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- Artist: Clarence Williams
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- Release Date: 1994
- Total Time: 66:19
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Jazz
Review
The seventh volume in the European Classics label's complete reissue of bandleader Clarence Williams' very valuable recordings documents his music during a four-month period. Included are two Williams piano solos; his sessions leading the Barrelhouse Five Orchestra, Jazz Kings, and the Memphis Jazzers; and quite a bit of superior small-group jazz. Among the sidemen are cornetist Ed Allen, trombonist Ed Cuffee, Arville Harris and Albert Socarras on reeds, banjoist Leroy Harris, pianist James P. Johnson (on two songs), the exuberant tuba of Cyrus St. Clair, Floyd Casey on drums and washboard, and Williams himself on piano and occasional vocals. Highlights include "Endurance Stomp," "If You Like Me Like I Like You," "Steamboat Days," "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home," "In Our Cottage of Love," and the original version of "Breeze." All of the CDs in this enjoyable series are easily recommended to 1920s collectors. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Hot Lovin' | Clarence Williams, |
(3:00) | |
| Mama Stayed Out the Whole Night Long (But Mama Didn't Do No Wrong) | Andy Razaf | Clarence Williams, |
(3:05) |
| Nobody's Business (How I Love That Man) | Richard Rodgers | Clarence Williams, |
(2:51) |
| Endurance Stomp | Clarence Williams, |
(2:50) | |
| Some Do and Some Don't | Clarence Williams, |
(2:59) | |
| Scufflin' Blues | Clarence Williams, |
(3:01) | |
| If You Like Me Like I Like You | Clarence Williams | (2:51) | |
| Have You Ever Felt That Way? | Spencer Williams, |
(2:59) | |
| A Pane in the Glass | Clarence Williams | Clarence Williams | (3:01) |
| Too Low | Clarence Williams | Clarence Williams | (2:54) |
| Mississippi Blues (Home Town Toddle) | Clarence Williams, Lucille Hegamin | (3:07) | |
| Steamboat Days | Clarence Williams | (3:14) | |
| Close Fit Blues | Clarence Williams | Clarence Williams, |
(3:07) |
| Baby Won't You Please Come Home | Clarence Williams, |
Clarence Williams, |
(3:34) |
| Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me) | (2:57) | ||
| Mountain City Blues | (2:58) | ||
| I'm Not Worrying | Fats Waller, Clarence Williams | (3:27) | |
| Touch-Down | Fats Waller | (2:51) | |
| In Our Cottage of Love | Clarence Williams | (2:49) | |
| Lazy Mama | Clarence Williams | (2:57) | |
| In Our Cottage of Love | (2:49) | ||
| Them Things Got Me | Clarence Williams, |
(2:58) |
