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 The Anthology


Name:  The Anthology
Artist: Louis Jordan

Styles: Blues - Jump Blues - Jazz - Swing - R&B and Soul - Classic R&B & Soul
Media: Audio CD
Release Date: 3 March 2003
Label: MCA
  
UPC Catalogue No: 008811190729
Amazon Sales Ranking: 105474

Description

 
The two-disc, 46-cut Good Times does a great job of demonstrating how singer and saxophonist Louis Jordan's music evolved from the fairly straight swing of his early Decca sides to the jump blues that made him a father of rock & roll and soul. "Ain't That Just Like a Woman," for instance, features guitarist Carl Hogan giving birth to one of Chuck Berry's signature licks, while the likes of "Beware" and "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie" balance punch and elegance like the work of few bandleaders before or since. It would've been nice to see the mightily syncopated "Early in the Morning" (later covered by both Ray Charles and Harry Nilsson) taking the place of, say, "The Two Little Squirrels," but there really are few complaints to be made about this collection. --Rickey Wright
 

Tracks

 1  Barnacle Bill the Sailor - Louis Jordan & His Elks Rendez-Vous Band
 2  Doug the Jitterbug
 3  At the Swing Cat's Ball
 4  Honeysuckle Rose
 5  Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)
 6  Pan Pan
 7  Saxa-Woogie
 8  Boogie Woogie Came to Town
 9  Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)
 10  I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
 11  What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)?
 12  I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town
 13  Five Guys Named Moe
 14  Ration Blues
 15  Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
 16  Mop! Mop!
 17  G.I. Jive
 18  Buzz Me Blues
 19  Caldonia
 20  Salt Pork, West Virginia
 21  Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
 22  Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming) - Ella Fitzgerald
 23  Beware, Brother, Beware
 24  Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
 1  Ain't That Just Like a Woman
 2  Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
 3  Let the Good Times Roll
 4  Texas and Pacific
 5  Jack, You're Dead!
 6  Open the Door, Richard
 7  Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
 8  Run Joe
 9  Beans and Cornbread
 10  Saturday Night Fish Fry, Pts. 1-2
 11  Blue Light Boogie, Pts. 1 & 2
 12  (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
 13  Life Is So Peculiar - Louis Armstrong
 14  Teardrops from My Eyes
 15  Louisville Lodge Meeting - Louis Jordan & His Orchestra
 16  Bone Dry - Louis Jordan & His Orchestra
 17  Fat Sam from Birmingham - Louis Jordan & His Orchestra
 18  Cock-A-Doodle-Doo - Louis Jordan & His Orchestra
 19  Slow Down
 20  Never Trust a Woman
 21  Junco Partner
 22  I Want You to Be My Baby


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