Coffret 2 CD avec livret 40 pages.

Entre blues, jazz et gospel, de Chicago à New York, les racines de la musique populaire afro-américaine. Un premier jalon vers le rock n’roll et la Soul Music.
Patrick Frémeaux

Droits audio : Groupe Frémeaux Colombini.

LOUIS JORDAN AND HIS TYMPANY FIVE : CALDONIA (MOORE) • JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS : THE HONEYDRIPPER PART 1 (LIGGINS) • ROY MILTON & HIS SOLID SENDERS : MILTON’S BOOGIE (MILTON) • NAT 'KING' COLE TRIO : THAT AIN’T RIGHT (COLE) • CECIL GANT : I WONDER (GANT) • CHARLES BROWN WITH JOHNNY MOORE THREE BLAZERS : DRIFTING BLUES (BROWN) • IVORY HUNTER WITH JOHNNY MOORE'S 3 BLAZERS : BLUES AT SUNRISE (HUNTER) • T-BONE WALKER WITH MARL YOUNG & HIS ORCHESTRA : T–BONE BOOGIE (WALKER– GLENN) • ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP : ROCK ME MAMA (CRUDUP) • JULIA LEE WITH TOMMY DOUGLAS' ORCHESTRA : IF IT’S GOOD (LEE) • HELEN HUMES WITH BILL DOGGETT'S OCTET : BE–BABA–LEBA (HUMES) • DINAH WASHINGTON WITH LUCKY THOMPSONS'S ALL STARS : RICH MAN’S BLUES (LOWE) • ALBERT AMMONS AND HIS RHYTHM KINGS : BOOGIE WOOGIE STOMP (AMMONS) • ELLA MAE MORSE WITH FREDDIE SLACK AND HIS ORCHESTRA : COW COW BOOGIE (RAYE–DEPAUL–CARTER) • JIMMY RUSHING WITH COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA : JIMMY’S BLUES (RUSHING) • BIG JOE TURNER AND HIS FLY CATS : PINEY BROWN BLUES (TURNER–JOHNSON) • WYNONIE 'BLUES' HARRIS WITH ILLINOIS JACQUET & HIS ALL STARS : HERE COMES THE BLUES (WYNONIE HARRIS) • EDDIE VINSON WITH COOTIE WILLIAMS AND HIS ORCHESTRA : CHERRY RED BLUES (TURNER–JOHNSON) • RUBBERLEGS WILLIAMS WITH CLYDE HART'S ALL STARS : THAT’S THE BLUES (WILLIAMS) • GATEMOUTH MOORE WITH DALLAS BARTLEY AND HIS SMALL TOWN BOYS : I AIN’T MADE AT YOU (MOORE) • LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA : FLYIN’ HOME (GOODMAN–HAMPTON) • PETE JOHNSON'S BAND : 627 STOMP (JOHNSON–DEXTER) • HOT LIPS PAGE & HIS ORCHESTRA : SUNSET BLUES (CLAYTON–PAGE) • JUNE RICHMOND WITH ANDY KIRK AND HIS CLOUDS OF JOY : 47TH JIVE (SYKES) • WALTER BROWN WITH JAY MCSHANN QUARTET : NEW CONFESSIN’ THE BLUES (BROWN–MCSHANN) • JOHNNY HODGES AND HIS ORCHESTRA : DOOJI WOOJI (ELLINGTON) • ERSKINE HAWKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA FEATURING AVERY PARRISH : AFTER HOURS (HAWKINS) • ROSETTA THARPE WITH LUCKY MILLINDER AND HIS ORCHESTRA : THAT’S ALL (THARPE) • JACK MCVEA : BARTENDER BOOGIE (MCVEA–MOSLEY) • BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA : BLOWIN’ THE BLUES AWAY (ECKSTINE–VALENTINE) • TINY BRADSHAW & HIS ORCHESTRA : SCHOOL DAYS BLUES (BRADSHAW) • JOHNNY OTIS, HIS DRUMS & ORCHESTRA : HARLEM NOCTURNE (NOBLE) • ELLA JOHNSON WITH BUDDY JOHNSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA : THAT’S THE STUFF YOU GOTTA WATCH (JOHNSON) • THE SPIRITS OF RHYTHM : DR • WATSON AND MR • HOLMES (MERCER–ELLINGTON) • 5 RED CAPS : BOOGIE WOOGIE ON A SATURDAY NIGHT (HIGGINBOTHAM) • SISTER ROSETTA THARPE : STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING EVERY DAY (THARPE).