Label: FREMEAUX
Catalog: FA5396
Format: CD USA Jamaica, The Roots of Ska"DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : BRUNO BLUM
CD1 : USA 1942-1950 : IT'S A LOW-DOWN DIRTY SHAME - LOUIS JORDAN o G.I. JIVE - LOUIS JORDAN o CHOO CHOO CH'BOOGIE - LOUIS JORDAN o BOOGIE WOOGIE BLUE PLATE - LOUIS JORDAN o ROCK BOTTOM - GENE PHILLIPS o T-BONE SHUFFLE - T-BONE WALKER o KILLER DILLER (MILK LANE HOP) - GENE COY o REET PETITE AND GONE - LOUIS JORDAN o WILLIE MAE - PROFESSOR LONGHAIR o PAGE BOY SHUFFLE - TODD RHODES o SPOON CALLS HOOTIE - JIMMY WITHERSPOON o IF IT'S SO BABY - THE ROBINS o ROCKIN' AT HOME - FLOYD DIXON o BOOGIE GUITAR (THREE GUITARS) - THE JOHNNY OTIS SHOW o SAN DIEGO BOUNCE (COXSONE SHUFFLE) - HAROLD LAND o BEEN FOOLING AROUND - PROFESSOR LONGHAIR o STACK-A-LEE (PART 2) - ARCHIBALD o LATER FOR THE GATOR (COXSONE HOP) - WILLIS "GATOR" JACKSON o STREET WAL KIN' WOMAN - T-BONE WALKER o TEND TO DO BUSINESS - JAMES "WEE WILLIE" WAYNE o TRAIN TIME BLUES - ROY BROWN o NO MORE DOGGIN' - ROSCO GORDON o MY DING-A-LING - DAVE BARTHOLOMEW. CD 2 : USA & JAMAICA 1950-1962 : LOVERS LANE BOOGIE - LITTLE ESTHER o I FOUND OUT MY TROUBLES - THE ROBINS o ROCKIN' THE BLUES AWAY - TINY GRIMES o ROCK THIS MORNING - JESSE ALLEN o CHICKEN BLUES - BILL BROWN o ROCKIN' ALL DAY - JIMMY MCCRACKLIN o GUITAR SHUFFLE - LOWELL FULSON o YOU'RE NOT THE ONE - SMILEY LEWIS o HEY BARTENDER - FLOYD DIXON o YOU UPSET ME, BABY - B.B. KING o HOT LITTLE MAMA - JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON o GETTIN' DRUNK - JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON OOP SHOOP - SHIRLEY GUNTER AND THE QUEENS o HEY HEY GIRL - ROSCO GORDON o TOO TIRED - JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON o MY BOY LOLLIPOP - BARBIE GAYE o JUST A GIGOLO/I AIN'T GOT NOBODY - LOUIS PRIMA o SEA CRUISE - FRANKIE FORD o I FEEL GOOD - OWEN GRAY o THE JOKER - THE DUKE REID GROUP o GREASY - JACKIE MCLEAN o DUKE'S COOKIES - THE DUKE REID GROUP o JUDGE NOT - BOB MARLEY. CD 3 : JAMAICA 1956-1962 : o ROCKING IN MY FEET - OWEN GRAY o SILKY - CLUE J AND HIS BLUES BLASTERS o YA RD BROOM - ROLAND ALPHONSO o JAPA NESE GIRL - LLOYD CLARKE o THAT MAN IS BACK - DON DRUMMOND o ONE CUP OF COFFEE - BOB MARLEY o MIDNIGHT TRACK - OWEN GRAY o ME AND MY FORTY FIVE - ERIC "MONTY" MORRIS o MAGIC - RICO RODRIGUEZ o COOL SCHOOL - CHUCK AND DOBBY o BRIDGEVIEW SHUFFLE - MATADOR ALL STARS o THAT'S ME - THEOPHILUS BECKFORD o AFRICAN SHUFFLE - COUNT OSSIE AND THE WAREIKAS o OVER THE RIVER - THE JIVING JUNIORS o I LOVE YOU - WINSTON & BARBARA o LUKE LANE SHUFFLE - RICO RODRIGUEZ o BOUNCING WOMAN - LAUREL AITKEN AND THE BLUE BEATS o STEW PEAS AND CORNFLAKES - AUBREY ADAMS & RICO RODRIGUEZ o ROSABELLE - CORNELL CAMPBELL o I WAS WRONG - CHUCK & DOBBY o WHAT A WORLD - BUSTY & COOL o TEN VIRGINS - THE ANGELIC BROTHERS o JAMAICA BLUES - AZIE LAWRENCE"
There are many mysteries surrounding the origins of ska, the famous music-style born in Kingston in 1962, but this Bruno Blum selection puts an end to all the speculation. Ska and its signature offbeat (which later surfaced in reggae) derived from the little-known Ame rican R&B style called shuffle. This anthology has some dazzling illustrations of it, from the obscure, original version of the hit "My Boy Lollipop" to the classic song "Just a Gigolo" - as well as 27 shuffles recorded in Jamaica just before the creation of ska, not to mention some early Bob Marley - this is the original sound of Jamaican dancehall. Patrick FRÉMEAUX
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