Historic collection featuring the very first recordings by one of Blues music ...Historic collection featuring the very first recordings by one of Blues music s most influential guitarists and singers Albert King. Recorded in 1953 in Chicago these tracks mark the beginning of one of the greatest careers in Blues. All selections...more
Not to be confused with the legendaryjazz saxophonist of the same name Lester...Not to be confused with the legendary jazz saxophonist of the same name Lester Young was a talented R&B singer who recorded in the 1960’s often billed as Lester Young and The California Playboys. Although Lester never recorded an album he released...more
Chicago blues piano legend Curtis Jones is featured on these classic 1953 sess...Chicago blues piano legend Curtis Jones is featured on these classic 1953 sessions accompanied by an amazing band including L. C. McKinley (guitar) Lorenzo Tucker (tenor sax) Ransom Knowling (bass) and Lawrence Judge Riley (drums). Alfred Elkins is...more
Charlie Singleton was a New York City-based saxophonist and bandleader who wor...Charlie Singleton was a New York City-based saxophonist and bandleader who worked in a jump blues/R&B vein during the late 40s and early 50s. During his tenure with Atlas Records; one of the first New York based Black owned independent record labels...more
First ever comprehensive collection of the legendary Willie Egan - a Louisiana...First ever comprehensive collection of the legendary Willie Egan - a Louisiana rocker in the style of Fats Domino and Smiley Lewis who never achieved the fame he deserved but was an enormous talent nonetheless. The selections presented here were...more
These rare Chicago jazz sessions for the Parrot label featuring tenor sax grea...These rare Chicago jazz sessions for the Parrot label featuring tenor sax great and Chicago native Johnny Little Giant Griffin are believed to have taken place in late 1953 although the resulting LP wasn t released until 1958. Griffin was developing...more
One of the most well known jazz and blues vocalists of the 20th Century Joe Wi...One of the most well known jazz and blues vocalists of the 20th Century Joe William s expressive baritone first came into national prominence in the late 1930 s fronting Jimmy Noone s band as featured vocalist. This led to live national radio...more
This album of vintage J. B. Lenoir material should be something for devotees o...This album of vintage J. B. Lenoir material should be something for devotees of Chicago blues everywhere to celebrate and enjoy. He gave expression through his music and songwriting to the aspirations and everyday predicaments of the common man...more
Mississippi native Albert Luandrew better known as blues pianist and vocalist ...Mississippi native Albert Luandrew better known as blues pianist and vocalist Sunnyland Slim first came into prominence in Chicago in the late 1940 s fronting a band that included Muddy Waters on guitar. Early in 1954 he cut these four classic...more
Babs Gonzales was a Beat poet who became one of the premier jazz vocalists of ...Babs Gonzales was a Beat poet who became one of the premier jazz vocalists of the be-bop era; famous for penning the Dizzy Gillespie song Oop-Pop-A-Da. from 1950 to 1953 Babs was a vocalist for the James Moody band and later played and recorded with...more
Richmond Virginia native Mabel Scott was a glamor-girl singer based in Los Ang...Richmond Virginia native Mabel Scott was a glamor-girl singer based in Los Angeles who performed in Europe in the early 1940 s and sang briefly with the Jimmie Lunceford big band. She made her first recordings in Los Angeles in 1948 which spawned...more
Back when he waxed these four sides for the fledgling Harlem-based Atlas label...Back when he waxed these four sides for the fledgling Harlem-based Atlas label in 1951 Robert H-Bomb Ferguson s lusty shout could easily have been mistaken for that of leather-lunged jump blues luminary Wynonie Harris who s Good Rockin Tonight and...more
The father of the jazz tenor saxophone Coleman Hawkins influenced a whole gene...The father of the jazz tenor saxophone Coleman Hawkins influenced a whole generation of young sax giants and his influence is still strong today some forty years after his passing. The rare sessions presented here were recorded in late 1953 for...more
The first jazz be-bop musician to play the baritone sax Leo Parker was a risin...The first jazz be-bop musician to play the baritone sax Leo Parker was a rising force in the be-bop community of the late 1940 s and might have become a huge star had not a drug addiction derailed his career and eventually claim his life at the age...more