Farewell Blues
1922 78 released on Gennett Records.
"Farewell Blues" is a 1922 jazz standard written by Paul Mares, Leon Roppolo and Elmer Schoebel.
Background[]
The song was recorded on August 29, 1922, in Richmond, Indiana and released as Gennett 4966A, Matrix #11179, as by the Friars Society Orchestra under the direction of Husk O'Hara.[1] It was first released by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings under the name the Friars Society Orchestra and soon was covered by several jazz bands.[2] A band called The Georgians recorded it in 1923, copying Roppolo's acclaimed clarinet solo note for note.[3]
Cover versions[]
- Joe "King" Oliver – Sugar Foot Stomp (1928)
- The Georgians (1923)
- Gus Mulcay (1926)
- The Charleston Chasers (1928)
- Wingy Manone (1939)
- Ted Lewis (1929)
- Roy Smeck (1931)
- Sol Hoopii (1938)
- Abe Lyman (1932)
- Henderson's Dance Players (1923)
- Isham Jones Orchestra – Swinging Down the Lane (1930)
- Cab Calloway – Kicking the Gong Around (1931)
- Benny Carter – When the Lights Are Low (1936)
- Woody Herman – Blues on Parade (1937)
- Eddie Condon – Dixieland All Stars (1939)
- Glenn Miller – On the Alamo (1941); V-Disc 334A; RCA Bluebird 10495B
- Count Basie – Blues by Basie (1942); Columbia 36712
- Django Reinhardt – Djangology (1948)
- Danny Gatton – Redneck Jazz (1978)
- Alan Munde (1980)
- Accordéon Mélancolique – Gratitude (2012); Sterkenburg Records stam010
Notes[]
- ^ New Orleans Rhythm Kings. Red Hot Jazz.
- ^ Farewell Blues. Second-Hand Songs.
- ^ Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz. Rick Kennedy and Steve Allen. Indiana University Press, 1994. ISBN 0-253-21315-0. p.56
See also[]
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- 1922 songs
- 1920s jazz standards
- Dixieland jazz standards
- Songs written by Elmer Schoebel
- Cab Calloway songs
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