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Doggett Bill- In Session

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In Session: Bill Doggett shines a long-overdue spotlight on one of the great unsung architects of postwar American music. Before his own smash hit "Honky Tonk" made him a household name, Bill Doggett was the go-to pianist, organist, and arranger for an astonishing roll call of talent. This collection captures Doggett in his natural habitat - the studio - lending swing, grit, and gospel-drenched groove to recordings by artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Illinois Jacquet, Coleman Hawkins and Little Willie John. Spanning the 1940s through 1962, In Session moves effortlessly from big band swing to jump blues, early R&B, and proto-rock 'n' roll. This selection proves Doggett was a master of feel and finesse. His playing is never intrusive, always essential - the glue that binds the horns, the engine under the vocals, the pulse that makes the music move. These recordings document Bill Doggett not as the star attraction but as the musician other musicians relied on. The result is a vibrant portrait of a craftsman at work during a pivotal era in American music, heard here exactly where he belonged: in the studio and in the groove. 1. Sunday Special - Jimmy Mundy and His Orchestra 2. Big Fat Mama - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra 3. Once Too Often - Ella Fitzgerald 4. Peek-A-Boo - Karl George Octet 5. Bottoms Up - Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars 6. Be-Baba-Leba - Helen Humes with Bill Doggett Octet 7. Why Not - Lucky Thompson All Stars 8. My Baby's Business - Jimmy Rushing with Johnny Otis His Drums & His Orchestra 9. She's Funny That Way - Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars 10. Minor Romp - Emmett Berry's Hot Six 11. Mr. Blues Jumped the Rabbit - Wynonie "MR. Blues" Harris and His All Stars 12. Six-Foot-Two Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon / Buddy Tate & Orchestra 13. My Blue Heaven - Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis 14. Lemonade - Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 15. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You - Louis Armstrong with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 16. Bad Luck Child - Joey Thomas Orchestra 17. Prevue - Paul Quinichette Quintet 18. Air Mail Special - Ella Fitzgerald 19. At the End of the Day - Bill Kenny 20. Carioca - Coleman Hawkins (Vincent Youmans, Gus Kahn, Edward Eliscu) 21. I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire - Morris Lane 22. I Tin Whistle at You - Hot Lips Page with Randy Hall's Tin Fluters and Bill Doggert 23. School of Love - Arthur Prysock 24. Lion's Den - Vic Dickenson 25. The Horn with Two Mouthpieces - the Three Baritones with Eddie Wilcox Orch 26. Suffering with the Blues - Little Willie John 27. Open the Door, Richard! - Bill Doggett and His Combo 28. Rough Ridin - Ella Fitzgerald

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