Helen Humes - Today I Sing The Blues: 1944 - 1955

Size: 178,4 MB
Time: 75:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues Jazz
Art: Front

01. Be Baba Leba (2:39)
02. Voo-It (2:54)
03. Central Avenue Boogie (2:35)
04. He Don't Love Me Any More (2:47)
05. Pleasing Man Blues (3:05)
06. It's Better To Give Than To Receive (2:53)
07. Jet Propelled Papa (2:42)
08. They Raided The Joint (2:27)
09. Mad About You (2:59)
10. Flippity Flop Flop (1:59)
11. Jumpin' On Sugar Hill (2:55)
12. Today I Sing The Blues (2:52)
13. Married Man Blues (3:10)
14. Don't Fall In Love With Me (3:02)
15. I've Got The Strangest Feeling (3:07)
16. Free (2:25)
17. Million Dollar Secret (3:10)
18. Airplane Blues (2:34)
19. Helen's Advice (2:44)
20. The Laziest Gal in Town (2:30)
21. Hey, Hey Baby (2:30)
22. All Night Long (2:49)
23. Loud Talkin' Woman (2:53)
24. They Raided The Joint (Alternative Version) (1:42)
25. Woojamacooja (2:40)
26. All I Ask Is Your Love (2:38)
27. Real Fine Daddy (2:13)
28. I'll Surrender Anytime (2:51)

"I've been called a blues singer, a jazz singer, and a ballad singer - well, I'm all three, which means I'm just a singer". That is a quote that Helen Humes was fond of using throughout her career. She was, like many singers of her generation, Caucasian or African American, proud of her versatility and proud of her resistance to any kind of musical genre pigeon holing. Having said that, this collection of 28 of her recordings does indeed put her firmly into the blues genre, albeit blues with a definite Jazz bias.

Playing with her across these various recording dates are, Conte Candoli, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Chico Hamilton, Chuck Norris, Ernie Freeman, Jackie Kelso, Camille Howard, Roy Milton, Buck Clayton, Teddy Wilson, Maxwell Davis, Lester Young, Bill Doggett and even more. How cool is that list.
This CD contains several of her jukebox hit records like "Be-Baba-Leba", "Million Dollar Secret".

Today I Sing The Blues

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Helen Humes - Let The Good Times Roll

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:50
Size: 130.1 MB
Styles: Jazz/Blues vocals
Year: 1973/1996
Art: Front

[3:19] 1. They Raided The Joint
[4:34] 2. That Old Feeling
[3:06] 3. Ooo Baba Leba
[5:31] 4. For Now And So Long
[3:03] 5. Let The Good Times Roll
[3:34] 6. My Handy Man
[2:11] 7. Guess Who's In Town
[5:03] 8. Million Dollar Secret
[3:15] 9. He May Be Your Man
[5:35] 10. Prisoner Of Love
[3:08] 11. Let The Good Times Roll (Take 3)
[4:57] 12. That Old Feeling (Take2)
[6:31] 13. Million Dollar Secret (Take 1)
[2:57] 14. Ooo Baba Leba (Take 1)

Helen Humes had been retired for several years (and off record since 1961) when she began her comeback with this set. Recorded for the French Black & Blue label and made available domestically on a Classic Jazz LP, the album mostly features the veteran swing singer doing remakes, some of which top her earlier versions. Louis Jordan's "They Raided the Joint" is an exciting opener and is matched by "That Old Feeling," "Ooo Baba Leba," "He May Be Your Man" and Humes' classic "A Million Dollar Secret." Particularly strong assets in her notable backup group are tenorman Arnett Cobb, guitarists Al Casey and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, pianist Jay McShann and organist Milt Buckner. Wonderful music that deserves to be made widely available. ~Scott Yanow

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Various - Dootone Rock 'n' Rhythm & Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 71:29
Size: 163.7 MB
Styles: R&B/Soul/Blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:28] 1. Roy Milton - Baby I'm Gone
[2:46] 2. Roy Milton - Cry Some Baby
[2:44] 3. Roy Milton - Fools Are Getting Scarcer
[2:55] 4. Roy Milton - I Can't Go On
[2:06] 5. Roy Milton - You Got Me Reeling And Rocking
[2:37] 6. Roy Milton - Nothing Left
[2:19] 7. Mickey Champion & The Roy Milton Orchestra - Bam-A-Lam
[2:29] 8. Mickey Champion & The Roy Milton Orchestra - I'm A Woman
[2:56] 9. Roy Milton - I Never Would Have Made It
[2:49] 10. Roy Milton - I Want To Go Home
[2:29] 11. Lorenzo Holden - Groovy Boogie
[3:10] 12. Lorenzo Holden - Just Blues
[2:39] 13. Helen Humes - Woojamacooja
[2:38] 14. Helen Humes - All I Ask Is Your Love
[2:12] 15. Helen Humes - Real Fine Daddy
[2:51] 16. Helen Humes - I'll Surrender Anytime
[2:23] 17. Chuck Higgins & His Band - The Itch
[2:30] 18. Chuck Higgins - Looking For My Baby
[2:18] 19. Chuck Higgins - Wet Back Hop
[2:24] 20. Chuck Higgins - Tonky Honk
[2:51] 21. Chuck Higgins - Don't You Know I Love You Baby
[2:05] 22. Chuck Higgins - Hey Dig
[2:05] 23. Chuck Higgins - Here I'm Is
[2:26] 24. Chuck Higgins & His Band - Gamblin' Woman
[2:13] 25. Chuck Higgins - Eye Ballin'
[2:58] 26. Claude Mclin - So Fine
[2:18] 27. Claude Mclin - You're Lookin' Good
[2:36] 28. Joe Houston - Shindig

Think about the Dootone label. Chances are, you'll initially think about the great group records that 'label prexy' - as the trade mags used to say - Dootsie Williams cut and issued (or sometimes didn't issue) in the label's decade-plus of active life. Not too surprising really, especially when you review a roster that, during its life span, included the Penguins, Medallions, Calvanes, Cuff Links and Meadowlarks, and recordings that include such doo wop perennials as Heaven And Paradise, Hey Senorita, Buick '59 and Earth Angel... But to regard these magnificent groups, and their equally magnificent recordings, as the be-all and end-all of Dootone is to do the rest of the label's output a terrible disservice. Dootsie Williams also recorded lots of classy West Coast blues, raucous honkers, cool South Central cocktail grooves and a copious quantity of riotous R&B rockers. And all this without taking into account a vast trench of "Party Records" by the late African-American comic Redd Foxx - which, as the saying goes, is another story...

Stalwart Ace aficionados have been hoping for this set for a long time. I'm happy to tell 'em that the wait was worth it. Dootone R&B is yet another valuable addition to Ace's ongoing documentation and preservation of California-created Rhythm And Blues. Hey Dig this Groovy Boogie from Dootsie's tape booty. It's So Fine, You'd Surrender Anytime. Quit Eye Ballin' and start Shindiggin'... ~ Tony Rounce

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VA - Work, Daddy, Work: Risque Ladies Of The Blues

Size: 143,7 MB
Time: 60:02
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 Eunice Day - Work, Daddy, Work (2:57)
02 Mae Glover - Gas Man Blues (2:44)
03 Isabel Sykes - In Here With Your Heavy Stuff (3:02)
04 Lillie Mae Kirkman - He's Just My Size (2:50)
05 Helen Humes - Pleasing Man Blues (3:06)
06 Louise Johnson - On The Wall (3:00)
07 Kansas City Kitty - Show Me What You've Got (3:06)
08 Lil Johnson - Meat Balls (2:52)
09 Hannah Mae - Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat (2:41)
10 Lucille Bogan - Coffee Grindin' Blues (3:24)
11 Marylin Scott - I Got What My Daddy Likes (2:35)
12 Stella Johnson - Don't Come Over (2:49)
13 Georgia Tom - Terrible Operation Blues (2:49)
14 Lucille Bogan - Struttin' My Stuff (2:47)
15 Dorothy Baker - Steady Grindin' Blues (3:07)
16 Memphis Minnie - My Butcher Man (2:56)
17 Helen Humes - I'm Gonna Let Him Ride (1:44)
18 Georgia Tom - What's That I Smell (2:34)
19 Rosetta Howard - Too Many Drivers (3:04)
20 Dorothy Ellis - Drill, Daddy, Drill (2:55)
21 Barrel House Annie - If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It (2:48)

Work, Daddy, Work

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VA - Live In Paris: First American Folk Blues Festival October 20, 1962

Size: 109,4+168,6 MB
Time: 46:31+72:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Memphis Slim - Festival Introduction (Live) (1:16)
02. John Lee Hooker - I Don't Want To Lose You (Live) (4:49)
03. John Lee Hooker - Money (Live) (3:22)
04. John Lee Hooker - Night Time Is The Right Time (Live) (4:29)
05. John Lee Hooker - Memphis Slim Introduction (Live) (0:42)
06. Memphis Slim - Band Introduction (Live) (2:10)
07. Memphis Slim - Rockin' The House (Live) (2:53)
08. Shakey Jake - Hey Baby (Live) (3:57)
09. Shakey Jake - Call Me When You Need Me (Live) (3:14)
10. Shakey Jake - Jake's Blues (Live) (2:11)
11. Willie Dixon - Talking About The Blues (Live) (2:15)
12. Willie Dixon - Nervous (Live) (3:53)
13. Willie Dixon - I Just Want To Make Love To You (Live) (4:51)
14. Memphis Slim - Baby Please Don't Go (1st Concert) (Live) (2:14)
15. Memphis Slim - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (Live) (4:10)

CD 2:
01. Memphis Slim - Hugues Panassie, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Introduction (Live) ( 1:40)
02. Sonny Terry - I'm A Stranger Here (Live) ( 4:42)
03. Sonny Terry - Talkin' Harmonica Blues (Live) ( 3:23)
04. Sonny Terry - Born And Livin' With The Blues (Live) ( 4:32)
05. Sonny Terry - Baby, I Got My Eye On You (Live) ( 3:30)
06. Sonny Terry - John Henry (Live) ( 7:07)
07. T-Bone Walker - Woman You Must Be Crazy (Live) ( 5:36)
08. T-Bone Walker - My Old Time Used To Be (Live) ( 4:26)
09. T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday (Live) ( 4:08)
10. T-Bone Walker - You Don't Love Me (Live) ( 6:18)
11. T-Bone Walker - T. Bone Talks To The Booers (Live) ( 1:47)
12. Helen Humes - Money Honey (Live) ( 2:41)
13. Helen Humes - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (Live) ( 3:07)
14. Helen Humes - Kansas City (Live) ( 2:24)
15. Helen Humes - Saint Louis Blues (Live) ( 2:34)
16. Helen Humes - Million Dollar Secret (Live) ( 3:50)
17. Helen Humes - Bye Bye Blues (Live) (10:19)

For twenty years The American Folk Blues Festival was a legendary tour that undertook to spread authentic blues throughout Europe.
In October 1962 the tour reached the Olympia in Paris, where the audience could hear the first French concerts by John Lee Hooker, Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. The concert sold out. It announced the Folk & Blues Revival wave that went on to sweep Europe & especially Britain in the mid-Sixties.

The Live in Paris collection by Michel Brillié allows listeners to hear previously-unreleased recordings (made at concerts and private- or radio-sessions) by the great 20th stars in jazz, rock & roll and song.
These “live” takes, and the artists’ rapport with their audiences, gives these performances an additional soul and sensibility in counterpoint to the rigorous demands of studio recordings.
Particular care was taken when restoring the sound of these tapes in order to meet CD standards while preserving the original colours of the period.

Live In Paris: First American Folk Blues Festival CD 1
Live In Paris: First American Folk Blues Festival CD 2

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