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Genre:
Jazz
Release Date: 07/26/1989
Run Time: 62:48
This is a best-of CD collection that actually lives up to its name. Virtually all of
Louis Jordan's hits, which musically bridged the gap between small-group
swing,
R&B, and
rock & roll, are on this single CD, including
"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie," "Let the Good Times Roll," "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens," "Saturday Night Fish Fry," "Caldonia," "Five Guys Named Moe," and
"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying." Serious collectors will want to explore a more complete series, particularly the one put out by
Classics, but for a single acquisition, this is the
Louis Jordan set to get.
Jordan's very likable and good-humored vocals and his hot alto, as well as the playing of
the Tympani Five, belong in everyone's music collection.
~Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
;)
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