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Another fascinating collection of half century old nuggets from the indefatigable doyen of selection compilers, Roy Carr. This one, subtitled "The Ultimate Chill Out" documents West Coast Blues and R & B. Carr, in a characteristically informative liner note, traces the phenomenon to the rapid expansion of the US defence industry, and points out that one of this compilation's standout tracks, Cecil Gant's charmingly laconic "I Wonder" was responsible for kick starting the commercial viability of the genre by selling over a million copies in 1945. For the contemporary listener, what immediately impresses is the way in which West Coast blues and R & B artists 'softened' the forms in a remarkably similar manner to that of their jazz equivalents. Even the electric blues of T Bone Walker, which occupies the 'hard' pole of this selection Billy Eckstine and Nat King Cole occupying the opposite one, is very much lighter than the urban blues of, say, Elmore James or Magic Sam, and the club friendly music that forms the heart of this collection owes more to the entertainment skills of Louis Jordan and the sophisticated polish of contemporary cabaret jazz than to the viscereal power of the Chicago blues immortalized on the Chess and Denmark labels. |
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 A New Shade of Blues (a)
Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You (b)
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (c)
Fine Brown Frame (d)
I Wonder (e)
I Almost Lost My Mind (f)
Please Send Me Someone To Love (g)
Straighten Up & Fly Right (b)
The Jumpin' Jack (a)
Central Avenue Blues (h)
Midnight On Central Avenue (e)
L.A. Blues (a)
Let's Rock Awhile (i)
Driftin' Blues (a)
Double Crossing Blues (j)
Black Night (k)
Chica Boo (l)
For You My Love (m)
Tired Broke & Busted (n)
I'm A Night Owl (o)
If That's The Way You Feel (p)
Slim's Jam (q)
This Is (r)
Don't Cry Baby (s)
Popsicle (t)
Life Is Too Short (u)
Blues For The Night Owls (v) |
Artists: a- Johnny Moore & The Three Blazers; b- Nat King Cole Trio; c- Ray Charles; d- Nellie Lutcher; e- Private Cecil Gant; f- Ivory Joe Hunter; g- Percy Mayfield; h- Pee Wee Crayton; i- Amos Milburn; j- Johnny Otis Orchestra; k- Charles Brown; l- Lloyd Glenn; m- Nat King Cole & Nellie Lutcher; n- Floyd Dixon; o- Lowell Fulson; p- Billy Eckstine; q- Slim Gaillard; r- Earl Coleman; s- Mabel Scott; t- Maxwell Davisl u- T-Bone Walker; v- Sonny Thompson |
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