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Album: The Greatest Blues Shouters 1944-1955
# Song Title   Time
  Disc 1
1)    Feeling So Sad More Info...
2)    Still in the Dark More Info...
3)    Poor Lover's Blues More Info...
4)    T.V. Mama More Info...
5)    Shake Rattle and Roll More Info...
6)    Jimmy's Blues More Info...
7)    Somebody's Spoiling These Women More Info...
8)    Goin' to Chicago Blues More Info...
9)    Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) More Info...
10)    Everyday I Have the Blues More Info...
11)    Here Comes the Blues More Info...
12)    In the Evening More Info...
13)    Good Rockin' Tonight More Info...
14)    Bloodshot Eyes More Info...
15)    Night Rain More Info...
16)    Goin' Home More Info...
17)    Somebody's Got to Go More Info...
18)    Juice Head Baby More Info...
19)    Cherry Red Blues More Info...
20)    My Big Brass Bed Is Gone More Info...
 
Album: The Greatest Blues Shouters 1944-1955
# Song Title   Time
  Disc 1
1)    Feeling So Sad More Info...
2)    Still in the Dark More Info...
3)    Poor Lover's Blues More Info...
4)    T.V. Mama More Info...
5)    Shake Rattle and Roll More Info...
6)    Jimmy's Blues More Info...
7)    Somebody's Spoiling These Women More Info...
8)    Goin' to Chicago Blues More Info...
9)    Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) More Info...
10)    Everyday I Have the Blues More Info...
11)    Here Comes the Blues More Info...
12)    In the Evening More Info...
13)    Good Rockin' Tonight More Info...
14)    Bloodshot Eyes More Info...
15)    Night Rain More Info...
16)    Goin' Home More Info...
17)    Somebody's Got to Go More Info...
18)    Juice Head Baby More Info...
19)    Cherry Red Blues More Info...
20)    My Big Brass Bed Is Gone More Info...
 
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  • Adapter: Joyce Waterhouse.
  • Personnel: Smiley Lewis (vocals, guitar); Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Louis Jordan (vocals, alto saxophone); Joe Turner, Eddie Mack, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy Rushing, Piney Brown, Roy Brown, Sonny Parker, Tiny Bradshaw, Wynonie Harris (vocals); Chuck Norris , Eddie Smith & the Hornets, Edgar Blanchard, Elmore James, Ulysses Livingston, Freddie Green, Clifton Best, Carl Hogan , Willie Grady, Rector Bailey, Jimmy Shirley, Leroy Kirkland, Wes Montgomery, Willie Scott, Billy Mackel, Tiny Webb, Goree Carter (guitar); Rudy Powell (clarinet, alto saxophone); Rudy Rutherford (clarinet, baritone saxophone); Eddie Lee Foster (saxophone, trumpet); Herbie Fields, Johnny Board (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Floyd Turnham, Jewell L. Grant, Ernest Williams, Bill Graham (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Frank Sleets, Ben Richardson , Bobby Platter, John Brown , Frank Powell , Frank Dom¡nguez, Ernest Tanner, Alonzo Buddy Lucas, Pete Clark, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Orrington Hall, Jerome Richardson, Jimmy Powell , Joe Harris , Bobby Plater, Bobby Smith (alto saxophone); Lee Pope, Harold Clark, Gene Morris, Billy Williams , Jesse Jones, Jr., Johnny Fontenett, Freddie Mitchell, Curtis Lowe, Vernon Bates, Red Carman, Hal Singer, Wesley Jackson , Illinois Jacquet, Count Hastings, J.T. Brown, Jimmy Allen, Julian Dash, Alex Atkins, Lucky Thompson, Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis , Red Prysock, Sam "The Man" Taylor , Arnett Cobb, Big John Greer, Clarence Hall, Josh Jackson, Budd Johnson, Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Lonnie Shaw, Leroy "Batman" Rankins, Haywood Henry, Arthur Dennis, Milburn Newman, Eddie de Verteuill, Ben Kynard, Greely Walton, Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone); Henderson Chambers (trumpet, trombone); Cootie Williams, Dave Bartholomew, Bobby Johnson, Jr., Emmett Berry, Hal Mitchell, Stumpy Whitlock, Leslie Ayers, Ed Mullens, Pat Jenkins, George Treadwell, Al Stearns, Duke Garrette, Harry Parr Jones, Harry "Sweets" Edison , John Anderson , Hot Lips Page, Walter Williams , Leo Shepard, Joe Bridgewater, Frank Galbreath, Aaron Izenhall, Joe Morris , Joe Newman , Joe Wilder, Al Killian, Lamar Wright, Russell Jacquet, Taft Jordan, Tommy Stevenson , Wilbur Harden, Benny Bailey, John Hunt , Wendell Culley, Jimmy Nottingham (trumpet); Ed Glover, Alfred Cobbs, Dicky Wells, Edward Burke , Paul "Lee" Higaki, Rip Tarrant, Leon Cornegys, Lawrence D. Brown, Andrew Penn, Freddie Zito, Jimmy Wormick, Eli Robinson, Leon Comegys, Ted Donnelly, John Ewing , Al Grey, Louis Taylor , Pluma Davis, Robert Horton, Tyree Glenn, Wilbur De Paris, Benny Powell (trombone); Milt Buckner (piano, organ); Don Abney, Count Basie, James Toliver, Edward Santineo, Jimmy Neely, Lester Fauntleroy, Jimmy Robinson , Earl Jackson, Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys , Duke Anderson, Fletcher Smith, Floyd Dixon, Isidore "Tuts" Washington, Douglas Duke, Earl Van Riper, Harry Van Walls, Cleve Lyons, Herbert Parham, Joe Knight , Jay McShann, Johnny Jones , Sammy Price, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett, Bud Powell, Buster Harding (piano); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Connie Kay, Curley Hamner, Herman Seale, Sylvester Payne, Al Wichard, Solomon Hall, Ellis Bartee, George Jenkins, Eddie Byrd, Gus Johnson , Clarence Donaldson, Joe Murphy, Calvin Shields, Robert Sims, Jimmy Crawford , Jo Jones , Odie Payne, Jr., Shadow Wilson, Bobby Donaldson, Jesse Sailes, Jack Parker , Percy Brice (drums).
  • Liner Note Author: Jacques Morgantini.
  • Recording information: Atlanta, GA (08/22/1944-02/15/1954); Chicago, IL (08/22/1944-02/15/1954); Cincinnati, OH (08/22/1944-02/15/1954); Hollywood, CA (08/22/1944-02/15/1954); Houston, TX (08/22/1944-02/15/1954); Los Angeles, CA (08/22/1944-02/15/1954); New Orleans, LA (08/22/1944-02/15/1954); New York, NY (08/22/1944-02/15/1954).
  • Author: Patrick Fr‚meaux.
  • Photographer: Roy Brown.
  • The French Fremeaux & Associes label specializes in double-disc blues and jazz compilations that usually consist of wisely chosen musical selections as well as a booklet packed with historical photographs, a detailed discography and informative texts in both French and English. The Greatest Blues Shouters 1944-1955 contains 40 rock-solid performances by 13 men who collectively embodied and personified post-WWII urban blues and what came to be called rhythm & blues. The root system of this music lies very much within the jazz world of the '20s, '30s and '40s. Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Rushing were both products of the legendary music scene in Kansas City; Rushing sang with Bennie Moten and Count Basie, while Turner rose to prominence by collaborating with pianist Pete Johnson. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Eddie Mack achieved their first claims to fame as members of the Cootie Williams orchestra. Wynonie Harris and Jimmy Witherspoon both named Big Joe as a primary influence. Witherspoon replaced Walter Brown as Jay McShann's vocalist and Harris came up with Lionel Hampton, Lucky Millinder and Illinois Jacquet. Sonny Parker is heard with vibraphonist Lionel Hampton and his orchestra as well as Gladys Hampton and her Blue Boys, groups that included guitarist Wes Montgomery, trombonist Al Grey and keyboardist Milt Buckner. Tiny Bradshaw made his first recordings as a leader in 1934; initially a novelty swing performer, Bradshaw was right at the heart of the rhythm & blues movement of the early '50s. So was Louis Jordan, whose likeable vocal style and amazing facility as an alto saxophonist was developed during his tenure with drummer and bandleader Chick Webb. The rest of the shouters featured on this whopping collection typify the full-bodied, often rocking rhythm & blues movement of the late '40s and early '50s. Roy Brown is most often cited as the composer of Wynonie Harris' hit tune, "Good Rockin' Tonight," while H-Bomb Ferguson and Piney Brown each patterned his style after the example of Wynonie Harris. Smiley Lewis has been compared with Big Joe Turner; his "Lowdown" was recorded in his hometown of New Orleans with a smart little sextet featuring trumpeter Dave Bartholomew. All of this great music is guaranteed to improve your circulation and put lead in your pencil. ~ arwulf arwulf
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