Reefer Songs
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| Reefer Songs | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 1989 |
| Recorded | June 17, 1932 – November 2, 1945[1] |
| Genre | Jazz, blues |
| Length | 1:09:08 |
| Label | Stash, Mojo Records cat# MOJO 302[2] |
Reefer Songs is a 1989 compilation album of jazz songs about drugs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. It features notable artists and musicians of the period, including Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, Sidney Bechet and Benny Goodman. Although cannabis is the main drug cited here, cocaine, benzedrine (amphetamine) and heroin are also mentioned.[3]
