Various Artists: Blues Masters Volume 5: Jump Blues Classics
Label: Rhino
Year: 1948-1957
Released : 1992
Format: [email protected]
Jump blues, of course, was crucial to the birth of R&B and rock & roll. More important, the infectious swing, grit, and humor were great in themselves. Jump Blues Classics collects 18 tracks from the golden days of the genre in the late '40s and 1950s. Most of the pioneers of the style are here -- Joe Turner, Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, Ruth Brown, Roy Milton, Big Jay McNeely, and others, even Louis Prima. The collection includes several cuts that were revived to become rock & roll classics, including "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw), "Shake, Rattle, And Roll" (Joe Turner), "Good Rockin' Tonight" (Wynonie Harris), "Hound Dog" (Big Mama Thornton), and the little-known original, pre-Muddy Waters version of "Got My Mojo Working" (Ann Cole). This is, of course, just the surface of a genre that was hugely successful in its time, producing hundreds of memorable recordings. This well-annotated anthology is a good starting point and a good representative sampling for those who only want the cream of the crop in their collection.
Richie Unterberger, AMG
Tracklist :
01. Hand Clappin' (2:50)
Red Prysock – Recorded NYC 8 July 1955
Red Prysock – tenor sax
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Clarence Wright – baritone sax
Joe Oliver Blair – piano
Raymond Ritz – guitar
Herbert Gordy – bass
Purnell Rice - drums
02. Shake, Rattle and Roll (3:01
Big Joe Turner - Recorded NYC 15 February 1954
Big Joe Turner – vocals
Wilbur De Paris - trombone
Heywood Henry – bass
Connie Kay – drums
Unknown – trumpet, tenor sax
03. Jump, Jive, An' Wail (3:30)
Louis Prima - Recorded Hollywood 19 April 1956
Louis Prima – vocals
With the Witnesses :
Sam Butera – tenor sax
Jimmy “Little Red” Blount or Lou Sineaux – trombone
Morgan Thomas – trumpet
Jack Marshall, Bob Roberts or Alan Seltzer – guitar
Amato Rodriguez, Tony Luizza or Rally Dee-bass
Willie McCumber Jr or John Nagy – piano
Bobby Morris , Harvey Lang, Paul Ferraro or James Vincent - drums
04. Good Rockin' Tonight (1947) (2:49)
Wynonie Harris – Recorded Cincinnatti 28 December 1947
Wynonie Harris – vocal
Hot Lips Page – trumpet
Joe Britton –trombone
Vincent Bair-Beyas- alto sax
Hal Singer, Tom Archia - tenor sax
Joe Knight – piano
Carl “Flat Top” Wilson – bass
Clarence Donaldson - drums
05. Rockin' at Midnight (2:45)
Roy Brown – Recorded New Orleans January 1949
Roy Brown - vocals
Leroy “Batman” Rankins – piano
Unknown – trumpet, tenor sax, baritone sax, guitar,bass, drums
06. Hoy Hoy (2:41)
Little Johnny Jones - Recorded 9 November 1953
Johnny Jones – vocal, piano
J T Brown – tenor sax
Elmore James – guitar
Odie Payne – drums
Unknown - bass
07. The Train Kept A-Rollin' (2:48 )
Tiny Bradshaw – Recorded 6 October 1952
Tiny Bradshaw –
Leslie Ayres, Lester Bass – triumpets
Andrew Penn – trombone
Ted “Snooky” Holbert – alto and baritone sax
Red Prysock, Rufus Gore –tenor sax
Jimmy Robinson = piano
Clarence Mack – bass
Phillip Paul - drums
08. Juicy Fruit (1957) (2:18 )
Rudy Greene – Recorded NYC January 1957
Rudy Greene – vocal, piano
Unknown – guitar, bass , drums
09. In My Real Gone Rocket (2:31)
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats – Recorded Memphis June 1951
Jackie Brenston – vocal, baritone sax
Raymond Hill – tenor sax
Ike Turner – piano
Willie Johnson – guitar
Unknown – trumpet, drums
10. Cadillac Boogie (2:38 )
Jimmy Liggins - Recorded Hollywood 1954
Jimmy Liggins – vocal, guitar
Glen Willis – trumpet
James Dodman – alto sax
Harold Land, Charles “Little Jazz” Ferguson – tenor sax
Eugene Watson – piano
Jonathon Bagsby – bass
Leon Petties - drums
11. Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work on You) (2:39)
Ann Cole – Recorded NYC 27 January 1957
Ann Cole – vocal
Mickey Baker – guitar
Unknown – tenor sax, piano, bass , drums
12. Hop, Skip and Jump (2:36)
Roy Milton - Recorded Losd Angeles 13 July 1948
Roy Milton - vocals
Bill Gaither – tenor sax
Cliff Noels – alto sax
Hosea Sapp – trumpet
Camille Howard – piano
Johnny Rogers - guitar
Dallas Bartley – bass
13. Deacon's Hop (2:51)
Big Jay McNeely & Band - Recorded Los Angeles 15 December 1948
Big Jay McNeely, Lester Young – tenor sax
Bob McNeely – baritone sax
John Anderson – trumpet
Jesse “Streamline” Ewing – trombone
Jimmie O’Brian – piano
Ted Shirley – bass
William Streetser - drums
14. Rock My Blues Away (2:35)
Clarence Brown – Recorded Houston March 1955
Clarence Brown – vocals
Henry Boozier – trumpet
Pluma Davis – trombone
Bill Harvey – tenor sax
Allan Clark – baritone sax
Carl Owens – piano
Nat Douglas – guitar
Carl Lott- bass
Unknown vocal chorus
15. Hound Dog (2:51)
Big Mama Thornton - Recorded Los Angeles 13 August 1952
Big Mama Thornton – vocals
Don Johnson – trumpet
George Washington – trombone
James Von Streeter – tenor sax
Fred Ford – baritone sax
Devonia Williams – piano
Pete Lewis – guitar
Albrt Wilson – bass
Leard Bellk - drums
16. 'Til the Well Runs Dry (2:07)
Wynona Carr with Bumps Blackwell Band - Recorded Los Angelkes 1956
Wynona Carr - vocals
No other information known
17. Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me (3:02)
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats - Recorded NYC 15 September 1949
Bull Moose Jackson – vocals
Harold Johnson – trumpet
Heads Adams – alto sax
Snooky Hulbert – alto and baritone sax
Harold Clarke – tenor sax
Irving Greene – piano
Johnny Allen – bass
Les Erskine - drums
18. Hello Little Boy (2:37)
Ruth Brown – Recorded NYC 16 December 1953
Ruth Brown – vocals
Sam Taylor – tenor sax
Paul Williams – baritone sax
Mickey Baker – guitar
Lloyd Trotman – bass
Joe Marshall - drums
