This is the first compilation ever produced on Chuck Norris' early recordings with many of the mainstays of early r&b. His career was mainly as an on call session player working with producer Maxwell Davis for some of the biggest West Coast recording companies including ALADDIN, SPECIALTY, IMPERIAL & MODERN. His smooth, jazz based solos on records by Floyd Dixon, Charles Brown, Dinah Washington & Litle Willie Littlefield are the definition of cool yet hot guitar. Norris only had 16 sides released under his own name of which 4 are included here. This is a gem of a release....don't miss it.
01
Estelle Edson With Oscar Pettiford All Stars
Don't Drive This Jive Away
02
Will Rowland And His Orchestra
Shuffle Boogie
03
Charles Norris Trio
No Better For Me
04
Moneys Getting Cheaper
05
Amos Milburn
Operation Blues
06
Pete Johnson
Pete Kay Boogie
07
Charles Brown And His Smarties
Let's Have A Ball
08
Jimmy Witherspoon
Who's Been Jivin' You
09
Sonny Parker With Gene Morris And The Hamptones
Jumpin' With G.H.
10
Jesse Belvin
Hang Your Tears Out To Dry
11
Little Willie Littlefield
Rockin' Chair Mama
12
Floyd Dixon's Trio
13
Roy Hawkins
You Had A Good Man
14
Ike Lloyd And His Orchestra
The One I Love
15
Charles Norris
Hey Everybody
16
Kinda Sick, Mostly Worried
17
Mean, Mean Woman
18
Buddy Collette
Blue Strings
19
Lionel Hampton And His Hamp Tones
Helpless
20
Worrying Blues
21
The Wind Is Blowin'
22
Calvin Boze And His All Stars
Hey Lawdy, Miss Claudie
23
Ray Aged (Agee) And Richard Brown Orch
Brought It On Myself
24
Calvin Boze With Maxwell Davis And His Orchestra
Looped
25
Dinah Washington
Fat Daddy
26
Red Callender Sextette
Early Times
27
The Robins
The Hatchet Man
28
Rollee McGill
Rhythm Rockin' Blues
