1903: “‘Twas on the Good Ship Cuspidor” features 26 selections from the year the Wright Brothers took flight and the Department of Commerce and Labor was founded. Highlights include “Hurrah for Baffin’s Bay,” “Come Down My Evening Star,” “Down Where the Wurzburger Flows,” and “The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous.”
Centennial will be released on August 30, 2024; order before August 1 for the steepest discount. The 1923 recordings by King Oliver’s working Chicago band are the stuff of legend. Nothing like them had ever been heard on record before, and nothing in jazz would be the same afterward. Here, for the first time, all 37 sides are presented—in release order—on...