Blues Ballads & Jumpin J

Elmer Snowden, Lonnie Johnson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Obc
• ASIN: B000000XZA
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,839 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lester Leaps In [#]

2. Blue and All Alone [#]

3. On the Sunny Side of the Street [#]

4. C Jam Blues [#]

5. New Orleans Blues [#]

6. Careless Love [#]

7. Stormy Weather [Take 1][#]

8. Stormy Weather [Take 2][#]

9. I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll [#]

10. Birth of the Blues [#]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music, October 8, 1999

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political idiot (california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Ballads & Jumpin J (Audio CD)

Two long time friends together, reminiscing and playing absolutely beautiful blues and ballads. If "New Orleans Blues" or "Stormy Weather" don't bring a tear to your eye, then you need to check with a doctor to see if you are still alive. Why the Amazon sales rank on this CD is so low is beyond my comprehension. Wonderful recording quality. These recordings along with the other in this series are among Lonnie Johnson and Elmer Snowden's finest --amazing since both are considered to have peaked performance wise in the late 20s/early 30s.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Blues Guitar disk I have, December 20, 2008

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B. Gidron (Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues Ballads & Jumpin J (Audio CD)

This is a real gem! two unbelievable blues guitar players (one also sings) who brought tears to my eyes. They are creative and soulful both in the slow and the fast tracks.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Orleans Blues, June 29, 2006

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Bruno A. N. Pietoso "Subterranean Jazzist" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues Ballads & Jumpin J (Audio CD)

Well, I'm afraid that I might get a little redundant describing this album, since Blues And Ballads and this Vol.2 is just as good and as surprising as Vol.1.

All I can say about this album is, one more precious gem by this great bluesman that is Lonnie Johnson and his companion Elmer Snowden and bass player Wendell Marshall.

On this one, pay close attention to Lester Leaps in, On the sunny side of the street, C-Jam Blues... hmm thinking about it now, pay close attention to the entire album, it's wonderful.

It shows great improvisation by all musicians, but also a great sense of melody and harmony that even today is rare to find in some blues musicians and jazz musicians.

And to think that these two albums were recorded all at once at the same day , April 5 1960. Today, some musicians take 5 years to record a piece of garbage and these guys managed to record a wonderful record in one day. Who's got it, got it.

Thumbs up to this one.