Lloyd Glenn - Blues & Rhythm Series 5187: The Chronological Lloyd Glen 1954-1957

Size: 293 MB
Time: 63:40
File: FLAC
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Shadow Land (2:35)
02. Chocolate Drop (2:33)
03. Wild Fire (2:30)
04. Tipsy (2:42)
05. Still Waters (2:50)
06. Nite-Flite (2:35)
07. Glenn's Glide (2:29)
08. Footloose (2:38)
09. Rompin' Rhumba (2:17)
10. Tiddly-Winks (2:24)
11. Strollin' (2:41)
12. Sunrise (2:34)
13. Ballroom Shuffle (2:29)
14. The Vamp (2:27)
15. Southbound Special (2:22)
16. Blue Ivories (2:31)
17. Old Time Shuffle (2:41)
18. Chick-A-Boo (2:18)
19. After Hours, Pt. 1 (3:11)
20. After Hours, Pt. 2 (3:00)
21. Hyde Park (Fickle Fingers) (2:48)
22. Love For Sale (3:56)
23. Black Fantasy (2:47)
24. Cute-Tee (2:07)

As an integral behind-the-scenes fixture on the L.A. postwar blues scene, pianist/arranger/A&R man Lloyd Glenn had few equals. His rolling ivories anchored many of Lowell Fulson's best waxings for Swing Time and Checker, and he scored his own major hits on Swing Time with the imaginative instrumentals "Old Time Shuffle Blues" in 1950 and "Chica Boo" the next year. Glenn was already an experienced musician when he left the Lone Star state for sunny California in 1942. His early sessions there included backing T-Bone Walker at the 1947 Capitol date that produced the guitarist's immortal "Call It Stormy Monday." Glenn recorded for the first time under his own name the same year for Imperial with his band, the Joymakers, which included guitarist Gene Phillips, saxist Marshall Royal, and singer Geraldine Carter.

Massively constructed guitarist Tiny Webb introduced Glenn to Swing Time owner Jack Lauderdale in 1949, inaugurating Glenn's five-year stint as A&R man at the firm. After Swing Time's demise, the pianist moved to Aladdin Records, issuing more catchy instrumentals for Eddie Mesner's firm through 1959. There was also an isolated session for Imperial in 1962 that produced "Twistville" and "Young Date." The pianist remained active into the '80s, often touring as Big Joe Turner's accompanist. ~Bill Dahl

The Chronological Lloyd Glen 1954-1957

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Lloyd Glenn - Blues & Rhythm Series 5069: The Chronological Lloyd Glen 1951-1952

Size: 157 MB
Time: 65:29
File: FLAC
Released: 2003
Styles: Blues, R&B, Jazz
Art: Full

01. Sleigh Ride (2:43)
02. Savage Boy (2:53)
03. Jungle Twilight (2:40)
04. Day Break Stomp (2:27)
05. Yancey Special (3:00)
06. After Hours (2:59)
07. Honky Tonk Train (2:48)
08. Pinetop Boogie Woogie (2:29)
09. Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues (2:47)
10. Tickle Toe Two Step (2:28)
11. Angora (2:40)
12. Cuba Doll (2:34)
13. It Moves Me (2:45)
14. Night Time (3:10)
15. Ugh (1:43)
16. You're Not The Girl For Me (2:35)
17. The Sheik Of Araby (2:32)
18. True Blue Lou (2:55)
19. On The Sunny Side Of The Street (2:55)
20. Liza (2:56)
21. Deep Blue Monday (2:58)
22. Rockin' And Swingin' (2:37)
23. You Don't Love Me (2:55)
24. Tomorrow (2:50)

As an integral behind-the-scenes fixture on the L.A. postwar blues scene, pianist/arranger/A&R man Lloyd Glenn had few equals. His rolling ivories anchored many of Lowell Fulson's best waxings for Swing Time and Checker, and he scored his own major hits on Swing Time with the imaginative instrumentals "Old Time Shuffle Blues" in 1950 and "Chica Boo" the next year. Glenn was already an experienced musician when he left the Lone Star state for sunny California in 1942. His early sessions there included backing T-Bone Walker at the 1947 Capitol date that produced the guitarist's immortal "Call It Stormy Monday." Glenn recorded for the first time under his own name the same year for Imperial with his band, the Joymakers, which included guitarist Gene Phillips, saxist Marshall Royal, and singer Geraldine Carter.
Massively constructed guitarist Tiny Webb introduced Glenn to Swing Time owner Jack Lauderdale in 1949, inaugurating Glenn's five-year stint as A&R man at the firm. After Swing Time's demise, the pianist moved to Aladdin Records, issuing more catchy instrumentals for Eddie Mesner's firm through 1959. There was also an isolated session for Imperial in 1962 that produced "Twistville" and "Young Date." The pianist remained active into the '80s, often touring as Big Joe Turner's accompanist. ~Bill Dahl

The Chronological Lloyd Glen 1951-1952

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Lloyd Glenn - Blues & Rhythm Series Classics 5016: The Chronological Lloyd Glenn 1947-1950

Size: 119 MB
Time: 52:14
File: FLAC
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Full

01. Joymaker's Boogie (Soldier's Hop) (2:50)
02. Advice To A Fool (2:54)
03. That Other Woman's Gotta Go (2:59)
04. Rampart Street Jump (Fried Chicken Boogie) (Hep Cat Shuffle) (3:08)
05. Stranger (2:53)
06. Texas Man (2:51)
07. Midnight Boogie (2:39)
08. Boogiology (Rockin' Boogie) (Brazos Bottom) (2:50)
09. New Flying Home (2:31)
10. Jumpin' With Lloyd (2:39)
11. Levee Blues (2:52)
12. Travling Time (2:46)
13. Blues Hangover (2:33)
14. Chica Boo (2:23)
15. Jungle Town Jubilee (2:19)
16. Congo Rhumba (3:04)
17. Cute Tee (2:35)
18. Black Fantasy (2:34)
19. Old Time Shuffle (2:45)

Dependable all-purpose blues and boogie-woogie piano ace Lloyd Glenn was born in San Antonio, TX, in 1909. He developed his musical abilities by gigging throughout the Southwest during the 1920s and early '30s. During his extensive early jazz training he gigged with Thomas Lee's Royal Aces, the Deluxe Melody Boys, Millard McNeal's Melody Boys, Terence "Tee" Holder, Boots & His Buddies, and Nat Towles before making his first appearance on record with Don Albert's Orchestra in 1934. Glenn served the Albert band as pianist and arranger until 1937, moved to California in 1941, and landed in Los Angeles for keeps in 1945. He soon became an active component in the West Coast jump blues scene, working alongside Red Mack, Henry Hayes, guitarist Gene Phillips, and, in 1947, the amazing T-Bone Walker. This outstanding compilation is the first installment in the complete Classics Lloyd Glenn chronology. It opens with the first recordings he made under his own name. Released on the Imperial label as by Lloyd Glenn & His Joymakers, these eight studies in blues and boogie-woogie were recorded during December of 1947 with a rhythm section that included the aforementioned Gene Phillips and a tough front line of trumpeter Jake Porter and saxophonists Gene Porter and Marshall Royal. Half of these titles featured sanguine vocals by Geraldine Carter. The instrumentals are outstanding. "Boogiology" has a locomotive quality that quickens the pulse. Glenn's only recordings as a leader during the year 1948 were both steamers featuring wild tenor saxophonist Maxwell Davis. "New Flying Home," a sequel to the hit record by Lionel Hampton and Arnett Cobb, was released on the RPM label with a live recording of "Jumpin' with Lloyd," a tasty example of rockin' West Coast jump blues accompanied by cheers from the audience, on the flip side. Glenn's 1949 debut recording for the Swing Time label, the ruminative "Levee Blues," features Gene Phillips, who seems to have been using a steel guitar on this occasion. Soon Lloyd Glenn was working as A&R director for Swing Time, and by November 1950 he was able to produce his own very cool jazzy trio session, wonderfully seasoned at times with conga drumming by Earl Burton. During the marvelously laid-back "Old Time Shuffle," Glenn even invokes the spirit of Fats Waller with a lick from that pianist's 1929 recording of "Harlem Fuss." An elegant closer for this superb album of 19 vintage recordings, highly recommended for romping, relaxing, and grooving out. ~arwulf arwulf

The Chronological Lloyd Glenn 1947-1950

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Lloyd Glenn & Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Heat Wave (Blues Reference)

Size: 121,3 MB
Time: 51:54
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2005
Styles: Piano Blues, Texas Blues
Art: Full

01. Heat Wave (4:58)
02. First Take And Blue (4:10)
03. It's Mean (5:59)
04. One Level Below Plant Life (3:18)
05. Someday (5:17)
06. Lover Call (4:23)
07. Slow Train Nº 1 (3:50)
08. Slow Train Through Paris (4:24)
09. Long Way Home (5:17)
10. First Take And Blue (4:15)
11. It's Mean (5:57)

Recorded at Black and Blue open air studio in Nice on July 15th 1977.
Tracks #10 & 11 are previously unissued.

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Lloyd Glenn - Old Time Shuffle

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:03
Size: 128.3 MB
Styles: Piano blues, West Coast blues
Year: 1974/2000
Art: Front

[3:36] 1. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
[3:19] 2. Honky Tonk Train Blues No. 1
[2:48] 3. Old Time Shuffle
[2:49] 4. Black Fantasy
[3:36] 5. Yancey Special
[3:03] 6. Ballroom Shuffle
[5:57] 7. Lloyd And Lloyd Boogie
[4:00] 8. Low Society
[3:55] 9. Jungle Jubilee
[2:56] 10. Wild Fire
[3:42] 11. Conga Rhumba
[3:37] 12. Chick-A-Boo
[3:01] 13. Honky Tonk Train Blues No. 2
[6:15] 14. Lloyd Blues
[3:23] 15. Honky Tonk Train Blues No. 3

European sessions from the late '70s. Swinging piano throughout, showing off Glenn's patented Texas-cum-West-Coast lope to good advantage. ~Cub Koda

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Lloyd Glenn & Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Heat Wave

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:36
Size: 118.1 MB
Styles: Jazz-blues
Year: 1977/2008
Art: Front

[4:57] 1. Heat Wave
[4:09] 2. One Level Below Plant Life
[5:58] 3. It's Mean
[3:16] 4. First Take And Blue
[5:15] 5. Someday
[4:21] 6. Lover Call
[3:49] 7. Slow Train, No. 1
[4:22] 8. Slow Train Through Paris
[5:15] 9. Long Way Home
[4:14] 10. First Take And Blue
[5:56] 11. It's Mean

Bass – Milt Hinton; Drums – J.C. Heard; Guitar, Violin, Vocals – Clarence Brown; Piano – Lloyd Glenn

As great BLUES's fan and follower that I am, I am enormously grateful and very happy that the French label `Black and Blue' was interested, in those marvelous days (60's, 70's, 80's) for the music, by this great movement that is the BLUES and carried out these magnificent recordings (there are a lot) when these American grand masters of the BLUES came to Europe to carry out their annual performances called AMERICAN FOLK BLUES FESTIVAL, every year. To these 'Black and Blue' recordings belongs this sensational record, HEAT WAVE, interpreted by two of the more greats musicians and interprets that has given "the rhythm of the twelve compasses - the BLUES", LLOYD GLENN great composer and extraordinary pianist and CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN one of the better, superb in all the aspects, singer, composer and multiinstrumentist especially with the guitar and violin although he began playing drums. This record "HEAT WAVE" is a marvelous record where we find these two 'monsters of the BLUES' showing all the aspects of their mastery in all the songs that are by the way very good, what I could say about one song applies to all of them. Great stuff from the beginning to the end. ~Blues from Barcelona

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