"Dope and Glory is a collection of '30s and '40s vocal jazz music with marijuana as the single defining theme. Dope and Glory is an amazing insider look at a subculture of disobedience that was paired with jazz, one of the defining outsider artistic movements of the 20th century. New Orleans, the original reefer city, is represented here through Louis Armstrong among others, and Chicago and the jive culture center of Harlem are conjured and referenced by the likes of the archetypal "reefer man," Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow. Marijuana is mentioned in every song, whether as "reefer," "jive," "weed," "viper," "golden leaf," or "Texas tea." But the jazz music on Dope and Glory stands on its own as sublime, uplifting, and influential regardless of the theme. In the end, Dope and Glory is an ethnomusicological curiosity, a political album, and a simply great set of jazz. The artists score points for the revolutionary potential of music, but at the same time, they're just laying down some smoking tunes." (Allmusic)
Nederlands
| Titel | Dope & Glory : Reefer Songs Der 30er & 40er Jahre |
| Type materiaal | CD |
| Uitgave | Trikont, 2002 |
| Overige gegevens | 2 discs |
| Annotatie | Tracks: (1) Mezz Mezzrow - Sedin' The Vipers; (2) Fats Waller - Vipers Drag; (3) Chick Webb - When I Get Lost I Get High; (4) Tampa Red, Chicago Five - I'm Gonna Get High; (5) Julia Lee - Spinach Song; (6) Sam Price {& His Texas Bluesicians} - Do You Dig Me Jive; (7) Cootie Williams And His Orchestra - Ol' Man River; (8) Yack Taylor - Knockin' Myself Out; (9) Harlan Lattimore & His Connie's Inn Orchestra - Reefer Man; (10) Cab Calloway - The Man From Harlem; (11) Stuff Smith - Here Comes The Man; (12) Bob Howard & His Boys - If You're A Viper; (13) Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Texas Tea Party; (14) Buster Bailey 's Rhythm Busters - Light Up; (15) Trixie Smith - Jack I'm Mellow; (16) Barney Bigard - Sweet Marihuana Brown; (17) Sidney Bechet - Viper Mad; (18) Harlem Hamfats - Weed Smokers Dream; (19) Cee Pee Johnson & His Band - The 'G' Man Go The 'T' Man; (20) A. Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy - All The Jive Is Gone; (21) Georgia White - Stuff Is Here; (22) Bea Foote - Weed; (23) Lil Green - Knockin' Myself Out; (24) Lorrain Walton - If You're A Viper; (25) Buck Washington - Save The Roach For Me; (26) The Cats & A Fiddle - Killin' Jive; (27) Meltone Boys - Mary Jane; (28) Louis Armstrong - Sweet Sue, Just You; (29) Nat King Cole - Hit That Jive Jack; (30) Sam Price {& His Texas Bluesicians} - All Teeed Up; (31) New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Golden Leaf Strut; (32) Jazz Gillum - Reefer Head Woman; (33) Richard Jones - Blue Reefer Blues; (34) Mezz Mezzrow - I'se A Muggin' Part 1; (35) Mezz Mezzrow - I'se A Muggin' Part 2; (36) Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon - Jive Man Blues; (37) Big Bill Broonzy, Jean Brady - Knockin' Myself Out; (38) Richard Jones - Muggin' The Blues; (39) Lil Johnson - Mellow Stuff; (40) Tommy Dorsey - Minor Goes A Muggin'; (41) Cab Calloway - Reefer Man; (42) Oscars Chicago Swingers - Try Some Of That; (43) Slim & Slam - Dopey Joe; (44) Cleo Brown - The Stuff Is Here; (45) Cedar Creek Sheik - Don't Credit My Stuff; (46) Willie Byrant & Orchestra - A Vipers Moan; (47) Don Rodman & Orchestra - Chant Of The Weed; (48) Larry Adler - Smoking Reefers; (49) Louis Armstrong & Orchestra - Muggles; (50) Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon - Willie The Weeper. |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Onderwerp algemeen | Jazz - Oude Jazz ; Jazz - Vocaal |
