Reddit reviews Mrs. Clinkscales to the Cotton Club, Vol. 1: 1926-1929
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This breaks my heart. 20s jazz is SO GOOD. It took me years to truly get into it, but one night in a highly intoxicated state it just suddenly clicked. Over the past few years I probably listen to more 20s jazz than any other era.
You have to just embrace the hiss -- think of it like a picture frame. It's not the art, but it's a necessary component which you can ignore. Don't trust any recordings which have removed all the hiss --- that means they are also removing parts of the music.
And actually, recording technology improved after 1925, so most of say Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives & Hot Sevens actually sound pretty good. They couldn't have a drummer, though, because he'd knock the needle off the groove.
Also, you need to know what recordings to listen to --- it's really important who's doing the remaster.
The releases below are all top-notch.
[King Oliver] (http://www.amazon.com/Off-Record-Complete-1923-Recordings/dp/B000K2VK8Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410051369&sr=8-1&keywords=off+the+record+king+oliver)
[Louis Armstrong] (http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Fives-Sevens-Louis-Armstrong/dp/B00001ZWLP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410051403&sr=8-1&keywords=louis+armstrong+hot+fives)
[Sidney Bechet] (http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sidney-Bechet-1923-1925/dp/B001CKYVNO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-1&keywords=sidney+bechet+young)
[Duke Ellington] (http://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Clinkscales-Cotton-Club-Vol/dp/B0007GFFZM/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410051511&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=duke+ellington+clinksales)
Song highlights:
King Oliver -- Canal St Blues, Dippermouth Blues, Riverside Blues, Chimes Blues
Louis Armstrong -- West End Blues, Muggles, Tight Like This, Gutbucket Blues, St James Infirmary
Sidney Bechet -- Kansas City Man Blues, New Orleans Hop Scop Blues, Texas Moaner Blues
Johnny Dodds -- Perdido St Blues
Jimmie Noone -- Blues My Naught Sweetie Gives to Me
Ornette - Art Of The Improvisers (or Shape Of Jazz To Come...or Dancing In Your Head)
Mingus - Oh Yeah
Miles - Live-Evil
Sonny Rollins - Our Man In Jazz
Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
and, some bonus box sets that won't cost much (if any) more than a cd:
Charlie Parker - Chasin' The Bird
Cecil Taylor - 2 T's For A Lovely T (mp3)
Duke - Mrs. Clinkscales To The Cotton Club