(2-CD set) This best of set was picked from 52 George Lewis CDs issued by GHB - Jazzology group. This collection covers the clarinetist's entire recording career from the 1940s to the 1960s. Musicians included are Bunk Johnson, Kid Howard, Elmber Talbert, Kid Thomas, Baby Dodds, Joe Watkins, and George Guesnon.

Tracklist:

St. Philip Street Breakdown
New Orleans Hula
Over the Waves
Lead Me Savior
Climax Rag
Careless Love
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Ice Cream
Over in the Gloryland 1
The Sheik of Araby 1
My Bucket's Got a Hole in It 1
When You and I Were Young, Maggie 1
Lord, Lord, Lord, You're Certainly Good to Me 1
Lowdown Blues 1
At the Darktown Strutters' Ball 1
Tiger Rag 1
Far Away Blues 1
The Girls All Love the Way I Walk 1
Maisie 2
2:19 Blues 2
Ole Miss 2
Jerusalem Blues 2
Bugle Boy March 2
Pallet on the Floor 2
Down in Honky Tonk Town 2
Burgundy Street Blues 2
Red Wing 2
Darkness on the Delta 2
Old Rugged Cross 3
That's a Plenty 3
See See Rider 3
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree 3
Savoy Blues 3
Isle of Capri 3
Pete's Blues 3
Shake It and Break It

UPC: 762247555926
Label: Ghb Jazz Foundation
Release Date: 7.16.13
Format: CD

George Lewis - The Best Of George Lewis (CD)