J.T. Brown Windy City Boogie

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(1951-60 'United') (56:13/20) DER Blues-Saxophonist im Chicago der 50er Jahre. Sein... more

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J.T. Brown: Windy City Boogie

(1951-60 'United') (56:13/20) DER Blues-Saxophonist im Chicago der 50er Jahre. Sein Gesang erinnert an Memphis Slim. Diese CD enthält nahezu alle seine Aufnahmen als Bandleader, entstanden für 'United', 'J.O.B.' und 'Atomic-H'. Ein gutes Album / he used to be THE saxplayer in town until his death in '69. This CD includes all his takes for 'United', plus a couple of more cuts from 45s. A good album.

J.T. Brown also recorded during United's first day - and his "Windy City Boogie" was credited by United proprietor Leonard Allen with "saving our first money." J.T. is best remembered for the accompaniments he provided for Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Roosevelt Sykes, Johnny Shines, and J.B. Lenoir. Many fellow bluesmen regarded his strong, swaggering delivery and bleating tone with both admiration and a kind of friendly comic delight - J.T.'s saxophone became, in local parlance, "The Nanny Goat Horn." This CD, made up of recordings for United, J.O.B. and Atomic-H, contains most of the material he recorded as leader.

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Interpret: J.T. Brown
Album titlle: Windy City Boogie
Genre Blues
Preiscode VCD5
Artikelart CD
Label Delmark Records
EAN: 0038153071424
weight in Kg 0.107

Brown, J.T. - Windy City Boogie CD 1
01	Walking Home	J.T. Brown
02	Use That Spot	J.T. Brown
03	Blackjack Blues	J.T. Brown
04	Rock-Em	J.T. Brown
05	Going Home To My Baby	J.T. Brown
06	House Party Groove	J.T. Brown
07	It's A Shame To Tell The People	J.T. Brown
08	Lonely	J.T. Brown
09	When I Was A Lad	J.T. Brown
10	Strictly Gone	J.T. Brown
11	You Stayed Away Too Long	J.T. Brown
12	Windy City Boogie	J.T. Brown
13	Cheatin' And Lyin'	J.T. Brown
14	Blues For Job	J.T. Brown
15	One More Chance	J.T. Brown
16	Use That Spot	J.T. Brown
17	Wopa Jingle	J.T. Brown
18	Going Home To My Baby	J.T. Brown
19	Give Her Plenty Money To Soend	J.T. Brown
20	Lonely (As A Man Can Be)	J.T. Brown

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J.T. Brown

There have not been many Chicago blues horn men who remained blues musicians. Eddie Shaw and A.C. Reed are the main exceptions today, but in decades past that role fell primarily to the late J.T. Brown. He was, at any rate, a bluesman. By jazz standards he was no great instrumentalist; his lack of sophistication and tonal variation kept him out of more 'progressive' circles, if indeed he ever wanted in. When J.T. recorded ballads, the music usually came out blues. Fellow bluesmen regarded his swaggering delivery and bleating tone with admiration and comic delight. "He's the only man I know could make a horn sound like a nanny goat," says guitarist Jody Williams. A colourful figure, Brown had a fondness for nicknames; records were credited to J.T. 'Blow It' Brown, 'Nature Boy' Brown, J.T. 'Big Boy' Brown and others.

John T. Brown was born in Mississippi on April 2, 1918, son of Sam and Cecelia Brown. He worked the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, where Louis Jordan was also on the show. By 1945 J.T. was recording in Chicago behind Roosevelt Sykes and St. Louis Jimmy and appeared with Washboard Sam, Eddie Boyd and Memphis Jimmy Clarke. He introduced drummer Jump Jackson to producer Lester Melrose. His first session as leader was in 1950 for the Harlem label. In 1951 his friend Leonard Allen started United with Lew Simpkins, and on the strength of 'Windy City Boogie' J.T. put a band together and hit the road with trumpeter King Kolax and others.

Brown continued recording for United, J.O.B. and Meteor, and hooked up with Elmore James and Johnnie Jones. He had enough of a name to assemble a group and travel, though he had a habit of coming up short on the money, once leaving a band stranded in St. Louis. His later recordings and tours were mainly as an accompanist; his clarinet shines on a 1965 Muddy Waters session. In January 1969 J.T. joined Fleetwood Mac on 'Blues Jam At Chess', putting his unmistakable saxophone on wax and leaving as his last vocal another reading of his old gambling number 'Blackjack Blues'. He died after lung surgery at Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital on November 24, 1969. Jim O'Neal (1977)

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