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Artist: Langston Hughes Title: The Story Of Jazz Label:   Folkways Country: USA Catalogue: FC 7312 Date: 1961 Format: 10" LP Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
Beginnings
A1	Langston Hughes	Introduction, Africa, The South, New Orleans, Jelly Roll Morton, Rags, Bunk Johnson, Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong		Rate
The Blues
A2	Langston Hughes	Introduction, St. Louis Blues, Ma Rainey, Perdido Street Blues		Rate
Characteristics
B1	Langston Hughes	A Break, A Riff, Boogie Woogie; Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, Dizzy Gillespie, Lennie Tristano, Teen-Agers, Mary Lou Williams		Rate

Notes

The actual record labels use the title "The First Album of Jazz" rather than "The Story of Jazz" per the jacket cover.

"For children, with documentary recordings from the Library of Folkways Records. Written and narrated by Langston Hughes, author of "First Book of Jazz," Franklin Watts, Inc."

Supervised by Moses Asch
Originally issued in 1954 as Folkways FP712.

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