Very Best of

Bull Moose Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B0002IQJJ6
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,098 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. We Ain't Got Nothin' (But the Blues)

2. Bull Moose Jackson Blues

3. The Honeydripper

4. Shorty's Got to Go

5. Bad Man Jackson, That's Me

6. I Know Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well

7. Oo-Oo-Ee-Bob-A-Lee-Bob

8. Jammin' and Jumpin'

9. I Love You, Yes I Do

10. Sneaky Pete

11. Houston Texas Gal

12. Oh John

13. We Can Talk Some Trash

14. I Want a Bowlegged Woman

15. Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well

16. Moosey

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

18. Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style Again

19. Cherokee Boogie

20. Nosey Joe

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful compilation with good sound, October 28, 2011

By 

Gary Coffrin (San Jose, California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

I was surprised that nobody had yet reviewed this fun and historically interesting compilation. Born in 1919, Benjamin 'Bull Moose' Jackson first gained fame in Lucky Millinder's big band in the mid and late 1940s. And, he learned something about the music business from the Millinder, who managed to sell big band records into the mid-1950s with a mix of jazz, pop, and R&B.

Jackson scored hits with straight ahead pop ballads like 'I Love You, Yes I Do' and macho jump tunes like his famous 'Big Ten Inch Record.' Several songs on this CD have double entendre filled lyrics. The X-rated content presented with G-rated vocabulary is sometimes witty, usually reflective of high testosterone levels, and always attention grabbing.

'Very Best of' contains 25 classic tracks Jackson recorded for the King label between 1945 and 1955. You will find blues, R&B, ballads, and novelty songs. Jackson's saxophone is featured in nearly all tracks, and he blows with energy. Several of the jump blues numbers are clear precursors of early rock and roll. The jump/blues/R&B music of this era contained much of the DNA for early rock music.

Bottom Line: ****1/2. I could not imagine a better one CD collection of Jackson's music. This is a fun anthology with generally gorgeous sonics. You will find tunes that fit within the jazz tradition, others that are hand-clapping jump numbers, and you'll even find a Leiber & Stoller penned number ('Nosey Joe'). Among the various musicians, Panama Francis appears on drums, Red Prysock (Arthur Prysock's brother) plays tenor, and Sir Charles Thompson sits at the piano.