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Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan (CD)

By: B.B. King (Artist)

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B.B. King Artist Snapshot:

The great Memphis guitarist and singer B.B. King has been the most high-profile figure in blues since the 1960s, ever since his LIVE AT THE REGAL album established him as a superstar. King has collaborated successfully with everyone from Bobby Bland to U2, but he made his name as a soulful, enthusiastic bandleader. His beloved Gibson ES-345 guitar, "Lucille," is the source of King's trademark sound--percussive attack, dramatic string-bending, and spare lead lines with a vocal-like quality.

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DISC 1 for Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan (CD) Album By B.B. King (Artist)
1   Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
2   Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby - (with Dr. John)
3   Beware, Brother Beware
4   Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door
5   Ain't That Just Like a Woman
6   Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
7   Buzz Me
8   Early In The Mornin'
9   I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
10   Jack, You're Dead!
11   Knock Me A Kiss
12   Let The Good Times Roll
13   Caldonia
14   It's A Great, Great Pleasure
15   Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)
16   Sure Had A Wonderful Time Last Night
17   Saturday Night Fish Fry
18   Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
 

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Review

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..."

Title Note

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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