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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Barnacle Bill the Sailor
2. Doug the Jitterbug
3. At the Swing Cat's Ball
4. Honeysuckle Rose
5. Two Little Squirrels, The (Nuts to You)
6. Pan Pan
7. Saxa-Woogie
8. Boogie Woogie Came to Town
9. Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)
10. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
11. What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)
12. I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town
13. Five Guys Named Moe
14. Ration Blues
15. Is You Is or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
16. Mop Mop
17. G.I. Jive
18. Buzz Me Blues
19. Caldonia
20. Salt Pork, West Virginia
21. Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
22. Stone Cold Dead in the Market
23. Beware
24. Choo Choo Ch'boogie
DISC 2:
1. Ain't That Just Like a Woman
2. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
3. Let the Good Times Roll
4. Texas and Pacific
5. Jack, You're Dead!
6. Open the Door, Richard
7. Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
8. Run Joe
9. Beans and Cornbread
10. Saturday Night Fish Fry, Parts 1 & 2
11. Blue Light Boogie, Parts 1 & 2
12. Chartreuse, (You Dyed Your Hair)
13. Life Is So Peculiar
14. Teardrops From My Eyes
15. Louisville Lodge Meeting
16. Bone Dry
17. Fat Sam From Birmingham
18. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
19. Slow Down
20. Never Trust a Woman
21. Junco Partner
22. I Want You to Be My Baby
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Louis Jordan (vocals, clarinet, alto & baritone saxophone); Louis Armstrong (vocals, trumpet); Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Carl Hogan (electric guitar); Stafford Simon (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Oliver Nelson (alto saxophone); Lem Johnson, Freddie Simon, Josh Jackson, James Wright (tenor saxophone); Courtney Williams, Freddie Webster, Idrees Sullieman, Aaron Izenhall (trumpet); Clarence Johnson, Arnold Thomas, William Austin, Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett (piano); Charlie Drayton, Dallas Bartley, Jesse "Po" Simpkins, Al Morgan (bass); Walter Martin (drums, timpani); Shadow Wilson, Wilmore "Slick" Jones, Alex "Razz" Mitchell, Eddie Byrd, Joe Morris (drums); Harry Dial (maracas); Vic Lourie (claves).
Producers include: J. Mayo Williams, Milt Gabler,
Compilation producers: Steven Lasker, Andy McKaie.
Recorded between December 20, 1938 and May 28, 1953. Includes liner notes by Peter Grendysa.
One of the many windfalls of the late-90's swing craze has been a renewed interest in Louis Jordan, one of the great jump blues stars of the World War II era. Hip and hilarious, Jordan's enormously appealing music satisfies jazz novices and aficionados alike with its hard-swinging grooves and charmingly outrageous lyrics. Between 1941 and 1954, Jordan and his band, the Timpani Five cranked out numerous hits for Decca Records. Among the many Jordan "greatest hits" anthologies available, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL is by far the most thorough, containing every essential track Jordan recorded during his heyday.
Arranged chronologically, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL offers a nice array of early efforts before it starts mining Jordan's mother lode of hits midway through the first disc. The remainder of the collection is made up of wall-to-wall classics, all living up to the promise of such titles as "Ain't Nobody Here but us Chickens," "Is You is or is You Ain't my Baby?" and "What's the Use of Gettin' Sober?" Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Ray Charles, Joe Jackson, and Ella Fitzgerald are among the many who have paid tribute to this master of jumping jive. Pick up GOOD TIMES; it'll gas your gait.
Industry Reviews
With interest in jump blues...running at fever pitch, what better time to revisit the massive Decca catalog of the ebullient saxophonist who originated the genre?....[GOOD TIMES] represent the most comprehensive...Jordan collection yet...
Living Blues (05/01/1999)
...The considerable appeal that Jordan and his band held for America's listening AND dancing public is present on just about every...track....Highly recommended!
JazzTimes (10/01/1999)
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