Drink Up - Light Up! (Jazz Noire Tales Of Dope, Booze & Sleaze) - various artists - Rhythm & Blues, Score, Swing, Big Band, Boogie Woogie, Jump Blues, Rock & Roll

 

Disc 1

1 Wild Weed (1949 Film Intro) - Raoul Kraushaar 

2 You Go To My Head - Sarah Vaughan 

3 When I'm Low, I Get High - The Four Clefs 

4 The Man From Harlem - Cab Calloway 

5 Lead Me, Daddy, Straight To The Bar - Sam Price 

6 That Cat Is High - The Ink Spots 

7 Here Comes The Man With The Jive - Stuff Smith 

8 The 'G' Man Got The 'T' Man - Cee Pee Johnson 

9 I Need It Bad (Groove Juice) - Buddy Banks 

10 Juice Head Man Of MIne - Dinah Washington 

11 Beer Drinkin' Baby - Billy Valentine 

12 Jive I Like - Pearl Taylor 

13 Green Gin - Ernie Andrews 

14 Thirsty Mama Blues - Hot Lips Page 

15 Killin' Jive - The Cats & The Fiddle 

16 Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine - Harry "The Hipster" Gibson 

17 Reefer Man - Cab Calloway 

18 Wine-O - Jack McVea 

19 Snuff Dippin' Mama - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 

20 Buy Me Some Juice - Blue Lu Barker 

21 Sweet Marijuana Brown - Barney Bigard 

22 Reefer Head Woman - Buster Bennett 

23 Hootie's Ignorant Oil - Jay McShann 

24 When I'm In My Tea - Jo Jo Adams 

25 Juice Head Baby - Cootie Williams 

26 Stoned - Wardell Gray 

27 Reefer Madness (a.k.a. Tell Your Children) (1936 Film Close) - Abe Meyer 

Disc 2

1 D.O.A. (1950 film intro) - Dimitri Tiomkin 

2 Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well? - Doc Wheeler 

3 Bar Fly Blues - Jay McShann 

4 I Know Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well! - Bull Moose Jackson 

5 Stinkin’ Drunk - Gene Phillips 

6 Win-o - Pee Wee Crayton 

7 My Good Pott - Doc Pomus 

8 No Wine, No Women - Mr Google Eyes 

9 Drink Up - Light Up - Nelson Alexander 

10 Stinkin’ From Drinkin’ - Calvin Boze 

11 Joy Juice - Dinah Washington 

12 Sloppy Drunk - Walter Brown 

13 Knockin’ Myself Out - Helen Humes 

14 Sneaky Pete - Bull Moose Jackson 

15 When I Get Drunk - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson 

16 I Should O’ Been Thinkin’ Instead Of Drinkin’ - Cootie Williams 

17 Port Wine Blues - Gene 'Honey Bear' Sedric 

18 Goofy Dust Blues - Little Willie Littlefield 

19 Rock And Rye - Jimmy McCracklin 

20 Whiskey Blues - Tom Archia 

21 Whiskey, Gin And Wine - Joe Liggins 

22 Serve Another Round - The Five Keys 

23 Drinking Blues - Wynonie Harris 

24 Red, Red Wine - Milt Buckner 

25 I Got Loaded - Earl Bostic 

26 Vaccinate Me, Baby - King Perry 

27 D.O.A. ('The Fisherman Sequence', 1950 Film) - Maxwell Davis 

28 The Man With The Golden Arm (1955 Film Intro) - Elmer Bernstein 

Drink Up - Light Up!

new album release from Tammi Savoy and The Chris Casello Combo "That Rock 'N' Roll Rhythm!"

 

Tammi Savoy and The Chris Casello Combo are back, with their second release on Swelltune Records! Twelve killer mid-century rock 'n' roll tracks, released this October on compact disc and digital download. Tammi and Chris have everything your ears need... rockin', danceable tunes, a soft, tender ballad, and a hot instrumental.. all infused with the rhythm and blues flavor they're known for. Perfect for fans of powerful female vocals and masterfully crafted guitar licks.  That Rock 'N' Roll Rhythm! was recorded at Magic Basement Studio except "G'wan 'Bout Your Business" (an Annisteen Allen cover) which was recorded at Wat-Sun Studio (Dale Watson's studio) in Memphis, TN.

Tammi Savoy and guitarist Chris Casello perform Original 40's, 50's and 60's inspired music, early roots Rhythm and Blues, Jump Blues, Roots Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Pure Rhythm and Roll!  Both are Ameripolitan Music Award winners.  Chris won the "Musician Of The Year" award in 2017 and Tammi took home the "Rockabilly Female Artist Of The Year" award in 2019. 

web:https://www.misstammisavoy.com/

http://www.chriscasello.com/ 

 

Marty's review: this second album release from Tammi Savoy and The Chris Casello Combo proves what a powerful combination these artists are. With the dynamic and thrilling vocal style from Tammi Savoy that is straight out of 50's rhythm and blues and the "rockingest" guitar of Mr.Chris Casello, this release is guaranteed to have you boppin', rollin', reelin' and rockin'. The recording techniques are what makes it special as the rawness and spontaneity harks back to the glorious 50's and 60's. A superb effort!

Twelve piece “little big band” Swingadelic 8th album release "Bluesville"

The twelve piece “little big band” Swingadelic celebrates their 22nd anniversary with the release of their 8th CD, “Bluesville”. The band’s three previous CD’s on the ZOHO label were tributes to Duke Pearson, Allen Toussaint and Johnny Mercer. They continue to showcase their versatility on “Bluesville” with large ensemble versions of tunes by Ray Charles, Ruth Brown, Muddy Waters, Mose Allison, Count Basie and other artists. Ruth Brown's former tenor player, Bill Easley, is featured on track 2 and Mitch Woods is featured on Parchman Farm.

Swingadelic began in 1998 as the neo-swing movement was cresting. Upright bassist Dave Post gathered his jazz and blues playing friends together to play engagements at New York City's Supper Club, Swing 46 and Windows On The World, the former restaurant atop of the World Trade Center. As the swing scene waned the band was able to turn to swing dance groups, concerts, festivals, schools and private engagements to keep active.

Swingadelic has performed at Lincoln Center’s Mid-Summer Night Swing, NJPAC, and at many festivals, including Bele Chere (Ashville NC), MusikFest (Allentown PA) the CD 109 Jazz and Blues Festival (Red Bank, NJ) and the sanofi-aventis JazzFest (Madison NJ). The band plays over 100 dates per year and has traveled from Maine to Atlanta. They have maintained a residency for eight years at Swing 46 in NYC where it performs every other Monday as a ten piece "little big band." They have been recording for the ZOHO Music label since 2011. Swingadelic CDs have been in the JazzWeek Radio charts top thirty and garnered many critically acclaimed reviews in jazz publications such as Jazz Times and All About Jazz.

official website: www.Swingadelic.com

Marty's review: Swingadelic pump out big band style jump blues with a modern twist on their latest release "Bluesville". Showcasing tunes from the masters of the blues of the 50's and 60's, this album is upbeat, danceable, sleazy and just downright fun!

Louis Prima...Jump, Jive An' Wail: The Essential Louis Prima

Louis Prima (né Louis Leo Prima; 7 December 1910 – 24 August 1978) was an Italian-American singer, actor, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he formed a seven-piece New Orleans-style jazz band in the late 1920's, fronted a swing combo in the 1930's and a big band group in the 1940's, helped to popularize jump blues in the late 1940's and early to mid 1950's, and performed as a Vegas lounge act in the late 1950's and 1960's.

From the 1940's through the 1960's, his music further encompassed early R'n'B and rock'n'roll, boogie-woogie, and even Italian folk music, such as the tarantella. Prima made prominent use of Italian music and language in his songs, blending elements of his Italian identity with jazz and swing music. At a time when "ethnic" musicians were often discouraged from openly stressing their ethnicity, Prima's conspicuous embrace of his Italian ethnicity opened the doors for other Italian-American and "ethnic" American musicians to display their ethnic roots.

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For Jumpers Only!..Jump Blues from the 40s and 50s...various artists

Let's take a JUMP forward (or back) to the 40s and 50s for this album. If you like jump blues, this is a great collection of some early tunes.  With artists like Illinois Jacquet, Cab Calloway and Panama Francis, this compilation will have you JUMPING for the ceiling and around the floor!

1. Benson's Bounce - Panama Francis
2. Bottoms Up - Illinois Jacquet
3. On My Own - Willis Jackson
4. Duck Fever - Fred Jackson
5. Jump & Shout - Erline Harris
6. For Jumpers Only - Cat Anderson
7. B.O. Plenty's Return - Morris Lane
8. Top 'N' Bottom - Tab Smith
9. Pink Cadillac - Paul Bascomb
10. Top Flight - Arnett Cobb
11. Benson Alley - Sir Charles Thompson
12. Shotgun Boogie - Cab Calloway