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Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
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Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
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Personnel: B.B. King (vocals, guitar); Dr. John (vocals, piano); Russell Malone (guitar); Hank Crawford (alto saxophone); David "Fathead" Newman (tenor saxophone); Marcus Belgrave (trumpet); Neil Larsen (piano, Hammond organ); John Heard (bass); Earl Palmer (drums); Lenny Castro (percussion).
Recorded at Cello Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. Includes liner notes by B.B. King.
"Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)" won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
Though a wry humor permeates many of B.B. King's classic performances, "funny" is not necessarily the first word that comes to mind, making this 1999 collection of rollicking tunes written or popularized by jump-blues vocalist Louis Jordan seem an odd project at first.
However, any doubts are vanquished within the first minute of the opening "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens." Wisely avoiding straight imitation of Jordan's unique style, King adapts the songs to suit himself. This means that "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" gains a sly swagger and a slightly risque undertone, as if the question is purely rhetorical. King was nearly the only member of his blues generation to still be touring and recording actively by the late '90s, and LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL shows this blues master at the top of his game.
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Down Beat (2/00, p.62) - 3.5 out of 5 - "...a delightful set of classic pop r&b, brightened further by the lean bounce of Hank Crawford's small band charts....King never fails to deliver the goods...especially in the steely twang of his fine guitar work..."
Living Blues (1-2/00, p.60) - "...King does right by Jordan's swinging songs....cutting loose with some stinging licks....accurately evoking the original platter's atmospheric magic....the album should raise awareness of Jordan's essential catalog..."
Mojo (Publisher) (1/00, p.104) - "...there are enough good things [here] to please fans of either artist..."
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 | a great new flavor to covers of a classic artist.
by jkupsch, 2/2/2000 |
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Pros: great tunes, great guitar
Cons: lack of horns
Review: i got this album under the tree this past christmas, and it sure has been heard since. the first tim
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| | I guess it's fair to call B.B. the man
by bighair, 1/17/2000 |
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Pros: great music and humor
Cons: there are none
Review: So, imagine this. There I am in the jazz section of a Borders books and music store with a huge pos
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| | BB King Tributes Louis Jordan
by thaight, 1/1/2000 |
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Pros: Great Tribute
Cons: Louis is not alive to enjoy the tribute, he would have loved it.
Review: The king himself tributes Louis Jordan in this CD titled "Let the Good Times Roll" <b
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