Jumpin & Jivin at Jubilee

Jumpin & Jivin at Jubilee

The material on this collection was culled from two live recordings made by Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 for the Armed Forces Radio Service in 1943 and 1944. It includes many of his most popular songs, some of which remain favorites on the novelty-nostalgia circuit -- "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (presented here in two versions, one sung by the delightful Ida James) and "Five Guys Named Moe" are among those. Because these are live recordings, they also feature charmingly hammy jive-talk exchanges between Jordan and emcee Ernie "Bubbles" Whitman before each track. Jump blues has always had trouble getting respect, both from jazz aficionados who find the music simplistic and from R&B lovers who find it shallow and soulless. The fact that the most enduring songs from the tradition tend to be novelty numbers doesn't help matters much. But for those who can put aside their musical snobbery for a little while and give themselves up to the pure pleasure of this material, Louis Jordan offers more fun than a dozen Charlie Parkers. And in case you think he and his band are lacking in the chops department, listen to them rip through Dizzy Gillespie's "Rebop" at the end of this program. Maybe the world doesn't need a ten-CD retrospective anytime soon, but compilations like this one will always be welcome. ~ Rick Anderson, Rovi
Country USA
Brand Jordan, Louis
Manufacturer CCVB
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber CDCCM10352
UnitCount 1
Format CD
UPCs 617742103526
EANs 0617742103526
ReleaseDate 2003-01-21

Country	USA
Brand	Jordan, Louis
Manufacturer	CCVB
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	CDCCM10352
UnitCount	1
Format	CD
UPCs	617742103526
EANs	0617742103526
ReleaseDate	2003-01-21

Jumpin & Jivin at Jubilee

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