25 track compilation presenting the synergy between 1940s Blues artists and the emerging Bop movement. Many of the pioneers of Bop began their careers in R&B and Jump Blues bands, as these specially chosen tracks amply illustrate. Tracks Include ” Hootie Blues ” (Jay McShann), ”Cock-A-Doodle-Doo” (Wynonie Harris), ”Walkin” Blues” (Dinah Washington), ”Bow-Legged Woman” (Wini Brown) and ”We”re Gonna Boogie” (Ivory Joe Hunter).

Track Listing

• Jay McShann – Hootie Blues
• Big Bill Broonzy – Why Did You Do That To Me”
• Albinia Jones – Albinia”s Blues
• Wynonie Harris – Cock-A-Doodle Doo
• Yack Taylor – Things About Coming My Way
• Estelle Edson – Don”t Drive This Jive Away
• Marion Abernathy – Baggin” The Boogie
• Wini Brown – Bow Legged Woman
• Dinah Washington – Walking Blues
• Big Bill Broonzy – You Got To Play Your Hand
• Rubberlegs Williams – 4-F Blues
• Jay McShann – One Woman”s Man
• Wynonie Harris – Yonder Goes My Baby
• Thelma Love – No Good Man Blues
• Ivory Joe Hunter – We”re Gonna Boogie
• Estelle Edson – Be-Baba-Le-Ba
• Wini Brown – No Good Woman Blues
• Helen Humes – Pleasing Man Blues
• Big Bill Broonzy – Just A Dream
• Albinia Jones – Salty Papa Blues
• Rubberlegs Williams – Bring It On Home
• Estelle Edson – I Changed The Lock
• Rabon Tarrant – Frisco Blues
• Wynonie Harris – Here Comes The Blues
• Rubberlegs Williams – What”s The Matter Now

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Jazz

Release Date: 11/08/11

UPC: 824046515324