1930-1931/1939-1940

RELEASE
November 19, 1996
LABEL
Classics
GENRES
Jazz, Big Band, Swing, Dixieland, Jazz Instrument, Regional Blues, Jump Blues, Electric Blues, Early Jazz, East Coast Blues, Saxophone Jazz

Album Review

The Classics label's superb series of McKinney's Cotton Pickers releases continues with this set, which features recordings from the original group as well as performances from Don Redman's swing orchestra of the late 1930s.
– Jason Ankeny, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Never Swat a Fly
  2. I Want Your Love
  3. Hello!
  4. After All, You're All I'm After
  5. I Miss a Little Miss
  6. To Whom It May Concern
  7. You're Driving Me Crazy
  8. Come a Little Closer
  9. It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)
  10. She's My Secret Passion
  11. Do You Believe in Love at Sight?
  12. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
  13. Chant of the Weed
  14. I Heard
  15. Got the South in My Soul
  16. Reefer Man
  17. Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum)
  18. Igloo
  19. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
  20. Ain't I Good to You
  21. You Ain't Nowhere
  22. About Rip Van Winkle
  23. Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble
  24. Chant of the Weed

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