The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host the Front Porch Blues Show this evening. The program will begin with a short profile of the great blues and jazz singer Jimmy Rushing (1901-1972) from late 1930s recordings with the Count Basie Orchestra to his 1960 album with Dave Brubeck. Then the focus will turn to a brief history of blues piano from the late 1920s through the 1940s. Featured blues pianists will range from Cow Cow Davenport, Leroy Carr, and Georgia White to Memphis Slim, Champion Jack Dupree, and Big Maceo.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 1/14/2018 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie Orch. | Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) | Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings | GRP/Decca Jazz 3 cd set | March 1937 New York recording for Decca by Count Basie Orchestra with vocal by Jimmy Rushing |
| Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie Orch. | Baby Don't Tell On Me | The Essential Count Basie, Volume 1 | Columbia Jazz Masterpieces | March 1939 for Vocalion by Basie Orch. with Jimmy Rushing (voc) |
| Jimmy Rushing with Johnny Otis Orch. | Round The Clock | VA - The Original Johnny Otis Show | Savoy Jazz 2 LP set | Sept. 1945 Los Angeles rec. for Excelsior by Johnny Otis, His Drums & Orch. with Jimmy Rushing (voc) |
| Jimmy Rushing | Goin' To Chicago | Jimmy Rushing - Vanguard Visionaries | Vanguard CD sampling Rushing's 3 LPs for them including Sings The Blues | Dec. 1954 New York rec. for Vanguard by singer Jimmy Rushing with band incl. Buddy Tate, Sam Price, Walter Page, Jo Jones |
| Jimmy Rushing | Take Me Back Baby | Jimmy Rushing - Seven Classic Albums Plus Bonus Tracks | Real Gone Jazz 4 cd box set, including album Listen To The Blues | 1955 Vanguard recording by Jimmy Rushing and His All Star Band incl. Pete Johnson (p) |
| Jimmy Rushing | Mister Five By Five | Jimmy Rushing - Rushing Lullabies | Columbia Legacy 2 cd set | February 1958 rec. for Columbia by Little Jimmy Rushing and The Big Brass |
| Jimmy Rushing with Dave Brubeck Quartet | There'll Be Some Changes Made | Jimmy Rushing - Seven Classic Albums Plus Bonus Tracks | Real Gone Jazz 4 cd box set, including album Brubeck And Rushing With the Dave Brubeck Quartet | Jan. 1960 New York rec. for Columbia by singer Rushing with the Dave Brubeck Quartet incl. Brubeck (p) and Desmond (as) |
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| Cow Cow Davenport | Chimes Blues | VA - Boogie Woogie Rarities 1927-1932 | Milestone LP | 1929 rec. for Gennett/Paramount by pianist Davenport |
| Sippie Wallace | I'm A Mighty Tight Woman | VA - When The Sun Goes Down: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll | BMG/Bluebird 4 cd box set | Feb. 1929 Chicago rec. for Victor by cabaret blues singer/pianist Wallace backed by New Orleans jazz veterans Natty Dominique, Honore Dutrey, and Johnny Dodds |
| Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell | Blues Before Sunrise | Leroy Carr - Blues Before Sunrise | Columbia LP | Feb. 1934 Saint Louis rec. for Vocalion by singer/pianist Carr with guitarist Blackwell |
| Walter Davis | Sweet Sixteen | VA - When The Sun Goes Down: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll | BMG/Bluebird 4 cd box set | Feb. 1935 Chicago rec. for Bluebird by Davis (voc/piano) with possibly Joe Williams or Henry Townsend, guitar |
| Pine Top (Aaron Sparks) | Every Day I Have The Blues | VA - The Piano Blue Volume Thirteen: Central Highway 1933-1941 | Magpie LP | July 1935 Chicago rec. by pianist/singer Pine Top acc. by Milton Sparks or Henry Townsend (gtr) |
| Little Brother Montgomery | The First Time I Met The Blues | VA - When The Sun Goes Down: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll | BMG/Bluebird 4 cd box set | Oct. 1936 New Orleans rec. for Victor by singer/pianist Montgomery; redone in late 1950s by Buddy Guy for Cobra |
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| Meade Lux Lewis | Honky Tonk Train Blues | VA - When The Sun Goes Down: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll | BMG/Bluebird 4 cd box set | Although pianist Lewis first recorded this original in 1927, this version was cut in 1936 for Victor |
| Memphis Minnie acc. by Black Bob | Joe Louis Strut | Blues Classics By Memphis Minnie | Blues Classics LP | 1936 rec. for Vocalion feat. Black Bob on piano |
| Georgia White | The Blues Ain't Nothin' But... | VA - The Piano Blue Volume Thirteen: Central Highway 1933-1941 | Magpie LP | Oct. 1938 Chicago rec. for Decca by singer/pianist White backed by Ikey Robinson (gtr) |
| The Boogie Woogie Boys: Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis & Pete Johnson | Boogie Woogie Prayer, Pt. 1 | VA - Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration | Columbia Roots N' Blues series cd | Dec. 1938 New York rec. for Vocalion/Columbia by this triumvirate of great boogie pianists |
| Peetie Wheatstraw | Shack Bully Stomp | VA - The Piano Blue Volume Thirteen: Central Highway 1933-1941 | Magpie LP | April 1938 Chicago rec. by singer/pianist Wheatstraw (William Bunch) with Lonnie Johnson (gtr) |
| Cripple Clarence Lofton | Pine Top's Boogie Woogie | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces By 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | 1939 rec. for Solo Art |
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| Roosevelt Sykes | 44 Blues | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces By 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | April 1939 New York rec. for Decca by singer/pianist Sykes |
| Jimmy Yancey | State Street Special | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces By 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | Oct. 1939 rec. for Victor by pianist Yancey |
| Pete Johnson with Big Joe Turner | Roll 'Em Pete | VA - Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration | Columbia Roots N' Blues series cd | Dec. 1938 New York rec. for Vocalion by pianist Pete Johnson and singer Joe Turner |
| Albert Ammons | Boogie Woogie Blues | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces By 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | Jan. 1939 New York rec. for Blue Note by pianist Albert Ammons |
| Memphis Slim | I See My Great Mistake | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces By 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | Oct. 1940 rec. for Bluebird by singer/pianist Memphis Slim |
| Big Bill Broonzy with Joshua Altheimer (p) | You've Got To Hit The Right Lick | Big Bill Broonzy - Good Time Tonight | Columbia Roots N' Blues series cd | April 1940 Chicago rec. for Vocalion by singer/guitarist Broonzy add. by pianist Joshua Altheimer |
| Champion Jack Dupree | Junker Blues | Champion Jack Dupree - Junker Blues 1940-41 | Travelin' Man LP | Jan. 1941 rec. for OKeh by singer pianist Dupree; Jack claimed to have taught the song to Fats Domino who adapted it for his first hit The Fat Man. |
| Yack Taylor with Sam Price (p) | Whip It To A Jelly | VA - Singing With Sammy: Sam Price Vol. 1 | Bluestime LP | 1941 Decca |
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| Curtis Jones | Tin Pan Alley | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces By 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | 1941 OKeh |
| Cripple Clarence Lofton | I Don't Know | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces By 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | Dec. 1943 Chicago rec. for Session by pianist/singer Lofton; tune remade by Willie Mabon in early 1950s. |
| Roosevelt Sykes and Trio | This Tavern Boogie | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces By 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | 1945 Black & White |
| Big Maceo Merriweather | Chicago Breakdown | Big Maceo Vol. 2: Bluebird No. 4 | French RCA LP | Oct. 1945 Chicago rec. for Bluebird by pianist Big Maceo backed by Tampa Red (gtr), Chick Saunders (d) |
| Sonny Boy Williamson with Eddie Boyd (p) | Wonderful Time | Sonny Boy Williamson Vol. 2: Bluebird No. 15 | French RCA LP | March 1947 Chicago rec. for Bluebird by Williamson (voc/hca) with Eddie Boyd (p), Willie Lacey (gtr), Ransom Knowling (b), Judge Riley (d) |
| Montana Taylor | Five O'Clocks | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces By 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | 1947 This Is Jazz radio broadcast |