Stringing the Blues

Disc 1
1	Goin' Places 2:58
2	Doin' Things 2:52
3	Perfect 3:04
4	Cheese and Crackers 2:59
5	Stringin' the Blues 2:37
6	I'm Somebody's Somebody Now 3:09
7	Two-Tone Stomp 3:03
8	Beatin' the Dog 2:41
9	The Wild Dog 2:45
10	Dinah 2:51
11	In the Bottle Blues 2:52
12	Wild Cat 2:59
13	Guitar Blues 3:21
14	Bull Frog Moan 3:19
15	Jet Black Blues 3:04
16	Penn Beach Blues 2:45
Disc 2
1	It's Right Here for You 3:10
2	You Can't Cheat on a Cheater 2:59
3	Tiger Rag 2:52
4	A Handful of Riffs 3:07
5	Running Ragged 3:10
6	Pardon Me, Pretty Baby 3:07
7	I'll Never Be the Same 3:12
8	I've Found a New Baby 3:09
9	Little Girl 3:00
10	I Got Rhythm 3:15
11	I Wanna Count Sheep (Till the Cows Come Home) 3:25
12	Church Street Sobbin' Blues 3:03
13	Vibraphonia 2:49
14	Hey! Young Fella 3:07
15	Some of These Days 2:37
16	Raggin' the Scale 3:00

Barnes & Noble

Violinist Joe Venuti and guitarist Eddie Lang were among the most innovative and popular jazz musicians of the 1920s and early '30s. Often partnered in musical situations, either as a duo or as members of a larger group, these two string wizards revolutionized the role of their instruments in improvisational music. This eye-opening collection brings together choice examples of their brilliant work, and in doing so, also features many other significant jazz figures of the age. Wonderfully adaptable musicians who were equally at home playing jazz, pop, blues, or classical music, Venuti and Lang were studio stalwarts until the guitarist’s untimely death in 1932. They have never really received the credit they deserve, and this collection can only bring more attention to their extraordinary artistry. Steve Futterman

All Music Guide

This two-LP set (reissued on CD by Koch in 2000) contains a definitive cross-section of the recordings of violinist Joe Venuti and guitarist Eddie Lang. The 32 performances include everything from duets and a few of Lang's meetings with fellow guitarist Lonnie Johnson to examples of Joe Venuti's Blue Four and guest appearances with singer Annette Hanshaw, Clarence Williams, Tommy Dorsey (on trumpet!), and Bing Crosby (on a hot "Some of these Days"). Virtually all of these recordings are superb, with solos also heard from bass saxophonist Adrian Rollini, Don Murray (on clarinet and baritone), cornetist King Oliver, the C-melody sax of Frankie Trumbauer, and Jimmy Dorsey (switching among clarinet, alto, and cornet). Highly recommended for all collections. Scott Yanow