Sepuluh: Swinging R&B

Fat Cat Ffonz
03.08.13

Sepuluh: Swinging R&B

by Ken Jenie

 

This tenth edition does what it says on the tin: a collection of 1930s-1950s swing-jazz and original rhythm & blues that happen to be amongst Fat Cat Ffonz’ favourite old-time records. Expect some Cab Calloway, Coleman Hawkins, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Ruth Brown and plenty of references to Ms. Mary Jane.

01. Cab Calloway – Reefer Man
02. Cleo Brown – The Stuff Is Here
03. Trixie Smith – Jack I’m Mellow
04. Django Reinhardt – Django’s Tiger
05. Coleman Hawkins – The Man I love
06. Billie Holiday – They Cant Take That Away From Me
07. Duke Ellington – Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue (live)
08. Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle & Roll
09. Ruth Brown – Wild Wild Young Men
10. Dizzy Gillespie – School Days (live)
11. Ray Charles – Mess Around
12. Fats Waller – The Minor Drag
13. Ray Charles – I Got A Woman
14. The Bobbettes – Mr. Lee
15. Ella Fitzgerald – When I Get Low I Get High
16. Twelve Clouds Of Joy – All The Jive Is Gonewhiteboardjournal, logo