Release Date: August 15, 1992.
Recording Time: 57 minutes.
Release Info: Studio Recording.
Recording Date: October, 1949 - September 7, 1953.
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).
Styles: Early R&B, Bop, East Coast Blues, Hard Bop, Jump Blues, Regional Blues, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz.
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. - Review by Scott Yanow.
"...the sound of the R & B tenor saxophone, moaning, shaking, quivering and groaning...dance music, made for Saturday nights" - New York Times, Peter Watrous.
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, Fats Noel, Fred Jackson, Charlie Wright, Jimmy Coe, Jimmy Forrest, Earl Johnson, 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).
Credits: Ray Abrams - sax (tenor); Eddie Balchowski - artwork; Paul Bascomb - composer, performer, primary artist, sax (tenor); Aaron Bell - bass; Denzil Best - drums; Jimmy Boyd - piano; Al Brandtner - artwork, design; Teddy Brannon - performer, piano, primary artist; Sammy Cahn - trumpet; Jimmy Coe - performer, primary artist, sax (tenor); Bart Dabney - trombone; George DeHart - drums; Lavern Dillon - piano; Walter Donaldson - composer; Cozy Eggleston - performer, primary artist, sax (tenor); Jimmy Forrest - composer, performer, primary artist, sax (tenor); Eugene Fox - organ, piano; Arthur Hammerstein - composer; Ellis Hunter - guitar; Reverend Charlie Jackson - guitar; Fred Jackson - performer, sax (tenor); Freddie Jackson - performer, primary artist; Percy James - congas; Nathanial Jernigan - drums; Earl Johnson - sax (tenor); J. Johnson - composer; Walter Johnson - drums; Duke Jordan - piano; Gus Kahn - composer; Robert G. Koester - producer; Eddie Lewis - trumpet; James McCrary - bass; Fred Mendelsohn - supervisor; Wilfred Middlebrooks - bass; John Mixon - bass; Fats Noel - performer, primary artist, sax (tenor); Oscar Oldham - drums; Bunky Parker - piano; Bob Porter - liner notes; Frank Porter - sax (alto); Bill Putnam - engineer; Arthur Redford - trombone; Doc Sausage - drums, performer, primary artist; Lewis Simpkins - composer, supervisor; Tab Smith - performer, primary artist, sax (alto); Eugene Thomas - bass; Dicky Thompson - guitar, vocals; Steve Wagner - producer; Harold Wallace - sax (baritone); Leon Washington - sax (tenor); Oscar Washington - composer; Tommy Waters - sax (alto); Peter Watrous - liner notes; Dudley Wilkinson - composer; Chuck Williams - drums; Christine Wood - performer, primary artist; Chris Woods - performer, sax (alto); Irving Woods - trumpet; Charlie Wright - sax (tenor).
Recording dates: 1) November 27,1951; 2-3) October, 1949; 4-5) August 23,1952; 6) August 28, 1951; 7) September 15, 1952; 8-9) February 1, 1953; 10) January 2, 1950; 11-12) Late '50s; 13) November 19,1952; 14-17) August 26, 1952; 18-20) March 3, 1952, (21-22).
Tracks: 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 Lites 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 - Fred Jackson; 12) Duck Fever - Fred Jackson; 13) Cool One-Groove Two - Chris Woods; 14) You Belong To Me - Fats Noel; 15) Duck Soup - Fats Noel; 16) Wish You Were Here - Fats Noel; 17) Hide 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 Forest; 22) Flight 3-D - Jimmy Forest.