Best of Ampersand 1943 – 1951 (2 CD Set) VJAZZ 028 – AMP 633

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The Ampersand record label was created by jazz impresario Bill Miller who, in 1943, commenced recording many important jazz bands. The tracks on this disc are all carefully restored from the original 78rpm discs. This double-CD contains a total of 43 tracks and includes such bands as Graeme Bell, Keith Hounslow, Tom Pickering, Bruce Gray and others.

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Disc 1
1. Ja Da
2. Two Day Jag
3. Swanston Street Shuffle
4. Back Home
5. The Jazz Walk
6. Rag in E Flat
7. The Jazz parade
8. Canal Street Blues
9. Is that the Way
10. The Big Bad Banksia Man
11. Jenny’s Ball
12. C Seventh Stomp
13. I’m a Little Blackbird
14. Alexander’s Ragtime Band
15. Jazz it Up
16. Darktown Strutters’ Ball
17. Doctor Said Not to
18. Glass is Full Again
19. The Belly Rub
20. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
21. Just Married
Disc 2
1. Strut Miss Lizzie
2. Singin’ the Blues
3. Blues in Thirds
4. Big Butter and Egg Man
5. Varka Yiallo
6. Pagan Love Song
7. I Want a Little Girl
8. Shakin’ Loose
9. Anytime, Any day, Anywhere
10. Red Hackle
11. Nobody Knows You When you’re Down and Out
12. Weather Bird Rag
13. Charleston
14. Georgia Bo Bo
15. Sweet Lovin’ Man
16. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
17. Careless love Blues
18. Exasperation Stomp
19. Striving to Stop My Jiving
20. O Ensemble Mio
21. Brief Blues (Jig Blues)
22. Won’t You Get Off it Please