Hot Lips Page - In Session 1939-1950

A musical giant who could hold his own with the swingers and boppers in Carnegie Hall as well as holler the blues in a smoky nightclub, Texas-born trumpeter Hot Lips Page began with the South-Western territory jazz bands in the 1920s before moving to New York City as a serious rival to Louis Armstrong.

Let down by his management, he forged his own career in the Big Apple with a small Harlem Jump band that would prove to be influential to the next generation of Jump Blues and R&B performers. This set cherry-picks the culturally important boogie, blues, jump and r&b recordings on which his presence and band is indelible.

Hot Lips Page died in 1954 before he could really take advantage of the burgeoning international jazz festival scene or the impending rock 'n' roll explosion, without any quantifiable hits of his own but leaving his mark on hundreds of astonishing recordings, such as the 1948 chart-topper "Good Rockin' Tonight". A celebration of his legacy is long overdue.

tracklist -

    1 Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
    2 Baby, Look at You - Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys Featuring Joe Turner
    3 Jump for Joy - Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys Featuring Joe Turner
    4 Lovin' Mama Blues - Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys Featuring Joe Turner
    5 Jammin' the Boogie - Albert Ammons Rhythm Kings
    6 The Breaks - Albert Ammons Rhythm Kings
    7 Kickin' Like a Kangaroo Blues - Pleasant Joe with Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
    8 Layin' My Rules in Blues - Pleasant Joe with Mezzrow-Bechet Septet
    9 I May Be Wonderful (But I Think You're Wrong) - Etta Jones with Pete Johnson's All-Stars
    10 Man Wanted - Etta Jones with Pete Johnson's All-Stars
    11 Page Mr. Trumpet - Pete Johnson & His All-Stars
    12 Back Room Blues - Pete Johnson & His All-Stars
    13 Dusty Fletcher's Mad Hour (Parts 1 & 2) - Dusty Fletcher & His Gang
    14 Dirty Deal Blues - Mabel Smith
    15 Sad and Disappointed Jill - Mabel Smith
    16 Too Tight Mama - Mabel Smith
    17 Blowin' to California - Wynonie Harris
    18 Crazy Love - Wynonie Harris
    19 Hey Little Boy - Marion Abernathy
    20 My Man Boogie - Marion Abernathy
    21 Chocolate Candy Blues - Hot Lips Page & Sylvia Vanterpool with Nelson Clark's Orchestra
    22 Pacifying Blues - Hot Lips Page & Sylvia Vanterpool with Nelson Clark's Orchestra
    23 Sharp Little Sister - Sylvia Vanterpool with Nelson Clark's Orchestra
    24 There Ain't No Flies on Me - Hot Lips Page & Janie Mickens
    25 Big Fine Automobile - Ollie Shepard & His Orchestra
    26 Crazy with the Blues - Ollie Shepard & His Orchestra