A musical giant who could hold his own with the swingers and boppers in Carnegie Hall as well as holler the blues in a smoky nightclub, Texas-born trumpeter Hot Lips Page began with the South-Western territory jazz bands in the 1920s before moving to New York City as a serious rival to Louis Armstrong. He forged his own career in the Big Apple with a small Harlem Jump band that would prove to be influential to the next generation of Jump Blues and R&B performers. This set cherry-picks the important boogie, blues, jump and r&b recordings he is featured on. Hot Lips Page died in 1954 before he could really take advantage of the burgeoning international jazz festival scene or the impending rock 'n' roll explosion, without any quantifiable hits of his own but leaving his mark on hundreds of astonishing recordings including the early recordings of Big Maybelle with Lonnie Johnson featured on guitar....
1. LONG GONE BLUES - BILLIE HOLIDAY & HER ORCHESTRA 2. BABY, LOOK AT YOU - PETE JOHNSON & HIS BOOGIE WOOGIE BOYS FEATURING JOE TURNER 3. JUMP FOR JOY - PETE JOHNSON & HIS BOOGIE WOOGIE BOYS FEATURING JOE TURNER 4. LOVIN' MAMA BLUES - PETE JOHNSON & HIS BOOGIE WOOGIE BOYS FEATURING JOE TURNER 5. JAMMIN' THE BOOGIE - ALBERT AMMONS RHYTHM KINGS 6. THE BREAKS - ALBERT AMMONS RHYTHM KINGS 7. KICKIN' LIKE A KANGAROO BLUES - PLEASANT JOE WITH MEZZROW-BECHET SEPTET 8. LAYIN' MY RULES IN BLUES - PLEASANT JOE WITH MEZZROW-BECHET SEPTET 9. I MAY BE WONDERFUL (BUT I THINK YOU'RE WRONG) - ETTA JONES WITH PETE JOHNSON'S ALL-STARS 10. MAN WANTED - ETTA JONES WITH PETE JOHNSON'S ALL-STARS 11. PAGE MR. TRUMPET - PETE JOHNSON & HIS ALL-STARS 12. BACK ROOM BLUES - PETE JOHNSON & HIS ALL-STARS 13. DUSTY FLETCHER'S MAD HOUR (PARTS 1 & 2) - DUSTY FLETCHER & HIS GANG 14. DIRTY DEAL BLUES - MABEL SMITH 15. SAD AND DISAPPOINTED JILL - MABEL SMITH 16. TOO TIGHT MAMA - MABEL SMITH 17. BLOWIN' TO CALIFORNIA - WYNONIE HARRIS 18. CRAZY LOVE - WYNONIE HARRIS 19. HEY LITTLE BOY - MARION ABERNATHY 20. MY MAN BOOGIE - MARION ABERNATHY 21. CHOCOLATE CANDY BLUES - HOT LIPS PAGE & SYLVIA VANTERPOOL WITH NELSON CLARK'S ORCHESTRA 22. PACIFYING BLUES - HOT LIPS PAGE & SYLVIA VANTERPOOL WITH NELSON CLARK'S ORCHESTRA 23. SHARP LITTLE SISTER - SYLVIA VANTERPOOL WITH NELSON CLARK'S ORCHESTRA 24. THERE AIN'T NO FLIES ON ME - HOT LIPS PAGE & JANIE MICKENS 25. BIG FINE AUTOMOBILE - OLLIE SHEPARD & HIS ORCHESTRA 26. CRAZY WITH THE BLUES - OLLIE SHEPARD & HIS ORCHESTRA
