The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host the Front Porch Blues Show this evening. The focus of the program will be the extensive and varied career of jazz and blues/R&B guitarist Lloyd 'Tiny' Grimes from the early 1940s to the early 1960s. Tiny Grimes was skilled on the electric 4-string tenor guitar and a songwriter/bandleader who made his first recordings with the jive vocal harmony quartet the Cats & the Fiddle. Soon after he joined the Art Tatum Trio, backing the amazing jazz pianist along with bassist Slam Stewart. He included Charlie Parker in a 1944 recording session, which was Bird's first small group bebop waxing. Grimes was a frequent star of many later 1940s recording projects spanning jazz, blues, and R&B. He linked with tenor saxists Ike Quebec, Coleman Hawkins, John Hardee and Red Prysock as he transitioned into the early 1950s leading his R&B group the Rockin' Highlanders, which incl. Screamin' Jay Hawkins. He also cut a fine session backing Billie Holiday.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 12/26/2021 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Cats & the Fiddle | I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water | The Cats & the Fiddle Vol. 1 | Acrobat | June 1939 Bluebird rec. |
| The Cats & the Fiddle | I'm Gonna Pull My Hair (And Let My Wig Fall Down) | The Cats & the Fiddle | Jasmine 2-cd set | Jan. 1941 Bluebird rec. after Tiny Grimes has joined group |
| The Spirits Of Rhythm | We've Got The Blues | The Chronological Spirits Of Rhythm 1933-1945 | Classics | Sept. 1941 Columbia rec. by vocal/string band incl. Leo Watson and Teddy Bunn |
| Art Tatum & His Band with Big Joe Turner | Wee Baby Blues | Art Tatum - Piano Grand Master | Proper Records 4-cd box set | Jan. 1941 Decca rec. by sextet incl. leader Tatum (p), John Collins (g) |
| The Cats & the Fiddle | Crawlin' Blues | The Cats & the Fiddle | Jasmine 2-cd set | Oct. 1941 Bluebird rec. by group with added piano |
| Art Tatum & His Band with Big Joe Turner | Corrine Corrina | Art Tatum - Piano Grand Master | Proper Records 4-cd box set | June 1941 Decca rec. with Joe Turner vocal |
| The Cats & the Fiddle | Lawdy, Clawdy | The Cats & the Fiddle | Jasmine 2-cd set | Oct. 1941 Bluebird rec. by group incl. Grimes |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Pete Brown & His Band with Helen Humes (voc) | Unlucky Woman | The Chronological Helen Humes 1927-1945 | Classics | Feb. 1942 Decca rec. with Humes backed by Brwon (as), Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Sam Price (p), others |
| Art Tatum Trio | Cocktails For Two | Art Tatum - The Complete Trio Sessions with Tiny Grimes & Slam Stewart, Vol. 1 | Official | Jan. 1944 Brunswick rec. |
| Earl Hines Sextet with Betty Roche (voc) | Blues On My Weary Mind | VA - Earl Hines And The Dukes Men | Delmark/Apollo | April 1944 Apollo rec. by pianist Hines group with Ray Nance, Johnny Hodges, Flip Phillips, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Sid Catlett backing Roche (prev. w/ Savoy Sultans, Duke Ellington) |
| Art Tatum Trio | Body And Soul | Art Tatum - Piano Grand Master | Proper Records 4-cd box set | May 1944 Decca rec. |
| Coleman Hawkins Septet | Step On It | Tiny Grimes - Electric Guitar Master | Jazz Archives | July 1944 Regis rec. led by Hawkins (ts) with Charlie Shavers, Edmund Hall, Clyde Hart, Tiny Grimes |
| Tiny Grimes Quintet | Tiny's Tempo | The Chronological Tiny Grimes 1944-1949 | Classics Blues & Rhythm Series | Sept. 1944 Savoy rec. led by Grimes with Charlie Parker, Clyde Hart, Jimmy Butts, Harold 'Doc' West |
| Tiny Grimes Quintet | Romance Without Finance | Charlie Parker - Bird: Savoy Original Master Takes | Savoy Jaz 2-cd set | Sept. 1944 Savoy rec. with Tiny Grimes vocal |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Etta Jones with Barney Bigard & His Orch. | Salty Papa Blues | The Chronological Barney Bigard 1944 | Classics | Dec. 1944 Black & White rec. session led by Bigard (cl), with Georgie Auld, Joe Thomas, Chuck Wayne, others |
| The Spirits Of Rhythm | Scattin' The Blues | The Chronological Spirits Of Rhythm 1933-1945 | Classics | Jan. 1945 Black & White rec. with Leo Watson's vocal featured |
| Tiny Grimes Sextette | 'C' Jam Blues | The Chronological Tiny Grimes 1944-1949 | Classics | Aug. 1946 Blue Note rec. incl. Trummy Young, John Hardee, Marlowe Morris |
| T-Bone Walker | It's A Lowdown Dirty Deal | T-Bone Walker - The Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings | Capitol | Dec. 1946 Black & White rec. with Walker (voc/g), Al Killian (tp), Jack McVea (ts), others |
| Tiny Grimes Quintet | Boogie Woogie Barbecue | Tiny Grimes - Electric Guitar Master | Jazz Archives | Dec. 1947 Atlantic rec. led by Grimes, with John Hardee (ts), others |
| Nellie Lutcher | Come And Get It, Honey | The Best of Nellie Lutcher | Capitol Jazz | Dec. 1947 Capitol rec. by Lutcher (voc/p) backed by Hurley Ramey (g), Truck Parham (b), Alvin Burroughs (d) |
| Tiny Grimes Quintet | See See Rider | The Chronological Tiny Grimes 1944-1949 | Classics | May 1948 Atlantic rec. feat. Wilbur 'Red' Prysock (voc/ts) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Tiny Grimes & His Rocking Highlanders | Frankie And Johnny Boogie | Tiny Grimes & His Rocking Highlanders Vol 1 | Collectables/Gotham | 1950 Gotham label rec. by Grimes group incl. Benny Golson (ts), Freddie Redd (p), Ike Isaacs (b), d |
| Billie Holiday with Tiny Grimes Quintet | Blue Turning Grey Over You | Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues | Blue Note | April 1951 Aladdin rec. with Holiday (voc) backed by Grimes, Haywood Henry (ts/bs), Bobby Tucker (p), others |
| Dinah Washington | Please Send Me Someone To Love | Dinah Washington - The Queen Sings | Proper 4-cd box set | Feb. 1951 Mercury rec. by Dinah backed by Walter Buchanan's Orch. incl. Wynton Kelly (p) |
| Billie Holiday | Be Fair With Me Baby | Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues | Blue Note | April 1951 Aladdin rec. |
| Tiny Grimes & His Rocking Highlanders | Why Did You Waste My Time? | Tiny Grimes & His Rocking Highlanders Vol 1 | Collectables/Gotham | Early 1953 Gotham rec. feat. Jalacy ('Screamin' Jay') Hawkins vocal |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Not Anymore | Screamin' Jay Hawkins - The Whamee 1953-55 | Rev-Ola | Sept. 1953 Timely/Apollo rec. with Hawkins (voc) backed by Tiny Grimes, Red Prysock, Ray Bryant, Sonny Payne |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Person To Person | Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Cow Fingers And Mosquito Pie | Epic Legacy | May 1957 OKeh rec. by Hawkins with backing incl. Everett Barksdale, Kenny Burrell (gtrs) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Tiny Grimes & Coleman Hawkins | Blues Wail | Tiny Grimes - Five Classic Albums | Real Gone Jazz 4-cd set | From 1958 Prestige/Swingville album feat. Grimes, Hawkins, Musa Kaleem (fl), Ray Bryant (p), others |
| Tiny Grimes | Do It Yiurself Blues | Tiny Grimes - Five Classic Albums | Real Gone Jazz 4-cd set | From 1962 United Artists album Big Time Guitar With Organ And Rhythm feat. Grimes backed by Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, J.C. Higginbotham, Ray Bryant, Wendell Marshall, Osie Johnson |