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Boogie Man
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Fire/Fury Records Story
: :When people lament the corporate takeover of pop music and long for the days of the independent hustler with his ear to the street, the kind of label owner they have in mind is Bobby Robinson. Robinson operated a succession of companies--under names like Whirlin' Disc, Red Robin, and Enjoy--out of his Harlem record store from 1951 on, but his most successful ventures were the Fire and Fury labels, which released Top 40 pop hits for Lee Dorsey, Wilbert Harrison, Gladys Knight, Buster Brown, Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford, King ...
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The Definitive Charley Patton
: :When people lament the corporate takeover of pop music and long for the days of the independent hustler with his ear to the street, the kind of label owner they have in mind is Bobby Robinson. Robinson operated a succession of companies--under names like Whirlin' Disc, Red Robin, and Enjoy--out of his Harlem record store from 1951 on, but his most successful ventures were the Fire and Fury labels, which released Top 40 pop hits for Lee Dorsey, Wilbert Harrison, Gladys Knight, Buster Brown, Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford, King ...
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Empress of the Blues, Vol, 2: 1926-1933
: :When people lament the corporate takeover of pop music and long for the days of the independent hustler with his ear to the street, the kind of label owner they have in mind is Bobby Robinson. Robinson operated a succession of companies--under names like Whirlin' Disc, Red Robin, and Enjoy--out of his Harlem record store from 1951 on, but his most successful ventures were the Fire and Fury labels, which released Top 40 pop hits for Lee Dorsey, Wilbert Harrison, Gladys Knight, Buster Brown, Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford, King ...
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Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3
: essential recording:Listening to this collection, recorded from 1925 to 1928 as Bessie Smith's popularity grew, one only wishes that the recording technology of the day were a match for Smith's incredible voice. Naturally, this two-disc set contains many of her classic recordings, including 'Back Water Blues,' 'Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair,' 'Lock and Key,' 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find,' and 'After You've Gone.' This collection's also worth hearing for the backing musicians, who include Fletcher Henderson, James P. Johnson, Coleman Hawkins, and other luminaries of the day. ...
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The Jazz Singers 1919-1994
: :Singing begot jazz. Sure, that's a vast oversimplification, but there's probably no better way to say it. The voice as the foundation and essential instrument of jazz's evolution is expansively presented in this five-CD box set compiled by Robert O'Meally, biographer of Billie Holiday. His goal, he writes in an accompanying 100-page booklet, is to show the sweep and the development of jazz singing in all its permutations, including blues, bebop, and scat, from the greatest figures--Bessie Smith, Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Jon Hendricks-to smaller or newer gems ...
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Birth of Rhythm & Blues
: :Singing begot jazz. Sure, that's a vast oversimplification, but there's probably no better way to say it. The voice as the foundation and essential instrument of jazz's evolution is expansively presented in this five-CD box set compiled by Robert O'Meally, biographer of Billie Holiday. His goal, he writes in an accompanying 100-page booklet, is to show the sweep and the development of jazz singing in all its permutations, including blues, bebop, and scat, from the greatest figures--Bessie Smith, Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Jon Hendricks-to smaller or newer gems ...
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King of the Slide Guitar: The Fire/Fury/Enjoy Recordings
: :Singing begot jazz. Sure, that's a vast oversimplification, but there's probably no better way to say it. The voice as the foundation and essential instrument of jazz's evolution is expansively presented in this five-CD box set compiled by Robert O'Meally, biographer of Billie Holiday. His goal, he writes in an accompanying 100-page booklet, is to show the sweep and the development of jazz singing in all its permutations, including blues, bebop, and scat, from the greatest figures--Bessie Smith, Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Jon Hendricks-to smaller or newer gems ...
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Classic Rock Box: WNEW-FM 25th Anniversary Box
: :Singing begot jazz. Sure, that's a vast oversimplification, but there's probably no better way to say it. The voice as the foundation and essential instrument of jazz's evolution is expansively presented in this five-CD box set compiled by Robert O'Meally, biographer of Billie Holiday. His goal, he writes in an accompanying 100-page booklet, is to show the sweep and the development of jazz singing in all its permutations, including blues, bebop, and scat, from the greatest figures--Bessie Smith, Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Jon Hendricks-to smaller or newer gems ...
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Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz 1960-2000
: :Superbly packaged and lovingly annotated, the five-disc Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection distills four decades of musical passion into six hours of highlights. The passion is that of Arhoolie founder Chris Strachwitz, a German immigrant and former California schoolteacher whose label reflects a devotion to American roots music at its most vital and varied. Southern bluesmen Mance Lipscomb and Fred McDowell, Louisiana zydeco kingpin Clifton Chenier, and Tex-Mex conjunto accordionist Flaco Jimenez are just a few of the regional mainstays to achieve national renown through Arhoolie, and all of them are ...
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