A stunning, comprehensive volume prepared in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution. The world’s first jazz critical edition.

Contents: New Orleans Blues (New Orleans Joys) • Grandpa’s Spells • Wolverine Blues (The Wolverines) • Mamanita • Frog-I-More Rag (Froggie Moore/Sweetheart O’Mine) • London Blues (London Cafe Blues/Shoe Shiner’s Drag) • Shreveport Stomp • Big Foot Ham (Big Fat Ham/Ham and Eggs) • Tom Cat Blues (Midnight Mama) • Stratford Hunch (Chicago Breakdown) • Perfect Rag (Sporting House Rag) • Mr. Jelly Lord • Black Bottom Stomp (Queen of Spades) • Dead Man Blues • Cannonball Blues • Billy Goat Stomp • Wild Man Blues (Ted Lewis Blues) • Georgia Swing • Boogaboo • Seattle Hunch • Frances (Fat Frances) • Dixie Knows • Kansas City Stomp (Kansas City Stomps) • Jelly Roll Blues (Original Jelly Roll Blues/Chicago Blues) • Fickle Fay Creek (Soap Suds) • Jungle Blues • Sweet Peter • Hyena Stomp • State and Madison • Bert Williams • Freakish • Pep • Creepy Feeling • Spanish Swat • The Pearls • Fingerbuster (Fingerbreaker) • Honky Tonk Music • The Crave • Mister Joe (Buffalo Blues) • King Porter Stomp •