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 $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
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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