Cousin Joe - Ultimate Blues Masters (2009)

Tracklist

01. Youll Never Get Nothing Without Trying
02. Ramblin Woman
03. How Long MustI Wait
04. ABC's Pt.2
05. Old Man's Sweetheart
06. Chicken A La Blues
07. Misery
08. Little Woman Blues
09. Fel Like A Million
10. Won't Settle Down
11. Second Hand Soul
12. Hole In The Ground
13. Lovesick Soul
14. Easy Rockin
15. Sleep Walking Woman
16. ABC's Pt. !
17. Broken Man Blues
18. Dinah
19. If I Just Keep Still
20. Little Eva
21. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
22. Dippermouth Blues
23. Till The Clock Strikes Three
24. Kater St. Rag
25. That's How I Feel Today
26. King Porter Stomp
27. Original Dixieland One Step
28. Hot Club Stomp
29. At The Jazz Band Ball
30. Limehouse Blues
31. Cake Walking Babies From Home
32. Everybody's Talking About Sammy
33. Rosetta
34. Don't You Wanna Know
35. I Found A New Baby
36. Melancholy
37. It's Only A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
38. The Eel
39. Rhythm In Spain
40. Cherry
41. South
42. St. Louis Blues
43. White Ghost Shivers
44. Polka Dot Rag
45. Bugle Call Rag
46. King Porter Stomp
47. Goofus
48. Jelly Roll Blues
49. I've Found A New Baby
50. Fidgety Feet
51. The Mess
52. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
53. Crazy Quilt
54. More Than That
55. New Moten Stomp
56. Mahogany Hall Stomp
57. Merry Widow's Got A Sweetie Now
58. Georgia Grind It
59. Muggin' Lightly
60. Kentucky
61. After You've Gone
62. Bessie Couldn't Help It
63. None Of My Jelly Roll
64. Ballin' The Jack
65. Wild Cat Blues
66. My Mammy's Blues

Few blues legends have the presence of mind to write autobiographies. Fortunately, Pleasant Joseph did, spinning fascinating tales of a career in his 1987 tome Cousin Joe: Blues from New Orleans that spanned more than half a century. Growing up in New Orleans, Pleasant began singing in church before crossing over to the blues. Guitar and ukulele were his first axes. He eventually prioritized the piano instead, playing Crescent City clubs and riverboats. He moved to New York in 1942, gaining entry into the city's thriving jazz scene (where he played with Dizzy Gillespie, Sidney Bechet, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, and a host of other luminaries).
He recorded for King, Gotham, Philo (in 1945), Savoy, and Decca along the way, doing well on the latter logo with "Box Car Shorty and Peter Blue" in 1947. After returning to New Orleans in 1948, he recorded for DeLuxe and cut a two-part "ABCs" for Imperial in 1954 as Smilin' Joe under Dave Bartholomew's supervision. But by then, his recording career had faded.

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