The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Holding zone for Rich Blackmarr's playlist for the September 18th Front Porch Blues Show - featuring blues and bluesy R&B and jazz recordings from the year 1946
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 7/31/2016 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Milton | R. M. Blues | VA - Let Me Tell You About The Blues West Coast: The Evolution Of West Coast Blues | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | All tracks recorded in 1946 (except as noted in late 1945) |
| Roosevelt Sykes | Sunny Road | Roosevelt Sykes - Bluebird No. 10 - From Willie Kelly (1930) to the Honeydripper (1948) | French RCA edition LP | RCA Victor recording in Chicago with Sykes (voc/p) backed by Sax Mallard, Leonard Caston, and others |
| Wynonie Harris | Playful Baby | Wynonie Harris - Rockin' The Blues | Proper Records 4 cd box set | Apollo recording cut Dec. 1945 in LA with 'blues shouter' Wynonie backed by tenor saxist Johnnie Alston & his All Stars |
| The Blues Woman (Marion Abernathy) | Voo-It! Voo-It! | Buddy Banks Sextet - Happy Home Blues 1945-1949 | Official LP | Los Angeles recording on the Juke Box label (later Specialty) by singer Abernathy (aka The Blues Woman) backed by tenor saxist Banks and combo |
| Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup | So Glad You're Mine | Arthur Crudup - Everything's Alright | Our World/Blues Reference Masters | Victor release by singer/guitarist Crudup |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) | Mean Red Spider | VA - Chicago Is Just That Way | JSP 4 cd box set | 20th Century label recording (Muddy's first since Library of Congress) with Lee Brown (p), Alex Atkins (ss), Big Crawford (b) - the B side of record by James 'Sweet Lucy' Carter & His Orch. |
| Jazz Gillum | Look On Yonder Wall | The Essential Jazz Gillum | Classic Blues 2 cd set | Victor recording by singer/harmonica player |
| Memphis Slim | Mistake In Life | VA - Chicago Is Just That Way | JSP 4 cd box set | Hy-Tone (Melody Lane Record Shop) label rec. by Memphis Slim (voc/p) |
| John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson | Early In The Morning | Sonny Boy Williamson Vol 2 - Bluebird No. 15 | French RCA edition LP | Oct. 1945 rec. by the original Sonny Boy with Big Maceo (p), Tampa Red (g), Chick Sanders (d) |
| Memphis Minnie with Little Son Joe Lawlar | I'm So Glad | Blues Classics by Memphis Minnie | Blues Classics LP | Columbia rec. by Minnie (voc/g) backed by Little Son Joe (g), Ransom Knowling (b) |
| Doctor Clayton | Angels In Harlem | VA - The Secret History Of Rock & Roll | BMG/RCA/Bluebird 4 cd box set | Victor rec. by Peter Clayton (v), Ollie Crawford (g), Blind John Davis (p), Alfred Elkins (b) in Chicago |
| Johnny Shines | Ride, Ride Mama | VA - Chicago Is Just That Way | JSP 4 cd box set | unissued Columbia rec. by Shines (voc/g) |
| Tampa Red | She's A Solid Killer Diller | Tampa Red - Volume 13 (July 1945 to October 1947) | Document Records | Victor rec. by Tampa Red (voc/g), with Blind John Davis (p), others |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Lucky Millinder Orchestra w Annisteen Allen (voc) | There's Good Blues Tonight | Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra - Apollo Jump | Proper Records 2 cd set | Decca rec. |
| Roy Eldridge & His Orch. (vocal - Buster Harding) | All The Cats Join In | Roy Eldridge - After You've Gone: The Original Decca Recordings | GRP/Decca Jazz | Decca rec. by trumpeter Eldridge and his big band with vocal by pianist Harding |
| Andy Kirk & His Orch. (vocal - Beverly White) | He's My Baby | The Chronological Andy Kirk And His Orchestra 1943-1949 | Classics | Decca rec. with vocal by White, one of two female blues singers with the band on this session (Bea Booze being the other) |
| Billy Eckstine Orchestra (vocal - Eckstine) | Jelly, Jelly | Billy Eckstine - The Legendary Big Band | Savoy Jazz 2 cd set | National label rec. by big band incl. Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Art Blakey |
| Ivie Anderson with Phil Moore's Orch. | Empty Bed Blues | Ivie Anderson - I Got It Good And That Ain't Bad: With Duke & Beyond | Jasmine | Black & White label rec. by singer Anderson, former Duke Ellinton vocalist |
| Earl Hines and His Orchestra | Straight Life | Wardell Gray - The Wardell Gray Story | Proper Records 4 cd box set | ARA label rec. by pianist Earl Hines Orch. incl. tenor saxist Wardell Gray |
| Dizzy Gillespie & His Orch. (vocal - Alice Roberts) | Good Dues Blues | Dizzy Gillespie and his sextets and orchestra - Shaw 'Nuff | Musicraft | Guild/Musicraft rec. by trumpeter Gillespie & his big band incl. |
| Gerald Wilson & His Orch. | Et-ta | The Chronological Gerald Wilson And His Orchestra 1946-1954 | Classics | Black & White led by trumpeter/arranger Wilson, incl. Melba Liston, Eddie Davis, others |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Ivory Joe Hunter | Boogie In The Basement | Ivory Joe Hunter - Jukebox Hits 1945-1950 | Acrobat | Pacific label rec. by singer/pianist Hunter |
| Effie Smith with Buddy Harper's All Stars | Effie's Boogie | VA - Wailin' Daddy - The Best Of Maxwell Davis 1945-1959 | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | Aladdin rec. |
| Amos Milburn | Amos Boogie | Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie | United Artists LP | Aladdin rec. by singer/pianist Milburn |
| Julia Lee | Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got | Julia Lee - That's What I Like | Proper Records | Capitol rec. by singer/pianist Lee |
| Big Maceo (Merriweather) | Chicago Breakdown | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces by 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | Victor rec. by pianist Maceo Merriweather |
| Joe Turner | Sally Zu-Zazz | Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle and Roll | Proper Records 4 cd box set | National rec. by singer Turner in Chicago backed by boogie pianist Albert Ammons, Ike Perkins (g), Tab Smith (as), Red Saunders (d), others |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Charles Brown | Travelin' Blues | Charles Brown with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Drifting & Dreaming | Ace(UK)/Modern | Modern rec. by singer/pianist Brown |
| Lowell Fulson | San Francisco Blues | Lowell Fulson - My First Recordings | Arhoolie | first session recording on Bob Geddins' Big Town label by Fulson (voc/g) |
| Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann Sextette | Roll On Katy | VA - The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story 1945-1955 | Mercury 6 cd box set | Mercury rec. |
| Blu Lu Barker | Buy Me Some Juice | VA - Blu Lu, Wee Bea & Baby Dee | Delmark/Apollo | Apollo rec. by singer Lu Barker |
| Dinah Washington | Mellow Mama Blues | Dinah Washington - Mellow Mama | Delmark/Apollo | Apollo rec. by singer Washington with band incl. Lucky Thompson, Milt Jackson |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Helen Humes & Her All-Stars | Pleasing Man Blues | The Chronological Helen Humes 1945-1947 | Classics | Philo rec. by singer Humes |
| T-Bone Walker w Marl Young Orch. | Come Back To Me Baby Blues | VA - The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story 1945-1955 | Mercury 6 cd box set | Mercury rec. by singer/guitarist Walker backed by Marl Young Orch. |
| Eddie Vinson | Cleanhead Blues | Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Kidney Stew Blues | Proper Records | Mercury rec. by singer/alto saxist Vinson |
| Lil Green | Blowtop Blues | Lil Green - Romance In The Dark | RCA/Bluebird LP | Victor rec. by singer Green |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend | Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Original Soul Sister | Proper 4 cd box set | Decca rec. by singer/guitarist Tharpe backed by Sam Price (p) |