Swing/Jump/Boogie Woogie — 1940s, transition from jazz to rhythm & blues
16 songs — 55 minutes
| Artist | Song | Label & Cat # | Year | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Shout, Sister, Shout | Decca 48057 | 1941 | September |
| Will Bradley Trio | Down The Road A Piece | Columbia 35707 | 1940 | September |
| Glenn Miller | Chattanooga Choo Choo | Bluebird 11230 | 1941 | July |
| Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy | Wham (Wham, Re, Bop, Boom, Bam) | Decca 02962 | 1940 | January |
| Joe Liggins | Honeydripper, part 1 | Exclusive 207 | 1945 | July |
| Woody Herman | Caldonia | Columbia 36789 | 1945 | March |
| Wynonie Harris | Wynonie’s Blues | Apollo 362 | 1945 | October |
| Lionel Hampton | Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop | Decca 18754 | 1946 | January |
| Roy Eldridge | Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip | Decca 23637 | 1946 | August |
| T-Bone Walker | Come Back to Me Baby | Mercury 8016 | 1946 | August |
| Joe Lutcher’s Jump Band | Be-Bop Blues | Capitol Americana 40071 | 1947 | December |
| Roy Brown | Mighty, Mighty Man | DeLuxe 1128 | 1948 | February |
| Gene Phillips & His Rhythm Aces | Rock Bottom | Modern 546 | 1947 | November |
| Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys | Rag Mop | Bullet 696 | 1949 | December |
| Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys | Bull Fiddle Boogie | RCA Victor 20-3232 | 1948 | November |
| The Big Three Trio | After Awhile (We Gonna Drink Some Whiskey) | Columbia 30103 | 1947 | September |
Notes / Credits / Personnel
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe – “Shout, Sister, Shout”: as Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra And Rosetta Tharpe
- Will Bradley Trio – “Down the Road a Piece”: Ray McKinley [vocal, drums]; Don Raye [vocal, vibraphone]; Freddie Slack [piano]; Doc Goldberg [bass]; recorded 8/12/40; Will Bradley does not play on the recording.
- Glenn Miller – “Chattanooga Choo Choo”: Tex Beneke and The Modernaires [vocals]; Billy May, John Best, Ray Anthony, R. D. McMickle [trumpet]; Glenn Miller, Jim Priddy, Paul Tanner, Frank D’Annolfo [trombone]; Hal McIntyre, Wilbur Schwartz [clarinet, a-sax]; Tex Beneke, Al Klink [t-sax]; recorded 5/7/41; from Sun Valley Serenade
- Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy – “What (Wham, Re, Bop, Boom, Bam): June Richmond [vocal]; Mary Lou Williams [piano]; Floyd Smith [guitar]; Booker Collins [bass]; Ben Thigpen [drums]; Harry Lawson, Clarence Trice, Earl Thompson [trumpet]; Ted Donnelly, Jim Robinson [trombone]; John Harrington [clarinet, a-sax, b-sax]; Don Byas, Dick Wilson [t-sax]; E. Miller [a-sax]
- Joe Liggins – “Honeydripper, part 1”: Liggins [piano, vocal]; George Callender [bass]; William Purnell [drums]; Little Willie Jackson [a-sax, b-sax]; recorded 4/20/45
- Woody Herman & HIs Orchestra – “Caldonia”: Herman [vocal, clarinet, a-sax]; Chubby Jackson [bass]; Billy Bauer [guitar]; Dave Tough [drums]; ; rec 2/26/45 in NYC
- Wynonie Harris – “Wynonie’s Blues”: with Illinois Jacquet and His All Stars; Bill Doggett [piano]; Charles Mingus [bass]; Ulysses Livington [guitar]; Al Wichard [drums]; Illinois Jacquet [t-sax]; Russell Jacquet [trumpet]; John Brown [a-sax]; Arthur Dennis [b-sax]; recorded 8/7/45
- Lionel Hampton – “Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop”: Hampton [vocal]
- Roy Eldridge & HIs Orchestra – “Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip”: Eldridge [vocal, trumpet]; recorded 5/7/46 in NYC
- T-Bone Walker – “Come Back to Me Baby”: Walker [guitar]
- Joe Lutcher’s Jump Band – “Be-Bop Blues”: Joe Lutcher [vocal]
- Roy Brown – “MIghty, Mighty Man”: Roy Brown [vocal]; Earl M. Barnes [t-sax]; Wallace Davenport [trumpet]; Clement Tervalone [trombone]; Walter Daniels [piano]; Bill Jones [guitar]; Percy Gabriel [bass]; ? [drums]
- Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys – “Rag Mop”: Deacon Williams [steel]; Wills [fiddle, vcl]; cover of Red Allen “Get the Mop” (1946)
- Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys – “Bull Fiddle Boogie”: Redd Stewart [vocal]; Pee Wee King [accordion]; Chuck Wiggins [guitar]; Roy Ayres [steel]; Eugene Schuler [electric banjo]; Gene Stewart [bass]; Sticks McDonald [drums]; Shorty Boyd [fiddle]; Stephen Sholes, Charles Grean [producers]; recorded 12/47 in Chicago
- The Big Three Trio – “After Awhile (We Gonna Drink Some Whiskey)”: Willie Dixon [bass]; Bernardo Dennis [guitar]; Leonard Caston [piano]; Charles Saunders [drums]
