Johnny Otis - The Rhythm & Blues Caravan - The Complete Savoy Recordings [3CD Box Set] (1999) [CD-Rip]
BAND/ARTIST: Johnny Otis
- Title: The Rhythm & Blues Caravan - The Complete Savoy Recordings
- Year Of Release: 1999
- Label: Savoy Jazz [92859-2]
- Genre: Rhythm & Blues, Funk / Soul, Blues
- Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,,d.booklet)
- Total Time: 3:38:47
- Total Size: 517 mb / 905 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Johnny Otis is best known for his 1956 rock & roll hit "Willie and the Hand Jive." But Otis--the son of Greek immigrants who chose to be personally and professionally identified as black--had enjoyed a successful career as a West Coast jazz drummer and R&B bandleader dating back to the mid-'40s. In 1950 alone, he scored three No. 1 R&B hits. This three-disc set collects all his recordings for Savoy between 1949 and 1952, as well as a handful of earlier sides, beginning with his 1945 version of "Harlem Nocturne." The set traces the evolution of Otis's style from big-band jazz toward earthier blues and R&B. "Little" Esther Phillips was featured on Otis's biggest hit, "Double Crossing Blues." Other lead singers in the ongoing Caravan (and on this collection) included Mel Waters (who recalls Charles Brown with a lighter vocal tone), the doo-wop group the Robins, and Linda Hopkins. Guitarist Pete Lewis, saxophonist Big Jay McNeely, and Otis himself on vibraphone are crucial instrumental contributors. Despite Rhythm and Blues Caravan's zoot-suit trappings, there is a dreamy innocence and humor to this music that's largely missing from contemporary R&B. There's also an endearing strangeness that served as a formative influence on the young Frank Zappa, among others. --Rick Mitchell
:: TRACKLIST ::
Disc 1
1. Harlem Nocturne (03:09)
2. Jimmy's Round The Clock (03:10)
3. My Baby's Business (03:02)
4. Preston Love's Mansion (03:03)
5. Midnight In The Barrelhouse (03:04)
6. Boogie Guitar (02:33)
7. Ain't Nuthin Shakin (02:27)
8. Hangover Blues (02:52)
9. Get Together Blues (02:36)
10. I'm Not Falling In Love With You (02:39)
11. If It's So Baby (03:04)
12. Our Romance Is Gone (02:34)
13. If I Didn't Love You So (03:10)
14. Rain In My Eyes (03:14)
15. Double Crossing Blues (02:47)
16. Headhunter (03:03)
17. Going To See My Baby (02:37)
18. The Little Red Hen (02:28)
19. New Orleans Shuffle (02:39)
20. The Turkey Hop (Part 1) (02:36)
21. The Turkey Hop (Part 2) (02:41)
22. Blues Nocturne (02:47)
23. Cry Baby (02:59)
24. Lover's Lane Boogie (02:29)
25. I Found Out My Troubles (02:41)
26. Misery (02:47)
Disc 2
1. I'm Through (02:50)
2. I'm Living O.K. (02:21)
3. There Ain't No Use Begging (02:52)
4. You're Fine But Not My Kind (02:38)
5. Helpless (03:05)
6. Cool And Easy (02:40)
7. Mistrustin' Blues (03:01)
8. Dreamin' Blues (02:32)
9. Cupid's Boogie (02:36)
10. Just Can't Get Free (02:31)
11. My Heart Tells Me (02:49)
12. Lost Dream Blues (03:12)
13. Deceivin' Blues (02:34)
14. Lonely Blues (02:43)
15. Strange Woman (02:54)
16. Freight Train Boogie (02:32)
17. Good Time Blues (02:40)
18. Sunset To Dawn (03:09)
19. Wedding Boogie (02:54)
20. Faraway Christmas Blues (03:19)
21. Love Will Break Your Heart (02:54)
22. Rockin' Blues (02:50)
23. I Don't Care (02:58)
24. I Dream (02:40)
25. Beer Bottle Boogie (02:46)
26. Uneasy Blues (02:44)
Disc 3
1. It Can Never Happen Again (02:35)
2. Gee Baby (03:14)
3. Fool's Gold (02:43)
4. Feel Like Crying Again (02:43)
5. Heartache, Here I Come (02:36)
6. Turn The Lights Down Low (03:01)
7. Hold Me Close (02:38)
8. Gonna Take A Train (02:33)
9. Doggin' Blues (03:09)
10. Chitlin' Switch (02:34)
11. Warning Blues (03:01)
12. Living And Loving You (02:59)
13. Hunter Hancock Theme (01:45)
14. Mambo Boogie (02:41)
15. New Love (03:02)
16. Just Ask Another Flame (02:44)
17. I'll Ask My Heart (03:04)
18. It Ain't The Beauty (03:05)
19. All Night Long (02:35)
20. Help Me Blues (03:06)
21. Walkin' Shoe Blues (02:32)
22. Honky Tonk Boogie (02:48)
23. Because I Love My Baby So (03:06)
24. Wheres My Baby (02:22)
25. Three Magic Words (03:07)
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