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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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.

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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 varying musical aggregations collectively known as the...

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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.

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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.

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Posted: Mar-28-2007

The Best of Louis Jordan

No wonder he influenced a lot of musicians; Ray Charles, James Brown, Little Richard and many more. Not only is the man a excellent musician, he's also an excellent entertainer. His music is rocking and has a story line.

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Posted: Jan-12-2007

The Best of Loius Jordan

I bought this as a gift for my Dad. He's been looking for the song "Beans and Cornbread" for as far back as I can remember. He loves this CD and keeps it in his shop to listen to whenever he's out there.

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Posted: Apr-28-2006

Over The Legal Limit For Fun

Just do yourself a favor and get it. With 20 stone-cold winners lined up shoulder-to-shoulder, this is not just the best Louis Jordan anthology available, it delivers more jubilation for the buck than just about anything in the Amazon jungle. "Serious" students of pop music use the word...

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Posted: Feb-08-2006

not a loser in the bunch

from the 1st to the last song; all are tremendous...this is the way to make a CD...and that was the way to be an entertainer...

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Posted: Dec-04-2005

Essential Music

Giood reviews by ball above but, some of you are plainly over looking the double-sided lyrics of some of his tunes. To say that "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" has "Goofy" lyrics is not seeing the truth behind the words.A lot of Blues and R&B artists in those days often used lyrics like this...

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Posted: Sep-13-2003

Jordan--an important and refreshing influence of rock & roll

Sandwiched inbetween the dying days of big band and early rock-and-roll were 1940's R&B singers whose swinging sounds laced with jazz and blues influences provided a transition to what later became rock-and-roll. Roy Brown, Wynonnie Harris, and blues saxophonist and singer Louis Jordan were...

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