Founded in Kansas City in 1918 by drummer Carleton Coon and pianist Joe Sanders as The Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra

Founded in Kansas City in 1918 by drummer Carleton Coon and pianist Joe Sanders as The Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra, they found fame via broadcasts of their 'live' performances from the city's Muelebach Hotel on radio WDAF, which could be heard across the USA, becoming the Night Hawk Orchestra because they played the late-night spot through to 1a.m.. After making an early recording for Columbia in 1921, they recorded for Victor through the 1920s and into the 1930s, becoming hugely popular as they very much set the tone for the Roaring Twenties with their hot jazz-influenced novelty dance music for which the post-war decade became famous. Sadly their career was curtailed when Carleton Coon died suddenly in 1932 from an infection at th age of 38. This great-value 69-track 3-CD set comprises most of their career recordings, including some of the early renditions of compositions which went on to become jazz and Great American Songbook standards like 'Deep Henderson', 'After You've Gone' and ' Darktown Strutters Ball'. It naturally includes all their ten career hits including 'Some Little Bird', 'Night Hawk Blues', 'Yes, Sir, That's My Baby' and 'Flamin' Mamie'. It's a comprehensive showcase for their distinctive and innovative style, and a highly evocative insight into a fascinating strand of the music during a significant musical decade.

Track Listing

• Some Little Bird
• Night Hawk Blues
• Red Hot Mama
• My Daddy's Dreamtime Lullaby
• Oriental Love Dreams
• There's No One Just Like You
• Why Don't My Dreams Come True'
• Lazy Waters
• Moonlight And You
• Show Me The Way
• Some Of These Days
• I'm Gonna Charleston Back To Charleston
• Alone At Last
• Yes Sir! That's My Baby
• That's All There Is
• Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now
• Hong Kong Dream Girl
• Dreaming Of Tomorrow
• I Can't Realize
• Flamin' Mamie
• Louise You Tease
• Moon Deer (Indian Love Song)
• Everything's Gonna Be Alright

• Sittin' Around
• Deep Henderson
• My Baby Knows How
• Brainstorm
• I Need Loving
• High Fever
• I Ain't Got Nobody
• Roodles
• Smilin' Skies
• Mine All Mine
• Is She My Girl Friend
• Stay Out Of The South (If You Want To Miss A Heaven On Earth)
• Sluefoot
• Hallucinations
• Ready For The River
• Oh You Have No Idea
• Too Busy
• Down Where The Sun Goes Down
• Indian Cradle Song
• Blazin'
• What A Girl What A Night
• Who Wouldn't Be Jealous Of You
• Here Comes My Ball And Chain

• Mississippi Here I Am
• Little Orphan Annie
• Bless You Sister
• Kansas City Kitty
• Tennessee Lazy
• And Especially You
• The Flippity Flop
• Gotta Great Big Date With A Little Bitty Girl
• Alone In The Rain
• Moaning For You
• Harlem Madness
• We Love Us
• Darktown Strutter's Ball
• After You've Gone
• Sweepin' The Clouds Away
• What A Life (Trying To Live Without You)
• Let That Be A Lesson To You
• Sing A New Song
• Lo And Behold
• Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
• Round My Heart
• I Want To Go Home
• On Revival Day

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Jazz

Language: English

Run Time: 210 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 07/24/20

UPC: 824046909826