| All Artists: B.B. King Title: Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan Members Wishing: 4 Total Copies: 0 Label: Mca Original Release Date: 10/5/1999 Release Date: 10/5/1999 Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop Styles: Chicago Blues, Electric Blues, Modern Blues, Vocal Jazz Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 008811204228, 0008811204228, 000881120422 |
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 | B.B. King Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan Genres: Blues, Jazz, Pop Albums consisting entirely of one artist paying tribute to another are commonplace, especially in the blues world where a particular artist's musical heritage is easy to trace. It's rare, though, for an artist of B.B. King... more » |
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Amazon.com Albums consisting entirely of one artist paying tribute to another are commonplace, especially in the blues world where a particular artist's musical heritage is easy to trace. It's rare, though, for an artist of B.B. King's caliber to do such a tribute, and we're all lucky that the artist he chose to honor is Louis Jordan--the King of the Blues saluting the King of Swing. King's clean, expressive guitar style and rough-hewn voice are so distinctive that there's no mistaking them for anyone else's, and hearing them applied to Jordan's classic songs--including "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens," "Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door," "Saturday Night Fish Fry," and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"--demonstrates both King's considerable skill and the great versatility of Jordan's songwriting. That makes this record more than a mere curiosity, as does the stellar piano work from another living legend, Dr. John. --Genevieve Williams Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsBlues Sunnyside Up! Marc D. Thomas | Moab, UT United States | 02/24/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "Quite simply, this is my favorite B.B. King album. Rollicking songs, great recorded sound, an outstanding rhythm section backing up B.B.'s fine vocals (now with a touch of gravel in them). I was toe-tapping from beginning to end. Who says you can't have your blues sunnyside up?" ****3/4 - very entertaining, very enjoyable. Very good! Docendo Discimus | Vita scholae | 05/20/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "One of B.B. King's best latter-day albums, "Let the Good Times Roll" is a terrific collection of 18 songs usually associated with jump blues master Louis Jordan.
His take on classics like "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" and "Let the Good Times Roll" are less boisterous and more laid-back than Jordan's, but he sings each and every song so well, with impeccable timing and phrasing, and the stellar combo never ever sets a finger wrong. B.B. King's take on the sexist (and funny) "Ain't That Just Like A Woman" is pure delight, a joyously swaggering, swinging rendition which I listened to three or four times in a row the first time I played the CD (in my car on my way to work). Nero didn't _really_ fiddle while Rome burned, but it's still funny! King also does a stylish, personal interpretation of Jimmy Cox's "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", and lays down a great "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" with a wonderful old-timey big band feel, a jazzy "Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door", and a super-cool finger-snapping "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?". You just can't sit still to that one. Lesser-known songs like the hilarious "Saturday Night Fish Fry" are often quite as good as the recognized classics, and the band, which features Dr John on piano and the near-legendary R&B drummer Earl Jones, creates a subtle, seductive background for King to paint on. Jones was 74 at the time of recording, by the way. King was only 73, a regular spring chicken. Get this CD. It is one of the best, most mature albums of King's 55-year career." |
