Stringing the Blues

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