played by the composer Charlie Booty$14
137188 Gin Mill Blues played by the composer Lem Fowler $11
137344 Black Snake Blues played by "Lew" Jackson $11
137292 Aunt Hagar's Blues played by Jim Hession $14
137071 Jackass Blues played by Teddy Weatherford $11
137150 Hurry and Bring It Home Blues played by the composer "Cow Cow" Davenport $11

Rolls with Themodist coding:
137223 Universal Rag and Incandescent Rag (George Botsford) (arranged rolls) $14
137095 French Pastry Rag and 38th Street Rag played by the composer Les Copeland $14
137145 Oh, You Devil (Ford T. Dabney) arranged roll $11
137330 Tenth Interval Rag played by the composer Ted Eastwood $11
137256 Echoes from the Snowball Club (Harry P. Guy) arranged roll $11
137162 Twilight Rag played by the composer James P. Johnson $11

 

Rolls with Boogie-Woogie bass:
137176A St. Louis Blues played by John Arpin $18
137177 Frankie & Johnny Boogie played by Scott Kirby $14
137150 Hurry and Bring It Home Blues played by the composer "Cow Cow" Davenport $11
137353 New Orleans Hop Scop Blues arranged roll, composed by George W. Thomas $11

 

This page last updated 9-7-2004

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