The Best in 2 Beat

by Art Hodes

The Best in 2 Beat cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1950-11-00
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 12:25
  • Community rating: 3.1/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Acting as a fierce, unyielding traditionalist amidst the bebop revolution, the pianist leads a dedicated ensemble through the archaic structures of early Chicago jazz. 'The Best in 2 Beat' revives the loose, polyphonic improvisations and stomping rhythms that defined the genre's roaring twenties origin. Issued by Blue Note, it stands as a passionate, deeply authentic preservation of pre-swing instrumental exuberance.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Maple Leaf Rag
  2. Shoe Shiner's Drag
  3. She's Crying For Me
  4. Clark And Randolph
  5. Doctor Jazz (3:27)
  6. Yellow Dog Blues (3:42)
  7. Changes Made (4:14)
  8. Slow 'Em Down Blues

Credits

  • Art Hodes' Chicagoans - primary artist
  • Bob Haggart - bass
  • Sid Jacobs - bass
  • Rod Cless - clarinet
  • Danny Alvin - drums
  • Jack Bland - guitar
  • Art Hodes - piano, written-by
  • Ray Conniff - trombone
  • Max Kaminsky - trumpet
  • Scott Joplin - written-by
  • Jelly Roll Morton - written-by
  • Santo Pecora - written-by
  • W. C. Handy - written-by
  • Billy Higgins - written-by
  • W. Benton Overstreet - written-by

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