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Roots of Jazz: Hampton Jazz Festival, 1968

43 songs / 130:24

By: Concert Vault

Playlist Description

Shortly before the annual Newport Festivals in 1968, festival director George Wein helped stage another landmark event billed as "The Roots of Jazz" as part of the first year's programming at the Hampton Jazz Festival in Virginia. The concert was brilliantly conceived on both a musical and an educational level, featuring the ominous Delta blues of Skip James, the church influenced gospel leanings of the Staple Singers, the Dixieland jazz of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, the electrified city blues of the Muddy Waters Blues Band, and the Harlem stride piano of Willie "The Lion" Smith (the Earl "Fatha" Hines set that capped the night off will be available in the Concert Vault at a later date). The master recordings from that memorable evening not only capture these performances in remarkable quality, but also convey a musical evolution in a most enjoyable way.

This playlist presents the evening's performances in their original running order in order to highlight the contextual flow between them. To download or learn more about the individual sets, please click on the links in the "Related Concerts" box below.

  1. 1 Skip James / Introduction by George Wein 2:45
  2. 2 Skip James / Devil Got My Woman 5:20
  3. 3 Skip James / Stage Banter 0:34
  4. 4 Skip James / Cherry Ball Blues 3:55
  5. 5 Skip James / I'm So Glad 3:17
  6. 6 Skip James / Illinois Blues 4:05
  7. 7 Skip James / Stage Banter 0:40
  8. 8 Skip James / Lorenzo Blues 3:40
  9. 9 Skip James / Stage Banter 0:10
  10. 10 Skip James / God Is Real 3:06
  11. 11 The Staple Singers / Keep On Pushing 3:13
  12. 12 The Staple Singers / Band Introduction 0:44
  13. 13 The Staple Singers / For What It's Worth 2:19
  14. 14 The Staple Singers / It's Gonna Rain 2:17
  15. 15 The Staple Singers / Stand By Me 4:30
  16. 16 The Staple Singers / Help Me Jesus 10:49
  17. 17 The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band / When The Saints Go M… 5:04
  18. 18 The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band / Basin Street Blues /… 4:04
  19. 19 The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band / Song Introduction 0:30
  20. 20 The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band / Sensation Rag 4:16
  21. 21 The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band / Song Introduction 0:14
  22. 22 The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band / The Bourbon Street P… 5:54
  23. 23 The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band / Song Introduction 0:13
  24. 24 The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band / The Savoy Blues 6:06
  25. 25 The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band / Song Introduction 0:29
  26. 26 The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band / Tiger Rag / Hold Tha… 6:21
  27. 27 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Hoochie Coochie Man 2:49
  28. 28 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Stage Banter 0:15
  29. 29 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Long Distance Call 5:43
  30. 30 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Trouble No More 2:28
  31. 31 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Blow Wind Blow 3:46
  32. 32 Muddy Waters Blues Band / She's Nineteen Years Old 5:28
  33. 33 Muddy Waters Blues Band / Got My Mojo Working 4:12
  34. 34 Muddy Waters Blues Band / George Wein Outro 0:26
  35. 35 Willie "The Lion" Smith / Annoucements by George Wein 3:04
  36. 36 Willie "The Lion" Smith / Willie Talks 1:02
  37. 37 Willie "The Lion" Smith / Relaxin' (The Theme) 2:09
  38. 38 Willie "The Lion" Smith / Song Introduction 0:35
  39. 39 Willie "The Lion" Smith / Music on My Mind 3:03
  40. 40 Willie "The Lion" Smith / Song Introduction 0:30
  41. 41 Willie "The Lion" Smith / Nagasaki 3:49
  42. 42 Willie "The Lion" Smith / Song Introduction 0:48
  43. 43 Willie "The Lion" Smith / Medley: Charleston/Ain't M… 5:42