Track Listing
1. Night Train - Jimmy Forrest
2. Everybody Get Together - Teddy Brannon
3. Mixin' With Dixon - Teddy Brannon
4. Cozy's Beat - Cozy Eggleston
5. Big Heavy (Blue Lights Boogie) - Cozy Eggleston
6. Because of You - Tab Smith
7. Ace High - Tab Smith
8. After Hours Joint - Jimmy Coe
9. Fast Blues - Jimmy Coe
10. Sausage Rock - Doc Sausage
11. Sentimental Blues - Freddie Jackson
12. Duck Fever - Freddie Jackson
13. Cool One-Groove Two - Christine Wood
14. You Belong to Me - Fats Noel
15. Duck Soup - Fats Noel
16. Wish You Were Here - Fats Noel
17. High Tide - Fats Noel
18. Pink Cadillac - Paul Bascomb
19. Blues and the Beat - Paul Bascomb
20. More Blues-More Beat - Paul Bascomb
21. My Buddy - Jimmy Forrest
22. Flight 3-D - Jimmy Forrest
| Details | | Playing Time: | 57 min. | | Producer: | Robert G. Koester, Steve Wagner | | Distributor: | City Hall | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Artists include: Jimmy Forrest, Tab Smith, Jimmy Coe, Paul Bascomb, Earl Johnson and others.
The CD contains 8 bonus tracks.
Personnel: Dicky Thompson (vocals, guitar); Ellis Hunter, Reverend Charlie Jackson (guitar); Chris Woods, Frank Porter, Tommy Waters, Tab Smith (alto saxophone); Cozy Eggleston, Leon Washington, Earl Johnson , Fats Noel, Fred Jackson , Charlie Wright, Jimmy Coe, Jimmy Forrest, Paul Bascomb, Ray Abrams (tenor saxophone); Harold Wallace (baritone saxophone); Eddie Lewis, Irving Woods, Sammy Cahn (trumpet); Arthur Redford, Bart Dabney (trombone); Eugene Fox (piano, organ); Duke Jordan, Jimmy Boyd , Bunky Parker, Lavern Dillon, Teddy Brannon (piano); Denzil Best, Doc Sausage, Chuck Williams, Oscar Oldham, Nathanial Jernigan, Walter Johnson , George DeHart (drums); Percy James (congas).
Liner Note Authors: Peter Watrous; Bob Porter.
Recording information: Beltone Recording Studios, New York, NY (10/??/1949-09/07/1953); Chicago, IL (10/??/1949-09/07/1953); Linden, NJ (10/??/1949-09/07/1953); WGST Radio Studio, Atlanta, GA (10/??/1949-09/07/1953).
Unknown Contributor Roles: Doc Sausage; Teddy Brannon.
This CD serves as a strong introduction to the tenor sax- (and occasional alto-) oriented R&B music of the early 1950s. It includes a few major hits (most notably Jimmy Forrest's "Night Train" and Tab Smith's ballad feature "Because of You") and six previously unissued alternate takes. Also heard from are Teddy Brannon, Cozy Eggleston, the underrated Jimmy Coe, Doc Sausage (on 1950's "Sausage Rock"), Fred Jackson, Chris Woods, Fats Noel and Paul Bascomb. Overall, it gives listeners a fine sampling of the United and Regal catalogs. Fun and occasionally riotous music. ~ Scott Yanow
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