EARL BOSTIC "Let's Ball Tonight!"

Yes, the veteran big band alto saxophonist from Tulsa, Oklahoma, whose career was given a new lease of life in the early 1950s with his arousing, bump-and-grind, jazz-for-strippers rehashes of old swing era hits like "Flamingo", "Temptation" and "Sleep". This compilation ignores those oft-released hits in favour of Bostic's prime R&B years as one of the hottest saxophone men in the business, worshipped by everyone from Charlie Parker on down. His bands attracted the likes of jazz-gods-inwaiting Stanley Turrentine, Benny Golson and John Coltrane, but these hot tracks feature solid R&B players like John Hardee, Count Hstings and Rene Hall. In among the breath-takingly fast jump instrumentals are great vocal performances from Roger Jones, Clyde Terrell and Bostic and the band ensemble. Available for the first time on CD this is the ultimate Earl Bostic collection! Featuring a beautiful booklet packed with pics and memorabilia and full-on notes by Dave Penny, this is a must for all closet jazzers and rockers....Beatniks and Zoot Suiters alike will go crazy for this....28 insane sax-sational tracks! (R&B Review)

trax:
01 Let's Ball Tonight (Part 1) 02 Let's Ball Tonight (Part 2) 03 Rockin' And Reelin' 04 Earl's Rhumboogie 05 Scotch Jam 06 Earl's Blues 07 8:45 Stomp 08 Bar Fly Baby 09 Bostic's Jump 10 Earl Blows A Fuse 11 Who Snuck The Wine In The Gravy? 12 Cuttin Out' 13 Don't You Do It 14 That's The Groovy Thing (Part A) 15 That's The Groovy Thing (Part B) 16 Hot Sauce! Boss 17 Bostic's Boogie Blues 18 Watch Where You Walk, Boy! 19 Blip Boogie 20 That's The Heat You Gotta Beat 21 Swing Low Sweet Boogie 22 Sugar Hill Blues 23 Way Down 24 Choppin' It Down 25 Filibuster 26 Nay! Nay! Go Away 27 I Got Loaded 28 No Name Blues
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