Various Artists - Mighty R&B Instrumental Hits 1942-1963 [4CD]

Rhythm And Blues Records

£12.58

Format: 4 x CD
Catalogue No.: RANDB050CD
Barcode: 5060331751410
Release Date: 03 Feb 2023
Genre: Jazz

Just before the United States joined the Second World War, Jazz was at a crossroads. Big Band Swing was at the height of its popularity amongst white jazz fans, but black audiences were tiring of the bland, easy listening fare being served up by the likes of Glenn Miller. It was high time to put some excitement back into jazz, and the ‘honkers and screamers’ were in the right place at the right time to do it. Jazz purists hated it, but the public lapped it up. This set brings together all the jazz and R&B instrumentals that reached the R&B charts between 1942 and 1963 and draws a connecting line between Swing, Bebop, Boogie, Jive, Mambo, Rock’n’roll, culminating in the funky organ grooves of Booker T and Jimmy Smith. It still has the irresistible energy that seduced so many in the Forties, Fifties and Sixties and changed the character of popular music forever.

Disc One 1. Duke Ellington - Main Stem 2. Lionel Hampton - Hamp's Boogie Woogie #1 3. Joe Lutcher's Jump Band - Shuffle Woogie 4. Erskine Hawkins - After Hours 5. Illinois Jacquet - Blow Illinois Blow 6. Will Rowland & Orchestra - Shuffle Boogie 7. Tiny Grimes - Midnight Special 8. Eddie Chamblee - Back Street 9. Hal Singer - Corn Bread 10. Sonny Thompson - Long Gone (Pt. 2) 11. Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams - The Huckle-Buck 12. Big Jay McNeely's Blue Jays - Deacon's Hop 13. Todd Rhodes & His Orchestra - Blues For The Red Boy 14. Sir Charles Thompson's All Stars - Mad Lad 15. Frank Culley - Cole Slaw 16. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours 17. Roy Milton - T Town Twist 18. Johnny Otis - Mambo Boogie 19. Gene Ammons - Red Top 20. Edgar Hayes - Fat Meat 'n' Greens 21. Count Basie - One O'Clock Boogie 22. Joe Thomas - Page Boy Shuffle 23. Johnny Hodges - Castle Rock 24. Lloyd Glenn & Fulson Unit - Old Time Shuffle Blues 25. Earl Bostic - 845 Stomp 26. Jimmy Forrest - Night Train 27. Sonny Thompson - Mellow Blues (Pt. 1) 28. Little Walter & His Night Cats - Juke… Disc 2 : 1. Erskine Hawkins - Corn Bread 2. Lloyd Glenn - Chica Boo 3. Sonny Thompson - Late Freight 4. Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams - Thirty-Five-Thirty 5. Piano Red - Layin' the Boogie 6. Lennie Lewis - Blue Flame 7. Lynn Hope - Tenderly 8. Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Hop 9. Cecil Payne - Block Buster Boogie 10. Little Walter & His Night Caps - Sad Hours 11. Roy Milton’s Solid Senders - Junior Jives 12. Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca 13. Rusty Bryant - All Night Long 14. Jay McShann - Hot Biscuits 15. Lester Young - Jumpin' With Symphony Sid 16. Arnett Cobb - Walkin' With Sid 17. Earl Bostic - Flamingo 18. Freddie Mitchell - Doby's Boogie 19. Benny Goodman - Solo Flight 20. Illinois Jacquet - Port Of Rico 21. The Griffin Brothers - Hoppin' 22. Barney Bigard & His Orchestra - C Blues 23. Joe Liggins - Roll 'Em 24. Lucky Millinder - D'Natural Blues 25. Big Jay McNeely - Wild Wig 26. Lionel Hampton Orchestra - Flying Home 27. Charlie Parker - Barbados 28. Hal Singer - Beef Stew… Disc 3 : 1. Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk (Pt. 1) 2. Ernie Freeman - Jivin' Around (Pt. 1) 3. Cozy Cole - Topsy (Pt. 2) 4. Doc Bagby - Dumplins 5. Sil Austin - Slow Walk 6. John Heartsman - Johnny's House Party (Pt. 1) 7. Gus Jenkins - Tricky 8. Bobby Peterson Quintet - The Hunch 9. Freddy King - Hide Away 10. Nat Kendrick & The Swans - Mashed Potatoes (Pt. 1) 11. Phil Upchurch - You Can't Sit Down (Pt. 1) 12. Earl Grant - Sweet Sixteen Bars 13. Howard McGhee & Blazers - House Warmin' 14. Jimmy McGriff - I've Got A Woman (Pt. 1) 15. Jessie Hill - Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Pt. 2) 16. The Mar-Keys - Last Night 17. King Curtis - Soul Twist 18. James Brown - Night Train 19. Ray Bryant - Sack O’ Woe 20. Ray Charles - One Mint Julep 21. Jimmy Smith - Walk On The Wild Side (Pt. 1) 22. Booker T. & The MG's - Green Onions 23. Mongo Santamaria Band - Watermelon Man 24. Dave "Baby" Cortez - Hot Cakes 25. The Link Eddy Combo - Big Mr. C 26. David Rockingham Trio - Dawn 27. James Booker - Gonzo 28. Cannonball Adderley - African Waltz 29. Googie Rene - The Slide (Pt. 2) 30. Bill Doggett - Hold It…. Disc 4 : 1. Ray Charles - Rockhouse (Pt. 1) 2. Freddy King - San-Ho-Zay 3. The Spacemen - The Clouds 4. Noble 'Thin Man' Watts - Hard Times 5. Reg Owen & His Orchestra - Manhattan Spiritual 6. Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man 7. Little Walter - Roller Coaster 8. Tiny Bradshaw - Soft 9. Bill Doggett - Ram Bunk Shush 10. Dave "Baby" Cortez - Rinky Dink 11. The Gone All Stars - 7 - 11 12. The Mar-Keys - Morning After 13. The Parkays - Late Date 14. Paul Gayten - Nervous Boogie 15. Ernie Fields - In the Mood 16. Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana 17. Ernie Freeman - Raunchy 18. Booker T. & The MG's - Jellybread 19. Les Cooper & Soul Rockers - Wiggle Wobble 20. Ray Bryant Trio - Little Susie (Pt .4) 21. Preston Epps - Bongo Rock 22. Dave "Baby" Cortez - The Happy Organ 23. Lee Allen & His Band - Walkin' With Mr Lee 24. Roosevelt Fountain - Red Pepper (Pt. 1) 25. Googie Rene - Flapjacks 26. Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack 27. Eddie Harris - Exodus 28. Count Basie - April In Paris 29. Don Shirley Trio - Water Boy 30. Jimmy Beck - Pipe Dreams 31. Pete Bennett & Embers - Fever