Dancing the Devil Away: Hot Dance Music on Edison Diamond Discs (1923-1928) Live I Like to Hear a

I Like to Hear a Military Band

Troublesome Ivories

Jazz Nocturne

Why Can't You Behave

traces Aaronson's Commanders from mid-1928 (in the midst of the band's appearance in the Broadway smash Paris) through end of 1932

Dancing the Devil Away: Hot Dance Music on Edison Diamond Discs (1923-1928) Live I Like to Hear aThis compilation brings together 21 rare jazz and "hot dance" selections recorded for Thomas Edison's record label in the 1920s. Most of them have not previously been reissued. This disc features fine performances from such jazz luminaries as Red Nichols, Phil Napoleon, Leo McConville, and Donald Lindley (trumpet); Miff Mole, Abe Lincoln, Chuck Campbell, Sam Ruby, and Herb Winfield (trombone); Bobby Davis, Frankie Ward, and Pete Pumiglio (reeds);