Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan

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Tracklist

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1Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens
writer:
Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney
2:52
2Is You Is, or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
vocals:
Dr. John (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
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)
13:22
3Beware, Brother, Beware
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Beware Brother Beware
writer:
Dick Adams (writer of the song "Beware"), Morry Lasco and Fleecie Moore
3:08
4Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
lyricist and composer:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
3:29
5Ain't That Just Like a Woman
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Ain’t That Just Like a Woman
writer:
Claude Demetrius and Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Cherio Music
3:31
6Cho Choo Ch'Boogie
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
writer:
Denver Darling, Milt Gabler and Vaughn Horton
publisher:
Rytvoc (ASCAP) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
2:38
7Buzz Me
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Buzz Me
writer:
Dave Dexter, Jr. and Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Cherio Corp.
2:53
8Early in the Mornin'
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Early in the Morning
writer:
Dallas Bartley, Leo Hickman and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
publisher:
Cherio Corp.
4:47
9I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
writer:
Roy Jordan and William Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
publisher:
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
4:50
10Jack, You're Dead
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Jack, You're Dead
writer:
Walter Bishop, Sr. and Dick Miles (songwriter, composer)
2:10
11Knock Me a Kiss
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Knock Me a Kiss
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Mike Jackson (American jazz pianist and composer, 1888-1945)
publisher:
Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
2:41
12Let the Good Times Roll
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Let the Good Times Roll
writer:
Fleecie Moore (in 1946) and Sam Theard (in 1946)
publisher:
Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP), Theard Swanson Publishing and Warock Corp.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
22:40
13Caldonia
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (on 1945-04-16)
2:18
14It's a Great, Great Pleasure
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
It's a Great, Great Pleasure
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and William J. Tennyson, Jr.
2:39
15Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)
lyricist and composer:
J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
4:18
16Sure Had a Wonderful Time Last Night
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Sure Had a Wonderful Time
writer:
Claude Demetrius and Fleecie Moore
3:08
17Saturday Night Fish Fry
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
piano:
Neil Larsen
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Saturday Night Fish Fry
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Ellis Walsh
publisher:
Cherio Corp. and Ocheri Publishing Corp.
4:29
18Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
assistant engineer:
Alan Sanderson
engineer and mixer:
Rik Pekkonen
producer:
Stewart Levine (record producer and saxophonist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Ltd., Help, I’m a Publisher and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
24:35

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Europe
art direction:Vartan (art direction)
photography:Michael Wilson (photographer)
executive producer:Sidney A. Seidenberg
horn arranger:Hank Crawford
mastering:Bernie Grundman
alto saxophone:Hank Crawford
bass:John Heard
drums (drum set):Earl Palmer
guitar:Russell Malone
Hammond organ:Neil Larsen
percussion:Lenny Castro
piano:Dr. John (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter)
tenor saxophone:David “Fathead” Newman (American jazz saxophonist)
trumpet:Marcus Belgrave
design:Andy Engel
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1999)
mastered at:Bernie Grundman Mastering (Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/6870589 [info]

Release group

tribute to:Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000669417 [info]
Wikidata:Q779791 [info]