Jumpin´ With The Big Swing Bands

This one is made for dancin´. Made for swingin´!
It´s a Savoy Jazz compilation with some of the most famous and swingin´-est bands of that era, containing some rare and jumpin´ recordings.

"Jumping With the Big Swing Bands" collects various swing-era tracks by such popular dance band leaders as Louis Prima, Jimmie Lunceford, and Harry James. Included here are such rare cuts as Lunceford's "Sit Back and Ree-Lax" and "Shut Out."

Tracklist:

1. Call The Police - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
2. Robin Hood - Louis Prima & His Orchestra
3. Junction - Harry James & His Orchestra
4. Lester Young Tush - Earle Warren & His Orchestra
5. Cement Mixer - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
6. Hodge Podge - Harry James & His Orchestra
7. Margie - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
8. Down The Road A Piece - Ray McKinley & His Orchestra
9. Water Faucet - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
10. Boog It - Harry James & His Orchestra
11. Them Who Has Gets - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra

12. Sand Storm - Ray McKinley & His Orchestra
13. Circus In Rhythm - Earle Warren & His Orchestra/Lester Young
14. Sit Back And Ree-lax - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
15. Headin' For Hallelujah - Harry James & His Orchestra
16. Hangover Square - Ray McKinley & His Orchestra
17. Shut Out - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
18. Brooklyn Boogie - Louis Prima & His Orchestra
19. Jimmies, The - Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra

 

VA - Jumpin´ With The Swing Bands

(256 kbps, front cover included)

VA - All That Jive (Savoy Jazz)

"All That Jive" (Savoy Jazz) compiles such iconic jive- and scat-oriented recordings as Dizzy Gillespie's "Oop Bop Sh'bam" and Slim Gaillard's "Flat Foot Floogie."

This is legendary stuff off the Savoy label and while it is available elsewhere, this is nonetheless a superb introduction to some classic jazz humor of the late '40s.

From the linernotes:"We hope this album brings back some of what´s often been missing in jazz for the past few decades - that sense of humor and lightheartedness which was there before the egg headed intellectuals discovered the music and started taking it - and themselves - way too seriously. Just have a ball and, while you´re at it, check out what´s being played, too. It´ll get you either way."

VA - All That Jive (Savoy Jazz)
(256 kbps)

Howlin Wolf - Moanin´ In The Moonlight (1958)

Moanin' in the Moonlight was the debut album by American blues singer Howlin' Wolf. The album was a compilation of previously issued singles by Chess Records. It was originally released by Chess Records as a mono-format LP record in 1959. The album has been reissued several times, including a vinyl reissue in 1969 titled Evil.

The two earliest songs on Moanin' in the Moonlight were "Moanin' at Midnight" and "How Many More Years". These two songs were recorded at Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service in Memphis, Tennessee on May 14, 1951 or August 1951. These two songs were sold to the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil, who released them as a single on August 15, 1951. The rest of the songs on the album were recorded in Chicago, Illinois and were produced by either the Chess brothers and/or Willie Dixon.

In 1987 Moanin' in the Moonlight was given a W.C. Handy Award under the category of "Vintage/Reissue Album (US)". Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album as #153 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Robert Palmer has cited "How Many More Years" (recorded May 1951) as the first record to feature a distorted power chord, played by Willie Johnson on the electric guitar.

An essential listening of the highest order!

Tracklist:

Moanin' At Midnight	2:43
How Many More Years	2:58
Smokestack Lightnin'	2:32
Baby, How Long	2:18
No Place To Go	2:31
All Night Boogie	2:16
Evil	3:01
I'm Leavin' You	2:29
Moanin' For My Baby	2:17
I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)	2:47
Forty-Four	3:02
Somebody In My Home	2:59

Howlin Wolf - Moanin´ In The Moonlight (1958)
(320 kbps, cover art included)