VA - Jazz Blues

Size: 191,5 MB
Time: 82:20
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues Jazz
Art: Front

01 Wilbur De Paris & Jimmy Witherspoon - How Long Blues ( 2:59)
02 Dinah Washington - The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman Cryin' For Her Man ( 3:42)
03 Ray Charles - Nobody Cares ( 2:39)
04 Mose Allison - I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues ( 3:54)
05 Aretha Franklin - Today I Sing The Blues ( 4:22)
06 T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday ( 3:01)
07 The Sir Douglas Band - Ain't That Loving You ( 4:54)
08 Peanuts Holland & Holland Peanuts Orchestra - Peanuts Butter Blues ( 2:51)
09 Al Hibbler & Billy Taylor Orchestra - The Blues Came Falling Down ( 2:54)
10 Nina Simone - Do I Move You (Outtake) ( 3:18)
11 Roy Eldridge Sextet - No Rolling Blues ( 3:02)
12 Bette Midler - Empty Bed Blues ( 3:18)
13 Ivory Joe Hunter - Can't Explain How It Happened ( 2:43)
14 Billy Eckstine - Like Wow ( 2:07)
15 Lavern Baker - Money Blues ( 2:50)
16 Chris Connor - About The Blues ( 3:40)
17 Helen Shapiro - Blues In The Night ( 4:04)
18 Alan Price - Willie The Queen ( 3:13)
19 Danny O'Keefe - Farewell To Storyville (Good Time Flat Blues) ( 4:08)
20 Esther Phillips - Blow Top Blues - Jelly Jelly Blues - Long John Blues (10:40)
21 Dr. John - Dear Old Southland ( 2:41)
22 Bernt Rosengren - Meaning Of The Blues ( 5:09)

Jazz Blues

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Various Artists - Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females (3 CD)

Compiled by R&B and rock & roll authority Dave Penny, the 90-track 3 CD set Voodoo Voodoo pays tribute to the distaff side of 1950s R&B music that would inform the rock ’n’ roll explosion of the latter half of the decade, from the last shout of the 1940s big band “thrushes” such as Ella Johnson and Dinah Washington, through the fearsome vocal power of the likes of R&B trailblazers such as Big Maybelle, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker and Big Mama Thornton, to the early experiments of the mainstream pop singers such as Ella Mae Morse, Kay Starr, Peggy Lee, Lillian Briggs and Jaye P. Morgan.

That ages old question, who cut the first rock ’n’ roll record?, will never be answered as the style evolved over several years, and in any case everyone has their own idea of what constitutes rock ’n’ roll. By contrast the question, who was the first white performer to successfully utilise the black R&B style and mould it into a sound that could convincingly be labelled “rock ‘n’ roll”?, sounds more straightforward: surely it was Elvis Presley or Bill Haley? But was it? There is a compelling argument that the women beat the men to the punch when it came to assimilating black music for white consumption in the 1950s and while it might not have been the TKO that history tells us was delivered by Presley or Haley, it was still a mighty blow that deserves to be better documented. Indeed, rather than the black vocal harmony groups that originated “Fool, Fool, Fool” and “Money Honey”, it is now suggested that Elvis was influenced to record these songs in his early years from the cover versions by Kay Starr and Ella Mae Morse.

So prepare yourself for a whole lot of rhythm and rock from 65 feisty females on Voodoo Voodoo, a compilation that is happy to embrace singers from across a range of styles – R&B, big band and pop – just so long as they deliver the goods vocal-wise. Ice water at the ready! It’s a hot one, we’re tellin’ ya.

Album: Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females - CD 1
Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:48
Size: 178,2 MB
Styles: R&B, rock & roll
Scans: Full

1. Ella Johnson - Bring It Home To Me (2:33)
2. Ella Mae Morse - Teardrops From My Eyes (2:57)
3. LaVern Baker - Pig Latin Blues (2:42)
4. Terry Timmons - He's The Best In The Business (2:45)
5. Dinah Washington - Don't Hold It Against Me (2:52)
6. Joan Shaw - You Drive Me Crazy (2:44)
7. Little Sylvia - Ain't Gonna Do It (2:54)
8. Mabel Scott - Mr Fine (2:52)
9. Gloria Smith - Low Down Man (2:19)
10. Jane Turner - Danger Blues (3:07)
11. Georgia Lane - Oo-Wee, Mr Jeff (Please Be Yourself) (3:09)
12. Varetta Dillard - Mercy, Mr Percy (2:49)
13. Thelma Cooper - Ooh, Daddy (3:09)
14. Ella Johnson - No More Love (3:06)
15. Big Maybelle - I've Got A Feelin' (2:59)
16. Bettye Jean Washington - Bettye Jean's Blues (3:03)
17. Helen Humes - You Played On My Piano (3:21)
18. Annisteen Allen - My Brand Of Lovin' (2:10)
19. Sadie Madison - Let-Down Blues (2:40)
20. Jeanne Gayle - Bim Bam Baby (2:20)
21. Ruth Brown - Sweet Baby Of Mine (2:33)
22. Faye Adams - I've Gotta Leave You (2:33)
23. Etta James - Market Place (2:54)
24. Little Esther - Talkin' All Out Of My Head (2:50)
25. Margie Day - Just Couldn't Keep It To Myself (2:37)
26. Mickey Champion - Bam-A-Lam (2:23)
27. Kitty Noble - Till The Cows Come Home (2:28)
28. Kay Starr - Night Train (2:46)

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Album: Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females - CD 2
Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:20
Size: 174,8 MB
Styles: R&B, rock & roll
Scans: Full

1. Carol Jarvis - Little Red Rooster (2:36)
2. Margie Day - Snatchin' It Back (2:44)
3. Ella Johnson - What A Day (2:12)
4. Dakota Staton - Don't Mean Maybe (2:54)
5. Jaye P Morgan - Baby, Don't Do It (2:44)
6. Dolores Ware - Thrill-A-Dill (2:43)
7. Rose Marie McCoy - Dippin' In My Business (2:38)
8. Little Esther - T'ain't Whatcha Say, It's Whatcha Do (2:51)
9. Camille Howard - I Tried To Tell You (2:15)
10. Dolly Cooper - Tell Me, Tell Me (2:03)
11. Vicky Lee - Goin' Back Home To Mama (2:02)
12. Marie Knight - Grasshopper Baby (2:17)
13. Eunice Davis - Get Your Enjoys (2:36)
14. Betty Jean Morris - Shack Daddy (2:38)
15. Ella Mae Morse - How Can You Leave A Man Like This (2:47)
16. Kay Starr - Kay's Lament (2:21)
17. Dinah Washington - New Blow-Top Blues (2:39)
18. Ruth Brown - What'd I Say (2:39)
19. Zilla Mays - Take Your Time (2:40)
20. Bertice Reading - I Gotta Know (2:36)
21. Sarah McLawler - Ready, Willin' And Able (2:30)
22. Margie Day - Stubborn As A Mule (2:42)
23. Big Maybelle - That's A Pretty Good Love (2:36)
24. Dolly Cooper - Ay La Bah (2:37)
25. Willie Mae Thornton - My Man Called Me (2:40)
26. Mildred Jones - Mr Thrill (2:34)
27. Bunny Paul - Leave My Heart Alone (1:59)
28. Mabel Scott - Shut-Eye (2:33)
29. Paula Watson - I Love To Ride (2:32)
30. Linda Hayes - Atomic Baby (2:25)

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Album: Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females - CD 3
Year: 2014
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:26
Size: 179,6 MB
Styles: R&B, rock & roll
Scans: Full

1. Chubby Newsom - When Are You Comin' Home (2:07)
2. Big Maybelle - Rock House (2:19)
3. Annisteen Allen - My Bay Keeps Rollin' (2:34)
4. Marie Adams - Ain't Car Crazy (2:49)
5. Helen Humes - Woojamacooja (2:43)
6. Anita Tucker - Hop, Skip And Jump (2:44)
7. Camille Howard - Rock 'N' Roll Mama (2:41)
8. Peggy Lee - Every Night (2:35)
9. Little Esther - If It's News To You (2:40)
10. Willie Mae Thornton - Just Like A Dog (Barking Up The Wrong Tree) (2:47)
11. Fay Simmons - Hangin' Around (2:37)
12. Varetta Dillard - Promise Mr Thomas (2:37)
13. Ruth Brown - Smooth Operator (2:33)
14. Patti Jerome - No Mama, No Papa (2:08)
15. Linda Hopkins - My Loving Baby (2:50)
16. Beverly Wright - Shake Till I'm Shook (2:29)
17. Lula Reed - Sick And Tired (2:30)
18. Gloria Lynn - Cool Daddy (2:27)
19. Pearl Galloway - Get Wit It (2:13)
20. Bunny Paul - Watcha Gonna Do (2:29)
21. Vikki Nelson - Just One More Smile (One More Time) (2:23)
22. Linda Hopkins - Rock And Roll Blues (2:08)
23. Wynona Carr - Nursery Rhyme Rock (1:53)
24. Lillian Briggs - Can't Stop (1:57)
25. Dolly Cooper - Big Rock Inn (2:08)
26. Donna Hightower - He's My Baby (2:11)
27. Dolores (Baby Dee) Spriggs - Zoom De De Ho Ho (2:13)
28. Carmen Taylor - No More, No Less (2:20)
29. Bernice Gooden - Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter (On A Teen-Age Date) (2:20)
30. Lady Nell - Don't Forget (3:25)
31. LaVern Baker - Voodoo Voodoo (1:50)
32. Ella Johnson - They Don't Want Me To Rock No More (2:29)

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Dinah Washington - Back To The Blues (Bonus Tracks)

Size: 124,5 MB
Time: 52:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1963/1997
Styles: Classic Female Blues
Art: Front & Back

01. The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman Cryin' For Her Man (3:48)
02. Romance In The Dark (2:14)
03. You've Been A Good Old Wagon (3:52)
04. Let Me Be The First To Know (2:41)
05. How Long, How Long Blues (5:00)
06. Don't Come Running Back To Me (2:26)
07. It's A Mean Old Man's World (3:12)
08. Key To The Highway (2:42)
09. If I Never Get To Heaven (3:46)
10. Duck Before You Drown (2:13)
11. No Hard Feelings (2:36)
12. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning (8:42)
13. Don't Say Nothing At All (Bonus Track) (2:36)
14. No One Man (Bonus Track) (2:07)
15. Me And My Gin (Bonus Track) (4:14)

Prior to her 1959 hit "What a Difference a Day Makes," nearly every Dinah Washington recording (no matter what the style) was of interest to jazz listeners. However, after her unexpected success on the pop charts, most of Washington's sessions for Mercury and Roulette during the last four years of her life were quite commercial, with string arrangements better suited to country singers and Dinah nearly parodying herself with exaggerated gestures. Fortunately, this 1997 CD reissue brings back an exception, a blues-oriented collection that features Washington returning to her roots, backed by a jazz-oriented big band (although with occasional strings and background voices); in addition to the original program, there are previously unreleased versions of "No One Man" and "Me and My Gin." Eddie Chamblee and Illinois Jacquet have some tenor solos, guitarist Billy Butler is heard from, and the trumpet soloist is probably Joe Newman. In general, this is a more successful date than Washington's earlier investigation of Bessie Smith material, since the backup band is more sympathetic and the talented singer is heard in prime form. Dinah Washington clearly had a real feeling for this bluesy material. ~Review by Scott Yanow

Thanks to DrPeak.
Back To The Blues

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