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Formats and Editions
1. Jazz Train, musical play: I Got A Train / Spiritual Car / Planta
2. Jazz Train, musical play: Holy Roller Car / Minstrel Car, The
3. Jazz Train, musical play: Frankie & Johnny, The
4. Jazz Train, musical play: Bessie Smith Blues, The
5. Jazz Train, musical play: Ev'rything Is Rhythm / Calypso - Manma
6. Jazz Train, musical play: John Henry / Finale, The (There's No J
7. My One Sin (in Life), song
8. Everybody's Somebody's Fool, song
9. I'm Alone, song
10. Tears of Joy, song
11. Ain't Misbehavin', song
12. Beale Street Blues, song
13. Georgia on My Mind, song
14. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams, song
15. Alibis, song
16. December Road, song
17. Hold Me, song
18. Until, song
19. Mazel Tov (Good Luck), song (from the revue "Folies BergŠre")
20. €a va, ‡a va! (It's All Right, It's All Right), song (from the r
21. Munasterio 'e Santa-Chiara (The Monastery at Santa Chiara), song
22. Mon ch‚ri (My Darling), song
23. trois faibles femmes, Les (Three Feeble Ladies), operetta: Les t
24. trois faibles femmes, Les (Three Feeble Ladies), operetta: C'est
25. Basin Street Blues, song
26. 'S Wonderful, song (from Funny Face, musical)
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Incl. Bonus tracksMore Info:
The Jazz Train was "A Musical Dedicated to the Negro People", but was not a conventional book musical and more akin to an elaborate cabaret. The "train" was made up of "coaches", each one representing a different period or stage in the evolution of black American popular music as seen through the eyes of Mervyn Nelson, the director and devisor of the show. It transferred from New York (where it had been seen in a night-club) into London's Piccadilly Theatre in April 1955 introducing the great Bertice Reading to British audiences singing the tale of Frankie and Johnny and impersonating Bessie Smith. Energy and excitement abounded in the Jazz Train and it was not a show for those wanting a quiet night out. To complement the six tracks recorded from the Jazz Train the CD continues with some unusual Bertice Reading songs, and performances by other black singers, who, like Bertice, found their careers blossomed in Britain.
