Illustrated Will Ezell discography

source: Paramount ad in the Chicago Defender of 11/17/28 Will Ezell
William Ezell
b. December 23, 1892 (~~1896~~) in Brenham, Washington County, Texas
d. August 2, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois
buried at Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, Cook County, Illinois
discography
Paramount ad in the Chicago Defender of 11/17/28

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm* Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records, but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
1	1926	Elzadie Robinson Paramount 12417 - Sawmill Blues (3054-1) @ youtube or - Sawmill Blues (3054-2) @ youtube - Barrel House Man (3053-1) @ youtube or - Barrel House Man (3053-2) @ youtube Broadway 5037 - Sawmill Blues (3054-2) - Barrel House Man (3053-1) rec. c. October 1926 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12417 = Broadway 5037
2	1927	Blanche Johnson - 216 Blues (4127-2) @ youtube - Galveston Blues (4128-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. c. January 1927 in Chicago, IL; unknown, voc; Will Ezell, p "Blanche Johnson" is a pseudonym on Herwin for a Paramount artist, possibly Elzadie Robinson Herwin 92016
3	1927	Marie Bradley - Stormy Hailing Blues (4219-1) * @ youtube - Mama's In A Strain (4218-2) # @ youtube rec. c. February 1927 in Chicago, IL; Marie Bradley, voc; # Will Ezell, p; * William Pierson (prob. William Pearson), p Paramount 12466
4	1927	Elzadie Robinson - Baltimore Blues (4254-2) @ youtube - Troubled With The Blues (4253-2) @ youtube rec. c. March 1927 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12469
5	1927	Ora Brown - Restless Blues (4564-2) @ Spotify - Jailhouse Moan (4563-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. c. June 1927 in Chicago, IL; Ora Brown, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12500
6	1927	Lucille Bogan - Jim Tampa Blues (4672-2) * @ youtube - Kind Stella Blues (4668-1) # @ youtube rec. c. June 1927 in Chicago, IL; Lucille Bogan, voc; # Will Ezell, p; * Papa Charlie Jackson, banjo, shouts Paramount 12504
7	1927	Elzadie Robinson - Whiskey Blues (4667-2) @ youtube - Back Door Blues (4666-2) @ youtube rec. c. July 1927 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12509
8	1927	Bertha Henderson - Black Bordered Letter (4680-2) # @ youtube - Six Thirty Blues (4681-1) @ youtube rec. c. July 1927 in Chicago, IL; Bertha Henderson, voc; # Dave C. Nelson, cornet; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12511 = Broadway 5019
9	1927	Lucile [sic] Bogan - Doggone Wicked Blues (4703-2) @ youtube - Oklahoma Man Blues (4704-2) @ youtube rec. c. July 1927 in Chicago, IL; Lucille Bogan, voc; prob. Will Ezell, p Paramount 12514
10	1927	Side Wheel Sally Duffie - Kind Papa Blues (4727-2) @ youtube @ Spotify - Treat 'Em Right Blues (4738-2) @ youtube rec. c. August 1927 in Chicago, IL; Side Wheel Sally Duffie, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12519
11	1927	Elzadie Robinson - Tick Tock Blues (20067-1) @ youtube - Hour Behind The Sun (20068-1) @ youtube rec. c. October 1927 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12544
12	1927	Side Wheel Sally Duffie - Bunker Hill Blues (4728-2) @ youtube - Plantation Blues (4741-2) @ youtube rec. c. August 1927 in Chicago, IL; Side Wheel Sally Duffie, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12545
13	1927	Will Ezell - Barrel House Man (4786-2) @ youtube @ Spotify - West Coast Rag (4786-2) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. c. September 1927 in Chicago, IL; Will Ezell, p solo Paramount 12549
14	1927	Lucille Bogan - Women Won't Need No Man (4677-2) # @ youtube @ Spotify - War Time Man Blues (4673-2) * @ youtube @ Spotify rec. c. June 1927 in Chicago, IL; Lucille Bogan, voc; # Will Ezell, p; * Papa Charlie Jackson, banjo Paramount 12560
15	1927	Lucille Bogan - Cravin' Whiskey Blues (4675-1) @ youtube - Nice And Kind Blues (4676-1) @ youtube rec. c. June 1927 in Chicago, IL; Lucille Bogan, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12577
16	1927	Side Wheel Sally Duffie - Thinking Blues (4742-2) @ youtube @ Spotify - Kid Man Blues (4743-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. c. August 1927 in Chicago, IL; Side Wheel Sally Duffie, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12581
17	1928	Will Ezell - Old Mill Blues (20823-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - Mixed Up Rag (20824-2) @ youtube unissued track from same session: - Old Mill Blues (20823-2) rec. c. August 1928 in Chicago, IL; Will Ezell, p solo Dixon, Godrich & Rye 1997: "Some reissues claim to use matrix 20823-2 but this appears to be aurally identical to matrix 20823-1" Paramount 12688 = Signature 911 (US 1944) = Jazz Collector L84 (UK 195?)
18	1928	Elzadie Robinson - Wicked Daddy (20782-2) @ youtube - Its [sic] Too Late Now (20783-2) @ youtube unissued tracks from same session: - Arkansas Mill (20784) - Gold Mansion Blues (20785) rec. c. July 1928 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12689
19	1928	Elzadie Robinson - Arkansas Mill Blues (20910-3) @ youtube - Gold Mansion Blues (20911-1) @ youtube rec. c. October 1928 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12701
20	1928	Elzadie Robinson - Rowdy Man Blues (20912-2) @ youtube - Going South Blues (20913-2) @ youtube originally unissued track from same session: - Rowdy Man Blues (20912-1) [Document DOCD-5249] @ youtube rec. c. October 1928 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12724
21	1928	Will Ezell - Crawlin' Spider Blues (21066-1) @ Spotify - Ezell's Precious Five (21065-2) @ Spotify rec. c. December 1928 in Chicago, IL; Will Ezell, voc, p The label of "Ezell's Precious Five" bears the matrix number 20065, but this is an obvious error, 20065 being a Blind Lemon Jefferson title. Paramount 12729
22	1928	Elzadie Robinson - Unsatisfied Blues (20916-1) @ youtube - Need My Lovin' Need My Daddy (20914-2) @ youtube rec. c. October 1928 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12745
23	1929	Will Ezell - Barrel House Woman (21143-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - Heifer Dust (21145-2) @ youtube originally unissued track from same session: - Barrel House Woman (21143-2) [Yazoo 1028, Chicago Piano 12.002, RST BD-6033] @ youtube rec. c. February 1929 in Chicago, IL; Will Ezell, p solo Paramount 12753 = Signature 910 (US 1944) = Jazz Collector L63 (UK 195?) "Barrelhouse Woman"
24	1929	Elzadie Robinson - This Is Your Last Night With Me (21186-2) @ youtube - Cheatin' Daddy (21187-3) @ youtube rec. c. March 1929 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12768
25	1929	Will Ezell (on Herwin: "Charley Eaton") - Bucket Of Blood (21144-2) @ Spotify - Playing The Dozen (21146-1) @ youtube rec. c. February 1929 in Chicago, IL; Will Ezell, p solo Paramount 12773 = Herwin 93017
26	1929	Elzadie Robinson - My Pullman Porter Man (21190-2) @ youtube - Ain't Got Nobody (21195-1 or -2) @ youtube rec. c. March 1929 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12795
27	1929	Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother - Guitar Boogie (15639-A) * @ youtube - New York Blues (15640-A) # @ youtube rec. September 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Blind Roosevelt Graves, g, # voc; Uaroy Graves, tamb; prob. Baby Jay (James), cornet; Will Ezell, p; * talking by band members Paramount 12820
28	1929	Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie (15650) @ youtube - Just Can't Stay Here (15649) @ youtube rec. September 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; poss. Baby Jay (James), cornet; Will Ezell, voc, p; Blind Roosevelt Graves, g; Uaroy Graves, tamb Paramount 12855 = Broadway 5103 = Century 3015 = Jazz Collector L46 (UK 195?) = Tempo R31
29	1929	Blind Roosevelt Graves and Bro. - Bustin' The Jug (15641-A) @ youtube - Crazy About My Baby (15642- ) @ youtube rec. September 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Blind Roosevelt Graves, g, voc; Uaroy Graves, tamb; prob. Baby Jay (James), cornet; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12859
30	1929	Paramount 12874: Blind Arthur Groom and Bro. - Take Your Burdens To The Lord (15645- ) @ youtube or - Take Your Burdens To The Lord (15645-A) # @ youtube - Telephone To Glory (15646- ) * @ youtube Broadway 5050 / Herwin 92035 / Crown 3362: Blind Willie Jackson and Brother - Take Your Burdens To The Lord (15645-A) - Telephone To Glory (15646- ) rec. September 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Blind Roosevelt Graves, g, voc; Uaroy Graves, tamb, voc; prob. Baby Jay (James), cornet; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12874 = Broadway 5050 = Herwin 92035 = Crown 3326 # Varsity 6006 * Varsity 6007 (as by Jubilee Male Quartet)
31	1929	Descriptive Novelty: Featuring Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Will Ezell, Charlie Spand, The Hokum Boys, Papa Charlie Jackson ("The Paramount All Stars") - Hometown Skiffle – Part I (21453-2) @ youtube - Hometown Skiffle – Part II (21454-3) @ youtube rec. c. ~~October~~ August 1929 in Chicago, IL; The Hokum Boys: prob. Alex Hill, voc; poss. Georgia Tom Dorsey, p; unidentified, voc; Charlie Spand, p, voc; Will Ezell, p, sp; Papa Charlie Jackson, bj, voc; Blind Lemon Jefferson [?], g, sp; Arthur Blake, g, sp; prob. Alex Hill, announcements "Hometown Skiffle – Part I" actually consists of brief contributions: The Hokum Boys: Shake That Thing Will Ezell: Mixed Up Rag Blind Blake: A Blues "Hometown Skiffle – Part II" actually consists of brief contributions: Blind Lemon Jefferson [or rather: Blind Blake impersonating Blind Lemon Jefferson]: Introduction The Hokum Boys: Sellin' That Stuff Charlie Spand: Soon This Morning Papa Charlie Jackson: Shake That Thing Paramount 12886 = Steiner-Davis SD 107 (US 1948) (as by Charlie Spand, Will Ezell, Alex Hill, Papa Charlie and others) = Tempo R 20 (UK 1950) Tempo Records discography Papa Charlie Jackson discography Blind Blake discography Blind Lemon Jefferson discography Charlie Spand discography
		- Hometown Skiffle – Part I (21453-1) - Hometown Skiffle – Part II (21454-1) - Hometown Skiffle – Part II (21454-2) rec. c. ~~October~~ August 1929 in Chicago, IL; The Hokum Boys: prob. Alex Hill, voc; poss. Georgia Tom Dorsey, p; unidentified, voc; Charlie Spand, p, voc; Will Ezell, p, sp; Papa Charlie Jackson, bj, voc; Blind Lemon Jefferson [?], g, sp; Arthur Blake, g, sp; prob. Alex Hill, announcements unissued tests: 21453-1-2 (unissued take 1) 51454-1-2 (unissued both takes)
32	1929	Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother - Crazy About My Baby (15642- ) # @ youtube - Staggerin' Blues (15643- ) * @ youtube rec. September 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Blind Roosevelt Graves, g, # voc; Uaroy Graves, tamb, * voc; prob. Baby Jay (James), cornet; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12891
33	1929	Elzadie Robinson - Driving Me South (21192-2) @ youtube - Past And Future Blues (21193-1) @ youtube rec. c. March 1929 in Chicago, IL; Elzadie Robinson, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12900
34	1929	Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother - Happy Sunshine (15651) # @ youtube - I'm Pressing On (15652) # * @ youtube rec. September 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Blind Roosevelt Graves, g, # voc; Uaroy Graves, tamb, * voc; prob. Baby Jay (James), cornet; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12913
35	1929	Will Ezell - Freakish Mistreater Blues (15654) # @ Spotify - Hot Spot Stuff (15655) @ youtube rec. September 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; poss. Baby Jay (James), cornet; Will Ezell, p, # voc; Blind Roosevelt Graves, g; Uaroy Graves, tamb Paramount 12914
36	1929	Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother - St. Louis Rambler Blues (15638-A) @ youtube - Sad Dreaming Blues (15653-A) @ youtube rec. September 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Blind Roosevelt Graves, g, voc; Uaroy Graves, tamb; prob. Baby Jay (James), cornet; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12961
37	1929	Blind Roosevelt Graves and His Brother - I Shall Not Be Moved (15647-) @ youtube - When I Lay My Burdens Down (15648) @ youtube rec. September 20, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Blind Roosevelt Graves, g, voc; Uaroy Graves, tamb, voc; prob. Baby Jay (James), cornet; Will Ezell, p Paramount 12974
38	1931	Slim Tarpley - Alabama Hustler (L-734-2) @ youtube - Try Some Of That (L-733-2) @ Spotify rec. c. January 1931 in Grafton, WI; Sam Tarpley, voc; Will Ezell, p Paramount 13062
39	1933	Jubilee Male Quartet (Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham) - "Telephone To Glory" [actually "Clanka A Lanka (Sleep On Mother)" (Paramount 13119)!] (Blind Arthur Groom / Blind Willie Jackson and Brother) - Take Your Burdens To The Lord [Paramount 12874 (15645-A)] Varsity 6006
40	1933	Jubilee Male Quartet (Black Billy Sunday) - This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix [Paramount 13052] (Blind Arthur Groom / Blind Willie Jackson and Brother) - "Clanka A Lanka" [actually "Telephone To Glory" (Paramount 12874)!] Varsity 6007
*LP / CD compilations*
41	1955	Will Ezell's Gin Mill Jazz Piano Blues and Rags - Mixed Up Rag - Heifer Dust - Playing The Dozen - West Coast Rag - Barrel House Man - Pitchin' Boogie - Just Can't Stay Here - Bucket Of Blood Riverside RLP 1043 (US 1954) London AL 3539 London Records discography
42	1964	Honky Tonk Train Cow Cow Davenport - Chimes Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Will Ezell - Barrel House Woman Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown Blind Boy Garnett - Chain 'em Down Wesley Wallace - No. 29 Jabo Williams - Jab Blues Will Ezell - Heifer Dust Cow Cow Davenport - Slow Drag - Atlanta Rag Blind Boy Garnett - Louisiana Glide Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Blues - Eastern Chimes Blues Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues booklet notes by H.R.R. [Hans R. Rookmaaker] Riverside RM/RLP 8806 = Pierre Cardin presente PC 93.509 (Fr 1975) = Mercury 6332 989 (Fr) (=) Jazz Story 40.005 "Low Down Piano Blues" (Germany 197?; 4 tracks excluded) = BASF 10 29846-9 (Fr) = Music Parade LEL 189 = Classic Jazz Masters 88503 (NL) = Classic Jazz Masters 22026 (Germany)
43	1968	Low Down Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie Sylvester Palmer - Mean Blues - Lonesome Man Blues Will Ezell - Old Mill Blues - Barrel House Woman Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing - Monkey Man Blues - You've Done Tore Your Playhouse Down - Streamline Train Lee Brown - Carpenter Man Blues - Little Girl, Little Girl Walter Davis - You Don't Know Right From Wrong - Smoky Mountain Roosevelt Sykes - New Mistake In Life - We Will Never Make The Grade St. Louis Jimmy - Soon Forget You - Can't Stand Your Evil Ways Confidential CLP 001 (Fr 1968)
44	1968?	Ragged Piano Classics 1923-1943 Sugar Underwood - Dew Drop Alley Stomp Smith and Irvine - Lonesome Road Blues Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide Blythe and Burton - Dusting The Keys Herve Duerson - Easy Drag - Avenue Strut Frank Melrose - Jellyroll Stomp Rob Cooper - West Dallas Drag No. 2 Blythe and Clark - Bow To Your Papa Alonzo Yancey - Everybody's Rag George H. Tremer - Spirit of '49 Rag Will Ezell - Mixed Up Rag Sidney Wilson - Mississippi Shivers Clarence Jones - Modulation Origin Jazz Library OJL 16 (US 1968?) OJL Records discography
45	1969	Boogie Woogie Rarities 1927-1932 Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues [original version] - Molasses Sopper Blues [accompanying George Hannah] Wesley Wallace - Number 29 Blind Leroy Garnet - Chain 'em Down Cripple Clarence Lofton - On The Wall [accompanying Louise Johnson] Will Ezell - Playing The Dozens - Just Can't Stay Here Charlie Spand - Hastings Street (with Blind Blake) - Levee Camp Man Jabo Williams - Jab Blues Cow Cow Davenport - Chimes Blues - New Cow Cow Blues (with B.T. Wingfield) Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Charles Avery - Dearborn Street Breakdown notes by Mait Edey Milestone MLP 2009 (US 1969) Milestone Records discography
46	1971	Pitchin' Boogie A Second Collection of Boogie Woogie Piano Rarities Meade Lux Lewis - Freakish Blues (George Hannah, voc) Jimmy Blythe - Chicago Stomps - Armour Avenue Struggle - Mr. Freddie Blues - Sunshine Special (Sodarisa Miller, voc) Roosevelt Sykes - Honey Dripper Blues ~~Cripple Clarence Lofton~~ - By The Moon & Stars (~~accompanying~~ Edith Johnson, voc, p) Jimmy Blythe & W.E. "Buddy" Burton - Block And Tackle ~~Cripple Clarence Lofton~~ - Long Ways From Home (~~accompanying~~ Edith Johnson, voc, p) Will Ezell - Heifer Dust - Barrel House Man - Pitchin' Boogie - Barrel House Women Bob Call - Evil Woman Blues notes by Martin Williams Milestone MLP 2018 (US 1971) Milestone Records discography
47	1972	Barrelhouse Blues 1927-1936 Bob Call - Thirty-One Blues Barelhouse Welsh - Dying Pickpocket Blues Joe Dean - I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today George Noble - Seminole Blues Lonnie Johnson - Sam, You're Just A Rat Louise Johnson - On The Wall Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues No. 2 Charley Taylor - Heavy Suitcase Blues Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive Jabo Williams - Polack Blues Jesse James - Ramrod Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues Will Ezell - Barrelhouse Woman (tk 2) notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls Yazoo 1028 (US 1972) = Yazoo CD 1028 (1992) Yazoo Records discography
48	1973	Will Ezell - Barrelhouse Man - West Coast Rag - Old Mill Blues - Mixed Up Rag - Ezell's Precious Five - Crawlin' Spider Blues - Barrelhouse Woman - Barrelhouse Woman - Bucket Of Blood - Heifer Dust - Playing The Dozen - Just Cant Stay Here - Pitchin' Boogie - Freakish Mistreater Blues - Hot Spot Stuff Chicago Piano 12-002 (UK 1973)
49	1974	Whole World In His Hands 1927-1936 Elder Curry - Prove All Things - Change Your Thoughts - Pale Horse McIntorsh & Edwards - Behold The King Shall Reign Rev. E. D. Campbell - The Hem Of His Garment - Prayer - Preach The Word - Come And See A Man - Escape For Your Life Rev. P.W. Williams & His Sanctified Singers - Testifying Meeting 1 - Testifying Meeting 2 Elder Richard Bryant - He Shut The Lion's Mouth - Everybody Was There - A Lie Was Told, But God Know'd It - A Wild Man In Town Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother - Telephone To Glory - Take Your Burdens To The Lord - I Shall Not Be Moved - When I Lay My Burdens Down - I'll Be Rested - Woke Up This Morning Brother Williams Memphis Sanctified Singers - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - I Will Meet You At The Station Herwin H 207 (US 1974) Herwin Records discography
50	1977	Paramount 1929-1930 'whip it to a jelly' (The Piano Blues Vol. 1) Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues - Mississippi Blues Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down - Louisiana Glide Little Brother - No Special Rider - Vicksburg Blues Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues - No. 29 Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars - All Night Long Blues Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie - Heifer Dust Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Blind Blake / Spand - Hastings St. foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4401 (UK 1977) Magpie PYCD 01 (UK 1990) (four add'l tracks) Magpie Records discography
51	1979?	Rag Doll Piano Ragtime Of The Teens, Twenties & Thirties Vol. 3 Clarence M Jones - Hulu Lou Sugar Underwood - Dew Drop Alley Stomp Rob Cooper - West Dallas Drag No. 2 Blythe and Burton - Dustin' The Keys Sid Williams - Mississippi Shivers - Rag Doll Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide Alex Hill - Stompin' 'Em Down Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag Will Ezell - West Coast Rag - Bucket Of Blood Blythe and Clark - Bow To Your Papa Smith and Irvine - Lonesome Road Blues I Smith - Sally Goodin Herve Duerson - Avenue Strut George Tremer - Spirit Of '49 programming & notes by David A. Jasen; mastered by Nick Perls (Yazoo) Herwin H 406 (US 1979?) Herwin Records discography
52	1982	Paramount Vol. 2 1927-1932 'raised in the alley' (The Piano Blues Vol. 17) Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues Henry Brown - Eastern Chimes Blues Freddie Brown - Raised In The Alley Blues Skip James - 22-20 Blues Raymond Barrow - Walking Blues Charley Taylor - Heavy Suitcase Blues Barrel House Welch - Dying Pickpocket Blues Louise Johnson - Long Way From Home Louise Johnson - On The Wall Charley Taylor - Louisiana Bound Barrel House Welch - Larceny Woman Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Will Ezell - Playing The Dozen Freddie Brown - Whip It To A Jelly Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Blues Jabo Williams - Jabo Blues foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4417 (UK 1982)
53	1983	The Original Honky Tonk Piano Cow-Cow Davenport - Chimes Blues Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Will Ezell - Barrel House Woman Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown Blind Leroy Garnet - Chain 'Em Down Wesley Wallace - No. 29 Jabo Williams - Jab Blues Will Ezell - Heifer Dust Cow-Cow Davenport - Slow Drag Cow-Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag Blind Leroy Garnet - Louisiana Glide Henry Brown - Deep Morgan Blues Henry Brown - Eastern Chimes Blues Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues Classic Jazz Masters CJM 88503 (Germany 1983)
54	1983	Blind Roosevelt Graves (1929-36) Complete Recordings in Chronological Order - Saint Louis Rambler Blues - Guitar Boogie - New York Blues - Bustin' The Jug - Crazy About My Baby - Staggerin' Blues - Low Down Woman - Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Telephone To Glory - I Shall Not Be Moved - When I Lay My Burdens Down - Sad Dreaming Blues - Woke Up This Morning - Hittin' The Bottle Stomp - Skippy Whippy - Dangerous Woman - I'll Be Rested - Barbecue Bust Wolf WSE 110 (Austria 1983) Wolf WSE series discography
55	c.1985	Will Ezell: Pitchin' Boogie Complete Recordings 1928-1929 - Barrelhouse Man - West Coast Rag - Old Mill Blues (tk 1) - Old Mill Blues (tk 2) - Mixed Up Rag - Ezell's Precious Five - Crawlin' Spider Blues - Barrelhouse Woman (tk 1) - Barrelhouse Woman (tk 2) - Bucket Of Blood - Heifer Dust - Playing The Dozen - Just Can't Stay Here (tk 1) - Just Can't Stay Here (tk 2) - Pitchin' Boogie - Freakish Mistreater Blues - Hot Spot Stuff notes by Martin van Olderen Oldie Blues OL 2830 (NL c.1985) Oldie Blues discography
56	1990	Rare Piano Blues 1925-1935 Ray Logan - Lost John Blues (872-1) - You Can't Shake It In Here (873-2) "Talking" Billy Anderson - Lonely Billy Blues (143821-1) - Adam And Eve (143822-1) - Married Man Blues (145136-1) - Cow Cow Blues (145137-2) Side Wheel Sally Duffie - Kind Papa Blues (4727-2/820) - Treat 'em Right Blues (4738-2/819) - Thinking Blues (4742-2) - Kid Man Blues (4743-1) Jim Towel - I've Been Hoodooed (C-2493) - Buckwheat Cakes (C-2494) Southern Blues Singers - Runnin' Wild (14981-A) - It's Tight Like That (14988) Monroe Walker - Black Heat Blues (150329-2) - High Powered Mama (150330-1) James "Bat" Robinson - You Left Me Alone (17630-D) - Bat's Own Blues (17634) Kid Stormy Weather - Bread And Water Blues (Jax-180-1) George Noble - Sissy Man Blues C-911-test) Document DLP 599 (Austria 1990) Document Records discography
57	1990	Paramount Vol. 1 1928-1932 The Piano Blues series Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues Blind Leroy Garnett - Chain 'Em Down Little Brother - No Special Rider Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie Blind Leroy Garnett - Louisiana Glide Blind Blake / Charlie Spand - Hastings St. Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay 'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee Charles Avery - Dearborn St. Breakdown Charlie Spand - Mississippi Blues Will Ezell - Heifer Dust Little Brother - Vicksburg Blues Wesley Wallace - No. 29 James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues Louise Johnson - All Night Long Blues Magpie PY 4401 + four tracks from Magpie PY 4420 notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PYCD 01 (UK 1990) Magpie Records discography
58	1991	The Paramount Piano Blues 1928-32, Vol. 1 - Evil Woman Blues - James Wiggins - Forty-Four Blues - James Wiggins - Chain 'Em Down - James Wiggins - Lousianna Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett - Mississippi Blues - Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues - Charlie Spand - Hastings Street - Charlie Spand - Pitchin' Boogie - Baby Jay - Heifer Dust - William Ezell - Henry Brown Blues - Henry Brown - Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark - Dearborn St. Breakdown - Charles Avery - All Night Long Blues - Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery< - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery< - Fanny Lee Blues - Wesley Wallace - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James - Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams Black Swan HCD-11 (US 1991)
59	1992	Will Ezell 1927 - 1931 Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order - Stormy Hailing Blues (Marie Bradley, voc) - Jailhouse Moan (Ora Brown, voc) - Restless Blues (Ora Brown, voc) - Black Bordered Letter (Bertha Henderson, voc) - Six Thirty Blues (Bertha Henderson, voc) - Barrel House Man - West Coast Rag - Old Mill Blues (tk 1) - Old Mill Blues (tk 2) - Mixed Up Rag - Ezell's Precious Five - Crawlin' Spider Blues - Barrel House Woman (tk 1) - Barrel House Woman (tk 2) - Bucket Of Blood - Heifer Dust - Playing The Dozen - Just Can't Stay Here - Pitchin' Boogie - Freakish Mistreater Blues - Hot Spot Stuff - Try Some Of That (Slim Tarpley, voc) - Alabama Hustler (Slim Tarpley, voc) notes by Mike Rowe RST Blues Document BDCD-6033 (Austria 1992)
60	1994	Too Late Too Late Vol. 3 1926 - 1960's Buddy Boy Hawkins (1927) - Number Three Blues (tk 1) Side Wheel Sally Duffie (1927) - Bunker Hill Blues - Plantation Blues Memphis Jug Band (1928) - She Stays Out All Night Long (tk 1) Lottie Kimbrough & Winston Holmes (1928) - Don't Speak To Me Jim Jackson (1928) - I'm Wild About My Lovin' (take 1) - Electric Chair Blues (Jefferson County Blues) William Harris (1928) - Bad Treated Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson (1929) - Big Night Blues (21402) Charley Patton (1929) - I Shall Not Be Moved (alt tk) Mississippi Sheiks (1930) - The Jazz Fiddler (take A) Memphis Minnie (1930) - Dirt Dauber Blues - You Dirty Mistreater Curley Weaver (1933) - No No Blues (12909-1) - Early Morning Blues (12910) Tampa Red (1934) - I'll Get A Break Some Day Joshua White (1935) - Cherry Picker - Tweet Tweet Mama Blues Leadbelly (1935) - My Baby Quit Me (17183-1) Casey Bill Weldon (1936) - We Gonna Move (To The Outskirts...) (tk 2) Tampa Red (1940) - This Ain't No Place For Me Ida Parham (1940's 1950's) - Untitled Blues Two Gospel Keys (1948) - If I Never See You Anymore - Stranger, Don't Drive Me Away Jesse Thomas (c.1960's) - Your Love Is Automatic - Rain Sleet Or Snow notes by Guido van Rijn Document DOCD-5276 (Austria 1994)
61	1997	Paramount Blues Hometown Skiffle From the Paramount collection of Gayle Dean Wardlow Blind Roosevelt Graves - Bustin' The Jug - Crazy About My Baby Buddy Boy Hawkins - A Rag Blues - Snatch It And Grab It "The Paramount All Stars" featuring Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake, Will Ezell, Charlie Spand, The Hokum Boys, Papa Charlie Jackson - Hometown Skiffle - Part 1 - Hometown Skiffle - Part 2 Beale Street Sheiks - Mr. Crump Don't Like It - Jazzin The Blues Tampa Red - Through Train Blues Charlie Spand - Fetch Your Water - Soon This Morning Dad Nelson - Cleveland Stomp Blind Blake - He's In The Jailhouse Now - Blind Arthur's Breakdown Johnnie Head - Fare Thee Blues Part 1 Papa Charlie Jackson - Forgotten Blues Blind Blake - Southern Rag Blind Roosevelt Graves - Guitar Boogie - New York Blues Will Ezell - Just Can't Stay Here prod. by George H. Buck Jr., production coordinator: Lars Edegran notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow Black Swan BSCD-30 (US 1997)
62	1998	Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here Strutting The Dozens - Trenches - Turner Parrish - Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Atlanta Rag - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Avenue Strut - Herve Duerson - Mixed up Rag - William Ezell - Louisiana Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett - Windy City - Arnold 'Doc' Wiley - Slum Gullion Stomp - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Old Mill Blues - William Ezell - Wilkins Street Blues - Speckled Red - Easy Drag - Herve Duerson - Texas Shout - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - The Fives - Turner Parrish - Arnold Wiley Rag - Arnold 'Doc' Wiley - Playing the Dozen - William Ezell - Chain 'Em Down - Blind Leroy Garnett - Alabama Strut - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Heifer Dust - William Ezell - Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 - Speckled Red - Chimin' the Blues - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown notes by Bob Hall Yazoo CD 2034 (US 1998) Yazoo Records discography
63	1998	Shake Your Wicked Knees - Rent Parties And Good Times Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps 1928-43 - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Pine Top Smith - Pine Top's Blues - Pine Top Smith - Back In The Alley - Cow Cow Davenport - I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean - Pitchin' Boogie - Will Ezell - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis - Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery - Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - Hip Shakin' Strut - Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas - House Rent Scuffle - Lil Johnson # - Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing - Romeo Nelson - Jump Steady Blues - Pine Top Smith - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor - Whoop And Holler Stomp - Montana Taylor # - I'm Sober Now - Pine Top Smith - Indiana Avenue Stomp - Montana Taylor - Stomp 'em Down To The Bricks - Henry Brown - Hokum Stomp - Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas - Jimmy's Rocks - Jimmy Yancey - Mooch Piddle - Cow Cow Davenport # - Tight Whoopee - Mozelle Alderson prod. by Francis Wilford-Smith remastered by Richard Nevins, # John R. T. Davies notes by Bob Hall Yazoo CD 2035 (US 1998) Yazoo Records discography
64	1999	Broke, Black And Blue An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities disc 1: Up Country Blues - Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews - Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney - Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band - Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland - Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake - Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey - Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed - Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob - Bo Lita - Kid Brown - Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith - Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan - Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen - It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley - Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley - Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black - Midnight Blues - Bill Moore - Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head - My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson - What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes - School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore - Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson - Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey - T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson - TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson disc 2: Broke & Hungry Blues - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey - No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander - How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson - Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay - Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson - Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt - Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell - Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey - Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell - Mr. Devil Blues - Jed Davenport - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins - Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend - Framer's Blues - Eli Framer - Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker - Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor - Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott - Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers - Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins - Walking Blues - Son House - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson - Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose - Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery disc 3: Good Whiskey Blues - Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - 22-20 Blues - Skip James - Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins - Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr - Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams - Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd - Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold - Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams - That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson - Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky - Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim - Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller - Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis - It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner - Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum - Prisoner Blues - George Clarke - Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon - Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods - Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam - Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle - Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson - Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan disc 4: Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White - Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather - Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe - Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown - Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown - Low Land Blues - Lee Brown - Round The World Blues - Lee Brown - Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon - Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon - Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon - I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon - Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple - Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple - My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon - It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon - That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon - Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon - I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple - Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple - Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple - Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple - Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple - New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown 4 CD set 40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
65	2000	The Great Race Record Labels, Vol. 1: Paramount Records - Blind Arthur's Breakdown - Blind Blake - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1 - Son House - Salty Dog Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson - Drunken Spree - Skip James - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Little Low Mama Blues - Ma Rainey - High Water Everywhere, Pt. 1 - Charley Patton - Pratt City - Jabo Williams - St. Louis Cyclone Blues - Elzadie Robinson - Mecca Flat Blues - Priscilla Stewart - Farrell Blues - Henry "Son" Sims - Soon This Morning Blues - Charlie Spand - Ramblin' Mind Blues - Ramblin' Thomas - Down In The Basement Blues - Big Bill Broonzy - Jake Liquor Blues - Ishman Bracey - Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Gus Cannon - Mr. Man, Pt. 1 - Ida Cox and Papa Charlie Jackson - Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Blind Teddy Darby - Off The Wall - Louise Johnson - Honey Bee Blues - Bumble Bee Slim - West Coast Rag - William Ezell - Ridin' Horse - Tommy Johnson - Midnight Blues - Gary Moore artwork by "Slim" Hugh Harwood notes (June 2000) by Dave Moore Catfish KATCD 160 (UK 2000) Catfish Records (UK) discography
66	2001	Piano Blues - The Essential disc 1: - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Trenches - Turner Parrish - Ain't It A Shame - Leroy Carr - Big Mama - Walter Roland - 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Flying Crow Blues - Black Ivory King - I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Rocks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) - Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown - Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke - Playing The Dozen - Will Ezell - Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James - Black Gal Makes Thunder - Rudy Foster - All Night Long - Louise Johnson - Whoopie - Eddie Miller - Pine Tops Boogie - Pine Top Smith - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red disc 2: - I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Think You Need A Shot - Walter Davis - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow (Charles) Davenport - Keep A-knocking An You Can't Get In - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - 31 Blues - Bob Call - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard - Joe Pullum - Joe Louis Strut - Memphis Minnie - Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery - Lonesome Man Blues - Sylvester Palmer - East Chicago Blues - Sparks Brothers - Pratt City Blues - 'Jabo' Williams - Shack Bully Stomp - 'Jabo' Williams - Soon This Morning - Charlie Spand - 5 O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor compiled by Paul Swinton double CD notes by Gary Atkinson Document CBL-200004 (UK 2001)
67	2014	Deep South Piano: The Music of Little Brother Montgomery, his Family, Friends and Peers CD 1: Sunnyland Slim, Little Brother Montgomery, Shakey Horton - The Devil Is A Busy Man - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Milas Davis Blues - Grinder Man Blues - Shave 'Em Dry - Don't Get Around Much Any More - Boogie - You're Gonna Need My Help Some Day Lafayette Leake - Lowdown Blues - More Blues - Boogie Nr. 1 - Boogie Nr. 2 - Gone With The Wind - Boogie Nr. 3 - Boogie Nr. 4 Little Brother Montgomery - Dangerous Blues - Dudlow Joe - Papa Lord God Blues - Rip Top Blues - Joe Martin Blues - Bob Morton Blues - Joe Lewis Blues - Vanado Anderson (Andrews) Blues - Willie Anderson Blues - Loomis Gibson Blues - Trembling Blues - Will Ezell's Blues - Don't You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans - Basin Street Blues CD 2: Little Brother Montgomery - Forty-Four Blues - Little Brother Special - Jan Blues - Suitcase Blues Sweet Williams, Little Brother Montgomery - Poor Buddy Richards Blues (tk 1/2) - Leon Brumfield Blues - Poor Buddy Richards Blues (tk 3) - Poor Buddy Richards Blues (tk 4) - Sweet Williams Boogie - Four 'O Clock Blues - Whispering Dewey Corley - Just A Dream - West Helena Blues - Yancey Special - Saturday Night Fish Fry Tuts Washington - Mr. Freddie Blues - Forty-Four Blues - Boogie Woogie On The St. Louis Blues - Fish Fry Blues - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie - Yancey Special - 12th Street Rag Buddy Burns - Dirty Blues - Waltz CD 3: Little Brother Montgomery, Willie Bell Dailey - Glory, Glory Hallelujah - Montgomery Falily Blues & Vicksburg Blue Joe Montgomery - Old Blues - More Old Blues - Stride Piece - There Is No Telling What God Will Do - Do What I Say (piano part) - What Have I Done Gus Perryman - Maple Leaf Rag - St. Louis Blues - Old Blues - Big Butter And Egg Man Roosevelt Sykes - Rock Me In The Morning - The Way I Feel Blues Simon Frazier - I Cried Over You - Some Of These Days - How Long - Salty Dog - Careless Love Adam Cato - Solitude - Old Barrelhouse Blues - Rhythmic Blues Leon René - Brown Skin - When It's Sleepy Time Down South 1968 and 1972 home recordings by Karl Gert zur Heide; all recordings are previously unissued 3 CD set 20-pp. booklet notes by Karl Gert zur Heide Agram Blues AB3CD 2026 (NL 2014)
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Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, pp. 113-114
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 74; 87, 99, 115, 228, 252, 323, 377-378, 448, 762-763, 892
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 362
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 349
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- http://ragpiano.com/comps/wezell.shtml
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alex van der Tuuk, Mark Carlton, Paul Swinton, D.C. Rininger and Benoît Brière for additional info / scans