1944-1945

~ Release by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-01-24)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1941-01-24)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1941-01-24)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1941-01-24)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1941-01-24)
recording of:
Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie (on 1944-01-24)
lyricist and composer:
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith
2:26
2How Long Must I Wait for You
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-07-16)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1945-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Byrd (US drummer) (on 1945-07-16)
guitar:
Carl Hogan (on 1945-07-16)
piano:
Wild Bill Davis (on 1945-07-16)
tenor saxophone:
Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone player) (on 1945-07-16)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1945-07-16)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-07-16)
recording of:
How Long Must I Wait for You? (on 1945-07-16)
writer:
Jerry Black and Lucky Millinder
2:40
3Paper Boy
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-07-17)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1945-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Byrd (US drummer) (on 1945-07-17)
guitar:
Carl Hogan (on 1945-07-17)
piano:
Wild Bill Davis (on 1945-07-17)
tenor saxophone:
Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone player) (on 1945-07-17)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1945-07-17)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-07-17)
2:59
4It's Full or It Ain't No Good
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-07-16)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1945-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Byrd (US drummer) (on 1945-07-16)
guitar:
Carl Hogan (on 1945-07-16)
piano:
Wild Bill Davis (on 1945-07-16)
tenor saxophone:
Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone player) (on 1945-07-16)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1945-07-16)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-07-16)
2:21
5Somebody Done Changed the Lock on the Door
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-01-19)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1944-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Alex 'Razz' Mitchell (1940s jazz drummer) (on 1944-01-19)
piano:
Bill Austin (on 1944-01-19)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1944-01-19)
trumpet:
Idrees Sulieman (on 1944-01-19)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-01-19)
recording of:
Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door (on 1944-01-19)
lyricist and composer:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
3:17
6Sweatin' on a Swing Street
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-02-28)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1945-02-28)
drums (drum set):
Alex 'Razz' Mitchell (1940s jazz drummer) (on 1945-02-28)
piano:
Bill Austin (on 1945-02-28)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1945-02-28)
trumpet:
Idrees Sulieman (on 1945-02-28)
2:14
7G. I. Jive
alto saxophone, saxophone, tenor saxophone and lead vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-03-15)
bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1944-03-15)
double bass:
Billy Hadnott (on 1944-03-15) and Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1944-03-15)
drums (drum set):
Wilmore Jones (on 1944-03-15)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1944-03-15)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1944-03-15) and Courtney Williams (1930-40s trumpeter) (on 1944-03-15)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-03-15)
recording of:
G.I. Jive (on 1944-03-15)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
3:02
8The Green Grass Grows All Around
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1944-06-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1944-06-09)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1944-06-09)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1944-06-09)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
3:20
9Let Your Hair Down, Baby
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1944-06-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1944-06-09)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1944-06-09)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1944-06-09)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
3:13
10Saxa-Woogie
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-01-24)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1941-01-24)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1941-01-24)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1941-01-24)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1941-01-24)
recording of:
Saxa-Woogie (on 1944-01-24)
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
2:30
11I Can't See for Lookin'
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1944-06-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1944-06-09)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1944-06-09)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1944-06-09)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
recording of:
I Just Can’t See for Lookin’ (on 1944-06-09)
writer:
Nadine Robinson and Dok Stanford
3:01
12Re-Bop
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1944-06-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1944-06-09)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1944-06-09)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1944-06-09)
2:01
13Deacon Jones
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-01-24)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1941-01-24)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1941-01-24)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1941-01-24)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1941-01-24)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-01-24)
recording of:
Deacon Jones (on 1941-01-24)
writer:
Hy Heath, Johnny Lange and Richard Loring
2:42
14Five Guys Named Moe
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-01-24)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1941-01-24)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1941-01-24)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1941-01-24)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1941-01-24)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-01-24)
recording of:
Five Guys Named Moe (on 1941-01-24)
writer:
Jerome Jerry Bresler and Larry Wynn
2:31
15Baby, You're Just Too Darned Good to Be True
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-02-28)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1945-02-28)
drums (drum set):
Alex 'Razz' Mitchell (1940s jazz drummer) (on 1945-02-28)
piano:
Bill Austin (on 1945-02-28)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1945-02-28)
trumpet:
Idrees Sulieman (on 1945-02-28)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-02-28)
2:47
16Honey Child
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-02-28)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1945-02-28)
drums (drum set):
Alex 'Razz' Mitchell (1940s jazz drummer) (on 1945-02-28)
piano:
Bill Austin (on 1945-02-28)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1945-02-28)
trumpet:
Idrees Sulieman (on 1945-02-28)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-02-28)
2:09
17Seventh Avenue
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-02-28)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1945-02-28)
drums (drum set):
Alex 'Razz' Mitchell (1940s jazz drummer) (on 1945-02-28)
piano:
Bill Austin (on 1945-02-28)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1945-02-28)
trumpet:
Idrees Sulieman (on 1945-02-28)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-02-28)
recording of:
Seventh Avenue (on 1945-02-28)
writer:
J.C. Higginbotham and Specs Powell
2:36
18When I Grow Too Old to Dream
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-02-28)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1945-02-28)
drums (drum set):
Alex 'Razz' Mitchell (1940s jazz drummer) (on 1945-02-28)
piano:
Bill Austin (on 1945-02-28)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1945-02-28)
trumpet:
Idrees Sulieman (on 1945-02-28)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-02-28)
recording of:
When I Grow Too Old to Dream (on 1945-02-28)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1934)
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music
translated version of:
Altijd zal het zomer zijn
2:50
19Is You or Is You Ain't (Ma'baby)
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-01-24)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1941-01-24)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1941-01-24)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1941-01-24)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1941-01-24)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-01-24)
recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (on 1941-01-24)
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
2:31
20Junior
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-01-19)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1944-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Alex 'Razz' Mitchell (1940s jazz drummer) (on 1944-01-19)
piano:
Bill Austin (on 1944-01-19)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1944-01-19)
trumpet:
Idrees Sulieman (on 1944-01-19)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-01-19)
2:29
21Tillie
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1944-06-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1944-06-09)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1944-06-09)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1944-06-09)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
2:30
22I Like 'Em Fat Like That
alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-03-01)
double bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1944-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1944-03-01)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1944-03-01)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1944-03-01)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-03-01)
recording of:
I Like 'em Fat Like That (on 1944-03-01)
writer:
Claude Demetrius, Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
2:39
23If You Can't Smile and Say Yes (Please Don't Cry and Say No)
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1944-06-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1944-06-09)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1944-06-09)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1944-06-09)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1944-06-09)
recording of:
If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes (on 1944-06-09)
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Timmie Rogers
2:02
24A Chicken Ain't Nothin but a Bird
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-01-24)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1941-01-24)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1941-01-24)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1941-01-24)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1941-01-24)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-01-24)
recording of:
A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird (on 1941-01-24)
lyricist and composer:
Emmett “Babe” Wallace
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
2:44