The

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to the film ''

Pretty Baby Pretty Baby may refer to: * ''Pretty Baby'' (1950 film), a comedy film featuring Dennis Morgan and Betsy Drake * ''Pretty Baby'' (1978 film), a drama film featuring Brooke Shields ** ''Pretty Baby'' (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film ...

'' used many local

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musicians playing in the

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

ragtime Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that flourished from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott ...

, and

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

style of the city in the early 20th century. An

LP album The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a ...

of the soundtrack, also entitled ''Pretty Baby'', was issued in 1978 on

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. The film is named after the song "

" by Tony Jackson. The soundtrack was nominated for the

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in the "Adaptation Score" category. Performers include the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra (directed by

Lars Edegran Lars Ivar Edegran (born 1944) is a Dixieland jazz musician and bandleader from Sweden. He most often plays piano, guitar, or banjo but has also played mandolin, clarinet, and saxophone. Edegran was born in Stockholm, Sweden and played in New Orl ...

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James Booker James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 – November 8, 1983) was a New Orleans rhythm and blues keyboardist born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Booker's unique style combined rhythm and blues with jazz standards. Musician Dr. J ...

Kid Thomas Valentine Kid Thomas (1896–1987), born Thomas Valentine, was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader. Kid Thomas was born in Reserve, Louisiana and came to New Orleans in his youth. In the early 1920s, he gained a reputation as a hot trumpet man. Sta ...

, Raymond Burke, Louis Nelson,

Louis Barbarin Louis Barbarin (nickname Lil Barb; October 24, 1902 – May 12, 1997) was a New Orleans jazz drummer. Early life Barbarin was born in New Orleans on October 24, 1902. His father was Isidore Barbarin, and his brothers Paul, Lucien, and William all ...

Louis Cottrell, Jr. Louis Albert Cottrell Jr. (March 7, 1911 - March 21, 1978) was a Louisiana Creole jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist. He was the son of the influential drummer Louis Cottrell, Sr., and grandfather of New Orleans jazz drummer Louis Cottrell ...

Track listing

#The Honey Swat Blues (05:38) (Public Domain) #

Elite Syncopations "Elite Syncopations" is a 1902 ragtime piano composition by American composer Scott Joplin, originally published in 1903 by John Stark & Son.Scott Joplin Scott Joplin ( 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an American composer and pianist. Because of the fame achieved for his ragtime compositions, he was dubbed the "King of Ragtime." During his career, he wrote over 40 original ragtime pieces, one ra ...

; arranged by

) #Heliotrope Bouquet (02:38) (Scott Joplin/Louis Chauvin) #Pretty Baby (01:46) (Egbert Van Alstyne/Gus Kahn/Tony Jackson) #King Porter Stomp (02:52) (

Jelly Roll Morton Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a gen ...

) #

Tiger Rag "Tiger Rag" is a jazz standard that was recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions. In 2003, the 1918 recording of "Tiger Rag" was entered into the U.S. Library of Cong ...

(00:46) (The Original Dixieland Jazz Band) #

Swipesy The "Swipesy Cakewalk" is a ragtime composition written in 1900 by a musical duo consisting of Scott Joplin, who composed the trio, and the young composer Arthur Marshall, who composed the rest of the piece. "Swipesy" uses the simple syncopations ...

(02:47) (Scott Joplin/Arthur Marshall; arranged by Lars Edegran) #

Moonlight Bay "Moonlight Bay" is a popular song. It is commonly referred to as "On Moonlight Bay". The lyrics were written by Edward Madden, the music by Percy Wenrich, and was published in 1912. It is often sung in a barbershop quartet style. Early successful ...

(04:26) (

Percy Wenrich Percy Wenrich (January 23, 1880 – March 17, 1952) was an American composer of ragtime and popular music. Personal life and career Born in Joplin, Missouri to Daniel Wenrich and Mary Ray, he left for Chicago in 1901 where he attended classe ...

/Edward Madden) #Heliotrope Bouquet (03:25) (Scott Joplin/Louis Chauvin; orchestra version, arranged by Lars Edegran) #Creole Belles (02:53) (George Sidney/ J. Bodewalt Lampe; arranged by Lars Edegran) #Shreveport Stomp (00:59) (Jelly Roll Morton) #Winin' Boy Blues (02:23) (Jelly Roll Morton) Vocal by James Booker # After the Ball (05:13) (Charles K. Harris) #Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight? (01:33) (Robert Lowry) #Big Lip Blues (02:42) (Jelly Roll Morton) #

The Ragtime Dance "The Ragtime Dance" is a piece of ragtime music by Scott Joplin, first published in 1902. Publication history Although the piece was performed in Sedalia, Missouri on November 24, 1899, it wasn't published until 1902. John Stillwell Stark had p ...

(01:42) (Scott Joplin; arranged by Lars Edegran) #At A Georgia Camp Meeting (02:01) (Kerry Mills) #Buddy Bolden's Blues (02:29) (Jelly Roll Morton) #Mamie's Blues (01:58) (Mamie Desdoumes) {{Authority control 1970s film soundtrack albums 1978 soundtrack albums ABC Records soundtracks