Louis Jordan - Let The Good Times Roll (1938-1954) (9 x CD, Box Set) (1992)

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Artist: Louis Jordan
Title: Louis Jordan - Let The Good Times Roll (1938-1954) (9xCD, Box Set)
Year Of Release: 1992
Label: Bear Family Records
Genre: Jazz, Blues
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 10:22:56
Total Size: 1,5/2,3 Gb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1:
01. Toodle-Loo On Down 3:15
02. So Good 3:09
03. Away from You 2:49
04. Honey In The Bee Ball 3:10
05. Barnacle Bill The Sailor 2:47
06. Flat Face 2:45
07. Keep A-Knockin' (But You Can't Come In) 2:38
08. Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches On 2:47
09. Swinging In A Cocoanut Tree 2:48
10. Doug The Jitterbug 2:35
11. At The Swing Cat's Ball 2:34
12. Jake, What A Snake 2:36
13. Honeysuckle Rose 3:11
14. 'Fore Day Blues 2:40
15. But I'll Be Back 2:40
16. You Ain't Nowhere 2:43
17. You're My Meat 3:02
18. June Tenth Jamboree 2:45
19. You Run Your Mouth And I'll Run My Business 2:39
20. I'm Alabama Bound 3:00
21. Hard Lovin' Blues 3:13
22. You Got To Go When The Wagon Comes 2:30
23. Lovie Joe 2:47
24. Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man 2:42
25. Bounce The Ball (Do Da Dittle Um Day) 2:44
26. Penthouse In The Basement 2:36
27. After School Swing Session (Swinging With Symphony Sid) 2:36

CD 2:
01. Oh Boy, I'm In The Groove 2:50
02. Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doin' 3:05
03. Don't Come Crying On My Shoulder 2:32
04. Waitin' For The Robert E. Lee 2:34
05. A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird 2:38
06. Pompton Turnpike 3:11
07. Do You Call That A Buddy (Dirty Cat) 3:16
08. I Know You, I Know What You Wanna Do 2:33
09. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 2:58
10. The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts To You) 2:28
11. T-Bone Blues 3:11
12. Pan Pan 2:54
13. Saint Vitus Dance 2:52
14. Saxa-Woogie 2:40
15. Brotherly Love 3:00
16. De Laff's On You 2:53
17. Boogie Woogie Came To Town 3:10
18. John, Stop Teasing Me 3:03
19. How 'Bout That 2:56
20. Teacher (How I Love My Teacher) 2:43
21. Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues) 3:06
22. Knock Me A Kiss 2:49
23. The Green Grass Grows All Around 2:54
24. Mister Lovingood 2:48
25. Small Town Boy 2:50
26. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town 2:51

CD 3:
01. What's The Use Of Gettin' Sober 2:53
02. The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender, And Tall 2:29
03. I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town 3:06
04. That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out 3:10
05. Dirty Snake 2:27
06. Five Guys Named Moe 3:02
07. It's A Low-Down Dirty Shame 2:50
08. De Laff's On You 2:50
09. Ration Blues 3:10
10. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby 2:46
11. Deacon Jones 2:58
12. The Things I Want I Can't Get At Home 2:56
13. How High Am I 2:56
14. I Like 'Em Fat Like That 2:41
15. The Truth Of The Matter 2:45
16. Hey! Now Let's Live 2:33
17. Mop-Mop 2:58
18. G. I. Jive 3:01
19. You Can't Get That No More 3:22
20. Louis' Oldsmobile Song (discography date incorrect) 1:51
21. Your Socks Don't Match (with Bing Crosby - unissued take) 3:04
22. My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip De Hootie) (with Bing Crosby) 2:49
23. My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip De Hootie (with Bing Crosby - unissued take) 2:58
24. Your Socks Don't Match (with Bing Crosby) 2:58

CD 4:
01. Buzz Me 2:52
02. They Raided the House 2:53
03. Caledonia Boogie 2:44
04. Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door 3:17
05. How Long Must I Wait for You? 2:38
06. Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule 2:19
07. Salt Pork, West Virginia 3:02
08. Paper Boy 3:08
09. Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule 2:31
10. Reconversion Blues 2:23
11. It's So Easy 2:54
12. Beware 2:54
13. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' 3:00
14. Choo-Choo Ch' Boogie 2:45
15. Ain't That Just Like a Woman 2:54
16. That Chick's Too Young to Fry 2:26
17. No Sale 2:54
18. If It's Love You Want, Baby, That's Me 2:50
19. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens 3:06
20. Let the Good Times Roll 2:50
21. All for the Love of Lil 2:52
22. Texas and Pacific 3:05
23. Jack, You're Dead 2:35
24. Reet, Petite, and Gone 2:45
25. Sure Had a Wonderful Time 3:01
26. I Know What You're Puttin' Down 3:08
27. Open the Door, Richard 2:30

CD 5:
01. Friendship 2:24
02. Open the Door, Richard 3:04
03. Boogie Woogie Blue Plate 2:48
04. Barnyard Boogie 2:48
05. Every Man To His Own Profession 3:19
06. Early In the Morning 3:24
07. Run Joe 3:23
08. Look Out 2:55
09. Beans and Corn Bread 3:01
10. Have You Got the Gumption 3:06
11. We Can't Agree 2:51
12. Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow 2:31
13. Roamin' Blues 2:57
14. Inflation Blues 3:01
15. You're Much Too Fat (And That's That) 2:44
16. Chug Chug Boogie 2:56
17. There'll Be No Days Like That 2:51
18. Pettin' an' Pokin' 2:34
19. You're On the Right Track, Baby 3:04
20. Don't Burn the Candle At Both Ends 2:46
21. Why'd You Do It, Baby 3:21
22. Daddy-O 3:19
23. Safe, Sane, and Single 2:42
24. I Know What I've Got, Don't Know What I'm Getting 2:55
25. You Broke Your Promise 2:51
26. Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy) 2:34

CD 6:
01. Cole Slaw 2:46
02. Beans And Corn Bread 2:52
03. Onion 2:56
04. Baby's Gonna Go, Bye Bye 2:50
05. Heed My Warning 3:22
06. Psycho-Loco 3:03
07. School Days 2:36
08. Hungry Man 3:09
09. Love You 'Til Your Money's Gone Blues 2:23
10. Saturday Night Fish Fry, Parts 1 & 2 5:25
11. I Want A Roof Over My Head 2:41
12. Show Me How (You Milk The Cow) 2:53
13. Blue Light Boogie, Parts 1 & 2 5:12
14. Tamburitza Boogie 3:14
15. (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse 2:37
16. Lemonade 3:18
17. It's A Great, Great Pleasure 3:10
18. You Will Always Have A Friend 3:04
19. Louisville Lodge Meeting 3:27
20. Trouble Then Satisfaction 3:23
21. Crazy Baby 2:59
22. Life Is So Peculiar 3:22
23. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal, You 3:08
24. Teardrops From My Eyes 3:00

CD 7:
01. If You've Got Someplace To Go 3:13
02. Weak Minded Blues 2:31
03. Is My Pop In There 2:31
04. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby 2:32
05. If You So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich 3:00
06. Trust In Me 3:31
07. Louisville Lodge Meeting 3:32
08. How Blue Can You Get 2:47
09. Happy Birthday Boogie 2:12
10. May Every Day Be Christmas 3:13
11. Please Don't Leave Me 3:17
12. Bone Dry 3:04
13. I Love That Kinda Carryin' On 2:36
14. Three Handed Woman 2:47
15. Fat Sam From Birmingham 3:02
16. Cock-A-Doodle-Doo 2:13
17. Garmoochie 3:18
18. There Must Be A Way 3:13
19. Come And Get It 2:54
20. Stop Makin' Music 2:32
21. Slow Down 2:41
22. Work, Baby Work 2:48
23. Never Trust A Woman 2:57
24. All Of Me 2:28
25. There Goes My Heart 2:56
26. Lay Something On The Bar (Besides Your Elbow) 2:41
27. Gimme Gimme Blues 2:57

CD 8:
01. Junco Partner 2:47
02. Time Marches On 2:30
03. Azure-Te (Paris Blues) 3:09
04. Oil Well, Texas 2:30
05. There's Nothing Else That I Can Do (unissued #1) 3:11
06. Jordan For President 3:00
07. The Soon-A Baby (uniissued version) 2:39
08. There's Nothing Else That I Can Do (unissued #2) 2:39
09. The Soon-A Baby 2:26
10. You Didn't Want Me Baby 2:47
11. A Man's Best Friend Is A Bed 3:13
12. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 3:24
13. It's Better To Wait For Love 2:41
14. Only Yesterday 3:08
15. Just Like A Butterfly (That's Caught In The Rain) 3:18
16. Hog Wash 3:00
17. House Party 2:52
18. Everything That's Made Of Wood 2:45
19. I Want You To Be My Baby 3:00
20. You Know It Too 2:54
21. Locked Up 2:42
22. I Gotta Move 2:33
23. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 3:02
24. If It's True 2:43
25. Wake Up Jacob 2:57
26. Lollypop 2:31
27. Perdido 2:56

CD 9:
01. Stone Cold Dead In The Market 2:44
02. Petootie Pie 2:36
03. Petootie Pie (unreleased) 2:32
04. Baby, It's Cold Outside 2:46
05. Don't Cry, Cry Baby 3:01
06. Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own 3:15
07. I'll Never Be Free 3:10

Louis Jordan:

Effervescent saxophonist Louis Jordan was one of the chief architects and prime progenitors of the R&B idiom. His pioneering use of jumping shuffle rhythms in a small combo context was copied far and wide during the 1940s.
Jordan's sensational hit-laden run with Decca Records contained a raft of seminal performances, featuring inevitably infectious backing by his band, the Tympany Five, and Jordan's own searing alto sax and street corner jive-loaded sense of humor. Jordan was one of the first Black entertainers to sell appreciably in the pop sector; his Decca duet mates included Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald.
The son of a musician, Jordan spent time as a youth with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and majored in music later on at Arkansas Baptist College. After moving with his family to Philadelphia in 1932, Jordan hooked up with pianist Clarence Williams. He joined the orchestra of drummer Chick Webb in 1936 and remained there until 1938. Having polished up his singing abilities with Webb's outfit, Jordan was ready to strike out on his own.
The saxist's first 78 for Decca in 1938, "Honey in the Bee Ball," billed his combo as the Elks Rendezvous Band (after the Harlem nightspot that he frequently played at). From 1939 on, though, Jordan fronted the Tympany Five, a sturdy little aggregation often expanding over quintet status that featured some well-known musicians over the years: pianists Wild Bill Davis and Bill Doggett, guitarists Carl Hogan and Bill Jennings, bassist Dallas Bartley, and drummer Chris Columbus all passed through the ranks.
From 1942 to 1951, Jordan scored an astonishing 57 R&B chart hits (all on Decca), beginning with the humorous blues "I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town" and finishing with "Weak Minded Blues." In between, he drew up what amounted to an easily followed blueprint for the development of R&B (and for that matter, rock & roll -- the accessibly swinging shuffles of Bill Haley & the Comets were directly descended from Jordan; Haley often pointed to his Decca labelmate as profoundly influencing his approach).
"G.I. Jive," "Caldonia," "Buzz Me," "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie," "Ain't That Just like a Woman," "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens," "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate," "Beans and Cornbread," "Saturday Night Fish Fry," and "Blue Light Boogie" -- every one of those classics topped the R&B lists, and there were plenty more that did precisely the same thing. Audiences coast-to-coast were breathlessly jitterbugging to Jordan's jumping jive.
The saxist was particularly popular during World War II. He recorded prolifically for the Armed Forces Radio Service and the V-Disc program. Jordan's massive popularity also translated on to the silver screen -- he filmed a series of wonderful short musicals during the late '40s that were decidedly short on plot but long on visual versions of his hits (Caldonia, Reet Petite & Gone, Look Out Sister, and Beware, along with countless soundies) that give us an enlightening peek at just what made him such a beloved entertainer. Jordan also cameoed in a big-budget Hollywood wartime musical, Follow the Boys.
A brief attempt at fronting a big band in 1951 proved an ill-fated venture, but it didn't dim his ebullience. In 1952, tongue firmly planted in cheek, he offered himself as a candidate for the highest office in the land on the amusing Decca outing "Jordan for President." Even though his singles were still eminently solid, they weren't selling like they used to by 1954. So after an incredible run of more than a decade-and-a-half, Jordan moved over to Eddie Mesner's Los Angeles-based Aladdin logo at the start of the year. Alas, time had passed the great pioneer by -- "Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy," "Messy Bessy," "If I Had Any Sense," and the rest of his Aladdin output sounds great in retrospect, but it wasn't what young R&B fans were searching for at the time. In 1955, he switched to RCA's short-lived "X" imprint, where he tried to remain up-to-date by issuing "Rock 'N' Roll Call."
A blistering Quincy Jones-arranged date for Mercury in 1956 deftly updated Jordan's classics for the rock & roll crowd, with hellfire renditions of "Let the Good Times Roll," "Salt Pork, West Virginia," and "Beware" benefiting from the blasting lead guitar of Mickey Baker and Sam "The Man" Taylor's muscular tenor sax. There was even time to indulge in a little torrid jazz at Mercury; "The JAMF," from a 1957 LP called Man, We're Wailin', was a sizzling indication of what a fine saxist Jordan was.
Ray Charles had long cited Jordan as a primary influence (he lovingly covered Jordan's "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" and "Early in the Morning"), and paid him back by signing Jordan to the Genius' Tangerine label. Once again, the fickle public largely ignored his worthwhile 1962-1964 offerings.
Lounge gigs still offered the saxman a steady income, though, and he adjusted his on-stage play list accordingly. A 1973 album for the French Black & Blue logo found Jordan covering Mac Davis' "I Believe in Music." A heart attack silenced this visionary in 1975, but not before he acted as the bridge between the big band era and the rise of R&B.
His profile continued to rise posthumously, in large part due to the acclaimed Broadway musical Five Guys Named Moe, based on Jordan's bubbly, romping repertoire and charismatic persona.

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