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Oh, man... Basie big band behind Ray shoutin' such a fantastic blues tune.. in 8 months this has gotten 256 views? You simply gotta be kidding....For the record, this is from the 1961 album, "Genius + Soul = Jazz".. I was born in '61, but as a musician this is the music I live and breathe-- Mod...

Man, this must be a rare record-- The "usual" take I have heard, the one that gets airplay on jazz radio as well as the version on the double LP "Mr B and The Band", has completely different solos. I guess it's possible that multiple takes were released as different records? I dunno.. Anyone out...

Wow-- can't believe that doofus pianist! He completely lost Anita's lead. Probably got fired after that blunder!

Looks like a D'Aquisto he's playing here..

Man, I'd like to trade places with that clip-on mike for a while!

I've known about the Delta Rhythm Boys version for years (via the Time Capsule Show back in the '70s, & they gave the year as '47), but never knew they did a version backing Ruth Brown. I guess this came later. 1st time hearing it-- Tx for posting! Always loved the DRB's tight harmony. Most ...

@HendrixcommaMartin I agree that it's not GREAT-- I love Setzer's rockabilly stuff, but his jazz playing is too "rockified" for me.. The stuff he's playing here is pretty basic- I just dabble in jazz guitar (sax player by trade) but I can play most (or all) of the changes and inversions he's play...

Boggles the mind that this was never released... Makes you wonder what other gems by this group (or a thousand other black r&b vocal groups) are sitting in vaults all over the country, the 50+ year old tapes slowly deteriorating! Not enough people know about/appreciate this music: Look at the h...

Hi speakeasy124---

I was wondering if there's a chance you could upload the track "Mr. Lucky" from this album? Haven't heard it in years and would love to hear it again.. Can't find it anywhere. If you can, thanks loads in advance!

I watched this all the time as a kid & loved it. I remember my older brother pointing out that crashing cars don't make atomic-bomb type explosions like that..My favorite was maybe the "Mammoth Car" episode-- I remember my buddy and I in elementary school would start a "Mammoth" line, where all ...

I used to love this theme song as a kid, thought it was so exciting, and later realized why: It's JAZZ! Not just jazz, but big-band jazz.. I wonder if anyone knows what ochestra recorded the theme, and who was playing that cool little electric guitar riff that it opens with? That information i...

@MrRJDB1969 : I did say that I do enjoy the old-time treatments of standards.. (I'm also a jazz saxophonist of over 30 years, as well as guitar, keys and vocals, and I appreciate and play all kinds of music).. However, there's no doubt that the general concensus would agree that, were this versi...

I've heard that stupid anti-Corvette/pro-Corvette fight over and over again so many times it makes me ill. People will like the cars they like.. No need for personal insults. Variety is what makes the world go round. I can appreciate all sorts of cars: Muscle cars, Corvettes, Mustangs, '50s c...

The Vette in the pic is a '57, not a Sting Ray. The Sting Rays (C2) Corvettes were built from '63-'67, (called "mid years", because '63-67 fell smack in the middle of the '60s.) The XK-E didn't have the HP of the Vette, so it's unlikely it would have won a race, but it was also smaller/ lighter,...

Thanks for this! I was just today trying to learn to sing this tune, and just happened across this background-- been singing along with it and getting the feel of it, especially the bridge, which had been unfamiliar to me..

This has helped a lot--

Thanks again...

Funny, I never understood guys who want to "give up" when they hear great players.. It always inspired me and made me practive harder and want to be better, and play as well or better than my idols.. I know sometimes guys are just kidding, but I never even kidded about that--if somebody played ...

There's a radio show on WPKN in Bridgeport, CT called "Antique Blues". Back in '93, host Bill Nolan did a series called "Search for the True Roots of Rock & Roll"- he started in '40, and ran thru '52, playing hundreds of records that predated Haley, Elvis, etc. I recorded the shows from '47 to ...

There's a radio show on WPKN in Bridgeport, CT called "Antique Blues". Back in '93, host Bill Nolan did a series called "Search for the True Roots of Rock & Roll"- he started in '40, and ran thru '52, playing hundreds of records that predated Haley, Elvis, etc. I recorded the shows from '47 to ...

There's something about this music-- Most people consider it corny, but when I was a kid (1970's) there were what they call "Beautiful Music" radio stations, that played this stuff 24/7. My dad was a jazz guy, but also had one of those stations set on the hi-fi: WRFM in NY ("Stereo 105", does ...

Where's Freddie Greene? A cornerstone of the Basie rhythm section sound... I see his guitar sitting on the stand, and his empty chair.. Where the heck is he? Freddie! Get out there and play those fabulous rhythm chords!

Hi Andy--

Nice to see someone else doing this tune besides me! I always thought it was pretty obscure. But a real gem of a song. I've been going around trying to correct all the websites that show the lyrics as "heart borrowed kiss" instead of "heart by a kiss".. Kind of stupid, but whatever! ...

It always amazed me how close Christy's sound was to Anita O'Day's-- The same "catch in the throat" sort of sound. Christy sounds a bit flat on this particular recording, especially the high notes -- It's the first time I ever heard her sounding a bit off-key. In general I love her voice.

This kind of high-energy, precise & gorgeous playing is what every jazz sax player should strive for. Don't just start lines, end them with power! Play like your life depended on it. Pour your soul into every phrase. Not everything Stitt did had this huge, larger-than-life sound, but when I he...

One of the greatest up-tempo, obscure r&b group harmony records from the 1950's, in my opinion. I first heard this on the legendary Time Capsule Show over WFUV back in the '70s, and it's always been one of my favorites. What a rocking band backing them up! That boogie-woogie piano and hard-sla...

What most people don't know is that, up until the early '50s, Bill Haley was a C&W artist, doing country (it was called "Hillbilly") and yodeling his head off! He started doing rockabilly/r&r because he saw there was money in it.. He was far from an innovator: Any record collector will tell yo...