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Roy Milton - 1945-1946 (Import) (CD): Roy Milton 1945-1946 (Import) (CD)
Roy Milton
R263 Discovery Miles 2 630 Out of stock

Drummer, vocalist, and bandleader Roy Milton was born of Chickasaw Native and African-American parents on a reservation near Wynnewood, OK, in 1907. He grew up in Tulsa, got involved in the music scene there, migrated to California, and put together his first working band, the Solid Senders, in 1938. This first volume in the Classics Roy Milton chronology presents all of his earliest recordings, which predate his debut on Specialty Records in 1947. Right from the first few notes of pianist Camille Howard's introduction to "I'll Always Be in Love with You," it is clear why Lionel Hampton hastened to give Milton his first break by letting him cut four sides for the Hamp-Tone record label in September of 1945. This little band, with a gutsy front line of trumpeters Jimmy Nottingham and Hosea Sapp alongside growling tenor saxophonist Lorenzo "Buddy" Floyd, was firmly supported by Dave Robinson's walking string bass. The producers of this compilation were able to splice together the two parts of "Burma Road Blues," originally bifurcated for issue on both sides of a 78-rpm platter. The resulting seamless six-minute performance is a sobering testimonial describing a soldier's plight in the Pacific during World War II. Singing lyrics apparently written by Lionel Hampton, Milton describes leaving San Francisco when "everything was in bloom," landing in Australia, preparing for armed conflict in the Philippines, and ending up in Burma where the sky appeared to be on fire. Camille Howard proves herself a formidable boogie-woogie pianist capable of turning in the occasional tidy vocal. When Milton's band reassembled to wax four sides for the Juke Box label in December 1945, he had added alto saxophonist Earl Simms and cut down to one trumpeter, Hosea Sapp, an accomplished expressive manipulator of the mute. "Rhythm Cocktail" sounds like it came right out of the John Kirby Sextet band book. Both "Milton's Boogie" and "R.M. Blues" made it onto the Billboard R&B chart during the year 1946, Milton's first year as a record company owner and producer. Heard here in numerical sequence, 17 tracks document the very beginnings of Milton's record label, with ex-Basie alto saxophonist Caughey Roberts replacing Earl Simms. This allows listeners to enjoy a fairly unprecedented quantity of meaty alto sax solos from Roberts, who only made it onto eight studio recordings with Basie before being replaced by Earle Warren in early 1937. There are a few remakes of earlier recordings and a whole lot of pleasant surprises in this mixed bag of danceable blues, ballads, and swing. The closing track, a swell version of "My Blue Heaven" (with the mischievously altered lyric "...and the baby makes eight") issued on Special Records in 1946, appears to have been recorded live with additional doo wop backing by an unidentified squad of cool vocalists. ~ arwulf arwulf

Defranco; Buddy / Buddy DeFranco - Wailers (CD, Imported): Defranco; Buddy, Buddy DeFranco Wailers (CD, Imported)
Defranco; Buddy, Buddy DeFranco
R209 Discovery Miles 2 090 Out of stock
Z.Z. Hill - Bluesmaster (CD): Z.Z. Hill Bluesmaster (CD)
Z.Z. Hill; Recorded by Z.Z. Hill
R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Out of stock
Coyote Kings - Large Band Extravaganza (CD): Coyote Kings Large Band Extravaganza (CD)
Coyote Kings
R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Out of stock
Grimm Again (CD): Kathryn Grimm Grimm Again (CD)
Kathryn Grimm
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Out of stock
Robert Cray - Bad Influence CD (1990) (CD): Robert Cray Bad Influence CD (1990) (CD)
Robert Cray; Contributions by Bill Dashiell; Produced by Dennis Walker, Phillip Walker, Bruce Bromberg
R278 Discovery Miles 2 780 Out of stock
Robert Tillman - Still Thinking (CD): Robert Tillman Still Thinking (CD)
Robert Tillman
R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Out of stock
Domino Fats - 1951-1952 (CD): Domino Fats 1951-1952 (CD)
Domino Fats
R242 Discovery Miles 2 420 Out of stock
Pepper Cake Presents Odetta (CD): Odetta Pepper Cake Presents Odetta (CD)
Odetta
R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Out of stock
Dennis Binder - Hole in That Jug (CD): Dennis Binder Hole in That Jug (CD)
Dennis Binder
R463 Discovery Miles 4 630 Out of stock
Paul Oscher - Alone with the Blues (CD): Paul Oscher Alone with the Blues (CD)
Paul Oscher
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Out of stock
Charles Brown - Classics 1944-1945 [French Import] (CD): Charles Brown Classics 1944-1945 [French Import] (CD)
Charles Brown
R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Out of stock
Scott Holt - Chipped Front Tooth (CD): Scott Holt Chipped Front Tooth (CD)
Scott Holt
R188 Discovery Miles 1 880 Out of stock
Volker Strifler - Let the Music Rise (CD): Volker Strifler Let the Music Rise (CD)
Volker Strifler
R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Out of stock
Simmons Chicago Blues Band / Little Mack Simmons - High & Lonesome (CD): Simmons Chicago Blues Band, Little Mack Simmons High & Lonesome (CD)
Simmons Chicago Blues Band, Little Mack Simmons
R446 Discovery Miles 4 460 Out of stock
Wayne Perkins - Ramblin Heart [Us Import] (CD): Wayne Perkins Ramblin Heart [Us Import] (CD)
Wayne Perkins
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130 Out of stock
Mighty Joe Young - Live at Wise Fool's Pub (CD): Mighty Joe Young Live at Wise Fool's Pub (CD)
Mighty Joe Young; Recorded by Joe Young, Mighty Joe Young
R301 Discovery Miles 3 010 Out of stock
Jimmy &. Drivers Thackery / Thackery/ - Sinner Street (CD): Jimmy &. Drivers Thackery, Thackery/ Sinner Street (CD)
Jimmy &. Drivers Thackery, Thackery/; Recorded by Thackery/ Jimmy / Drivers
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Out of stock
Taylor/King/Hill/Lasalle/Bland - Blues Is Alright 3 (CD): Various Artists Blues Is Alright 3 (CD)
Various Artists; Recorded by Various Artists; Performed by Taylor/King/Hill/Lasalle/Bland
R371 Discovery Miles 3 710 Out of stock
24 / 7 - Love: Live Changes (CD): 24, 7 Love: Live Changes (CD)
24, 7
R371 Discovery Miles 3 710 Out of stock
Various Artists - Leadbelly Meets Blind Lemon Jefferson (CD): Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jeffer, Blind Le Jefferson Leadbelly Meets Blind Lemon Jefferson (CD)
Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jeffer, Blind Le Jefferson
R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Out of stock
Sam Cooke - Tribute to the Lady (CD): Sam Cooke Tribute to the Lady (CD)
Sam Cooke
R58 Discovery Miles 580 Out of stock
Charles Wilson - Goin Jookin (CD): Charles Wilson Goin Jookin (CD)
Charles Wilson; Recorded by Charles Wilson
R235 Discovery Miles 2 350 Out of stock
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues (CD): Willie Dixon I Am The Blues (CD)
Willie Dixon
R77 Discovery Miles 770 Out of stock

I Am The Blues is a Chicago blues album released in 1970 by the well-known bluesman Willie Dixon. It is also the title of Dixon's autobiography, edited by Don Snowden. Personnel: Willie Dixon - vocals, bass Johnny Shines - guitar Walter "Shakey" Horton aka Big Walter Horton - harmonica Sunnyland Slim, Lafayette Leake - piano Clifton James - drums

Denise La Salle - 24 Hour Woman (CD): Denise La Salle 24 Hour Woman (CD)
Denise La Salle
R340 Discovery Miles 3 400 Out of stock
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