LOUIS JORDAN - Kurz-Bio und Disco

Louis Jordan, geboren am 8. Juli 1908 in Brinkley, Arkansas, und verstorben am 4. Februar 1975 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien, an einem Herzinfarkt, war einer der größten Rhythm & Blues-Stars. Er wird auch der Vater des Rhythm And Blues genannt. Im Alter von sieben Jahren begann er bereits Saxophon zu spielen. Mit fünfzehn hatte er schon seinen ersten professionellen Auftritt mit Ruby Williams. Nach wechselnden Engagements, beispielsweise bei Chick Webb, gründete er 1938 seine erste eigene Band, The Tympany Five. Seine große Karriere fing aber kriegsbedingt erst richtig nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg an.
Keep Searchin'
Gerd

Wir waren eher weniger Fans des echten Rhythm And Blues und die Musik von Louis Jordan war nicht ganz das Unsere. Aber als Jugendlicher hat man halt immer irgendeinen komischen Tick. Unser Tick war, dass wir aus Abwechslung zu unserer Musik auch gerne extrem lärmiges hatten. So wie "I Got A Woman" von Sammy Davis, Jr., wegen dem Anfangsgegröle und natürlich "Fire" von Louis Jordan wegen dem Sirenenlärm und dem ganzen Wirbel. Heute gefällt mir "Ella Mae" weit besser. Aber so wie wir das in den Fünfzigern empfunden haben, kann man das kaum als musikalisches Werturteil ansehen. Übrigens, wir haben "Fire" auf einer österreichischen Pressung gehabt, wie Albert bereits eingangs zeigte.

In Deutschland war sie nur auf schwedischer MERCURY (siehe folgenden Scan) zu haben
Gerd

Hallo zusammen,

was alles so auf meiner Festplatte schlummert...

Hardi

Discography der DECCA-Years...:

Decca

# 7609 Keep A-Knockin
At the Swing Cats' Ball 3/29/39
# 8560 Brotherly Love
Saxa-Woogie 4/2/41
# 8593 I'm Gonna Move To The Ooutskirts Of Town
Knock Me Kiss 11/22/41
11/15/41
# 8605 The Green Grass Grows All Around
11/22/41
# 8627 Small Town Boy
Mama Mama Blues
11/15/41
11/22/41
# 8638 I'm gonna leave you on the outskirts of town
It's a low down dirty shame
7/21/42
# 8645 What's The Use of Getting Sober
The Chicks I Pick Are Slender And Tender And Tall 7/21/42
# 8653 That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out
Five Guys Named Moe 7/21/42
# 8654 Ration Blues
Deacon Jones 10/4/43
# 8659 G.I.Jive
Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) 10/4/43
# 8668 You Can't Get That No More
Mop! Mop!
# 8670 Caldonia
Somebody Done Changed The Lock on My Door 4/19/45
#18734 Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
Buzz Me
#18762 Reconversion Blues
Salt Pork, West Virginia
#18818 Beware
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
#23546 Stone Cold Dead In The Market (with Ella Fitzgerald)
Petootie Pie (with Ella Fitzgerald) 10/9/45
#23610 That's Chick's Too Young To Fry
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
#23628 I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
Knock Me A Kiss 11/22/41
11/15/41
#23629 What's The Use Of Getting Sober
The Chicks I Pick Are SLender And Tender 7/21/42
#23630 Is You Is or Is You Ain't
Five Guys Named Moe 7/21/42
#23631 It's A Low Down Dirty Shame
Mama Mama Blues 7/21/42
11/15/41
#23669 Ain't That Just Like A Woman
If It's Love You Want Baby, That's Me
#23741 Let The Good Times Roll
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens 1946
#23810 Texas And Pacific
I Like 'Em Fat Like That 1947
#23841 Open the Door Richard!
It's So Easy 1/23/47
#23901 I Know What You're Puttin' Down
Jack, You're Dead
#23931 Beware
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
#24108 Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Sure Had a Wonderful Time

#24155 Look Out
Early In The Mornin'
#24300 Barnyard Boogie
How Long Must I Wait For You
#24381 Reet, Petite and Gone
Inflation Blues 12/1/47
#24448 Run Joe
All For The Love of Lil
#24483 Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends
We Can't Agree 12/18/47
11/24/47
#24502 You're On The Right Track Baby
Daddy-O 12/18/47
#24527 Pettin' and Pokin'
Why'd You Do It Baby 12/1/47
12/18/47
#24571 Have You Got The Gumption
Roamin' Blues 11/24/47
#24587 You Broke Your Promise
Safe, Sane And Single 2/7/49
#24633 Every Man To His Own Profession
Cole Slow
#24673 Bean And Cone Bread
Chicky-Mo, Craney-Cro 11/24/47
#24725 Saturday Night Fish Fry
#24815 School Days
#24877 Push Ka Pee She Pie
Hungry Man
#25394 Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Saxa-Woogie 1/24/41
4/2/41
#27058 Onions
#27114 Blue Light Boogie
#27129 I Want A Roof Over My Head (And Bread on My Table)
Show Me How (You Milk The Cow)
#27203 Tambouritza Boogie
Trouble Then Satisfaction
#27324 (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
Lemonade
#27428 It's A Great Great Pleasure
Tear Drops From My Eyes
#27547 Weak Minded Blues
Is My Pop In There
#27620 I Can't Give You Anything But Love
You Will Always Have A Friend
#27648 If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich
How Blue Can You Get
#27694 Please Don't Leave Me
Three Handed Woman
#27784 Trust In Me
Cook-A-Doodle Doo
#27806 May Every Day Be Christmas
Bone Dry
#27898 Lay Something On The Bar (Besides Your Elbows)
#27969 Louisville Lodge Meeting
Work Baby Work
#28088 Slow Down
Never Trust A Woman
#28211 Junco Partner
Azure-Te
#28225 Oil Well Texas
Jordan For President
#28335 All of Me
There Goes My Heart
#28444 Friendship
You're Much Too Fat 1/20/47
12/1/47
#28543 You Didn't Want Me Baby
A Man's Best Friend Is A Bed
#28664 It's Better To Wait For Love
Just Like A Butterfly
#28756 Hog Wash
House Party
#28820 There Must Be A Way
Time Marches On
#28883 I Want You To Be My Baby
You Know It Too
#28983 Fat Sam From Birmingham
The Soona Baby
#29018 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Lollypop
#29166 Only Yesterday
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
#29263 If It's True
Wake Up Jacob
#29424 Locked-Up
Perdido
#29655 Come And Get It
I Want You To Be My Baby
#29860 Everything That's Made of Wood
I Gotta Move
#30223 I Want You To Be My Baby
Run Joe

Discography ALADDIN Records:

Aladdin

# 3223 Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy
Whiskey Do Your Stuff
# 3227 Ooo-Wee
I'll Die Happy
# 3243 Hurry Home
A Dollar Down

# 3246 I Seen What'cha Done
Messy Bessy
# 3249 Louis Blues
If I Had Any Sence I'd Go Back Home
# 3264 Put Some Money In The Pot Boy 'Cause That Juice Is Runnin' Low
Yeah Yeah Baby
# 3270 The Dripper
Fat Back And Corn Liquor
# 3279 Gal You Need A Whippin'
Time Is A-Passin'
# 3295 It's Hard To Be Good
Gotta Go
# 513B Bahama Joe
Nobody But Me

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