This collector's edition assembles 29 tracks from 1956 to 1957. If you're not familiar with Louis Jordan's music, this is the best place to start. These tracks sound better and more modern than Jordan's swinging period earlier recordings. The sassy horns and spicy drums are lively and very infectious, showing Louis Jordan at his very best. It is enduring music: exciting rock & roll, early R&B and some jazz standards under the musical direction of a young Quincy Jones with accompaniment by such fabulous musicians as Jimmy Cleveland, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Budd Johnson, Ernie Hayes and Mickey Baker, among others.
Recorded in New York City, between 1956 and 1957. Original recordings produced and arranged by Quincy Jones.
16-PAGE BOOKLET RARE PHOTOS VINTAGE MEMORABILIA DETAILED LINER NOTES
01. CHOO CHOO CH'BOOGIE
02. AIN'T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS
03. CALDONIA
04. KNOCK ME A KISS
05. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL
06. BEWARE, BROTHER, BEWARE
07. IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN'T MY BABY?
08. BIG BESS
09. CAT SCRATCHIN'
10. DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING
11. I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
12. SALT PORK, WEST VIRGINIA
13. RUN JOE
14. EARLY IN THE MORNING
15. ROCK DOC!
16. FIRE
17. ELLA MAE
18. THE JAMF
19. ROUTE 66
20. SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY
21. SWEET LORRAINE
22. GOT MY MO-JO WORKIN'
23. SUNDAY
24. A MAN AIN'T A MAN
25. THE NEARNESS OF YOU
26. I'VE FOUND MY PEACE OF MIND
27. I HADN'T ANYONE TILL YOU
28. THE SLOP
29. CHICKEN BACK 3
