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Various Artists: Blues Masters Volume1: Urban Blues
Label: Rhino
Years: 1940-1966
Released : 1992
Format: [email protected]
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While more horn-driven and less guitar reliant than other forms of blues, the urban style nonetheless provides its own spectacular highlights, some of the best of which are right here. The first volume in this series features classic performances by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Dinah Washington, T-Bone Walker, Charles Brown, Joe Turner, and Jimmy Witherspoon. Where the blues meets the jazz and heads uptown for a party.
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01. After Hours (3:22)
Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra – Recorded NYC 10 June 1940
Erskine Hawkins, Sam Lowe, James Harris, Marcelluss Green – trumpets
Edward Sims, Robert Range – trombones
Willie Johnson, Jimmy Mitchelle – alto sax
Julian Dash, Paul Bascomb – tenor sax
Heywood Henry – clarinet, baritone sax
Avery Parrish – piano
William McLenore – guitar
Leenie Stanfield – bass
James Morrison – drums
02. Kidney Stew Blues (3:01)
Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson – November 1946
Session information unavailable
03. Ain't Nobody's Business (2:54)
Jimmy Witherspoon – Recorded Los Angeles 15 Nov 1947
Jimmy Witherspoon – vocals
Forest Powell – trumpet
Frank Sleet – alto sax
Charles Thomas – tenor sax
Frankie White – piano
Louis Speiginer – guitar
Benny Booker – bass
Pete McShann – drums
04. Baby Get Lost (1949) (2:51)
Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewarts Orchestra – Recorded NYC 1949
Dinah Washington – vocals
George Hudson – trumpet
Rupert Cole, Ernie Watkins – alto sax
Teddy Stewart – drums
Others unknown
05. Double Crossing Blues (2:47)
Johnny Otis Quintette – Recorded Los Angeles 1949
Johnny Otis – vibes
James Von Streeter – tenor sax
Devonia Williams – piano
Pete Lewis – guitar
Unknown –bass, drums
The Robins (Little Esther, Redd Lyle) – vocals
06. Blues After Hours (2:30)
Pee Wee Crayton – Recorded Los Angeles 1978
Pee Wee Crayton – vocals, guitar
Buddy Floyd – tenor sax
David Lee Johnson –piano
Bill Davis – bass
Candy Johnson – drums
Others Unknown
07. Black Night (3:07)
Charles Brown – Recorded Los Angeles 21 December 1950
Charles Brown – vocals, piano
Maxwell Davis – tenor sax
Eddie Williams – bass
Unknown - drums
08. Chains of Love (3:22)
Big Joe Turner – Recorded NYC 19 April 1951
Joe Turner – vocals
Van “Piano Man” Walls – piano
Unknown – tenor sax, guitar, bass, drums
09. The Things That I Used To Do (3:01)
Guitar Slim – Recorded New Orleans 26 October 1953
Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones – vocals, guitar
Frank Mitchell – trumpet
Joe Tilman, Charles Burbank – tenor sax
Gus Fonteneite – alto sax
Ray Charles – piano
Lloyd Lambert – bass
Oscar Moore – drums
10. I Feel So Bad (2:55)
Chuck Willis with Ray Gaines and his Orchestra= Recorded NYC July 1953
Freddie Jackson – tenor sax
Ray Gaines – guitar
Unknow – piano, bass, drums
11. Reconsider Baby (3:10)
Lowell Fulson – Recorded Dallas 27 September 1954
Lowell Fulson – vocals, guitar
Phillip Gilbeaux – trumpet
Phatz Morris – trombone
Julien Beasley – alto sax, baritone sax
Choker Campbell – tenor sax
Paul Drake – piano
Bobby Nicholson – bass
Chick Booth – drums
12. Every Day I Have The Blues (5:28 )
Count Basie Orchestra – Recorded NYC 1955
Joe Williams – vocals
Count Basie – piano
Frank Wess- flute, tenor sax
Charlie Fowlkes – baritone sax
Bill Graham – alto sax
Frank Foster – tenor sax
Marshall Royal – clarinet, alto sax
Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Bill Hughes – trombones
Joe Newman, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Wendell Culley – trumpets
Freddie Green –guitar
Eddie Jones – bass
Sonny Payne – drums
13. Farther up the Road (1957) (2:58 )
Bobby 'Blue' Bland – Recorded Houston 1957
Bobby 'Blue' Bland – vocals
Bill Harvey – tenor sax
Unknown – piano, bass
Aunburn “Pat” Hare – guitar
Sonny Freeman – drums
14. I Can't Quit You Baby (2:55)
Otis Rush – Recorded Chicago 1956
Otis Rush – vocals, guitar
Lucius Washington – baritone sax
Harold Ashby – tenor sax
Lafayette Leake – piano
Walter “Shakey” Horton – harmonica
Wilie Dixon – bass
Al Duncan – drums
Wayne Bennett – guitar
15. T-Bone Blues (3:46)
T-Bone Walker – Recorded Los Angeles 14 December 1956 1956[/b]
T-Bone Walker – vocals, guitar
Lloyd Glenn – piano
Billy Hadnott – bass
Otis Lee Bradley – drums
16. Driving Wheel (2:37)
Junior Parker – Released April 1961
Session information not available
17. Part Time Love (3:53)
Little Johnny Taylor – Recorded Los Angeles 1963
Little Johnny Taylor – vocals
Ray Shanklin – leader
Unknown – brass, saxes, piano, bass, drums
18. Laundromat Blues (3:06)
Albert King – Recorded Memphis 15 March 1966
Albert King – vocals, guitar
Wayne Jackson – trumpet
Unknown – tenor sax
Booker T Jones – piano
Donald “Duck” Dunn – bass
Al Jackson -drums
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