(Early Jazz) Jack Purvis - Recorded in New York, 1928-1935 (3CD) - 2002, MP3, 320 kbps

CD1:
01. After My Laughter Came Tears (3:14)
02. Together (3:07)
03. What's the Reason (3:08)
04. Get Your Man (3:03)
05. Georgie Porgie (3:11)
06. Wake Up! Chillun Wake Up! (2:55)
07. Just You, Just Me (3:02)
08. Blondy (2:59)
09. Miss You (2:46)
10. I Gotta Have You (3:06)
11. Lady Luck (3:06)
12. Navy Blues (2:52)
13. Navy Blues (alt) (2:50)
14. Copyin' Louis (3:18)
15. Mental Strain at Dawn (2:50)
16. Charming (3:14)
17. Under a Texas Moon (3:21)
18. I'd Like to Be a Gypsy (3:18)
19. Can't You Hear Me Calling Caroline (3:21)
20. Sing You Sinners (3:15)
21. In My Little Hope Chest (3:26)
22. Stein Song (3:30)
23. Dismal Dan (3:07)
24. Poor Richard (3:05)
25. Down Georgia Way (3:30)
CD2:
01. Nobody Cares If I'm Blue (3:20)
02. Mysterious Mose (2:58)
03. What's the Use of Cryin' Baby (3:13)
04. When You're Feeling Blue (3:19)
05. Be Bo Bo (3:11)
06. Ro-Ro-Rollin' Along (3:33)
07. Washin' the Blues from My Soul (3:14)
08. Washin' the Blues from My Soul (3:17)
09. On Revival Day (-1) (3:11)
10. On Revival Day (-3) (3:14)
11. There's a Wah-Wah Gal in Agua Caliente (2:53)
12. I Love You So Much (3:12)
13. Just a Little Closer (3:05)
14. I've Got My Eye on You (3:12)
15. Tomorrow Is Another Day (3:07)
16. Don't Tell Her (3:31)
17. How a Little Girl Like You Could Love Me (Clarion) (3:12)
18. Sweet Eyes of Blue (3:12)
19. Sleepy Time Gal (3:19)
20. How a Little Girl Liike You Could Love Me (ARC) (2:57)
21. Sweet Jennie Lee! (OKeh) (3:01)
22. Fraternity Blues (2:59)
23. Football Freddy (3:16)
24. St. Louis Blues (3:05)
25. Sweet Jennie Lee (Crown) (2:48)
CD3:
01. Deserted Blues (3:02)
02. Swamp Blues (3:07)
03. Three Little Words (3:13)
04. You're Driving Me Crazy! (Ellis) (3:02)
05. You're Driving Me Crazy! (Morse) (3:10)
06. He's My Secret Passion (3:09)
07. The Peanut Vendor (3:42)
08. Walkin' My Baby Back Home (3:02)
09. Telling You I Love You (2:57)
10. By a Lazy Country Lane (3:20)
11. Whistles (2:54)
12. Let's Get Friendly (3:02)
13. Moonlight Saving Time (Kemp) (2:55)
14. Moonlight Saving Time (2:58)
15. Star Dust (3:35)
16. That's My Desire (3:23)
17. It's the Girl (3:15)
18. It's You (3:07)
19. Guilty (3:27)
20. Concentratin' (On You) (3:27)
21. Honest, Really, Truly (2:37)
22. Church Mouse on a Spree (2:50)
23. The Music Goes 'Round and Around (3:11)
24. There'll Be a Great Day in the Mornin' (2:58)

Jack Purvis was a strange figure in jazz history. A talented trumpeter who could also play effective trombone starting in the late '20s, Purvis was also a petty thief, a smuggler, a cook, an airplane pilot, and a charming con man. He was in one legendary escapade after another, which finally resulted in a jail sentence, and he never seemed to regret any of his adventures or make any attempt at reform. His remarkable and somewhat unbelievable tale is outlined in detail in Michael Brooks' lengthy and definitive liner notes to this superb three-CD set. Purvis made all of his recordings during 1928-1931 (except for a lone session by pianist Frank Froeba in 1935), leading eight selections of his own and otherwise mostly adding some hot jazz trumpet to dance band dates. Along the way he backed vocalists, played with some jazz orchestras (including Hal Kemp during his hottest period) and popped up on sets by the Boswell Sisters, Rube Bloom, and the California Ramblers. Although it never says on this set whether the 74 selections include one of Purvis' recorded trumpet solos, certainly every significant recording in his brief career is here. Collectors of 1920s jazz and early Depression-era dance music, and those curious as to the Jack Purvis story, should go out of their way to pick up this perfectly realized reissue from the Canadian Jazz Oracle label.