Jazz (Ry Cooder album)

Jazz
Studio album by Ry Cooder
Released	1978
Genre	Trad jazz, dixieland, ragtime
Length	37:50
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Joseph Byrd, Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder chronology
Showtime (1977) Jazz (1978) Bop till You Drop (1979)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Jazz is the seventh album by Ry Cooder, produced by Joseph Byrd and Ry Cooder and released on the Warner Bros. Records label.

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) – 3:34
2. "Face to Face That I Shall Meet Him" (Traditional; adapted by Joseph Spence) – 3:16
3. "The Pearls / Tia Juana" (Jelly Roll Morton; adapted by Ry Cooder) – 4:18
4. "The Dream" (Jack the Bear, Jess Pickett) – 5:03
5. "Happy Meeting in Glory" (Traditional; adapted by Joseph Spence) – 3:13

LP side B

1. "In a Mist" (Bix Beiderbecke) – 2:05
2. "Flashes" (Bix Beiderbecke) – 2:17
3. "Davenport Blues" (Bix Beiderbecke) – 2:01
4. "Shine" (Cecil Mack, Ford Dabney) – 3:43
5. "Nobody" (Bert Williams) – 5:07
6. "We Shall Be Happy" (Traditional; adapted by Joseph Spence) – 3:13

Personnel

• Ry Cooder – guitar, Dobro, vocals, mandolin, tiple, harp^[2]
• Mark Stevens – drums (tracks A1, A2, A4, A5, B4, B6)
• Harvey Pittel – alto saxophone, clarinet (tracks A1, B1, B3, B4)
• Tom Collier – marimba, vibraphone (tracks A4, B1, B3, B4)
• George Bohanon – baritone horn (tracks A2, A5, B6)
• Oscar Brashear – cornet (tracks A2, A5, B6)
• Stuart Brotman – cimbalom (tracks A2, A5, B6)
• Red Callender – tuba (tracks A2, A5, B6)
• David Lindley – mandobanjo, mandolin (tracks A2, A5, B6)
• Barbara Starkey – pump organ (tracks A2, A5, B6)
• David Sherr – bass clarinet (tracks B1, B3, B4)
• John Rodby – piano (track A1, B4)
• Tom Pedrini – bass (tracks B1, B3)
• Jimmy Adams – backing vocals (tracks B4, B5)
• Cliff Givens – backing vocals (tracks B4, B5)
• Bill Johnson – backing vocals (tracks B4, B5)
• Simon Pico Payne – backing vocals (tracks B4, B5)
• Randy Aldcroft – trombone (track A1)
• Pat Rizzo – alto saxophone (track A1)
• Mario Guarneri – cornet (track A1)
• Bill Hood – bass saxophone (track A1)
• Chuck Domanico – bass (track A4)
• Earl Hines – piano (track A4)
• Chuck Berghofer – bass (track B4)
• Willie Schwartz – clarinet (track B4)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. discogs.org tracklist

• Warner Bros. Records BSK 3197