Boxset / Compilation · 2011
Tracklist
1. Up Jumped The Devil 2:53
2. Follow The Swallow 2:39
3. Angry 2:46
4. I Weep Over You 2:14
5. Flag That Train 2:35
6. Clarinet Marmalade 2:22
7. Sugar Foot Stomp 2:30
8. Want A Little Lovin' 2:56
9. She's Got 'Em 2:36
10. Up Jumped The Devil 2:46
11. I'm As Blue As The Blue Grass Of Kentucky 2:55
12. When Autumn Leaves Are Falling 3:07
13. Flamin' Mamie 2:41
14. Hangin' Around 3:02
15. Up Jumped The Devil 2:37
16. Masculine Women! Feminine Men! 3:16
17. Someone's Stolen My Sweet, Sweet Baby 3:08
18. Eccentric 2:47
19. Cross-Word Mama You're Puzzling Me 3:03
20. Sometimes When You're Alone 2:38
21. Peculiar 2:55
22. Dirty Rag 2:59
23. Why Should I Believe In You? 2:28
24. Common Street Blues 2:52
25. Oh Me! Oh My 2:46
26. A Precious Little Thing Called Love 3:16
27. Weary River 3:15
Line-up/Musicians
#1-6
Merritt Brunies - cornet
Henry Brunies - trombone
Volly de Faut - clarinet, alot sax
Clarence Pipe - alto sax, banjo
Summer "Rip" Logan - tenor sax
Dudley Mecum - piano
Norman Van Hook - bass
Bill Paley - drums
#6
It has been suggested that Jelly Roll Morton plays the piano solo on this title
#7-10
Bill Creger - alto sax, clarinet. From now on, Piper plays banjo only. Lew King - vocal
#11-14
Maurice Freedman - piano replaces Mecum, Gordon Pouliot - violin added
#15-17
Logan plays C-Melody saxophone where noted
#18
Johnny De Droit and His New Orleans Orchestra
Johnny De Droit - cornet
Ellis Stratakos - trombone
Henry Raymond - clarinet
Rudolph Levy - alto saxophone
Frank Froeba - piano
George Potter - banjo
Paul De Droit - drums
#19-20
Papalia and His Orchestra
Russ Papalia - trombone
Henry Knecht - cornet
unknown - clarinet, alto sax
Eddie Powers - tenor saxophone
Vic Lubowski - piano
Mike Holloway - banjo
George Triay - drums
#21-22
Brownlee's Orchestra Of New Orleans
Sharkey Bonano - cornet
Tom Brown - trombone
Harry Shields - clarinet
Hal Jordy - alto saxophone
Howard Martin - tenor saxophone
Norman Brownlee - piano
Behrman French - banjo
Alonzo Crumby - drums
#23-24
Scranton Sirens Orchestra
Billy Lustig - violin
unkown - trumpet
Russ Morgan - trombone
Alfie Evans-Sid Trucker - clarinet, alto sax
Jim Crossan - tenor saxophone
Itzy Riskin - piano
Unknown - banjo
Mike Trafficante - bass
Ted Noyes or Ray Bauduc - drums
#25
New Orleans Owls (at the Hotel Rossevelt, New Orleans)
Benjamin "Benjy" White - clarinet, alto saxophone
Bill Pardron - cornet
Lester Smith - tenor saxophone
Edward "Mose" Farrar - piano
Rene Gelpi - banjo
Dan LeBlanc - bass
Earl Crumb - drums
#26-27
Ellis Stratakos and His Jung Hotel Orchestra
John Hyman (Wiggs)/Howard Reed - cornet
Ellis Stratakos - trombone
John Reininger /Joe Loyacano - alto saxophone
Eddie Powers - tenor saxophone
unknown - violin
Joe Wolfe - piano
Fred Loyacano - guitar, vocal
Dave Fridge - bass
Von Gammon - drums
About this release
Jazz Oracle 8066
The complete recordings of Merritt Brunies and His Friars Inn Orchestra, led by the New Orleans trumpeter and his brother, trombonist Henry Brunies. The compilation also includes several other rare New Orleans tracks by Johnny De Droit, Papalia & His Orchestra, Brownlee's Orchestra of New Orleans, Scranton Sirens Orchestra, New Orleans Owls and Ellis Stratakos & His Jung Hotel Orchestra.
Thanks to snobb for the addition