Jazz (Ry Cooder album)

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

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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]

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[3]
• 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. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. discogs.org tracklist

• Warner Bros. Records BSK 3197