Louis Jordan Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordan's Golden Greats (LP)

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(MCA GB) 16 tracks Decca masters For most people, the music of Louis Jordan is going to be... more

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Louis Jordan: Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordan's Golden Greats (LP)

(MCA GB) 16 tracks Decca masters

For most people, the music of Louis Jordan is going to be something of a discovery, even though he is credited as the man who 'made the blues jump'. The astonishing thing about his material is that it hardly seems to have dated at all, despite being recorded over four decades ago. Louis Jordan was born on July 8th 1908 in Brinkley, Arkansas. U.S.A.. By the age of seven, having been taught by his father, a music teacher, Louis was playing the clarinet. His background was poor and at 14 Louis took an opportunity to join a travelling show called The Rabbit Foot Minstrels. His father prevailed upon him to finish his education, but it remained incomplete.

To quench his thirst for experience he headed to Philadelphia in the early 1930's, all the time playing with new musicians and combos in the city. The Big Apple' beckoned and 1935 saw Louis move to New York and within a year he had hooked up with Chick Webb's swinging Harlem dance band playing in the reed section and singing. Another band member was also getting a singing start with the outfit - her name was Ella Fitzgerald. In 1938 Louis had taken his talents, style and strong sense of humour and placed them firmly in front of his own band, The Tympany Five.

The name of Louis Jordan became an American headliner not long after signing a recording contract with Decca Records (this catalogue was later purchased by MCA Records). Although his first session of recordings were considered undistinguished it was not long before he divised a core style that had humour and a rhythmic definition of swing and jazz. This method culminated with the release of 'Five Guys Named Moe' in 1942. The jukeboxes across America then began to jump to the Jordan sound. Louis' recording of Johnny Mercers 'G.I. Jive' not only became a million-seller but it earned him the label of 'King Of The Jukeboxes'.

Over two hundred sides were cut for Decca during his time with the label and many became hits. Al had an element that was unmistakeable, the crazy title. the good natured singing, the beating alto sax or simply the performaces laid down with monumental gusto on his part all pointed directly to Louis Jordan. Jordan's popularity became even wider when Decca paired him up with many of the recording greats. Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, The Andrews Sisters and even his old singing partner, Ella Fitzgerald. all recorded with Louis during the 1940's. At the same time he and the Tympany Five appeared in several Hollywood movies 'Follow The Boys'. ''Junior Prom 'Look Out Sister', 'Meet Miss Bobbysox 'Swing Parade Of 1946'. and 'Beware' the latter being an all-black musical produced by Jordan and his manager Berle Adams.

Throughout the 40's Louis Jordan was considered the Harlem Idol, but post war audience changed and so had their tastes. In the 50's many of the big bands had all but wound up and these included such names as Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James and Artie Shaw - Louis slick little group expired along with them. In poor health in 1954, Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five left Decca. The bands producer. Milt Gabler. went on to inspire a new combo using the Jordan sound as a base - he worked with Bill Haley and His Comets and brought the world ' Rock & Roll'!

Louis recorded for other labels but he never re-created the success he had had with Decca. In the 70's the Tympany Five was reformed by Jordan and in 1974 they appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival. It seemed as though things were coming around once again and a retum to 'the big time was on the horizon. when Louis was the victim of a deadly heart attack on 4th February 1975 in Los Angeles. California. To contemporary audiences the legacy of Louis Jordan has been re-bom through some unlikely exposure. Six years after his death Joe Jackson produced an astonishing album of cover versions called 'Jumpin' Jive'. a high proportion of which was 'performed at one time or other by our main inspiration. Louis Jordan, the King Of The Juke Boxes, who influenced so many but is acknowledged by so few'. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby' written by Jordan and Austin is currently used as the music base for a national T.V. commercial.

The true, widespread appeal of the man and his music has been realised with the London West End opening of the musical production 'Five Guys Named Moe'. Hopefully, with the release of this package the acknowledgement so long due to Louis Jordan will be forthcoming and the balance redressed. Enjoy this collection of Louis Jordan, and the Tympany Five's best and as Joe Jackson says on his sleeve notes 'Reap this righteous Off'.
Nick Franks. March 1991.

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Interpret: Louis Jordan
Album titlle: Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordan's Golden Greats (LP)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label MCA GB
Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
Record Grading Mint (M)
Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
Artikelart LP
EAN: 5011781171815
weight in Kg 0.2

Jordan, Louis - Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordan's Golden Greats (LP) LP 1
01	Five Guys Named Moe	Louis Jordan
02	Choo Choo Ch'Boogie	Louis Jordan
03	Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens	Louis Jordan
04	Beware Brother Beware	Louis Jordan
05	Early In The Morning	Louis Jordan
06	Saturday Night Fish Fry	Louis Jordan
07	Let The Good Times Roll	Louis Jordan
08	Push Ka Pi Shee Pie	Louis Jordan
09	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby	Louis Jordan
10	Reet Petite And Gone	Louis Jordan
11	Schooldays	Louis Jordan
12	Jack You're Dad	Louis Jordan
13	Pettin' And Pokin'	Louis Jordan
14	I Know What I've Got	Louis Jordan
15	What's The Use Of Getting Sober	Louis Jordan
16	Cal'Donia	Louis Jordan

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Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

Kein anderer Künstler hatte eine solch bahnbrechende Bedeutung in der Entwicklung des R&B und letztendlich des Rock'n'Roll wie der jumpende, jivende Altsaxofonist Louis Jordan und seine unfehlbar swingenden Tympany Five. Sie waren der populärste R&B-Act ihrer Ära mit einer ungebrochenen Reihe von Hits für Decca von 1942-1951; Jordan und seine kompakte Crew schafften es sogar, in noch nie zuvor da gewesener Weise auch in die Pop-Hitparade zu gelangen. Mit seinem Naturtalent für Komik und Humor trat Jordan in mehreren Low-Budget-Musikfilmen für ein schwarzes Publikum auf und erwies sich als Haupteinfluss für Bill Haley & His Comets, die von Jordans früherem A&R-Mann bei Decca, Milt Gabler, produziert wurden.

Am 8. Juli 1908 in Brinkley, Arkansas, geboren, wurde Jordans musikalisches Talent auf natürliche Weise gefördert: sein Vater war ein Bandleader. Louis war Anfang der 30er-Jahre auf seinem Instrument versiert genug, um in New York Arbeit zu finden, wo er als Begleitmusiker von Louis Armstrong und Clarence Williams Aufnahmen machte, bevor er 1936 Mitglied des Orchesters des Schlagzeugers Chick Webb wurde (und auf dessen Aufnahme Rusty Hinge mitwirkte). Louis verließ Chicks Band 1938, bereit die erste Ausgabe seiner Tympany Five zu leiten. Zu dieser Zeit spielte er sowohl Klarinette als auch Altsax.

Die Hits begannen Ende 1942 mit I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town und ließen ein ganzes Jahrzehnt lang nicht nach. Jordan sprach mit seinem Ration Blues und G.I. Jive die Soldaten an und hielt zu Hause die Jitterbug-Tänzer mit Caldonia und Choo Choo Ch'Boogie bei Laune. Wie neun seiner Decca-78erzuvor, stürmte Ain't That Just Like A Woman in die 'Race'-Hitparade [Bez. für die 'Billboard'-Charts für schwarze Musik von 1945 bis Juni 1949, als sie in Rhythm & Blues Records umbenannt wurden, Anm. d. Übers.]. Geschrieben von Claude De Metruis (die angebliche Co-Autorin Fleecie Moore war Jordans Ehefrau, von der er sich bald scheiden ließ, nachdem sie ihn mit einem Messer angegriffen hatte, was ihn eine Menge Komponistentantiemen kostete, da er eine Reihe seiner Titel in ihrem Namen angemeldet hatte) und aufgenommen am 23. Januar 1946 in New York, wurde Louis' Band für den humorvollen Fetzer durch die Hinzunahme des Gitarristen Carl Hogan auf sechs Musiker erweitert.

Der Pianist Wild Bill Davis treibt den Song an, aber Hogans flüssige Boogie-Untermauerung bringt die witzige Nummer zum Rocken. Chuck Berry hat schon vor langer Zeit Hogan als einen seiner Haupteinflüsse genannt und fast zwei Jahrzehnte später seine eigene Version des Songs eingespielt; weitere überzeugende Interpretationen stammen von Fats Domino und Lloyd Price. Leider konnte Jordan wie viele seiner R&B-Kollegen nicht mit der Rock'n'Roll-Revolution mithalten, die er selbst mit initiiert hatte. Doch er war bis kurz vor seinem Tod am 4. Februar 1975 weiter aktiv.

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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