Various - Roots Of Rhythm Of Blues 1939-1945

Label:
Catalog#:
FA 050
Format:
2 x CD, Compilation
Country:
France
Released:
1996
Genre:
Blues, Funk / Soul, Jazz, Pop, Rock
Style:
Rock & Roll, Bop, Smooth Jazz, Swing, Electric Blues, Jump Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Ballad

Tracklist

1-01 Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five  -  Caldonia 2:39
    Bass - Al Morgan
  Drums - Alex "Razz" Mitchell*
  Piano - William Austin
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Freddie Simon*
  Trumpet - Leonard Graham
  Vocals, Saxophone [Alto] - Louis Jordan
  Written-By - Fleecie Moore
1-02 Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers  -  The Honeydripper Part 1 3:02
    Bass - George "Red" Callender*
  Drums - William "Keg" Purnell
  Guitar - Frank Pasley
  Piano, Vocals, Written-By - Joe Liggins
  Saxophone [Baritone] - Little Willie Jackson
  Saxophone [Tenor] - James Jackson (6)
1-03 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders  -  Milton's Boogie 2:47
    Bass - E. David Robinson*
  Piano - Camille Howard
  Saxophone [Alto] - Earl Simms
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Lorenzo "Buddy" Floyd*
  Trumpet - Hosea Sapp
  Vocals, Drums, Written-By - Roy Milton
1-04 Nat "King" Cole Trio*  -  That Ain't Right 3:15
    Bass - Wesley Prince
  Guitar - Oscar Moore
  Piano, Vocals, Written-By - Nat "King" Cole*
1-05 Cecil Gant  -  I Wonder 2:41
    Piano, Vocals, Written-By - Cecil Gant
1-06 Charles Brown With Johnny Moore's Three Blazers*  -  Drifting Blues 3:11
    Bass - Eddie Williams (3)
  Drums - Johnny Otis
  Guitar - Johnny Moore (2)
  Vocals, Written-By - Charles Brown
1-07 Ivory Hunter* With Johnny Moore's 3 Blazers*  -  Blues At Sunrise 3:13
    Bass - Eddie Williams (3)
  Guitar - Johnny Moore (2)
  Piano - Charles Brown
  Vocals, Written-By - Ivory Joe Hunter
1-08 T-Bone Walker With Marl Young & His Orchestra*  -  T-Bone Boogie 3:01
    Piano - Marl Young
  Vocals, Guitar, Written-By - T-Bone Walker
  Written-By - Charles Glenn (2)
1-09 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup  -  Rock Me Mama 2:56
    Drums - Melvin Draper
  Vocals, Guitar, Written-By - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
1-10 Julia Lee With Tommy Douglas' Orchestra  -  If It's Good 2:51
    Bass - Ben Curtis
  Drums - Sam "Baby" Lowett
  Guitar - Efferge Ware
  Piano, Vocals, Written-By - Julia Lee
  Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet - Tommy Douglas
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Freddie Gulliver , Harry Ferguson
  Trumpet - Clarence Davis (2)
1-11 Helen Humes With Bill Doggett's Octet  -  Be-Baba-LeBa 2:42
    Bass - Alfred Moore , Elmer Warner
  Drums - Charles Harris
  Piano - Bill Doggett
  Saxophone [Alto] - John Brown (3)
  Saxophone [Baritone] - Ernest Thompson
  Saxophone [Tenor) - Wild Bill Moore*
  Trumpet - S. Ross Butler
  Vocals, Written-By - Helen Humes
1-12 Dinah Washington With Lucky Thompson's All Stars  -  Rich Man's Blues 2:52
    Bass - Charlie Mingus*
  Bassoon - George Porter
  Drums - Lee Young (2)
  Piano - Wilbert Baranco
  Saxophone [Alto] - Jewell Grant*
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Lucky Thompson
  Trumpet - Karl George
  Vibraphone - Milt Jackson
  Vocals - Dinah Washington
  Written-By - Mundell Lowe
1-13 Albert Ammons And His Rhythm Kings  -  Boogie Woogie Stomp 2:57
    Bass - Israel Crosby
  Clarinet, Saxophone [Alto] - Delbert Bright*
  Drums - Jimmy Hoskins
  Guitar - Ike Perkins
  Piano, Written-By - Albert Ammons
  Trumpet - Guy Kelly
1-14 Ella Mae Morse With Freddie Slack And His Orchestra  -  Cow Cow Boogie 3:10
    Bass - Jud De Naut*
  Drums - Dave Coleman
  Guitar - Jack Marshall
  Piano - Freddie Slack
  Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet - Joe Huffman , Willie Martinez
  Saxophone [Tenor, Baritone] - Lex Baxter* , Ralph Lee
  Trombone - Bill Lawlor , Bruce Squires , Gerald Foster
  Trumpet - Bill Morris , Charles Gifford , Mannie Klein
  Vocals - Ella Mae Morse
  Written-By - Benny Carter , Don Raye , Gene DePaul
1-15 Jimmy Rushing With Count Basie And His Orchestra*  -  Jimmy's Blues 2:51
    Bass - Rodney Richardson
  Drums - Shadow Wilson
  Guitar - Freddie Green
  Piano - Count Basie
  Saxophone [Alto] - Earl Warren* , Jimmy Powell
  Saxophone [Baritone] - Rudy Rutherford
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Buddy Tate , Lucky Thompson
  Trombone - Dickie Wells , Eli Robinson , Louis Taylor , Ted Donnelly
  Trumpet - Al Killian , Al Stearns , Harry Edison , Joe Newman
  Vocals, Written-By - Jimmy Rushing
1-16 Big Joe Turner And His Fly Cats  -  Piney Brown Blues 2:54
    Bass - Abe Bolar
  Drums - A.G. Godley
  Guitar - John Collins (2)
  Piano, Written-By - Pete Johnson
  Trumpet - Hot Lips Page
  Vocals, Written-By - Joe Turner*
1-17 Wynonie "Blues" Harris* With Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars*  -  Here Comes The Blues 2:52
    Bass - Arthur Dennis , Charles Mingus
  Drums - Al Wichard
  Guitar - Ulysses Livingstone*
  Piano - Bill Doggett
  Saxophone [Alto] - John Brown (3)
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Illinois Jacquet
  Trumpet - Russell Jacquet
  Vocals, Written-By - Wynonie "Blues" Harris*
1-18 Eddie Vinson* With Cootie Williams And His Orchestra  -  Cherry Red Blues 3:00
    Bass - Norman Keenan
  Drums - Sylvester "Vess" Payne
  Piano - Bud Powell
  Saxophone [Alto] - Charlie Holmes
  Saxophone [Alto], Vocals - Eddie Vinson*
  Saxophone [Baritone] - Eddie De Verteuil
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , Lee Pope
  Trombone - Bob Horton , Ed Burke , George Stevenson
  Trumpet - Cootie Williams , Ermit V. Perry , George Treadwell , Harold Johnson (2)
  Written-By - Big Joe Turner , Pete Johnson
2-01 Rubberlegs Williams With Clyde Hart's All Stars*  -  That's The Blues 2:53
    Bass - Al Hall
  Drums - Specs Powell
  Guitar - Mike Bryan
  Piano - Clyde Hart
  Saxophone [Alto] - Charlie Parker
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Don Byas
  Trombone - Trummy Young
  Trumpet - Dizzy Gillespie
  Vocals, Written-By - Rubberlegs Williams
2-02 Gatemouth Moore With Dallas Bartley & His Smalltown Boys  -  I Ain't Made At You 2:52
    Bass - Dallas Bartley
  Drums - Hillard Brown
  Piano - Pete Johnson
  Saxophone [Alto] - Flaps Dungee
  Saxophone [Tenor] - John Jackson (7)
  Trumpet - Bill Martin (2)
  Written-By - Gatemouth Moore
2-03 Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra  -  Flyin' Home 3:11
    Bass - Vernon Alley
  Clarinet, Saxophone [Alto] - Marshall Royal , Ray Perry
  Drums - Gordon Jenkins
  Guitar - Irving Ashby
  Piano - Milton Buckner*
  Saxophone [Baritone] - Jack McVea
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Dexter Gordon , Illinois Jacquet
  Trombone - Fred Beckett , Harry Sloan , Sonny Craven*
  Trumpet - Ernie Royal , Joe Newman , Karl George
  Vibraphone - Lionel Hampton
  Written-By - Benny Goodman , Lionel Hampton
2-04 Pete Johnson's Band  -  627 Stomp 2:53
    Bass - Abe Bolar
  Clarinet, Saxophone [Alto] - Eddie Barefield
  Drums - A.G. Godley
  Guitar - John Collins (2)
  Piano - Pete Johnson
  Saxophone [Alto] - Don Stovall
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Don Byas
  Trumpet - Hot Lips Page
  Written-By - Dave Dexter Jr. , Pete Johnson
2-05 Hot Lips Page And His Orchestra  -  Sunset Blues 2:49
    Drums - Bubord Oliver
  Piano - Rufus Webster
  Saxophone [Alto] - Earl Bostic
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Ben Webster , Don Byas
  Trombone - Benny Morton , J.C. Higginbotham , Sandy Williams
  Trumpet, Vocals, Written-By - Hot Lips Page
  Trumpet, Written-By - Buck Clayton
2-06 June Richmond With Andy Kirk And His Clouds Of Joy  -  47th Jive 3:11
    Bass - Booker Collins
  Drums - Ben Thigpen
  Guitar - Floyd Smith (2)
  Piano - Mary Lou Williams
  Saxophone [Alto, Baritone], Clarinet - John Harrington
  Saxophone [Alto] - Earl Miller
  Saxophone [Tenor], Clarinet - Dick Wilson , Edward Inge
  Trombone - Henry Wells , Ted Donnelly
  Trumpet - Clarence Trice , Harold Baker , Harry Lawson
  Vocals - June Richmond
  Written-By - Roosevelt Sykes
2-07 Walter Brown With Jay MacShann Quartet  -  New Confessin' The Blues 2:57
    Bass - Gene Ramey
  Drums - Gus Johnson
  Guitar - Leonard Elois
  Piano, Written-By - Jay MacShann*
  Vocals, Written-By - Walter Brown
2-08 Johnny Hodges And His Orchestra  -  Dooji Wooji 2:56
    Bass - Billy Taylor*
  Drums - Sonny Greer
  Piano, Written-By - Duke Ellington
  Saxophone [Alto] - Johnny Hodges
  Saxophone [Baritone] - Harry Carney
  Trombone - Lawrence Brown
  Trumpet - Cootie Williams
2-09 Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra Featuring Avery Parrish  -  After Hours 3:19
    Bass - Leemie Stanfield*
  Drums - James Morrison (5)
  Guitar - Bill McLemore
  Piano - Avery Parrish
  Saxophone [Alto] - William "Bill" Johnson* , Jimmy Mitchelle
  Saxophone [Baritone], Clarinet - Heywood Henry*
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Julian Dash , Paul Bascomb
  Trombone - Edward Sims , Bob Range*
  Trumpet - Erskine Hawkins , James Harris* , Marcellus Green , Sammy Lowe
  Vocals - Avery Parrish
2-10 Rosetta Tharpe* With Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra  -  That's All 2:36
    Bass - George Duvivier
  Drums - Dave "Panama" Francis*
  Guitar - Sterling Marlowe
  Piano - Bill Doggett
  Saxophone [Alto] - George James (2) , Ted Barnett
  Saxophone [Baritone] - Ernest Purce
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Stafford Simon
  Trombone - Edward Morant , George Stevenson , Sandy Williams
  Trumpet - Archie Johnson , Freddie Webster , Nelson Bryant
  Vocals, Guitar, Written-By - Rosetta Tharpe*
2-11 Jack McVea  -  Bartender Boogie 2:40
    Bass - Frank Clarke
  Clarinet, Saxophone [Alto] - Marshall Royal
  Drums - Rabon Tarrant
  Piano - Bob Mosley
  Trumpet - Jimmy Perdie
  Written-By - Bob Mosley
  Written-by, Saxophone [Tenor] - Jack McVea
2-12 Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra  -  Blowin' The Blues Away 3:06
    Bass - Tommy Potter
  Drums - Art Blakey
  Guitar - Connie Wainwright
  Piano - John Malachi
  Saxophone [Alto] - Bill Frazier , John Jackson (7)
  Saxophone [Baritone] - Leo Parker
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Dexter Gordon , Gene Ammons
  Trombone - Chips Outcalt* , Gerald Valentine , Howard Scott (2) , Taswell Baird
  Trumpet - Dizzy Gillespie , Gail Brockman , Boonie Hazel* , Shorty McConnell
  Vocals, Written-By - Billy Eckstine
  Written-By - Gerald Valentine
2-13 Tiny Bradshaw And His Orchestra  -  School Days Blues 2:41
2-14 Johnny Otis, His Drums & Orchestra*  -  Harlem Nocturne 3:05
    Bass - Curtis Counce , Leon Beck
  Guitar - Bernie Doggs
  Piano - Bill Doggett
  Saxophone [Alto] - Bob Harris (3) , Rene Bloch
  Saxophone [Tenor] - James Von Streeter , Paul Quinichette
  Trombone - Eli Robinson , Henry Cocker , Jap Jones , John Pettigrew
  Trumpet - Billy Jones , Harry Parr Jones , Loyal Walker , Teddy Buckner
  Written-By - Earle Hagen
2-15 Ella Johnson With Buddy Johnson And His Orchestra  -  That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch 3:05
    Bass - Leon Spann
  Drums - George Jenkins
  Piano - Buddy Johnson
  Saxophone [Alto] - Joe O'Laughton , Maxwell Lucas
  Saxophone [Baritone] - Teddy Conyers
  Saxophone [Tenor] - Frank Henderson , Jimmy Stanford
  Trombone - Bernhard Archer , Gordon Thomas , Leonard Briggs
  Trumpet - Gus Aiken , Henry Glover , Herbert Turner , Lewis Dupree , Willis Nelson
  Vocals, Written-By - Ella Johnson
2-16 Spirits Of Rhythm, The  -  Dr. Watson & Mr. Holmes 2:39
    Bass - Wilson Myers
  Drums, Vocals - Virgil Scroggins
  Guitar - Teddy Bunn
  Vocals - Douglas Daniels , Leo Watson , Wilbur Daniels
  Written-By - Duke Ellington , Johnny Mercer
2-17 5 Red Caps  -  Boogie Woogie On A Saturday 2:49
    Bass - Doles Dickens
  Vocals - David Patillo , Jimmy Springs
  Vocals, Guitar - Steve Gibson (4)
  Vocals, Piano - Romaine Springs
  Written-By - J.C. Higginbotham
2-18 Sister Rosetta Tharpe  -  Strange Things 2:47
    Bass - Abe Bolar
  Drums - Harold "Doc" West
  Guitar, Vocals, Written-By - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
  Piano - Samuel B. Price*
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