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The Hot Lips Page Collection 1929-53
The Hot Lips Page Collection 1929-53

Hot Lips Page
Styles: Jazz
Catalogue Number: FADCD2050
Oran ‘Hot Lips’ Page was a jazz trumpeter, vocalist and bandleader whose extrovert and exciting style allied to his showmanship made him a popular performer with audiences and fellow musicians alike, equally at home as a sideman in other leaders’ ensembles or leading his own bands. He started playing professionally in his native Texas, where he worked with top blues performers during the ‘20s, before becoming a feature of the Kansas City scene with Walter Page and Bennie Moten in the early ‘30s. He would probably have had an even more illustrious career had he not left the Count Basie band after a short stay during the ‘30s to go solo, but as it was he became a ubiquitous fixture of the jazz scene during the ‘40s, recording with a variety of line-ups and was especially popular for his ability to thrive in impromptu jam sessions. This great value 46-track collection brings together recordings with a wide selection of ensembles, both as sideman and leader, during the quarter century that comprised his main recording career, from his first recordings in 1929 through to some R&B flavoured material he recorded in the year or two before his premature death in 1954 at the age of 46. Not surprisingly, given the regard in which he was held, it features performances by some of the top names in the genre with whom he recorded, including Artie Shaw, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Albert Ammons, Big Joe Turner, Eddie Condon, Sidney Bechet and many more. It’s an entertaining overview of a musician who has not received the attention that he deserves.

Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 KWKH Blues Eddie & Sugar Lou's Hotel Tyler Orchestra
2 Yo-Yo Blues Eddie & Sugar Lou's Hotel Tyler Orchestra
3 Squabblin Walter Page Blue Devils
4 Won't you be my baby Bennie Moten
5 Somebody Stole My Gal Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
6 Toby Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
7 Moten Swing Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
8 Milenburg Joys Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
9 Prince Of Wails Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
10 He's Pulling His Whiskers Hot Lips Page And His Band
11 Skull Duggery Hot Lips Page And His Band
12 St. Louis Blues (EDIT CHAT AT END) Jam Sessions For Bbc
13 Long Gone Blues Billie Holiday
14 Cherry Red The Pete Johnson Boogie Boys
15 One Hour Mama Ida Cox Acc By Her All-Star Band
16 Gone With The Gin Hot Lips Page
17 I Won't Be Here Long Hot Lips Page
18 Lafayette Hot Lips Page
19 Piney Brown Blues  Joe Turner And His Fly Cats
20 Thirsty Mama Blues Hot Lips Page Trio
21 Sweet Lorraine Hot Lips Page Orchestra
22 Blues In The Night Artie Shaw And His Orchestra :
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 St James Infirmary Blues Pt. 1 Artie Shaw And His Orchestra 
2 Carnival Artie Shaw And His Orchestra 
3 Teezol Ben Webster & His Orchestra
4 The Breaks Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings
5 Uncle Sam Blues Eddie Condon
6 Rockin' At Ryan's Hot Lips Page
7 Dance Of The Tambourine Hot Lips Page's Swing Seven
8 Pagin' Mr. Page Hot Lips Page's Swing Seven
9 Lips Blues (Double-Trouble Blues) Hot Lips Page
10 You Need Coachin' Hot Lips Page
11 Big "D" Blues Hot Lips Page
12 The Sheik of Araby V-Disc All Stars
13 House Party Mezz Mezzrow- Sidney Bechet Septet
14 Perdido Street Stomp Mezz Mezzrow- Sidney Bechet Septet
15 They Raided The Joint Hot Lips Page
16 Open The Door Richard Hot Lips Page
17 La Danse Hot Lips Page
18 Dirty Deal Blues Big Maybelle
19 I Got An Uncle In Harlem Hot Lips Page
20 Baby It's Cold Outside Pearl Bailey With Hot Lips Page
21 The Devil's Kiss Hot Lips Page
22 Last Call For Alcohol Hot Lips Page With Andre Reveliotty's Orchestra
23 The Cadillac Song Hot Lips Page
24 The Monkey (The Jungle King) Hot Lips Page
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