The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host a Rockin' In Rhythm edition of the Front Porch Blues Show this evening. The program will feature the blues side of jazz from 1944 and will include artists like Lester Young, Mary Lou Williams, Coleman Hawkins, Billy Eckstine, Stuff Smith, James P. Johnson, Al Hibbler & Kay Davis with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Betty Roche with the Earl Hines Sextet, Ike Quebec, Hot Lips Page, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Helen Humes, and many more.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 6/09/2019 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Gant | I Wonder | VA - Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles (1921-1956) | Rhino 4 cd box set | 1944 LA rec. for Gilt Edge by pianist/singer Pvt. Cecil Gant was one of the biggest R&B hits of 1944/45; ballad covered by many others |
| Johnny Moore's Three Blazers with Charles Brown | Tell Me You'll Wait For Me | The Chronological Charles Brown, 1944-1945 | Classics | 1944 LA rec. for Atlas by group incl. singer/pianist Brown, Johnny Moore & Oscar Moore (gtrs), Eddie Williams (b); at this Atlas session and the next the group backed singer Frankie Laine. |
| King Cole Trio | Easy Listenin' Blues | Nat King Cole - Rockin' Boppin' & Blues | Capitol | March 1944 LA instr. rec. for Capitol by Nat King Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (gtr), Johnny Miller (b) |
| Helen Humes with Leonard Feather's Hiptet | Suspicious Blues | The Chronological Helen Humes 1927-1945 | Classics | Nov. 1944 NYC rec. for Savoy by singer Humes with group led by Feather (p) with Bobby Stark (t), Princw Robinson (ts), Chuck Wayne (gtr), Herbie Fields (clt/as), Oscar Pettiford (b), Denzil Best (d) |
| Roosevelt Sykes | Mellow Queen | Roosevelt Sykes and his original Honey Drippers: Boogie Honky Tonk | Oldie Blues LP | Dec. 1944 Chicago rec. for Bluebird by Sykes (voc/p) with Ted Summit (gtr), Jump Jackson (d); at the same session Sykes cut a cover version of I Wonder, |
| Wee Bea Booze | So Good | VA - Singing With Sammy: Sam Price Vol. 1 1938-1944 | Contact/Bluetime LP | March 1944 NYC rec. for Decca by singer Booze backed by pianist Sam Price & His Trio, which sings ensemble responses |
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| Billie Holiday | Billie's Blues | Billie Holiday - The Commodore Master Takes | GRP/Commodore | April NYC rec. for Milt Gabler's Commodore Records label by singer Holiday backed by pianist Eddie Heywood with John Simmons (b), Sid Catlett (d) |
| Duke Ellington & His Orchestra with Al Hibbler & Kay Davis (voc) | I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues | Duke Ellington - The Works Of Duke: Complete Edition Volume 19 | RCA/Black & White Series LP | Dec. NYC rec. for RCA Victor by Ellington Orch. featuring singers Al Hibbler & Kay Davis |
| Ivie Anderson with Ceele Burke's Orch. | Play Me The Blues | Ivie Anderson - I've Got It Good And That Ain't Bad: With Duke & Beyond | Jasmine | 1944 LA rec. for the Rene Bros. Excelsior label by former Ellington singer Anderson backed by guitarist Burke & Orch. (personnel unknown) |
| Buddy Johnson & His Orch. with Ella Johnson (voc) | That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch | Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra 1940/1950 | Jazz Archives | Oct. 1944 NYC rec. for Decca by singer Ella Johnson backed by brother Buddy Johnson & His Orch. |
| Earl Hines Sextet with Betty Roche (voc) | Blues On My Weary Mind | VA - Earl Hines And The Duke's Men | Delmark/Apollo Series | April NYC rec. for Apollo by singer Roche backed by pianist Hines and group incl. Ray Nance, Johnny Hodges, Flip Phillips, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Sid Catlett. with |
| Sarah Vaughan with Dizzy Gillespie & His Orch. | No Smokes Blues | Sarah Vaughan - Young Sassy | Proper Records 4 cd box set | Dec. NYC rec. for Continental by singer Vaughan backed by bebop trumpeter Gillespie with quintet incl. Georgie Auld (ts), Chuck Wayne (gtr) |
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| Lester Young | Blue Lester | Lester Young - Master Takes With Earle Warren & Johnny Guarnieri | Arista/Savoy LP | May 1944 NYC rec. for Savoy by tenor sax great Young backed by Count Basie's rhythm section incl. Basie (p), Freddie Green (gtr), Rodney Richardson (b), Shadow Wilson (d) |
| Coleman Hawkins And His Orch. | Woody'N You | Coleman Hawkins - Rainbow Mist | Delmark/Apollo Series | Feb. NYC rec. for Apollo by Coleman Hawkins (ts) with band incl. Dizzy Gillespie (t), Leo Parker (as), Don Byas & Ray Abrams (ts), Budd Johnson (bs), Clyde Hart (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Max Roach (d) |
| Tiny Grimes Quintet feat. Charlie Parker (as) | Red Cross | Charlie Parker - Bird: Savoy Original Master Takes | Savoy Jazz 2 cd set | Sept. NYC rec. for Savoy by guitarist Grimes with group incl. bop master alto saxist Charlie 'Bird' Parker, Clyde Hart (p), Jimmy Butts (b), Doc West (d) |
| Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra | Blowing The Blues Away | The Legendary Big Band - Billy Eckstine | Savoy Jazz 2 cd set | Dec. NYC rec. for DeLuxe by Eckstine (voc/tb) with band incl. boppers Dizzy Gillespie, John Jackson, Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon, Leo Parker, Art Blakey |
| Roy Eldridge and His Orch. | St. Louis Blues | Roy Eldridge - After You've Gone | GRP/Decca Jazz | Oct. NYC rec. for Decca by Eldridge (voc/tpt) backed by big band incl. Sidney DeParis, Vic Dickenson, Franz Jackson, Snags Allen, Cozy Cole |
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| Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) | Tell Me, Baby | Leadbelly: Huddie Ledbetter's Best... His Guitar - His Voice - His Piano | Capitol LP | Oct. LA rec. for Capitol by Leadbelly (voc/gtr) with Paul Mason Howard (zither) |
| Sonny Boy Williamson | Check Up On My Baby | The Original Sonny Boy Williamson - The Later Years 1938-1947 | JSP Records 4 cd box set | Dec. 1944 Chicago rec. for Bluebird by John Lee Williamson (voc/hca) with Blind John Davis (p), Ted Summitt (gtr), Jump Jackson (d) |
| Lonnie Johnson | Watch Shorty | Lonnie Johnson - The Originator of Modern Guitar Blues | RBD/Bluesboy | Dec. Chicago rec. for Bluebird by Johnson (voc/gtr) with Blind John Davis (p), Ransom Knowling (b) |
| Memphis Minnie and Son Joe | When You Love Me | Memphis Minnie - Queen of the Blues | Columbia Legacy | Dec. Chicago rec. for OKeh by Memphis Minnie (voc/gtr) with Ernest 'Son Joe' Lawlers (gtr), Fred Williams (d) |
| Arthur Crudup | Who's Been Foolin' You? | Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - The Definitive Collection 1941-62 | Acrobat 4 cd box set | Dec. Chicago rec. for Bluebird by Crudup (voc/gtr) with Melvin Draper (d) |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Strange Things Happening Every Day | Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Original Soul Sister | Proper Records 4 cd box set | Sept. NYC rec. for Decca by Tharpe (voc/gtr) with pianist Sam Price & His Trio incl. Abe Bolar (b), Harold 'Doc' West (d) |
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| Ike Quebec Quintet | Blue Harlem | The Chronological Ike Quebec 1944-1946 | Classics | July 1944 NYC rec. for Blue Note by tenor saxist Quebec with Roger Ramirez (p), Tiny Grimes (gtr), Milt Hinton (b), J.C. Heard (d) |
| Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings | Bottom Blues | Vic Dickinson Story 1940/1946: A True Trombone Master | Jazz Archives | Feb. NYC rec. for Commodore by pianist Ammons with group incl. Vic Dickinson (tb), Don Byas (ts), Hot Lips Page (t), Israel Crosby (b), Sid Catlett (d) |
| Stuff Smith Quartet | Blues In Mary's Flat | Stuff Smith - Time And Again | Proper Records 2 cd set | May Chicago rec. for Selmer by Smith (vln/voc) with Mary Osborne (gtr/voc), Jimmy Jones (p), John Levy (b) |
| (Oran) Hot Lips Page | Lips Blues (aka Double-Trouble Blues) | The Hot Lips Page Collection 1929-53 | Acrobat 2 cd set | Sept. NYC rec. for Savoy by Page (tpt/voc) with band incl. Vic Dickenson, Earl Bostic, Don Byas, Ike Quebec, Clyde Hart, Tiny Grimes, others |
| Mary Lou Williams Trio with Bill Coleman vocal | You Know Baby | The Chronological Mary Lou Williams 1944 | Classics | Aug. NYC rec. for Asch label by pianist Williams with trumpeter/singer Bill Coleman, Al Hall (b) |
| Sidney DeParis' Blue Note Jazzmen | Call Of The Blues | VA - The James P. Johnson Collection 1921-49 | Acrobat 2 cd set | June NYC rec. for Blue Note by trumpeter DeParis and his band incl. James P. Johnson (p), Vic Dickinson, Edmond Hall, Jimmy Shirley, John Simmons, Sid Catlett |
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| Julia Lee with Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers | Come On Over To My House | A Proper Introduction to Julia Lee - That's What I Like | Proper Records | Nov. 1944 Kansas City rec. for Capitol by singer Lee backed by pianist/bandleader Jay McShann's group incl. Oliver Todd (t), Efferge Ware (gtr), Walter Page (b), Baby Lovett (d), others |
| Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson with Cootie Williams & His Orch. | Cherry Red Blues | Cootie Williams Sextet And Orchestra | Phoenix LP | Jan. 1944 NYC rec. for Hit label by trumpeter/bandleader Cootie Williams & His Orch. featuring Vinson (as/voc), Sam Taylor, Bud Powell, others |