Blues Masters 5

Blues Masters (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 1992)
• Original Release Date: November 10, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B0000032X7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,580 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hand Clappin'

2. Shake, Rattle & Roll

3. Jump, Jive, An' Wail

4. Good Rockin' Tonight

5. Rockin' at Midnight

6. Hoy Hoy

7. The Train Kept A-Rollin'

8. Juicy Fruit [*]

9. In My Real Gone Rocket

10. Cadillac Boogie [*]

11. Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work on You)

12. Hop, Skip and Jump

13. Deacon's Hop [*]

14. Rock My Blues Away

15. Hound Dog

16. 'Til the Well Runs Dry [*]

17. Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me

18. Hello Little Boy

Editorial Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She must have thought I was a real gone jerk, June 14, 2004

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Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues Masters 5 (Audio CD)

The CD features a great selection of "jump blues" songs from the late '40s to the mid '50s. Jump blues can be considered to be sort of a combination of swing music and the blues. Or you could just call it early r&b with horns. However you want to look at it, it was definitely a precursor to rock and roll. Many of the songs here would go on to be recorded by rock and rollers. (Elvis covered four of the songs here.) But putting the rock and roll connection aside, this music can stand on it's own merits. This is just plain fun, wild music. But don't take my word for it, listen to it and decide for yourself. Highly recommended.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Superb collection of the roots of the neo "swing" movement, August 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Blues Masters 5 (Audio CD)

This excellentCD presents a superb 15-year cross-section of an underappreciated branch of the blues. "Jump" blues seems to answer the never-posed question, where does swing end and the blues begin? For that matter, add rockabilly and electric blues, go way back to the late forties, and you have performances infinitely more powerful than Bill Haley and Jerry Lee Lewis. These artists suddenly seem embarrassingly derivative--especially when you hear the original Big Mama Thornton version of Hound Dog. You'll wish you'd never heard of Elvis.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early R&B and R&R at its best!, September 14, 2001

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"ngdski" (Cleveland, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Masters 5 (Audio CD)

This is a excellent example of the roots of R&B and R&R. The blues have never sounded so good! "Hand Clappin'"(#1) still uses the sounds of the big band era, and "Hoy, Hoy"(#6) brings blues and rockabilly to a new level. It is no surprise that Little Richard picked up his sound from Rudy Green's "Juicy Fruit"(#8). Wynona Carr's "'Til the Well Runs Dry"(#16)is an excellent example of the early R&B music sounds of Etta James in the late 50's. There were so many artists performing this type of music in the late 40's, but mainstream music critics never gave them their due. Many of the great rock n roll artists started their careers in blues music, including James Taylor, Fleetwood Mac, and the Doors, unfortunately many stirred their talents toward mainsteam pop. Remember the names of these artists and those local jump blues bands in your community that honor their music.