Jimmy Rushing - Complete Goin` to Chicago and Listen to the Blues [5/17]

Artist:

Rushing, Jimmy

UPC:

8436539310198

See Also:

Dave Brubeck/Jimmy Rushing - Brubeck and Rushing

Description:

Nearly as wide as he was tall, Jimmy Rushing had a voice that could boom, and he more than held his own against the horn section during his long association with Count Basie`s orchestra, and that Basie period (from the late `30s to the early `50s) has to be considered the peak of Rushing`s recorded output. But that shouldn`t stop anyone from checking out Rushing`s later work, and this set, drawn from sessions held in New York in 1954, 1955, and 1957, is a perfect example of this fine singer`s assured vocal style, which bridged the gaps between the blues, swing jazz, and R&B with seemingly effortless ease. Working with an all-star swing band that included Buddy Tate, Emmett Berry, Lawrence Brown, Vic Dickenson, Sammy Price, Freddie Green, Walter Page, and Jo Jones, Rushing rolls through a classic set featuring impressive versions of Leroy Carr`s "How Long," his signature tune, "Goin` to Chicago," a tender "See See Rider" (where most singers would belt this chestnut out, Rushing gives it a veneer of sweetness), and the lovely ballad "Don`t Cry Baby." The band itself plays it all swing, with just a touch of jump blues and R&B attitude, but it is Rushing`s singing that holds it all together, his vocals again sitting at the juncture of all these different musical streams as effortlessly as a cork rides out a rainstorm. ~ Steve Leggett

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. How Long
2. Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
3. How You Want Your Lovin` Done?
4. Goin` To Chicago
5. I Want a Little Girl
6. Sent For You Yesterday
7. Leave Me
8. See See Rider
9. It`s Hard To Laugh or Smile
10. Everyday I Have the Blues
11. Good Morning Blues
12. Take Me Back, Baby
13. Rock and Roll
14. Evenin`
15. Don`t Cry Baby
16. Roll `Em Pete
17. Sometimes I Think I Do

Album Information

Release Date:

06/13/2011

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Jump Blues

Label:

Phoenix Jazz

Catalog Number:

131519

Original Release Year:

2006

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

78 : 47

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