Johnnie Johnson, Clayton Love, Jimmy Vaughn - Rockin' Eighty-Eights (1991) [CD Rip]

Johnnie Johnson, Clayton Love and Jimmy Vaughn pack 100 years of red-hot rock 'n' roll history on Rockin' Eighty-Eights, a jumping piano-music anthology from Modern Blues Recordings.

Rockin' Eighty-Eights is the label's first new-recordings release, following three issues of classic post-war blues by Freddy King and Albert King.

The album is an exuberant celebration of rock 'n' roll's piano-musicorigins by three keyboard giants -- including Johnnie Johnson, whose powerhouse playing fueled the young Chuck Berry's music and sparked Berry's greatest hits.

Johnson, Love and Vaughn head up an all-star cast on a dozen vital, digitally-recorded vocal and instrumental selections featuring the Johnnie Johnson Band and special guest artists. Outstanding performances of new compositions and traditional gems showcase a range of boogie-woogie, blues and R&B piano styles.

The album's three piano masters were all active in the 1950s St. Louis R&B scene that was to have national influence on the sound of rock 'n' roll and "modern" city blues. All three have worked with Little Milton and Albert King. Johnson and Vaughn play on a number of the seminal Albert King recordings reissued on Let's Have A Natural Ball.

Clayton Love's feelingful singing and fluid piano work have been honed over a career that includes releases on the Trumpet, Groove, Aladdin and Federal labels.

Jimmy Vaughn (1925-1991) made his mark as a pianist, arranger, composer and vocalist in performances and recordings spanning almost half a century of blues, jazz and R&B. His selections on Rockin' Eighty-Eights are his final legacy.