UPC: 762247405320
Format: CD
Release Date: Feb 04, 1994
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Personnel: Louis Jordan (vocals, saxophone, alto saxophone); Carl Hogan (guitar); Lue Freddie Simon, Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone); Idrees Sulieman, Aaron Izenhall, Eddie Roane (trumpet); Arnold Thomas, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Austin (piano); Eddie Byrd, Alex "Razz" Mitchell, Shadow Wilson, Slick Jones (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Jack Towers.
Liner Note Authors: Frank Driggs; George H. Buck, Jr.
Recording information: New York, NY (01/24/1944-07/17/1945).
Part of Circle Records' chronological reissue of all of Louis Jordan's released masters, the 24-track compilation 1944-45 covers the very beginning of Louis Jordan's golden age. Though most of Jordan's most famous songs were written and recorded in the late '40s, Jordan's jump blues aesthetic was already fully formed. Although Jordan was mistakenly lumped in with the swing era during the short-lived swing revival of the late '90s, his raucous, R&B-influenced jump blues style is a somewhat later development. Think of Louis Jordan as the missing link between swing and early rock and roll. On the other hand, one doesn't have much time to think when this disc is playing; there's too much dancing to be done. Highlights include the classics "Five Guys Named Moe" and "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby," both of which would become Jordan's signature tunes, and the sassy "I Like 'Em Fat Like That."
Audio Remasterer: Jack Towers.
Liner Note Authors: Frank Driggs; George H. Buck, Jr.
Recording information: New York, NY (01/24/1944-07/17/1945).
Part of Circle Records' chronological reissue of all of Louis Jordan's released masters, the 24-track compilation 1944-45 covers the very beginning of Louis Jordan's golden age. Though most of Jordan's most famous songs were written and recorded in the late '40s, Jordan's jump blues aesthetic was already fully formed. Although Jordan was mistakenly lumped in with the swing era during the short-lived swing revival of the late '90s, his raucous, R&B-influenced jump blues style is a somewhat later development. Think of Louis Jordan as the missing link between swing and early rock and roll. On the other hand, one doesn't have much time to think when this disc is playing; there's too much dancing to be done. Highlights include the classics "Five Guys Named Moe" and "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby," both of which would become Jordan's signature tunes, and the sassy "I Like 'Em Fat Like That."
Tracks:
1 - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
2 - How Long Must I Wait for You?
3 - Paper Boy
4 - It's Full or It Ain't No Good
5 - Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
6 - Sweatin' on Swing Street
7 - G.I. Jive
8 - Green Grass Grows All Around
9 - Let Your Hair Down, Baby
10 - Saxa-Woogie
11 - I Can't See for Lookin'
12 - Re-Bop
13 - Deacon Jones
14 - Five Guys Named Moe
15 - Baby, You're Just Too Darned Good to Be True
16 - Honey Chile
17 - Seventh Avenue
18 - When I Grow Too Old to Dream
19 - Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
20 - Junior
21 - Tillie
22 - I Like 'Em Fat Like That
23 - If You Can't Smile and Say Yes (Please Don't Cry and Say No)
24 - Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
2 - How Long Must I Wait for You?
3 - Paper Boy
4 - It's Full or It Ain't No Good
5 - Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
6 - Sweatin' on Swing Street
7 - G.I. Jive
8 - Green Grass Grows All Around
9 - Let Your Hair Down, Baby
10 - Saxa-Woogie
11 - I Can't See for Lookin'
12 - Re-Bop
13 - Deacon Jones
14 - Five Guys Named Moe
15 - Baby, You're Just Too Darned Good to Be True
16 - Honey Chile
17 - Seventh Avenue
18 - When I Grow Too Old to Dream
19 - Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
20 - Junior
21 - Tillie
22 - I Like 'Em Fat Like That
23 - If You Can't Smile and Say Yes (Please Don't Cry and Say No)
24 - Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird