Louis Jordan Just Say Moe! Mo' Of The Best Of Louis Jordan (CD)

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Louis Jordan: Just Say Moe! Mo' Of The Best Of Louis Jordan (CD)

(1992/RHINO) 20 Tracks

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Interpret: Louis Jordan
Album titlle: Just Say Moe! Mo' Of The Best Of Louis Jordan (CD)
Label RHINO
Genre R&B, Soul
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0081227114428
weight in Kg 0.107

Jordan, Louis - Just Say Moe! Mo' Of The Best Of Louis Jordan (CD) CD 1
01	Five Guys Named Moe	Louis Jordan
02	What's The Use Of Getting Sober (When You...)	Louis Jordan
03	Mop! Mop!	Louis Jordan
04	Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule	Louis Jordan
05	Ain't That Just Like A Woman (They'll Do...)	Louis Jordan
06	(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)You Rascal You	Louis Jordan
07	The Dripper	Louis Jordan
08	I Seen What'cha Done	Louis Jordan
09	Fat Back & Corn Liquor	Louis Jordan
10	Rock'N'Roll Call	Louis Jordan
11	Big Bess	Louis Jordan
12	Cat Scratchin'	Louis Jordan
13	Morning Light	Louis Jordan
14	Fire	Louis Jordan
15	The JAMF	Louis Jordan
16	A Man Ain't A Man	Louis Jordan
17	The Troubadour	Louis Jordan
18	Time Is Running Out	Louis Jordan
19	New Orleans And A Rusty Old Horn	Louis Jordan
20	I Believe In Music	Louis Jordan

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five No artist was more seminal to the development of R&B... more

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"Louis Jordan"

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five

No artist was more seminal to the development of R&B and ultimately rock and roll than jumpin', jivin' alto saxist Louis Jordan and his relentlessly swinging Tympany Five. The most popular R&B act of their era with an unbroken string of hits for Decca spanning 1942-1951, Jordan and his compact crew managed to cross over to the pop hit parade in unprecedented fashion. A naturally gifted comic, he starred in several low budget musical films for black audiences and proved a major influence on Bill Haley & His Comets, who were produced by Jordan's former Decca A&R man, Milt Gabler.

Born in Brinkley, Arkansas, on July 8, 1908, Louis came by his musical talents naturally: his father was a bandleader. The younger Jordan was skilled enough on his horn to find work in New York during the early '30s, recording behind Louis Armstrong and Clarence Williams before joining drummer Chick Webb's orchestra in 1936 (he was showcased on Webb's Rusty Hinge). Louis left Chick's employ in 1938, ready to lead the first incarnation of his Tympany Five (he was playing clarinet as well as alto sax in those days).

The hits began to come in late '42 with I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town and didn't let up for a full decade. Jordan rallied the troops with his Ration Blues and G.I. Jive and kept jitterbugs hopping back home with Caldonia and Choo Choo Ch'Boogie. Like nine of his Decca 78s before it, Ain't That Just Like A Woman paced the race music charts. Written by Claude De Metruis (alleged co-author Fleecie Moore was Jordan's wife; he'd soon divorce her after she attacked him with a knife, losing a lot of compositional royalties he'd assigned to her in the process) and cut January 23, 1946 in New York, the humorous romp saw Louis' band expand to six with the addition of guitarist Carl Hogan.

Pianist Wild Bill Davis keeps the track driving, but it's Hogan's fluid boogie underpinning that gets the witty number rocking. Chuck Berry has long cited Hogan as a main influence and cut his own version of the song nearly two decades later; Fats Domino and Lloyd Price made convincing renditions as well. Sadly, like many of his peers, Jordan got left behind during the rock and roll revolution he helped spark. He was still performing until shortly before his February 4, 1975 death.

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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