"JUMP BLUE" - Rockin' The Jukes

1999 must have been deemed a banner year for the blues by someone at Capitol Records, issuing a passel of eclectic blues compilations in a month-long period on the EMD/Blue Note label. Jump Blue is a scholarly homage to the jump subgenre, characterized by sped-up high-hat tempos and lots of tight, fast horn work. This record jumps, too, all over the blues map of time and location, encompassing the vocal stylings of Dave Bartholomew ("Jump Children"), Helen Humes ("He May Be Your Man"), Peppermint Harris ("I Got Loaded," covered in 1984 by Los Lobos) and T-Bone Walker ("Teenage Baby"). Possibly the most eyebrow-raising cover: "A Fool in Love" by Ike and Tina Turner, recorded at the peak of their scorching funk career, certainly not known at the time for their contributions as ministers of jump blues. (Becky Byrkit, AMG)Actually I was very surprised... jump blues on Blue Note?
Well, not quite...
Most (but not all) of the selections on this album come from the Imperial and Alladin labels... only one single is an actual Blue Note reissue...
that said, many of the sides until recently were quite rare, nearly forgotten and hard to find...
liberated from the vaults, this selection of hard swinging and grooving jump blues spanning the late 40's until 1960 will disappoint few fans of classic Rock and Roll/R&B, though it might be pointed out that there's a similar 2 CD collection that's even higher on my list, the now out of print Capital JUMPIN' LIKE MAD compilation.
Still, while some tracks are duplicates, others are rarities that I don't think are available anywhere else... and personally speaking, even though tunes like Safronia B, I Ain't Drunk and Fine Brown Frame can be found else where, I have no complaints about sitting through them again and again and again anyhow...
In the end, the presence of the BLUE NOTE label did have an impact on my decision to purchase the CD when in retrospect the album seems to have little to do with the Blue Note catalog, but all in all I don't care...
I love Jump Blues and this CD has 26 tracks of it at its best... no complaints. (Eddie Landsberg, Amazon)

trax:
1. Jump Children - Dave Bartholomew 2. King Kong - Big 'T' Tyler 3. Hucklebuck With Jimmy - The Five Keys 4. Flying Home, Part 1 - Illinois Jacquet 5. Deacon Rides Again - Big Jay McNeely 6. Safronia B - Calvin Boze & His Allstars 7. Messy Bessy - Louis Jordan 8. I Ain't Drunk - Jimmy & Joe Liggins 9. Fine Brown Frame - Nellie Lutcher 10. See See Rider - Pigmeat Markham 11. He May Be Your Man - Helen Humes 12. Yes It's You - The Clovers 13. Daybreak - Pee Wee Crayton 14. When I'm In My Tea - Jo Jo Adams 15. I Got Loaded - Peppermint Harris 16. A Fool In Love - Ike & Tina Turner 17. Sax Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn 18. Cleo's Boogie - Cleo Brown 19. Great Big Eyes - Archibald 20. Let The Four Winds Blow - Roy Brown 21. Teen Age Baby - T-Bone Walker 22. Don't Leave Me Baby - Lowell Fulson 23. Wine Wine Wine - Floyd Dixon 24. Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee 25. I Need You, I Want You - Jack 'The Bear' Parker 26. Jumpin' Tonight (Midnight Rockin') - Big Joe Turner
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