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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC
J A Z Z   G I L L U M; source: RCA Victor promo photo
source: RCA Victor promo photo
Jazz Gillum
William McKinley Gillum
b. September 15, 1902 in Indianola, Sunflower County, Mississippi
d. March 29, 1966 (dead on arrival at Garfield Park Hospital) in Chicago, Illinois

buried at Restvale Cemetery in Worth Alsip, Cook County, Illinois
discography
J A Z Z   G I L L U M, photographer: Raeburn Flerlage, most likely taken September 3, 1961
photographer: Raeburn Flerlage, most likely taken September 3, 1961
#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 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
11934Bill Gillum

- Harmonica Stomp (80612-1) (instr)   @ youtube
- Early In The Morning (80611-1) #   @ youtube

rec. June 14, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Bill Gillum, hca, # voc; # prob. Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g


Bluebird B-5565 ["buff label"]

21935STATE STREET BOYS

- Don't Tear My Clothes (C-894-2) #   @ youtube
- She Caught The Train (C-891-2) *   @ youtube

# rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g; Zeb Wright, vn; Black Bob, p; poss. Bill Settles, sb

* rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Big Bill Broonzy, voc, vn; unknown, 2nd voc; Jazz Gillum, hca; Black Bob, p; poss. Bill Settles, sb


OKeh 8962


= Vocalion 03002

Carl Martin discography

31935STATE STREET BOYS

- Midnight Special (C-892-1) #   @ youtube
- Crazy About You (C-888-2) *   @ youtube

# rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Big Bill Broonzy, voc; unknown, 2nd voc; Zeb Wright, vn; Black Bob, p; poss. Bill Settles, sb

* rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Carl Martin, g; poss. Bill Settles, sb


OKeh 8964


= Vocalion 03004

Carl Martin discography

41935STATE STREET BOYS

- Sweet To Mama (C-889-2) #   @ youtube
- The Dozen (C-893-1) *   @ youtube

# rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Big Bill Broonzy, voc, vn; Jazz Gillum, hca; Black Bob, p; poss. Bill Settles, sb

* rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Big Bill Broonzy, voc, g; Zeb Wright, vn; Black Bob, p; poss. Bill Settles, sb; unknown (prob. Black Bob), sp


OKeh 8965


= Vocalion 03049

51935STATE STREET BOYS

- Mobile And Western Line (C-887-3) #   @ youtube
- Rustlin' Man (C-890-3) *   @ youtube

# rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; unknown, 2nd voc; unknown (prob. Black Bob), sp; Black Bob, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; poss. Bill Settles, sb

* rec. January 10, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Big Bill Broonzy, voc, vn; unknown, 2nd voc; Jazz Gillum, hca; Black Bob, p; poss. Bill Settles, sb


= Vocalion 03131

61936Jazz Gillum

- Jockey Blues (100313-1)   @ youtube
- Don't You Scandalize My Name (100314-1)   @ youtube

rec. April 5, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, sb


Bluebird B-6409

77/1936Jazz Gillum

- Sarah Jane (100311-1)   @ youtube
- I Want You By My Side (100312-1)   @ youtube

rec. April 5, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, sb


Bluebird B-6445 (US 7/1936) ["buff label"]


Bluebird B-6445 (US 1937?) ["stuff label"]


= Montgomery Ward M-7052

81936BILL McKINLEY

- She Keeps On Rickin' (C-1415-1, -3, -4)   @ youtube
- I Went To The Gypsy (C-1416-1, -3, -4)   @ youtube

rec. June 30, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Bill Gillum, voc, prob. hca; poss. Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, sb

 
ARC/Melotone / Perfect 6-11-57

91937Bill Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- My Old Lizzie (014334-1) #   @ youtube
- My Old Suitcase (014336-1)   @ youtube

rec. October 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Bill Gillum, voc, # hca; prob. Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, dr


Bluebird B-7253 (US 1937) ["stuff label"]

1012/1937Bill Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- Alberta Blues (014335-1)   @ youtube
- Birmingham Blues (014337-1)   @ youtube

rec. October 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Bill Gillum, voc, hca; prob. Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, dr


Bluebird B-7341 (US 12/1937)

111938Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- New "Sail On, Little Girl" (020159-1)   @ youtube
- Sweet, Sweet Woman (020160-1)   @ youtube

rec. March 14, 1938 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Bill Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; George Barnes, eg; unknown, sb; prob. Washboard Sam, wb


Bluebird B-7524

121938Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- Gillum's Windy Blues (020158-1)   @ youtube
- Boar Hog Blues (020161-1)   @ youtube

rec. March 14, 1938 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Bill Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; George Barnes, eg; unknown, sb; prob. Washboard Sam, wb


Bluebird B-7563

136/1938Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- Just Like Jesse James (020156-1)   @ youtube
- Reefer Head Woman (020157-1)   @ youtube

rec. March 14, 1938 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Bill Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; George Barnes, eg; unknown, sb; prob. Washboard Sam, wb


Bluebird B-7615 (US 6/1938)

147/1938Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- I'm That Man Down In The Mine (020819-1)   @ youtube
- Good Old 51 Highway (020821-1)   @ youtube

rec. June 16, 1938 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Bill Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, sb; prob. Washboard Sam, wb


Bluebird B-7718 (US 7/1938)

151938Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- You're Laughing Now (020822-1)   @ youtube
- I'm Gonna Get It (020823-1)   @ youtube

rec. June 16, 1938 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Bill Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, sb; prob. Washboard Sam, wb


Bluebird B-7769

161938Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- Worried And Bothered (020818-1)   @ youtube
- Uncertain Blues (020820-1)   @ youtube

rec. June 16, 1938 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Bill Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, sb; prob. Washboard Sam, wb


Bluebird B-7821

171938Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- Get Away Old Woman (030824-1) ("Get Away Girl") #   @ youtube
- Stavin' Chain (030825-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 16, 1938 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; prob. Joshua Altheimer, p; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, g, # voc responses; prob. Ransom Knowling, b


Bluebird B-7986

181938Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- Let Her Go (030823-1)   @ youtube
- Mule Blues (030822-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 16, 1938 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; prob. Joshua Altheimer, p; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, g; ; prob. Ransom Knowling, b


Bluebird B-8027

194/1938Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- She Won't Treat Me Kind (030826-1)   @ youtube
- I'll Get Along Somehow (030827-1) #   @ youtube

rec. December 16, 1938 at Leland Hotel, Aurora, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, # hca; prob. Joshua Altheimer, p; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, g; ; prob. Ransom Knowling, b


Bluebird B-8106 (US 4/1939)

207/1939Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- Against My Will (034812-1)   @ youtube
- Big Katy Adams (034811-1)   @ youtube

rec. May 17, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; John Cameron, ts; Joshua Altheimer, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g


Bluebird B-8189 (US 7/1939)

= Montgomery Ward M-8539

218/1939Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- Keyhole Blues (034813-1)   @ youtube
- Talking To Myself (034814-1)   @ youtube

rec. May 17, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; John Cameron, ts; Joshua Altheimer, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g


Bluebird B-8221 (US 8/1939)

= Montgomery Ward M-8540

221939Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- One Time Blues (034817-1)   @ youtube
- Somebody Been Talking To You (034816-1)   @ youtube

rec. May 17, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; John Cameron, ts; Joshua Altheimer, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g


Bluebird B-8257 ["dog label"]


= Montgomery Ward M-8541

2311/1939Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys

- Got To Reap What You Sow (034810-1) #   @ youtube
- Hard Drivin' Woman (034815-1)   @ youtube

rec. May 17, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, # hca; John Cameron, ts; Joshua Altheimer, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g


Bluebird B-8287 (US 11/1939)

= Montgomery Ward M-8542

245/1940Jazz Gillum

- It Sure Had A Kick (044969-1)   @ youtube
- Longest Train Blues (044971-1)   @ youtube

rec. May 9, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins or Al Collins, imb

Bluebird B-8505 (US 5/1940)

259/1940Jazz Gillum

- She Belongs To Me (044970-1)   @ youtube
- Key To The Highway (044972-1) °°   @ youtube

rec. May 9, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins or Al Collins, imb


Bluebird B-8529 (US 9/1940)

°° = RCA Victor 20-2160, Groove G5002

25a1940CURTIS JONES

- Heart Breaking Blues (WC-3298-A)   @ youtube
- Blue Memories (WC-3304-A)   @ youtube

rec. September 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Jazz Gillum, hca; poss. Judge Riley, dr


OKeh 05834

Curtis Jones discography

25b1940CURTIS JONES

- Moonlight Lover Blues (WC-3299-A)   @ youtube
- Day And Night Blues (WC-3301-A)   @ youtube

rec. September 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Jazz Gillum, hca; poss. Judge Riley, dr


OKeh 05907


= Conqueror 9768

Curtis Jones discography

25c1940CURTIS JONES

- Treat Me Like I Treat You (WC-3297-A)   @ youtube
- Love Land Blues (WC-3302-A)   @ youtube

rec. September 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Jazz Gillum, hca; poss. Judge Riley, dr


OKeh 05947

Curtis Jones discography

25d1940CURTIS JONES

- Cradle Rockin' Blues (WC-3300-A)   @ youtube
- Down Town Blues (WC-3303-A)   @ youtube

rec. September 20, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Curtis Jones, voc, p; Jazz Gillum, hca; poss. Judge Riley, dr


OKeh 05996

Curtis Jones discography

25e6/1941BIG BILL

- Key To The Highway (C-3745-1) #   @ youtube
- Green Grass Blues (C-3741-1) *   @ youtube

rec. May 2, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Big Bill Broonzy, voc, g; # Jazz Gillum, hca; * Horace Malcolm, p; unknown, sb; Washboard Sam, washb


OKeh 06242 (US 6/1941)

= Conqueror 9932

267/1941Jazz Gillum

- Get Your Business Straight (059434-1)   @ youtube
- Muddy Pond Blues (059435-1)   @ youtube

rec. March 20, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; prob. Alfred Elkins, bass cano [sic, per Bluebird files]; Washboard Sam, washb


Bluebird B-8739 (US 7/1941)

271941Jazz Gillum

- I'm Still Walking The Highway (059433-1)   @ youtube
- Little Woman (059436-2)   @ youtube

rec. March 20, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; prob. Alfred Elkins, bass cano [sic, per Bluebird files]; Washboard Sam, washb


Bluebird B-8778

   

- Poor Boy Blues (C-3746-1) [Columbia (US) CK47914, Columbia (EU) 471832-2, Columbia (Jp) SRCS5965, Document DOCD-5198]   @ youtube
- Is That A Monkey You Got? (C-3747-1) [Columbia (US) CK47467, Columbia (EU) 468770-2, Columbia (Jp) SRCS5678, Document DOCD-5198]   @ youtube

rec. May 2, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum), voc, hca; prob. Big Bill Broonzy, g; unknown, sb; Washboard Sam, washb

originally unissued

2810/1941Jazz Gillum

- I Got Somebody Else (064739-1)   @ youtube
- It Looks Bad For You (064741-1)   @ youtube

rec. July 24, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb; Amanda Sorter, washb


Bluebird B-8816 (US 10/1941)

291941Jazz Gillum

- Maybe You'll Love Me Too (064740-1)   @ youtube
- Riley Springs Blues (064737-1)   @ youtube

rec. July 24, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb; Amanda Sorter, washb


Bluebird B-8846

301941Jazz Gillum

- Me And My Buddy (064742-1)   @ youtube
- That's What Worries Me (064738-1)   @ youtube

rec. July 24, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, imb; Amanda Sorter, washb


Bluebird B-8872

311942Jazz Gillum

- War Time Blues (070441-1)   @ youtube
- One Letter Home (070443-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 5, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Horace Malcolm, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins or Al Collins, imb


Bluebird B-8943

324/1942Jazz Gillum

- You Are Doing Me Wrong (070442-1)   @ youtube
- It's All Over Now (070440-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 5, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Horace Malcolm, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins or Al Collins, imb


Bluebird B-8975 (US 4/1942)

331942Jazz Gillum

- You Drink Too Much Whiskey (070445-1)   @ youtube
- Down South Blues (070444-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 5, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Horace Malcolm, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins or Al Collins, imb


Bluebird B-9004

348/1942Jazz Gillum

- No Friend Blues (070446-1)   @ youtube
- From Now On (070447-1)   @ youtube

rec. December 5, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Horace Malcolm, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins or Al Collins, imb


Bluebird B-9034 (US 8/1942)

359/1942Jazz Gillum

- I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town (074648-1)   @ youtube
- Woke Up Cold In Hand–Blues (074651-1)   @ youtube

rec. July 30, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, sb or imb


Bluebird B-9042 (US 9/1942)

367/1943Jazz Gillum

- Tell Me, Mama–Blues (074653-1)   @ youtube
- My Big Money–Blues (074650-1) #   @ youtube

rec. July 30, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, # hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, sb or imb


Bluebird 34-0707 (US 7/1943)

372/1944Jazz Gillum

- Deep Water Blues (074654-1)   @ youtube
- I Couldn't Help It–Blues (074649-1) #   @ youtube

rec. July 30, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, # hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, sb or imb


Bluebird 34-0709 (US 2/1944)

   

- Water Pipe Blues (074652-1) [RCA RD 7816, Travelin' Man TM 808, Document DOCD-5199]   @ youtube
- You're Tearing Your Playhouse Down (074655-1) [RCA RD 7816, Travelin' Man TM 808, Document DOCD-5199]   @ youtube

rec. July 30, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Blind John Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Alfred Elkins, sb or imb

Bluebird unissued

387/1945Jazz Gillum

- Five Feet Four–Blues (D5AB 313)   @ youtube
- Go Back To The Country–Blues (D5AB 312)   @ youtube

rec. February 26, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Ransom Knowling, b


Bluebird 34-0730 (US 7/1945)

Roosevelt Sykes discography

3912/1945Jazz Gillum

- Whiskey Head Buddies–Blues (D5AB 315) °°   @ youtube
- Afraid To Trust Them–Blues (D5AB 314)   @ youtube

rec. February 26, 1945 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Roosevelt Sykes, p; Big Bill Broonzy, g; Ransom Knowling, b


RCA Victor 34-0741 (US 12/1945) (Bluebird series)

°° = RCA Victor 20-2160

Roosevelt Sykes discography

404/1946Jazz Gillum

- Keep On Sailing (D6AB 1819)   @ youtube
- Fast Woman Blues (D6AB 1817)   @ youtube

# rec. February 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Maceo, p; Leonard Caston, g; Alfred Elkins, b


RCA Victor 34-0747 (US 4/1946) (Bluebird series)

Big Maceo discography

419/1946Jazz Gillum

- Reckless Rider Blues (D6AB 1816)   @ youtube
- Look On Yonder Wall (D6AB 1820)   @ youtube

rec. February 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Maceo, p; Leonard Caston, g; Alfred Elkins, b


RCA Victor 20-1974 (US 9/1946)

Big Maceo discography

422/1947Jazz Gillum

- I'm Not The Lad (D6VB 1952) *   @ youtube
- Long Razor Blues (D6AB 1821) #   @ youtube

# rec. February 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Maceo, p; Leonard Caston, g; Alfred Elkins, b

* rec. September 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc; James Clark, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 20-2120 (US 2/1947)

Big Maceo discography

42a1947Jazz Gillum

- Key To The Highway [Bluebird B-8529]
- Whiskey Head Buddies–Blues [RCA Victor 34-0741]


RCA Victor 20-2160

Roosevelt Sykes discography

435/1947Jazz Gillum

- Can't Trust Myself (D6VB 1951) *   @ youtube
- All In All Blues (D6AB 1818) #   @ youtube

# rec. February 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Big Maceo, p; Leonard Caston, g; Alfred Elkins, b

* rec. September 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; James Clark, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 20-2232 (US 5/1947)

Big Maceo discography

449/1947Jazz Gillum

- You Got To Run Me Down (D7VB 706) *   @ youtube
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby (D6VB 1949) #   @ youtube

# rec. September 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; James Clark, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr
* rec. April 24, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Eddie Boyd, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 20-2405 (US 9/1947)

Eddie Boyd discography

451947Jazz Gillum

- The Blues What Am (D7VB 704) *   @ youtube
- Roll Dem Bones (D6VB 1950) #   @ youtube

# rec. September 18, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; James Clark, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr
* rec. April 24, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Eddie Boyd, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 20-2580

Eddie Boyd discography

461947Jazz Gillum

- Gonna Take My Rap (D7VB 705)   @ youtube
- Chauffer [sic] Blues (D7VB 707) #   @ youtube

rec. April 24, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, # hca; Eddie Boyd, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 20-2783

Eddie Boyd discography

476/1948Jazz Gillum

- Hand Reader Blues (D7VB 1056)   @ youtube
- You Should Give Some Away (D7VB 1058)   @ youtube

rec. October 2, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 20-2964 (US 6/1948)

489/1948Jazz Gillum

- The Devil Blues (D7VB 1147)   @ youtube
- What A Gal (D7VB 1145)   @ youtube

rec. November 10, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 20-3118 (US 9/1948)

10 inch 78 rpm acetate

= The Master Sound System 6032 (UK 19??)

48a1949Jazz Gillum

- Signifying Woman (D7VB 1146) *   @ youtube
- Take A Little Walk With Me (D7VB 1059) #   @ youtube

# rec. October 2, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

* rec. November 10, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 20-3250 (US 1949)

45 rpm red wax

= RCA Victor 50-0004 (US 1949)

492/1949Jazz Gillum

- Jazz Gillum's Blues (D7VB 1148) *   @ youtube
- Country Woman Blues (D7VB 1057) #   @ youtube

# rec. October 2, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

* rec. November 10, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Willie Lacey, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 22-0005 (US 2/1949)

506/1949Jazz Gillum

- Take One More Chance With Me (D9VB 343)   @ youtube
- Look What You Are Today (D9VB 345)   @ youtube

rec. January 25, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Pete Franklin, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 22-0033 (US 6/1949)

45 rpm red wax

= RCA Victor 50-0017 (US 6/1949)

Pete Franklin discography

5111/1949Jazz Gillum

- A Lie Is Dangerous (D9VB 346)   @ youtube
- Gonna Be Some Shootin' (D9VB 344)   @ youtube

rec. January 25, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Pete Franklin, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr


RCA Victor 22-0051 (US 11/1949)

45 rpm red wax

= RCA Victor 50-0035 (US 11/1949)

Pete Franklin discography

   

- I'm Still Going Down Slow (E0VB 3411)
- Don't Think I'm Buster Brown (E0VB 3412)
- Floating Power (E0VB 3413)
- Broadcasting Mama (E0VB 3414)

rec. March 21, 1950 in Chicago, IL; Jazz Gillum, voc, hca; Bob Call, p; Ransom Knowling, b; Judge Riley, dr

RCA Victor unissued

527/1955Jazz Gillum

- Key To The Highway [Bluebird B-8529]
- Tell Me, Mama–Blues [Bluebird 34-0707]

   
Groove 5002 (US 7/1955)


LP / CD compilations
531958Jazz Gillum
Jazz Classics No. 28

- You Should Give Some Away
- You Got To Run Me Down
- Keep On Sailing
- Key To The Highway
- Take A Little Walk With Me

- I'm Not The Lad
- Hand Reader Blues
- Down South Blues
- Signifying Woman
- Gonna Take My Rap

10 inch LP
notes by Hugues Panassié

RCA 130.257 (Fr 1958)

10 inch LP
notes by Hugues Panassié

= RCA 130.257 (Fr 1961)

541959The Country Blues

Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Matchbox Blues
Lonnie Johnson
- Careless Love
Cannon's Jug Stompers
- Walk Right In
Peg Leg Howell
- Low Down Rounder's Blues
Blind Willie McTell
- Statesboro Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- Stealin' Stealin'
Blind Willie Johnson
- You Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond

Leroy Carr
- Alabama Woman
Sleepy John Estes
- Special Agent

Big Bill Broonzy
- Key To The Highway
Bukka White
- Fixin' To Die
Tommy McClennan
- I'm A Guitar King
Robert Johnson
- Preachin' Blues
Washboard Sam
- I Been Treated Wrong


edited by Samuel B. Charters

8-pp. booklet by Samuel B. Charters

RBF RF 1 (US 1959)


= RBF RF 1 (US 1966)


= RBF/Folkways RF 1 (196?)

 

LP accompanying book by Samuel B. Charters: The Country Blues.- New York (Rinehart & Company), 1959

 
Samuel B. Charters: The Country Blues.- London (The Jazz Book Club with Michael Joseph), 1961
cover design by Denis Piper

 
Samuel B. Charters: The Country Blues.- New York (da Capo paperback), 1975
cover design by Joseph del Gaudio; photographer: David Gahr

RBF discography

551961Jazz Gillum
Treasury of Jazz No. 4

- Just Like Jesse James
- Reefer Head Woman
- New "Sail On, Little Girl"
- Sweet Sweet Woman
- Worried And Botheres

- I'm That Man Down In The Mine
- Uncertain Blues
- Good Old 51 Highway
- I'm Still Walking The Highway
- Little Woman

10 inch LP

RCA 130.273 (Fr 1961)

561961Blues by Jazz Gillum
singing and playing his harmonica with Arbee Stidham (vocals and guitar) and Memphis Slim (organ and piano)

- The Race Of The Jim Lee And The Katy Adam [] #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- A Small Town They Call Bessemer [] #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Walkin' The Blues Away [] #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- My Last Letter #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Key To The Highway § #   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Harmonica Boogie (instr) #   @ youtube   @ Spotify

- I Wonder Why * [] + §   @ Spotify
- You've Got To Reap Just What You Sow * [] + §   @ Spotify
- Let It Be Me * [] + §   @ Spotify
- I'll Always Remember You * [] §   @ Spotify
- You've Got To Meet Me Halfway * §   @ Spotify
- Gillum Blues (instr) + §   @ Spotify

rec. 1961 in New York; Jazz Gillum, # + hca, # voc; Arbee Stidham, § g, * voc; Memphis Slim, p, [] org
photos by Raeburn Flerlage

notes by Iola & Ray Flerlage
notes (pdf) at smithsonianfolkways.org
Folkways FS 3826 (US 1961)

notes by Iola & Ray Flerlage

XTRA 1111 (UK 1970)

XTRA Records discography

5711/1961Alexis Korner presents Kings Of The Blues   vol. 2

Big Maceo
- Chicago Breakdown

William "Jazz" Gillum
- Gonna Take My Rap

Sonny Boy Williamson
- Elevator Woman
Washboard Sam
- Dissatisfied Blues


notes by Alexis Korner
 
RCA RCX-203 (UK 11/1961)

Big Maceo discography
Sonny Boy Williamson I discography

581963Original Rhythm & Blues Hits By Rhythm & Blues Stars

Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- So Glad You're Mine
The Four Clefs
- Dig These Blues
Big Maceo
- Chicago Breakdown

Jazz Gillum
- Key To The Highway
Arbee Stidham
- My Heart Belongs To You

Sonny Boy Williamson
- Elevator Woman
Mickey & Sylvia
- Love Is Strange
Lil Green
- Why Don't You Do Right?
Tampa Red
- Early In The Morning
Washboard Sam
- Gonna Hit The Highway


notes by Lacy Edwards

Camden CAL 740

591963Jazz Gillum

- Reckless Rider Blues
- Whiskey Head Blues

- Got To Reap What You Sow
- Jazz Gillum Blues

7 inch EP
notes by Hugues Panassié

RCA 75.462 (Fr 1963)

601966Jazz Gillum 1938/47

- It Sure Had A Kick
- Maybe You'll Love Me Too
- Tell Me Mama
- Little Woman
- 5 Feet 4
- What A Gal
- Water Pipe Blues [previously unissued]
- She Belongs To Me

- Boar Hog Blues
- You Are Doing Me Wrong
- You're Tearing Your Playhouse Down [previously unissued]
- I Couldn't Help It
- Talking To Myself
- Muddy Pond Blues
- War Time Blues
- The Blues What I Am

reissue prod. by Ewart Nevals & Michael Vernon

notes by Neil Slaven

RCA RD-7816 (UK 1966)

notes (1966) by Neil Slaven

= Travelin' Man TM-808 (UK 1985)

Travelin' Man Records discography

611967Blues Roots / Chicago - The 1930s

Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis, Fred Williams
- When I Had Money
- I've Got To Dig You
Big Bill Broonzy, Black Bob
- Keep Your Hands Off Her
Memphis Minnie, Lizzie Douglas
- Hold Me Blues
- Killer Diller
Johnnie Temple, Horace Malcolm, Charlie McCoy
- New Louise Louise Blues
- So Lonely And Blue


Jazz Gillum, Big Bill Broonzy, Alfred Elkins
- Key To The Highway
Jazz Gillum, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis
- Go Back To The Country
Big Maceo, Maceo Merriwether, Tampa Red
- Winter Time Blues
St. Louis Jimmy, Jimmy Oden, Roosevelt Sykes
- Going Down Slow
Washboard Sam, Black Bob, Big Bill Broonzy
- Come On In
Washboard Sam, Blind John Davis, Big Bill Broonzy
- Yes! I Got Your Woman
- Just Got To Hold You


compiled by Samuel Charters

notes by Samuel Charters
notes (pdf) at smithsonianfolkways.org
RBF RF 16 (US 1967)

RBF discography

621968The Chicago House Bands

Frank Tannehill
- Door Bell Blues
- Parted Down Blues
Tampa Red
- I'll Try To Forget
- She Loves Just Right
- The Woman I Love
- Lulu Mae
Washboard Sam
- Every Tub Stands On Its Own Bottom

Washboard Sam
- Brown And Yellow Woman Blues
- She Belongs To The Devil

William 'Jazz' Gillum
- No Friend Blues
- From Now On
- Long Razor Blues
Yank Rachel
- Peach Tree Blues
- She Loves Who She Pleases


Sunflower ET-1401 (UK 1968)

Sunflower Records discography

631968Down With The Game Vol. 5
Vintage Country Blues

Walter Roland
- Cold Blooded Murder
Sam Montgomery
- Honey Dripper
- Mercy Mercy Blues

Jazz Gillum
- Sarah Jane
- I Want You By My Side
George Noble
- New Milk Cow Blues
Hattie Hudson
- Doggone My Good Luck Soul

J. T. 'Funny Papa' Smith
- Howling Wolf Blues part 1
- Howling Wolf Blues part 2
Walter Roland
- Sail On Little Girl No.2
George Noble
- Dozing Blues
Yank Rachel
- Lake Michigan Blues
Albert Clemens
- Policy Blues
Big Bill Broonzy (with George Barnes lead guitar)
- You Know I Got A Reason

 
Down With The Game D 205 (UK 1968)

DWTG discography

641970Jazz Gillum: Got To Reap What You Sow

- You're Laughing Now
- I'm Gonna Get It
- Let Her Go
- She Won't Treat Me Kind
- I'll Get Along Somehow
- Got To Reap What You Sow
- Keyhole Blues
- Riley Spring Blues

- I Got Somebody Else
- It Looks Bad For You
- Me And My Buddy
- It's All Over Now
- One Letter Home
- You Drink Too Much Whiskey
- I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
- Woke Up Cold In Hand

notes by Neil Slaven

RCA International Camden INT 1177 (UK 1970)


= RCA 731.044 (Fr)

651971Blues 1920-40

LP track sequence:
LP 1
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd.

Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues

Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman



LP 2
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz
Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues
Gus Cannon - Going To Germany
Gus Cannon - Walk Right In
Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm

Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman
Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me



LP 3
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed
Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law
Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues
Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B6276]

Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway



CD track sequence:
CD 1
Early Years of Country Blues
Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18)
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37)
Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24)
Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49)
Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34)
Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59)
Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °°
Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08)
Memphis Blues
Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11)
Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05)

Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11)
Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52)
Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56)
Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °°
Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09)
Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °°
Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13)
Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30)
Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20)
Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32)
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52)
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54)
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °°

CD 2
Mississippi Blues In The 30's
Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00)
Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17)
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21)
Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12)
Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46)
Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52)
Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55)
Piano Blues
Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11)
Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22)
Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15)
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07)
Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57)
Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °°
Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35)
City Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22)
Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32)
Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11)
Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01)
Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °°
Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58)
Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °°


compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation

°° CD has seven additional tracks!

3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet

RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971)

3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet

= RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975)

2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui

= RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46"

2 CD set

= RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"

661972Blues For Your Pocket

Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground [XTRA 1098]
Son House - New Pony Blues [Transatlantic TRA 223]
Furry Lewis - Pearlee Blues [XTRA 1116]

Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway [XTRA 1111]
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar Shuffle [XTRA 1004]
Brownie McGhee - Sportin' Life Blues [XTRA 1035]

Memphis Slim - Boogie Woogie Piano Styles [XTRA 1085]
Little Brother Montgomery - Lonesome Mama [XTRA 1115]
Sticks McGhee - Drink Of Wine Mop Mop [XTRA 1110]
J.D. Short - So Much Wine [XTRA 1080]
James 'Son' Thomas - Beefsteak Blues [XTRA 1105]
Fred McDowell - Mojo Hand [Transatlantic TRA 194]


compiled by Mike Leadbitter

notes by Mike Leadbitter

Transatlatic TRA SAM 25 (UK 1972)


= Guimbarda 30.111057 (Sp 1979) "Bluesmen 3"

XTRA Records discography

671976Blues From The Windy City
Chicago In Transition 1946 - 1952

Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Country Woman Blues
John Sellers
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Bring Another Half Pint
Willie 'Long Time' Smith
- Due Respects To You
Eddie Boyd
- I Had To Let Her Go

Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Take One More Chance With Me
Tampa Red
- Maybe Some Day
Guitar Pete Franklin
- Casey Brown Blues

Tampa Red
- It's Good Like That
Memphis Minnie
- Tears On My Pillow

Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Look What You Are Today
Walter Davis
- What May Your Troubles Be
Guitar Pete Franklin
- Down Behind The Rise
Willie 'Long Time ' Smith
- Flying Cloud Boogie
James 'Beal St.' Clark
- You Can't Make The Grade
Walter Davis
- Tears Came Rollin' Down


notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley
 
Flyright LP 4713 (UK 1976)

Flyright Records discography

681976"Jazz" Gillum   Vol. 1
Bluebird No 5

- She Belong To Me
- Key To The Highway
- No Friend Blues
- From Now On
- Reckless Rider Blues
- All In All Blues
- Look On Yonder Blues
- Long Razor Blues

- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- Can't Trust Myself
- I'm Not The Lad
- Blues What Am
- Gonna Take My Rap
- You Got To Run Me Down
- Country Woman Blues
- Jazz Gillum's Blues


RCA FXM1 7231 (Fr 1976)

691976Harmonica Blues
Great Harmonica Performances of the 1920s and '30s

Freeman Stowers
- Railroad Blues
State Street Boys
- Crazy About You
Carver Boys
- Wang Wang Harmonica Blues
Lee Brown
- My Driving Wheel
Ashley & Foster
- Bay Rum Blues
Robert Hill
- I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother
Chuck Darling
- Blowin' The Blues
- Harmonica Rag
Jaybird Coleman
- Man Trouble Blues

Jazz Gillum
- I Want You By My Side
Alfred Lewis
- Friday Moan Blues
Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- House Snake Blues
Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Need More Blues
De Ford Bailey
- Davidson County Blues


Yazoo L-1053 (US 1976)

= CD 1053 YAZ

Yazoo Records discography

701977The Blues

Volume 1: Country and City Blues
- Working Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- I'se Just A Bad Luck Man - Casey Bill Weldon
- Friendless Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Vitamin A - Big Joe Williams
- Mozelle Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Big Woman Blues - Johnny Temple
- When You Feel Down - Lonny Johnson
- If I Get Lucky - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup

- For B.B. King - T-Bone Walker
- Mercy Mama - Tampa Red
- Devil's Son-In-Law - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood Jr.
- What Have I Done - Lil Green
- My Black Name Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- She's Making A Fool Out Of Me - Washboard Sam

- You Got To Run Me Down - William 'Jazz' Gillum


Volume 2: Blues Pianists, Boogie Woogie and Blues Shouters
- Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo
- Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes
- Just One More Time - Walter Davis
- Rocks In My Bed - Leroy Carr
- Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim
- Jivin' The Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Eddie's Blues - Eddie Boyd
- Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo

- Slow And Easy Blues - Jimmy Yancey
- Cuttin' The Boogie - Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons
- Bye Bye Baby - Jimmy Rushing
- How Long How Long Blues - Big Joe Turner
- Cleanhead Blues - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
- Hootie Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon
- Thirsty Mama Blues - Hot Lips Page
- Moaning The Blues - Victoria Spivey



Volume 3: When The Jazzmen Play The Blues
- Back O'Town Blues - Louis Armstrong
- Winnin' [sic] Boy Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
- Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning - Sidney Bechet
- If You See Me Comin' - Mezzrow Ladnier Quintet
- Across The Track Blues - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
- House Rent Boogie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
- After Hours - Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
- Ride My Blues Away - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets

- That's The Blues Old Man - Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra
- Mobile Bay - Rex Stewart
- Rangoon - Cootie Williams
- A Tiny Bit Of Blues - Big Maceo
- Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues - Fats Waller
- Low Bottom no 2 - Wild Bill Davis
- Hey Ba-Ba Re-Bop / Hamp's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra


prod. by Jean-Paul Guitier

boxed set of 3 LPs
notes by Michael Walter (translated by Don Waterhouse)

RCA PM 42039 (Fr 1977)

711979Blues Giants
Masters of Jazz Vol. 15

LP 1:
- Southern Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Jasper's Gal - Memphis Slim
- Anytime Is The Right Time - Roosevelt Sykes
- New Shake 'Em On Down - Tommy McClennan
- Willow Tree Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Anna Lou Blues - Tampa Red
- Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams
- Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo

- Early In The Morning - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Milk Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Pleading Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
- Get Yourself Together - Lonnie Johnson
- Walkin' And Drinkin' - Roosevelt Sykes
- Evil Blues - Washboard Sam
- Let Me In Your Saddle - Walter Davis

- Key To The Highway - William 'Jazz' Gillum


LP 2:
- Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim
- Crawlin' Kingsnake - Big Joe Williams
- Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo Merriweather
- Louisiana Blues part 2 - Little Brother Montgomery
- Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam

- Look On Yonder Blues - William 'Jazz' Gillum
- Coal And Iceman Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
- My Stove Don't Work - Casey Bill Weldon

- Big Time Woman - Roosevelt Sykes
- Katy Mae Blues - Tommy McClennan
- Good Jelly - Big Bill Broonzy
- When Things Go Wrong With You - Tampa Red
- 'Way Down In Louisiana - Casey Bill Weldon
- Teasin' Brown Skin - Walter Davis
- Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim
- Lazy Woman Blues - Lonnie Johnson

DLP

RCA CL 42858 (Germany 1979)

721979Reefer Madness

- Weed - Bea Foote
- Cocaine - Dick Justice
- Willie The Chimney Sweeper - Ernest Rodgers

- Reefer Head Woman - Jazz Gillum & His Jazz Boys
- The Mess Is Here - Cow Cow Davenport
- Pipe Dream Blues - Josie Miles
- Willie The Weeper - Frankie 'Half Pint' Jackson
- Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
- Save The Roach For Me - Buck Washington
- Muggles - Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
- Kokey Joe - Mills Blue Rhythm Band
- Sendin' The Vipers - Mezz Mezzrow & His Orchestra
- Viper's Drag - Fats Waller
- Viper's Dream - Quintette of the Hot Club of France
- Chant Of The Weed - Don Redman & His Orchestra
- Blue Reefer Blues - Richard Jones & His Jazz Wizards


prod. by Bernard Brightman

notes (April 1979) by Larry Sloman

Stash ST 119 (US 1979)

731981Vintage Blues

Big Maceo
- Kid Man Blues
Dr. Clayton
- Cheating And Lying Blues
Arthur Crudup
- Who's Been Fooling You
- The War Is Over

Jazz Gillum
- Whiskey Headed Buddies
Lonnie Johnson
- Some Day Baby
- My Love Is Down
Piano Red
- Sober
St. Louis Jimmy
- My Story Blues
Arbee Stidham
- My Heart Belongs To You

Sunnyland Slim
- Farewell Little Girl
- Broke & Hungry
Roosevelt Sykes
- Bobby Sox Blues
- Her Little Machine
Tampa Red
- Give Me Mine Now
- Better Leave My Gal Alone
Big Joe Williams
- Drop Down Blues
- Wanita [actually plays "Somebody's Been Borrowing"]
Sonny Boy Williamson
- We Got To Win
- Sonny Boy's Jump


click to read notes!
RCA INTS 5099
= RCA NL 43607

73a1982Big City Blues

Bumble Bee Slim
- Burned Down Mill
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning, School Girl
Rosetta Howard
- Let Your Linen Hang Low
Curtis Jones
- Gold Digger Blues
Doctor Clayton
- On The Killin' Floor

Jazz Gillum
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Peg Leg Howell
- Sadie Lee Blues
Texas Alexander
- Sabine River Blues

Martha Copeland
- Stole My Man Blues
Cousin Joe
- Bad Luck Blues
Walter Davis
- I Did Everything I Could
Lonnie Johnson
- Mr. Johnson Swing
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Chicago Mill Blues
St. Louis Jimmy
- Going Down Slow
Jim Jackson
- My Monday Woman Blues
Leroy Carr
- Six Cold Feet In The Ground


notes (8-pp. booklet) by Alessandro Roffeni

Albatros VPA 8473 (It 1982)
= Albatros VC 5021 (cassette)

Albatros Records discography

741985Chicago Blues

Jazz Gillum
- Don't You Scandalizw My Name
- Sarah Jane
- Gillum's Windy Blues
- Mule Blues
- Against My Will
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Good Morning, School Girl
- Blue Bird Blues
- Jackson Blues
- Got The Bottle Up And Gone

Big Bill Broonzy
- I Can't Make You Satisfied
- Bad Luck Blues
- Keep Your Hands Off Her
- Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down
Tampa Red
- That's The Way I Do
- Your One And Only
- She Said It
- Just You And I Alone


Tampa Red
- Georgia, Georgia Blues
- No Baby No
- You'd Better Be Ready To Go
- Gypsy Lady Blues
- Gin Head Woman
Robert Brown
- When My Love Change
- River Hip Mama
Jack Dupree & Big Bill Broonzy
- Good Old Cabbage Greens
Charles Segar & Robert Brown
- Stop And Fix It

Joe McCoy
- Let's Try It Again
Harmon Ray
- Come Over And See Me
- Sleeping By Myself
Joe McCoy
- It Ain't No Lie
Johnny Temple
- Big Woman Blues
- Jinks Lee Blues
- Sundown Blues
- What Is That She Got?


gatefold DLP
notes by Jean Buzelin

RCA NL 89588 (US 1985)

751986Big Bill Broonzy   (1935-1941)

- She Caught The Train
- The Dozen
- Don't Tear My Clothes
- Ash Hauler
- Out With The Wrong Woman
- Down In The Alley
- Stuff They Call Money
- Good Boy
- Unemployment Stomp

- Rider Rider Blues
- Whiskey And Good Time Blues
- Make My Get Away
- Looking For My Baby
- My Mellow Man
- Knockin' Myself Out

- Key To The Highway
- Wee Wee Blues
- Conversation With The Blues



Best of Blues BOB 2 (Austria 1986)

= Best of Blues CD 2 (Austria 1988)

Best of Blues Records discography

75a1986Viper Mad Blues
16 Songs of Dope and Depravity

- Kickin' The Gong Around - Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra
- Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey
- Cocaine Habit Blues - The Memphis Jug Band
- Pipe Dream Blues - Hazel Meyers
- Smoking Reefers - Larry Adler
- Take A Whiff On Me - Leadbelly
- Killin' Jive - The Cats & The Fiddle

- You'se A Viper - Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys
- The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow - Cleo Brown
- Reefer Man - Baron Lee & The Blue Rhythm Band
- The Onyx Hop - Frankie Newton & His Uptown Serenaders
- Knockin' Myself Out - Lil Green
- Junker's Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
- Reefer Hound Blues - Curtis Jones
- The Reefer Song - Fats Waller
- I'm Feeling High And Happy - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra


CD bonus tracks:
- When I Get Low, I Get High - Chick Webb & His Orchestra
- Ol' Man River (Smoke A Little Tea) - Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutter
- Blue Reefer Blues - Richard M. Jones & His Jazz Wizards
- Cocaine - Dick Justice

- Reefer Head Woman - Jazz Gillum & His Jazz Boys
- Willie The Weeper - Frankie 'Halfpint' Jaxon
- Cocaine Blues - Luke Jordan
- Blue Drag - Freddy Taylor & His Swing Men From Harlem
- A Viper's Moan - Willie Bryant & His Orchestra



Jass 4 (US 1986)


= Jass CD 4 "25 songs ..."


= Mojo MOJ 306 (1996)

Stash/Jass Records discography

761987"Jazz" Gillum   (1935-1946)

- Mobile and Western Line
- Crazy About You
- I Want You By My Side
- Jockey Blues
- She Keeps On Rickin'
- I Went To The Gypsy
- My Old Lizzie
- My Old Suitcase
- Get Away Old Woman

- Stavin' Chain
- Somebody Been Talking To You
- One Time Blues
- Big Katy Adams
- Get Your Business Straight
- That's What Worries Me
- My Big Money
- Deep Water Blues
- Fast Woman

the person depicted on the front cover [on the left] is not Jazz Gillum, but Ernest (Little Son Joe) Lawlars!


Best of Blues BOB 4 (Austria 1988)

= Best of Blues CD 14 (Austria 1988)

Best of Blues Records discography

771988Jazz Gillum   (1935-1947)
The Remaining Titles

- Midnight Special
- She Keeps On Rickin'
- I Went To The Gypsy
- Alberta Blues
- Birmingham Blues
- Just Like Jesse James
- New "Sail On, Little Girl"
- Worried And Bothered

- Uncertain Blues
- Good Old 51 Highway
- Hard Drivin' Woman
- Longest Train Blues
- Whiskey Headed Buddies
- Keep On Sailing
- Chauffeur Blues
- Hand Reader Blues
- Take A Little Walk With Me


Document DLP 522 (Austria 1988)

Document Records discography

781988Bill "Jazz" Gillum: Roll Dem Bones   1938-49

- Reefer Head Woman
- Down South Blues
- Sweet, Sweet Woman
- I'm That Man Down In The Mine
- Back To The Country
- I'm Still Walking The Hi-Way
- Afraid To Trust Them

- A Lie Is Dangerous
- Gonna Be Some Shooting
- Roll Dem Bones
- Signifying Woman
- The Devil Blues
- You Should Give Some Away
- Look What You Are Today
- Gonna Take My Rap
- You Got To Run Me Down

the person depicted with Lester Melrose on the back cover [on the left] is not Jazz Gillum, but Ernest (Little Son Joe) Lawlars!

notes by Daniel Gugolz

Wolf WBJ 002 (Austria 1988)

= Wolf CD-WBJ 002 (Austria 1998)

791989Jazz Gillum: Me and My Buddy

- You're Laughing Now
- I'm Gonna Get It
- Let Her Go
- She Won't Treat Me Kind
- I'll Get Along Somehow
- Got To Reap What You Sow
- Keyhole Blues
- Riley Springs Blues

- I Got Somebody Else
- It Looks Bad For You
- Me And My Buddy
- It's All Over Now
- One Letter Home
- You Dring Too Much
- I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
- Woke Up Cold In Hand

the person depicted on the back cover [on the left] is not Jazz Gillum, but Ernest (Little Son Joe) Lawlars!

notes by Ricardo Reccioni (= Alan Balfour)

Bluetime BT 2013 ("Denmark" 1989)

801990Curtis Jones   (1937-1940)

- Decoration Day Blues
- Blues And Trouble Document
- Drinking And Thinking Blues
- Schoolmate Blues
- Bad Avenue Blues
- Good Old Easy Street
- Down In The Slums
- Let Me Be Your Playmate
- Highway 51 Blues

- Yours All Alone
- Palace Blues
- Loving Blues
- Black Gypsy Blues
- Alley Bound Blues
- Who You're Hunchin'
- Little Girl, Little Girl
- Night Life Blues

- Treat Me Like I Treat You


Document DLP 592 (Austria 1990)

Curtis Jones discography

811990Curtis Jones   (1937-1940)

- Decoration Day Blues
- War Broke Out In Hell
- Blues In The Alley
- I'm In The Mood For You
- My Baby's Blues
- Blue And Lonesome

- Moonlight Lover Blues
- Day And Night Blues
- Love Land Blues

- Mean Old Blues
- Too Many Blues
- Worryin' Away My Heart For You
- It's A Solid Sender
- Ity Bitty Jitter Bug
- Tin Pan Alley
- Glamour And Glory Blues
- My Baby Says She Loves Me
- Her Love Will Get It



RST Blues Documents BD 2078 (Austria 1990)

Curtis Jones discography

821991Legends Of The Blues - Volume Two

- Henry Ford Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Ninety-Eight Degree Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander
- Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker
- She Shook Her Gin - Barbecue Bob
- Turpentine Blues - Tampa Red
- No No Blues - Curley Weaver
- Bo-Easy Blues - Bessie Jackson
- School Boy Blues - Walter Roland
- Cold Blooded Murder No. 2 - Bumble Bee Slim
- My Baby Won't Pay Me No Mind - Buddy Moss
- Old Jim Canan's - Robert Wilkins
- Take It Easy Greasy - Lil Johnson
- Two Timin' Woman - Casey Bill Weldon
- Down Hill Pull - Victoria Spivey
- Down In The Slums - Curtis Jones
- Separation Blues - Merline Johnson
- Soon This Morning No. 2 - Charlie Spand

- Is That A Monkey You Got? - Jazz Gillum [previously unissued]
- Hurry Down Sunshine - Champion Jack Dupree
- Goodbye Now Brownie - Brownie McGhee


prod. by Lawrence Cohn

booklet notes by Pete Welding

Columbia CD CK-/CT-47467 (US 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)

 
= Columbia/Legacy COL 468770 2 (US / Australia 1991) (Roots n' Blues series)


= SPV GmbH SPV 42722 CD (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)

20 CD box set, CD 6
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)

831991Washboard Sam / Jazz Gillum: Harmonica and Washboard Blues   (1937-1940)

Jazz Gillum
- My Old Lizzie
- My Old Lizzie
- Good Old 51 Highway
- You're Laughing Now
- I'm Gonna Get It
- Let Her Go
- She Won't Treat Me Kind
- I'll Get Along Somehow
- Got To Reap What You Sow
- Keyhole Blues
- She Belongs To Me
- Key To The Highway
Washboard Sam
- Back Door
- We Gonna Move
- Lowlands Blues
- Mountain Blues
- Yellow Black And Brown
- I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted
- Warehouse Blues
- This Time Is My Time
- Booker T Blues
- How Can I Play Fair
- She Fooled Me
- Yes I Got Your Woman


compiled by Jacques Morgantini

notes by Jacques Morgantini

Black & Blue CD 59.252-2 (Fr 1991) (Blues for Ever series)

841992Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective   (1925-1950)

disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie (McTell) - Bell Street Lightnin'
Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues
Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues   @ youtube

Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues [previously unissued]

disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together   @ youtube
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
(Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me


compiled by Lawrence Cohn

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15 (US 1992)

20 CD box set
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014)

851994Jazz Gillum: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order   Vol. 1   (April 1936 - December 1938)

- Sarah Jane
- I Want You By My Side
- Jockey Blues
- Don't You Scandalize My Name
- She Keeps On Rickin'
- I Went To The Gypsy
- My Old Lizzie
- Alberta Blues
- My Old Suitcase
- Birmingham Blues
- Just Like Jesse James
- Reefer Head Woman
- Gillum's Windy Blues
- New Sail On, Little Girl
- Sweet Sweet Woman
- Boar Hog Blues
- Worried And Bothered
- I'm That Man Down In The Mine
- Uncertain Blues
- Good Old 51 Highway
- You're Laughing Now
- I'm Gonna Get It

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5197 (Austria 1994)

861994Jazz Gillum: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order   Vol. 2   (December 1938 - July 1941)

- Let Her Go
- Get Away Old Woman
- Stavin' Chain
- She Won't Treat Me Kind
- I'll Get Along Somehow
- Got To Reap What You Sow
- Big Katy Adams
- Against My Will
- Keyhole Blues
- Talking To Myself
- Hard Drivin' Woman
- Somebody Been Talking To You
- One Time Blues
- It Sure Had A Kick
- She Belongs To Me
- Longest Train Blues
- Key To The Highway
- I'm Still Walking The Hi-way
- Get Your Busines
- Straight
- Muddy Pond Blues
- Little Woman
- Poor Boy Blues
- Is That A Monkey You Got?
- Riley Springs Blues

the person depicted on the front cover is not Jazz Gillum, but Ernest (Little Son Joe) Lawlars!

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5198 (Austria 1994)

871994Jazz Gillum: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order   Vol. 3   (July 1941 - February 1946)

- I Got Somebody Else
- Maybe You'll Love Me Too
- It Looks Bad For You
- Me And My Buddy
- It's All Over Now
- War Time Blues
- You Are Doing Me Wrong
- One Letter Home
- Down South Blues
- You Drink Too Much Whiskey
- No Friend Blues
- From Now On
- I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
- I Couldn't Help It Blues
- My Big Money
- Woke Up Cold In Hand
- Water Pipe Blues
- Tell Me, Mama
- Deep Water Blues
- You're Tearing Your Playhouse Down
- Go Back To The Country
- Five Feet Four
- Afraid To Trust Them
- Whiskey Head Buddies
- Reckless Rider Blues

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5199 (Austria 1994)

881994Jazz Gillum: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order   Vol. 4   (February 1946 - January 1949)

- Fast Woman
- All In All Blues
- Keep On Sailing
- Look On Younder Wall
- Long Razor Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- Roll Dem Bones
- Can't Trust Myself
- I'm Not The Lad
- Blues What Am
- Gonna Take My Rap
- You Got To Run Me Down
- Chauffer Blues
- Hand Reader Blues
- Country Woman Blues
- You Should Give Some Away
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- What A Gal
- Signifying Woman
- Devil Blues
- Jazz Gillum's Blues
- Take One More Chance With Me
- Gonna Be Some Shooting
- Look What You Are Today
- A Lie Is Dangerous

notes by Keith Briggs

Document DOCD-5200 (Austria 1994)

891994Curtis Jones: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order   Vol. 3   (June 15, 1939 - September 20, 1940)

- What Evil Have I Done? (Lillie Mae Kirkman, voc)
- It's A Hard Way To Travel (Lillie Mae Kirkman, voc)
- I'm In The Mood For You
- Who You Lovin'?
- I Like The Way You Do
- My Baby's Blues
- Private Talk Blues
- Blue And Lonesome
- Bosom Friend Blues
- Heavy Hip Mama
- Solid Jive
- Love In A Loving Way
- Gold Digger Blues
- Sugar Bowl Blues

- Treat Me Like I Treat You
- Heart Breaking Blues
- Moonlight Lover Blues
- Cradle Rockin Blues
- Day And Night Blues
- Love Land Blues
- Down Town Blues
- Blue Memories

notes by Victor Pearlin

Document DOCD 5298 (Austria 1994)

Curtis Jones discography

901997Bill "Jazz" Gillum: The Bluebird Recordings 1934-1938

- Early In The Morning (2:51)
- Harmonica Stomp (3:02)
- Sarah Jane (3:04)
- I Want You By My Side (3:27)
- Jockey Blues (2:52)
- Don't Scandalize My Name (2:21)
- My Old Lizzie (3:21)
- Alberta Blues (2:52)
- My Old Suitcase (3:02)
- Birmingham Blues (3:18)
- Just Like Jessie James (2:48)
- Reefer Head Woman (3:00)
- Gillum's Windy Blues (2:25)
- New "Sail On Little Girl" (3:03)
- Sweet Sweet Woman (2:51)
- Boar Hog Blues 2:47)
- Worried And Bothered (3:20)
- I'm That Man Down In The Mine (2:46)
- Uncertain Blues (2:53)
- Good Old 51 Highway (2:33)
- You're Laughing Now (2:41)
- I'm Gonna Get It (2:38)

compiled/prod. by Vince Caro


RCA/BMG 07863 66717-2 (US/EU 1997)

911999Gonna Take My Rap
Post War Chicago Blues, 1945-49

Sonny Boy Williamson (1)
- Elevator Woman
James 'Beal St.' Clark
- Come To Me Baby (What Evil Have I Done)
Sonny Boy Williamson (2)
- Sonny Boy's Jump
Dr. Clayton
- Farwell Little Girl
John Sellers
- Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
Willie 'Long Time' Smith
- Due Respects To You
Sonny Boy Williamson (1)
- GM And O blues

Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Gonna Take My Rap
Memphis Minnie
- Mean Mistreater Blues
Eddie Boyd
- I Had To Let Her Go
James 'Beal St.' Clark
- You Can't Make The Grade
Dr. Clayton
- Broke And Hungry
Tampa Red
- It's A Brand New Boogey
Pete Franklin
- Casey Brown Blues [RCA Victor 22-0012]

Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Signifying Woman
Willie 'Long Time ' Smith
- Flying Cloud Boogie
Tampa Red
- Come On If You're Coming
Pete Franklin
- Down Behind The Rise [RCA Victor 22-0012]
Memphis Minnie
- True Love
Tampa Red
- Please Try To See It My May

Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
- Hand Reader Blues
Tampa Red
- I'll Find My Way



Indigo IGCD 2114 (UK 1999)

921999Broke, 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)

93200?Too Late Too Late   Vol. 8

Unique Quartette (c. 1895-96)
- Who Broke Lock
unknown female singer (1923)
- Those Worrying Blues
- Mama Goes Where Papa Goes
Billy Higgins & Alberta Perkins (1925)
- Ain't Trustin' Nobody No More
- Nobody Else Can Take Your Place
Missouri-pacific Diamond Jubilee Quartette (c.1926)
- Say Mister! Have You Met Rosie's Sister!
- Medley Of Southern Songs
Dorothy & Hezekiah Jenkins (1926)
- Curious Blues
- Miserable Blues
Dixieland Jug Blowers (1927)
- Southern Shout (take 2)
Texas Tommy (1928)
- Jail Break Blues
- Trinity River Bottom Blues
Luke Jordan (1929)
- If I Call You Mama
- Tom Brown Sits In His Prison Cell
Sister Clara Hudmon (1930)
- Stand By Me
- I Want To See Jesus
Jack Gowdlock (1931)
- Poor Jane Blues
- Rollin' Dough Blues

Jazz Gillum (1934)
- Early In The Morning
- Harmonica Stomp
Joshua White (1935)
- Gone Dry Blues
Memphis Slim (1940-1941)
- I See My Great Mistake (take 2)
- Lend Me Your Love (take 2)
Tommy McClennan (1941-1942)
- Cross Cut Saw Blues (take 2)
- Bluebird Blues (take 2)



Document DOCD-5574 (UK 200?)

942001Jazz Gillum: It Sure Had A Kick
The Essential Recordings of ...

- You're Laughing Now
- I'm Gonna Get It
- Let Her Go
- It Sure Had A Kick
- Riley Springs Blues
- I Got Somebody Else
- Maybe You'll Love Me Too
- It Looks Bad For You
- War Time Blues
- You Are Doing Me Wrong
- Down South Blues
- I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
- I Couldn't Help It
- Tell Me, Mama
- Keep on Sailing
- Long Razor Blues
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby
- I'm Not The Lad
- Blues What Am
- Country Woman Blues
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- What A Gal
- Take One More Chance With Me
- Look What You Are Today

notes by Neil Slaven

Indigo IGOCD 2132 (UK 2001)

952001The Essential Jazz Gillum

disc 1:
- Key To The Highway
- Sarah Jane
- My Old Suitcase
- You Are Doing Me Wrong
- Keyhole Blues
- I Want You By My Side
- Let Her Go
- Tell Me Mama
- Look On Yonder Wall
- Down Town Blues
- Jockey Blues
- Got To Reap What You Sow
- Woke Up Cold In Hand
- The Devil Blues
- Country Woman Blues
- I'm Gonna Fix It
- Five Feet Four
- The Blues What Am

disc 2:
- Don't You Scandalize My Name
- I Went To The Gypsy
- Good Old 51 Highway
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- It Sure Had A Kick
- War Time Blues
- Reckless Rider Blues
- Hand Reader Blues
- Treat Me Like I Treat You
- Boar Hog Blues
- You Got To Run Me Down
- Gillum's Windy Blues
- New Sail On Little Girl
- Against My Will
- It's All Over Now
- I'm Not The Lad
- Roll Dem Bones
- Little Woman

illustration by Chris Osborne

2 CD set
notes by Keith Briggs

Document CBL-200021 (UK 2001)

962002Dope & Glory
Reefer Songs der 30er & 40er Jahre

CD 1:
Mezz Mezzrow & His Orchestra - Sendin' The Vipers
Fats Waller - Vipers Drag
Chick Webb & His Orchestra - When I Get Low I Get High
Tampa Red & The Chicago Five - I'm Gonna Get High
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends - Spinach Song
Sam Price & His Texas Bluesicians - Do You Dig My Jive
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters - Ol' Man River
Yack Taylor - Knockin' Myself Out
Harlan Lattimore & His Connie's Inn Orchestra - Reefer Man
Cab Calloway Orchestra - The Man From Harlem
Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys - Here Comes The Man With The Jive
Bob Howard & His Boys - If You're A Viper
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Texas Tea Party
Buster Bailey's Rhythm Busters - Light Up
Trixie Smith - Jack I'm Mellow
Barney Bigard Sextet - Sweet Marihuana Brown
Sidney Bechet With Noble Sissle Swingers - Viper Mad
The Harlem Hamfats - Weed Smokers Dream
Cee Pee Johnson & Band - The 'G' Man Got The 'T' Man
Andy Kirk & His Clouds Of Joy - All The Jive Is Gone
Georgia White - Stuff Is Here
Bea Foote - Weed
Lil Green - Knockin' Myself Out
Lorrain Walton - If You're A Viper
Buck Washington - Save The Roach For Me


CD 2:
The Cats & The Fiddle - Killin' Jive
The Meltone Boys - Mary Jane
Louis Armstrong - Sweet Sue, Just You
The Nat King Cole Trio - Hit That Jive Jack
Sam Price - All Teeed Up
Original New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Golden Leaf Strut

Jazz Gillum and his Jazz Boys - Reefer Head Woman
Richard Jones & His Jazz Wizards - Blue Reefer Blues
Mezz Mezzrow & His Swing Band - I'se A-Muggin' (Part 1)
Mezz Mezzrow & His Swing Band - I'se A-Muggin' (Part 2)
Frankie Jaxon - Jive Man Blues
Big Bill Broonzy & Jean Brady - Knocking Myself Out
Richard Jones & His Jazz Wizards - Muggin' The Blues
Lil Johnson - Mellow Stuff
Tommy Dorsey - Minor Goes A Muggin'
Cab Calloway - Reefer Man
Oscar's Chicago Swingers - Try Some Of That
Slim & Slam - Dopey Joe
Cleo Brown - The Stuff Is Here
Cedar Creek Sheik - Don't Credit My Stuff
Willie Bryant & Orchestra - A Vipers Moan
Don Redman & Orchestra - Chant Of The Weed
Larry Adler - Smoking Reefers
Louis Armstrong & Orchestra - Muggles
Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon - Willie The Weeper


2 CD set

Trikont 0295-2 (Germany 2002)

972003Jazz Gillum: Take One More Chance With Me

- Don't You Scandalize My Name
- Sarah Jane
- Gillum's Windy Blues
- You're Laughing Now
- I'm Gonna Get It
- Mule Blues
- Let Her Go
- She Won't Treat Me Kind
- I'll Get Along Somehow
- Against My Will
- Got To Reap What You Sow
- Keyhole Blues
- Riley Spring Blues
- I Got Somebody Else
- It Looks Too Bad For You
- Me And My Buddy
- It's All Over Now
- One Letter Home
- You Drink Too Much Whiskey
- I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
- Woke Up Cold In Hand
- Whiskey Headed Buddies
- Country Woman Blues
- Take One More Chance With Me
- Look What You Are Today

notes by Neil Slaven

Acrobat ACMCD 4007 (UK 2003)

982005Chicago Is Just That Way   1938-1954
They Came to Chicago to Make a Living, They Made History

disc 1:
Tampa Red
- It's A Brand New Boogie
- When Things Go Wrong With You
- Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
- That's Her Own Business
- 1950 Blues
- It's Good Like That
- Love Her With A Feelin'
- New Deal Blues
- Don't Blame Shorty For That
- Sweet Little Angel
- She's Dynamite
- Pretty Baby Blues
- Early In The Morning
- Boogie Woogie Woman
- I Won't Let Her Do It
- Green And Lucky Blues
- I'm Gonna Put You Down
- But I Forgive You
- Too Late Too Long
- I'll Never Let You Go
- Got A Mind To Leave This Town
- Please Mr. Doctor
- I SHould Have Loved Her More
- So Crazy About You Baby
- If She Don't Come Back
- Big Stars Falling Blues
- Rambler's Blues
- Evalena


disc 2:
- Kidman Blues - Big Maceo
- Bedroom Blues - Sippie Wallace
- Buzz Me - Sippie Wallace
- Tennessee Woman Blues - Johnny Shines
- Delta Pine Blues - Johnny Shines
- Ride, Ride Mama - Johnny Shines
- Evil Hearted Woman Blues - Johnny Shines
- (Now I) Got The Blues - Memphis Slim
- Don't Ration My Love - Memphis Slim
- Mistake In Life - Memphis Slim
- Grinder Man Blues - Memphis Slim

- Roll Dem Bones - Jazz Gillum
- My Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon
- Jumping At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon
- Mean Red Spider - Muddy Waters
- Jitterbug Blues - Muddy Waters
- Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters
- Burying Ground Blues - Muddy Waters
- Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown
- Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown
- Lowland Blues - Lee Brown
- Round The World Boogie - Lee Brown
- That's All Right - Big Boy Crudup

- The Blues What Am - Jazz Gillum
- I Ain't Done Nothing Wrong - St. Louis Jimmy
- Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy
- Stockyard Blues - Floyd Jones
- Keep What You Got - Floyd Jones


disc 3:
- Jivin' Boogie - Sunnyland Slim
- Brown Skin Woman - Sunnyland Slim
- 5 Foot 4 Gal - Sunnyland Slim
- I've Done You Wrong - Sunnyland Slim
- Worried Man Blues - Johnny Williams
- Money Taking Woman - Johnny Young
- Bring Another Half A Pint - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Better Cut That Out - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Blue Monday Blues - Eddie Boyd
- Lowland Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Savoy Boogie - Roosevelt Sykes
- Candy Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
- Why Should I Cry - Roosevelt Sykes
- Hard Times - Floyd Jones
- School Days - Floyd Jones
- Boogie - Snooky & Moody
- Telephone Blues - Snooky & Moody
- Little Store Blues - Jimmy Rogers
- Lovin' Man Blues - Lillie Mae & House Rockers
- One Doggone Reason - St. Louis Jimmy
- Coming Up Fast - St. Louis Jimmy
- Blue Baby - Little Walter
- I Want My Baby - Little Walter
- Let Me Ride Your Mule - Man Young
- My Baby Walked Out - Man Young
- Chicago Is Just That Way - Eddie Boyd
- I Love My Whiskey - Big Bill Broonzy
- Water Coast Blues - Big Bill Broonzy


disc 4:
- Look What You Are Today - Jazz Gillum
- A Lie Is Dangerous - Jazz Gillum
- Hand Me Down My Walking Cane - Big Boy Crudup
- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Do You Remember - Big Maceo
- Just Tell Me Baby - Big Maceo
- One Sunday Morning - Big Maceo
- That's All Right - Jimmy Rogers
- I'm In Love - Jimmy Rogers
- Boogie Man - Willie Mabon
- It Keeps Rainin' - Willie Mabon
- Boogy Fool - Snooky Pryor
- Raisin' Sand - Snooky Pryor
- Why Did I Make You Cry - Memphis Minnie
- Kidman Blues - Memphis Minnie
- Ludella - Jimmy Rogers
- Boll Weevil - Baby Face Leroy Foster
- Red Headed Woman - Baby Face Leroy Foster
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 1 - Baby Face Leroy Foster
- Rollin' And Tumblin' Part 2 - Baby Face Leroy Foster
- Bad Acting Woman - Little Walter
- Just Keep Loving Her - Little Walter
- Wine-O-Woman - Tony Hollins
- Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins
- Leavin' Day - Big Bill Broonzy
- Southbound Train - Big Bill Broonzy
- (I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole - Robert Lockwood
- Dust My Broom - Robert Lockwood


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7744 (UK 2005)

995/2011The Frog   Blues and Jazz Annual   No. 2

- My Good Man Sam - King Oliver Orchestra
- Nobody Else Will Do - Edmonia Henderson
- High Society (test) - Sidney Bechet
- Panana Blues (test) - State Street Stompers
- K. C. Moan (test) - Memphis Jug Band
- Demonstration of Buddy Bolden's cornet style (test) - Bunk Johnson
- Preshious (sic) Lord (test) - Joe Taggart
- Crossroads Blues #1 - Robert Johnson
- Third Rail #B - Walter Barnes Royal Creolians
- Messin' Around - Cookie's Gingersnaps
- Chinaman Blues - Erskine Tate Vendome Orchestra
- Wabash Blues (test) - Troy Floyd Orchestra
- Dallas Blues - Marie Cahill
- Starvation Moan (test) - Ed Bell
- Whoopee Stomp (test) - Frank Melrose
- Senegalese Stomp - Savoy Bearcats
- Beau-Koo - Jack Omer Simeon
- Sidewalk Blues - Jelly Roll Morton Red Hot Peppers
- Blue Rhythm Stomp - Sammy Price and his Four Quarters
- Nasty But Nice - Bert Johnson
- Chinese Memories - Pierre De Caillaux
- Put On Your Old Grey - Bonnet Stan Atkins Band
- Tomi Tomi - Kanui & Lula
- Sweet Georgia Brown - Jim & Bob (The Genial Hawaiians)
- Round & Round (test) - Casey Bill

- Key To The Highway - Jazz Gillum

remastered by Nick Dellow


CD accompanying the Frog Blues and Jazz Annual - No. 2 (UK 5/2011)

www.frogrecords.co.uk



Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 298-300, 861
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 188
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, p. 171
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, p. 207

- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 212-213
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 376-377
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 192-193
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Steven Salter, Kevin Twit, Helge Thygesen, Edith de Ronde, John Taylor, Dave Williams, Mark Pollock and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans

 

J A Z Z   G I L L U M in a studio; source: eBay auction from Burt Goldblatt collection (original photo print, not cropped!)
Jazz Gillum in a studio
source: eBay auction from Burt Goldblatt collection
(original photo print, not cropped!)

 

J A Z Z   G I L L U M, Tampa Red & Little Bill Gaither; sitting: Champion Jack Dupree & Big Bill Broonzy with Tampa Red's dog
standing: Jazz Gillum, Tampa Red & Little Bill Gaither;
sitting: Champion Jack Dupree & Big Bill Broonzy with Tampa Red's dog

 

J A Z Z   G I L L U M, photo by Raeburn Flerlage (most likely taken September 3, 1961) (has been used on the front cover of Folkways FS 3826)
Jazz Gillum photo by Raeburn Flerlage (most likely taken September 3, 1961)
(has been used on the front cover of Folkways FS 3826)

 

J A Z Z   G I L L U M's headstone, placed by his daughter Ardella at Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, IL; photographer: Steven Salter
Jazz Gillum's headstone,
placed by his daughter Ardella at Restvale Cemetery in Alsip, IL
photographer: Steven Salter

 

 

 

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