During the Jazz Age, some of the most important musical developments in the United States occurred on college campuses. A generation of musicians came up with the then-adolescent music, helping to shape it's sounds and it's direction. While many college jazz bands ended at graduation, some, like those of Ted Weems, Fred Waring, Rudy Vallee, and Hoagy Carmichael went on to have lasting careers and lasting impacts. Now, Rivermont presents America's premier collegiate early jazz band, the Original Cornell Syncopators, and their tribute to campus jazz: "Collegiate." Led by Grammy-nominated researcher, historian, and cornetist Colin Hancock, the "Syncs" (as they are known on campus) dive into the wide variety of jazz-flavored music generated by American college bands. From ragtime to the beginnings of swing, the 20 tracks on this disc represent a wide range of bands, schools, and regional sounds. The 40-page booklet with notes by Colin Hancock and Hannah Krall with Bryan S. Wright features detailed and entertaining research on the collegiate jazz scene of the Roaring '20s, including the first in-depth look at jazz at Historically Black Colleges and Universities during the music's earliest years. 20 tracks. 60 minutes.

Tracklist:

Collegiate
Maple Leaf Rag
I Cried for You
Congaine
Covered Wagon Days
Original Dixieland One-Step
Charleston Cabin
Broke Again
Cataract Rag Blues
San
Kamennoi-Ostrow
You'll Do It Someday (So Why Not Now)
Rhythmic Refrain
Memphis Rag
Peruna
Every Evening (I Miss You)
It's Tight Like That
Sick O' Licks
If I'm Without You
There'll Be Some Changes Made

UPC: 620953647420
Label: Rivermont
Release Date: 8.20.21
Format: CD

Original Cornell Syncopators - Collegiate (CD)