After Lionel Hampton”s unprecedented success with ”Flying Home” and its raucous sax solo by Illinois Jacquet, saxophone players became the leading soloists in bands and leaders in their own right. These twenty tracks feature some of the wildest players in the then new genre of ”Honkin” and Screamin” which took America by storm and led indirectly to the explosion of Rock ”n” Roll in the Fifties.

Track Listing

• Wild Bill Moore – We”re Gonna Rock
• Joe Morris – Chuck-A-Boogie
• Jay McShann – Kicks (Scotty Can Blow)
• Big Jay McNeely – Roadhouse Boogie
• Hal Singer – Cornbread
• Eddie Chemblee & Orchestra – Last Call
• King Porter & His Orchestra – Chitlin” Ball
• Buddy Banks – Banks Boogie
• Paul Williams – 35-30
• Dick Davis Orchestra – Screamin” Boogie
• Eddie Chemblee & Orchestra – Back Street
• Sonny Thompson – Late Freight
• Jim Wynn”s Bobalibans – Shipyard Woman
• Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra – After Hours
• Wild Bill Moore – Bubbles
• King Porter & His Orchestra – Should Have Rationed Myself
• Buddy Banks – Name It & Claim It
• Cee Pee Johnson & Band – The ”G” Man Got The ”T” Man
• Big Jay McNeely – K & H Boogie
• Joe Morris – Weasel Walk

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Jazz

Release Date: 11/08/11

UPC: 824046520021