Label: Jazz Archives.
Release Date: 1980.
Release Info: Vinyl, LP, Compilation (JA-47).
Styles: Classic Female Blues, Country Blues, East Coast Blues, New Orleans Blues, Piano Blues, Regional Blues, Vaudeville Blues.
On the second of two LPs from the collector's label Jazz Archives, trumpeter Red Allen backs up singer Blue Lu Barker (who has seven selections), and on the other nine songs the eccentric Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon, Helen Proctor, Rosetta Howard, Johnny Temple and Lee Brown. In most cases Allen gets some solo space; clarinetists Buster Bailey, Barney Bigard and Fess Williams are also heard from in spots. The focus is naturally on the blues and vaudevillian singers and this collection is most highly recommended to fans of the vocalists rather than more general jazz fans. ~ Scott Yanow
Credits: Henry "Red" Allen - Primary Artist, Trumpet; Red Allen - Primary Artist; Blue Lu Barker - Composer, Performer, Primary Artist; Danny Barker - Composer; Janet Blair - Layout [Typesetting And Liner Layout]; Lee Brown - Composer, Performer, Primary Artist; Amos Easton - Composer; Marvin Goldsmith - Executive-Producer; Porter Grainger - Composer; Rosetta Howard - Performer, Primary Artist; Lulu Jackson - Composer; Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon - Composer, Performer, Primary Artist; Louise Manning - Coordinator; Clement Meadmore - Layout [Cover Layout]; Herb Morand - Composer; Helen Proctor - Composer, Performer, Primary Artist; Jack Sohmer - Liner Notes; Johnny Temple - Performer, Primary Artist; Jerry Valburn - Executive-Producer, Supervised By [Technical Supervision], Mastering; Wesley Wilson - Composer.
Tracklist:
A1. He's So Good - Blue Lu Barker
A2. I Don't Dig You Jack - Blue Lu Barker
A3. You're Going To Leave The Old Home, Jim - Blue Lu Barker
A4. He Caught That B & O - Blue Lu Barker
A5. Don't You Make Me High - Blue Lu Barker
A6. I Got Ways Like The Devil - Blue Lu Barker
A7. That Made Him Mad - Blue Lu Barker
A8. Turn Over - Frankie 'Half Pint' Jaxon
B1. Take Off Them Hips - Frankie 'Half Pint' Jaxon
B2. Gimme A Pigfoot - Frankie 'Half Pint' Jaxon
B3. Let's Call It A Day - Helen Proctor
B4. Take Me Along With You - Helen Proctor
B5. Plain Lenox Avenue - Rosetta Howard
B6. Headin' For The River - Rosetta Howard
B7. Fix It Up And Go - Johnny Temple
B8. How'ling Man Blues - Lee Brown