See Tracks list for details about Louis Jordan & Chris Barber (Black Lion BLCD 760156).
Music: Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? and Jazz Lips
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Louis Jordan & Chris Barber includes the four Jordan/Barber tracks from The Best Of Both Worlds, plus five others that were not included on the original World Record Club LP. Each one is great fun and further illustrates the impact that Louis Jordan had on the band -- amply illustrated by the excerpt I have chosen. The CD re-issue on Black Lion adds a further five tunes, three of which were recorded a decade and more later, one of these a rare recording with Steve Hammond on banjo (my collection of over 1200 Barber tracks includes only eight with Hammond!). My own personal favourite non-Jordan track on this CD is "Jazz Lips," a beautifully played and recorded version of a late-1920s Duke Ellington composition. Every member of the band is outstanding on this piece, but pay particular attention to the understated but melodic lift that bass player Dick Smith provides on this number. (For more information about the Jordan tour and sessions, see the tour programme and the links on the Best Of Both Worlds page.)
See Tracks list for details about Louis Jordan & Chris Barber (Black Lion BLCD 760156). Music: Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? and Jazz Lips |
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