The Best of Louis Jordan

With 20 originals from Louis Jordan's '40s and early '50s heyday at Decca Records, Best Of is the definitive collection of the blues-jazz bandleader-singer's work. Most of the cuts are up-tempo jumpers with lyrics that tell sly tales of the black experience in midcentury: the house-partiers in "Saturday Night Fish Fry" end up in the slam, while the institution of marriage occasions a warning in "Beware." Jordan also dabbled in Latin and Brazilian rhythms on "Run Joe" and "Early in the Morning," and even added a major ballad, "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'," to the standard repertoire. A major influence on Ray Charles, James Brown, and Chuck Berry, Jordan is a must-hear. --Rickey Wright more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-24-2008; Missing a Song; The CD doesn't include, "Is you is or is you ain't". An essensial Louis Jordan song.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-20-2007; Great budget intro to Jordanism; JORDANISM (jor-den-ism) adj. Joyful and happy music predating rock and roll, Rhythm and Blues, and Rap, created by one super-lunatic madman supreme of jazz comedy and sultan of saxophone named Louis Thomas Jordan (1908-1975) accompanied...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-12-2007; A true Must Buy; Fantastic. Anyone deciding whether or not to buy this- just do it. As good as the best of Cab Calloway or Bill Haley, etc.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-13-2007; As hip today as it was then; This collection truly gives insight into the beginnings of Rock 'N Roll. Sassy, big grooves, rockin' and swingin'. Great sax solos. A must-have for a true collection.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-24-2008; Missing a Song; The CD doesn't include, "Is you is or is you ain't". An essensial Louis Jordan song.; read full review | report as inappropriate