|
This two-disc, 48-track collection from Charly Records shows that, through the merging of jazz, swing and blues in the 1940s into the jiving hybrid known as jump blues, this thing called rock & roll was emerging on the horizon far earlier than most people realize. From the opening cut here, Amos Milburn's classic "Down the Road a Piece," the party gets rolling (people did the Lindy Hop to this stuff back in the day but one could easily twist, stroll, and pony to it, too) with gems like Buddy Johnson's boozy "Walk 'Em," Illinois Jacquet's stomping "Flying Home," and Bull Moose Jackson's take-no-prisoners version of "Hold Him Joe." Fun stuff, and like Joe Turner's rampaging "Around the Clock," it was rock & roll in all but a name and a place on the time line.
Tracklist:
Disc 1
01. Down the Road a Piece - Amos Milburn 3:01
02. Walk 'Em - Buddy Johnson 2:51
03. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Louis Jordan 2:46
04. Harlem Hunch - Slim Gaillard 2:43
05. Gotta Gimme What'cha Got - Julia Lee 2:49
06. Hamp's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton 3:19
07. Swingin' - Saunders King 3:00
08. I'm Gonna Find My Baby - T-Bone Walker 2:56
09. Come Back, Baby - Wynonie Harris 2:48
10. Same Old Boogie - Martha Davis 2:37
11. Flying Home, Pts 1 & 2 - Illinois Jacquet 5:06
12. Jumping at the Jubilee - Basin Street Boys 2:31
13. Bradshaw Bounce - Tiny Bradshaw 2:55
14. I Got a Gal (For Every Day in the Week) - Joe Turner 3:03
15. I Want to Rock - Cab Calloway 2:49
16. Be-Baba-Leba - Helen Humes 2:42
17. Bad Man Jackson That's Me - 3:09
18. Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder 3:26
19. Groovy - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 2:52
20. R.M. Blues - Roy Milton 3:00
21. Try Try Again - Camille Howard 3:01
22. Sneakin' Out - Erskine Hawkins 2:57
23. Ain' That Just Like a Woman - Louis Jordan 3:07
24. Amos' Blues - Amos Milburn 2:26
Disc 2
01. Wynonie's Blues - Wynonie Harris 2:50
02. Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton 3:22
03. Julia's Blues - Julia Lee 2:37
04. Boogie Woogie's Mother-In-Law - Buddy Johnson 3:10
05. The Honeydripper - Cab Calloway 2:57
06. Hold Him Joe - Bull Moose Jackson 2:48
07. Straighten Up and Fly Right - Tiny Bradshaw / Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra 2:50
08. Central Avenue Boogie - Helen Humes 2:40
09. Tutti Frutti - Slim Gaillard 2:47
10. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan 3:08
11. Don't Leave Me Baby - T-Bone Walker 2:49
12. House of Joy - Cootie Williams 3:17
13. When I'm in My Tea - Jo Jo Adams 3:14
14. I Want a Tall Skinny Papa - Lucky Millinder 2:55
15. Walkin' - Joe Liggins 2:32
16. Around the Clock, Pts. 1 & 2 - Joe Turner 3:32
17. Boogie Woogie on a Saturday Night - Red Caps - 2:53
18. Fine Brown Frame - Buddy Johnson 3:04
19. That's a Groovy Thing, Pts. 1 & 2 - Earl Bostic 6:07
20. Everybody's Boogie - Wynonie Harris 2:15
21. The Be-Bop Bounce - Martha Davis 2:50
22. Ooh Mop 3:09
23. My Baby's Boogying - Amos Milburn 2:30
24. A Slick Chick (On the Mellow Side) - Dinah Washington 2:41
Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: Xing
MPEG-1 layer 3
*many thanks to mrjj and all those who care enough to share
|
