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BOB BROZMAN
REV. MILTON BRUNSON
PRECIOUS BRYANT
BRYANT'S JUBILEE QUARTET/ QUIN
DIXONS JUBILEE SINGERS + BRYANT'S JUBILEE QUARTET
WILLIE BRYANT
ROY BUCHANAN
BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO
MOJO BUFORD
BUMBLE BEE SLIM
ELDER J.E. BURCH/ REV. BEAUMONT
DAN BURLEY

BOB BROZMAN Rounder 3119 A Truckload Of Blues ● CD $14.98

No one gets more excited than I do about a new (or even an old) Bob Brozman disc. Not since Roy Smeck has there been such a gifted devotee of Hawaiian and bottleneck slide guitars, ukulele, mandolin and more 78 rpm-era relics. Bob's current truckload is about one third full of sparkling instrumentals in the blues, ragtime and Hawaiian styles; great stuff all. And, bless his heart, Bob really tries to sing the blues on the rest of the disc, tackling songs by Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Casey Bill Weldon et.al. Great playing throughout, with hot blues and stride piano from George Winston. Formerly on the Sky Ranch label. (MB)

BOB BROZMAN Rounder 11557 Devil's Slide ● CD $14.98

CD version includes tracks from from his first Rounder album making the CD over 60 minutes.

REV. MILTON BRUNSON Collectables 6108 The Very Best Of ● CD $11.98

REV. MILTON BRUNSON: He Changed My Life/ He'll Take Care of You/ I Want to Live/ I'm Trying to Make Heaven My Home/ I'm on My Way to Heaven/ Jesus Will Help Me/ My Father Is Rich/ My Savior/ Soon Be Over/ Thank You Lord/ What a Wonderful World/ as Long as I Got Jesus

PRECIOUS BRYANT Terminus 0201 Fool Me Good ● CD $16.98

15 tracks, 41 mins, highly recommended. Delightful set of East Coast country blues from 60 year old singer/ guitarist from Georgia. Precious is a fine and expressive vocalist and an accomplished guitarist with a nice touch - I only wish she'd been playing all acoustic rather than the amplified instrument used here. Her material is a mix of traditional blues favorites (Broke And Ain't Got A Dime/ Black Rat Swing/ Blues Around My Bed, etc) along with traditional based original songs (Fool Me Good/ Precious Bryant Staggerin' Blues/ Wadn't I Scared, etc), spirituals (Don't Let The Devil Ride/ Ups And Downs, etc) and even some fine country blues interpretations of a couple of R&B classics (Don't Mess Up A Good Thing/ Fever). All in all a splendid collection of country blues. (FS)

BRYANT'S JUBILEE QUARTET/ QUIN Document DOCD 5437 Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1, 1928-1931 ● CD $14.98

25 tracks, 69 min., recommended. Despite various research attempts, nothing is known about Bryant's Jubilee Quartet. Nothing. But aural evidence reveals a talented, immediately pleasing gospel quartet who excelled on up-tempo numbers and whose arrangements were relatively sophisticated and detailed (South Bound Passenger Train/ This Train). While many of the tracks are a cappella, most have (unknown) piano accompaniment, a hallmark of white sacred quartets, rare in black gospel of the period. Titles include the energetic Do You Call That Religion/ Who Stole De Lock Off De Henhouse Door/ When The World's On Fire and Oh Lord How Long. Excellent. (Note: Find the 4 remaining BJQ sides from a 1931 session on DOCD-5438.) (JC)
BRYANT'S JUBILEE QUARTETTE: Creep Along, Moses/ Do You Call That Religion/ Every Time I Feel The Spirit (13697)/ Everytime I Feel The Spirit (10512)/ Ezikiel Saw De Wheel/ Hard Trials, Great Tribulations/ Hold The Wind/ I Want To Be Ready (take 2)/ I'm Going Through/ King Jesus Is Listening/ Let Jesus Lead You/ Oh Lord How Long?/ Oh Rocks Don't You Fall On Me/ Shine On Me/ Sinner You Better Get Ready/ Some Day/ South Bound Passenger Train (10508)/ South Bound Passenger Train (13698)/ This Old World Can't Stand Much Longer/ This Train/ Were You There?/ When The World's On Fire (10516)/ When The World's On Fire (13703)/ Who Stole De Lock Off De Henhouse Door/ Who Stole De Lock?

DIXONS JUBILEE SINGERS + BRYANT'S JUBILEE QUARTET/ QUINTET Document DOCD 5438 Complete Recorded Works, 1924-1931/ Vol. 2 ● CD $14.98

24 tracks, 66 min., recommended. Several groups used the name "Dixie Jubilee Singers," so the 20 titles here may represent one group with an ever-changing lineup or various entirely different groups or something in between. (Gospel researcher Doug Seroff believes the 2 cuts on Regal, included here, are in fact the Birmingham Jubilee Singers.) That Eva Jessye appears with a mixed quartet on the 1925 session seems certain. Her style, harking back to vocal mannerisms popular in the 19th century, may sound too operatic for fans of the more soulful sound. Fully half the tracks are (essentially) mixed quartets. The disc closes with the 4 remaining titles of Bryant's Jubilee Quartet's 1931 session, including two takes of Didn't It Rain, This Wicked Race and I'll Be Satisfied. (Note: DOCD-5437 contains the other BJQ sides.) (JC)

WILLIE BRYANT Delmark 685 Blues Around The Clock ● CD $14.98

21 tracks, 64 mins, highly recommended Swingin' fun from cool NYC cats recorded between 1946 and 1949 for the Appollo label. Willie Bryant is featured, singing on 10 cuts. He has a laid-back ball with Tab smith leading a cookin' back-up band for him. For variety there are four cuts with vocals by Bob Range (who's even more relaxed sounding than Bryant), two songs by Laurel Watson (who sang with Lucky Millinder, Louis Jordan, Count Basie and Duke Ellington) and, a special treat, four recordings by Doc Pomus. It's a night out in NYC during the late 40's when you're listening to this CD. (RS)

ROY BUCHANAN Alligator 4741 When A Guitar Plays The Blues ● CD $13.98

ROY BUCHANAN Alligator 4747 Dancing On the Edge ● CD $13.98

ROY BUCHANAN Alligator 4756 Hot Wires ● CD $13.98

1987 session featuring Donald Kinsey on guitar, Roy declared this one to be "my best one yet". End of the story...'bye Roy we're gonna miss ya.

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO Island 842 603-2 Taking It Home ● CD $11.98

Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural's second LP for Island is, like the first, a mix of pop and zydeco that seems tamed down for the pop market, but nonetheless is fun to listen to. Why does Love Got to Be So Sad, with Eric Clapton is pretty bad, but Down Dallas Alley and Roy Montrell's Ooh Wow cook along at a good clip, while Drivin' Old Grey and Taking It Home are hot zydeco instrumentals. The two versions of the Rockin' Sidneyish Creole Country, are expendable, but These Things You Do add some badly needed passion to the proceedings. A mixed bag. (JM)

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO Island 842 739-2 On A Night Like This ● CD $11.98

Buckwheat Doral's latest LP, the first for Zydeco on a major label, is a tasty if not terribly adventurous outing. Buckwheat, veteran of Clifton's 1970's band, shows his roots on such zydeco rave-ups as Ma Tit Fille/ Hot Tamale Baby and his own People's Choice, getting in some hot licks on the accordion. He branches into other "roots music" with cajun covers of Dylan's title tune, The Blaster's Marie Marie, Booker T's Time Is Tight and several other instrumentals, aided by the fine guitar of Paul Senegal, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band's horns. If not earth-shaking, certainly party-able and fine. (JM)

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO Island 842 925-2 Where There's Smoke There's Fire ● CD $11.98

Tough new album by one of zydeco's leading lights. Accompanied by a driving band with various guest musicians including David Hidalgo (who produced this set) on a couple of cuts. The best tracks here are the driving R&B and zydeco originals like the title tune, What You Gonna Do?, Pour Tout Quelque'un. He also does a good job on the jazz/ blues/ R&b standard Route 66 though his versions of the Rolling Stones' Beast Of Burden and Hank Williams' Hey Good Lookin' (with Dwight Yoakam!) are not quite as successful. All in all though an enjoyable set. (FS)

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO Rounder 2045 Turning Point ● CD $14.98

Music is fine though Buckwheat's voice is rather buried in the mix. I was a little taken aback to see him wearing a crown on the cover - he's got a long way to go before he can take the crown away from Clifton Chenier!

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO Rounder 2051 Waiting For My Ya-Ya ● CD $14.98

On this varied 1986 album Buckwheat and the band perform lively contemporary zydeco renditions of the Dirty Dozen's Brass Band's My Feet Can't Fail Me Now, the traditional Cajun song Lache Pas La Patate, the Fats Domino classic Walking To New Orleans, Lee Dorsey's Ya Ya which is given a bit of a reggae rhythm, the popular soul ballad Warm & Tender Love, etc. Nothing special here but some enjoyable dance music

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO Rounder 11528 Buckwheat's Zydeco Party ● CD $14.98

16 tracks drawn from Rounder 2045 and 2051 plus the previously unreleased Hot Tamale Baby.

MOJO BUFORD JSP 2108 State Of The Blues Harp ● CD $14.98

Good solid collection of Chicago blues from singer/ harmonica player Buford who played off and on for many years with Muddy Waters. he is tough singer and gets a rich ballsy sound out of his chromatic harmonica. Most tracks are originals and feature him with a good band of musicians recorded in London in 1989. Detailed and informative notes by Norman Darwen. (FS)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM ABM 1223 Baby So Long ● CD $10.98

20 track collection of this prolific performer's recordings with ABM's usual less than wonderful remastering - Chain Gang Bound/ Greasy Greens/ Baby So Long/ The Longest Day You Live, etc

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Best Of Blues BOB 6 1934-1937 ● CD $14.98

No surprises here (Slim's appeal to black record buyers of the day lay precisely in his familiarity - there were never any surprises), but a representative selection of this prolific performer's recorded output from these years. The usual Chicago studio regulars provide the back-up, including wonderful piano from the obscure Eddie Miller and Myrtle Jenkins, and the reliable guitar of Big Bill Broonzy. 18 titles. (PR)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Document DOCD 5261 Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 1 ● CD $14.98

BUMBLE BEE SLIM: B And O Blues/ Baby So Long/ Busy Devil/ Chain Gang Bound/ Dead And Gone Mother/ East St. Louis Blues/ Greasy Greens/ Honey Bee Blues/ I'm Waitin' On You/ Lost Confidence Blues/ M And O Blues - Part I/ M And O Blues - Part Ii/ No Woman No Nickel/ Queen Bee Blues/ Rough Rugged Road Blues/ Runnin' Drunk Blues/ Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On/ Someday Things Will Be Breaking My Way/ Squalling Panther Blues/ Stumbling Block Blues/ The New B And O Blues/ Wrecked Life Blues/ Yo Yo String Blues

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Document DOCD 5262 Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 2 ● CD $14.98

BUMBLE BEE SLIM: Aching Pain Blues/ Ain't It A Crying Shame/ Bad Gal (take A)/ Bad Gal (take B)/ Blue Blues/ Burned Down Mill (take A)/ Burned Down Mill (take B)/ Bye Bye Baby Blues/ Climbing On Top Of The Hill/ Cold-blooded Murder/ Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part I/ Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part Ii/ Deep Bass Boogie/ Everything I Could/ I Tried/ Mean Bad Man/ Mean Mistreatin' Woman/ Muddy Water Blues/ New Mean Mistreater Blues/ Rough Road Blues/ Sad And Lonesome/ Sail On Little Girl No. 2/ Step Child/ The Longest Day You Live - Part 1/ The Longest Day You Live - Part 2/ Worrisome Woman Blues

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Document DOCD 5263 Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 3 ● CD $14.98

BUMBLE BEE SLIM: B And O Line Blues/ Big 80 Blues/ Bleeding Heart Blues/ Blues Before Daylight/ Bricks In My Pillow/ Everybody's Fishing/ Farewell Mistreater Blues/ Good Evening Blues/ Good Woman Blues/ Guilty Woman Blues/ I Tried Everything I Could/ Let's Pitch A Boogie Woogie/ Milk Cow Blues/ My Black Gal Blues No. 1/ My Black Gal Blues No. 2/ My Troubles/ Running Bad Luck Blues/ Some Old Rainy Day/ Tell Me What It's All About/ There You Stand/ Tired Of Your Low Down Nasty Ways/ Way Down In Georgia/ You Can't Take It Baby/ You Gotta Change Your Way

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Document DOCD 5264 Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 4 ● CD $14.98

BUMBLE BEE SLIM: Can't You Trust Me No More?/ Cold Blooded Murder - No. 2/ Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes/ Feather Bed Blues/ Hey Lawdy Mama/ I Done Lost My Baby/ I Keep On Drinking - Part 1/ I Keep On Drinking - Part 2/ I'm Needing Someone/ If The Blues Was Whiskey/ Lemon Squeezing Blues/ Mean Bloody Murder Blues/ Policy Dream Blues/ Right From Wrong/ Sail On Little Girl - No. 3/ Sail On Sail On Blues/ Smoky Mountain Blues/ Sometimes Blues/ Steady Roll Mama Blues/ The Death Of Leroy Carr/ Walking And Drifting Blues/ What's Wrong?/ When The Sun Goes Down/ When The Sun Goes Down/ Where Was You Last Night?

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Document DOCD 5265 Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 5 ● CD $14.98

BUMBLE BEE SLIM: D.b.a. Blues/ Dumb Tricks Blues (take 1)/ Dumb Tricks Blues (take 2)/ Happy Life Blues/ Hard Rocks In My Bed/ How Long How Long Blues/ I Done Caught My Death Of Cold/ I'll Take You Back/ Last Respects/ My Old Pal Blues/ New B & O Blues/ New Orleans Stop Time/ New When The Sun Goes Down/ No More Biscuit Rolling Here (take 1)/ No More Biscuit Rolling Here (take 2)/ Prison Bound Blues/ Ramblin' With That Woman/ Sick And Tired Of Singing The Blues/ Sloppy Drunk Blues/ This Old Life I'm Living/ When Somebody Loses/ Who's Been Here Today/ You Don't Mean Me No Good/ You Got To Live And Let Live

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Document DOCD 5266 Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 6 ● CD $14.98

BUMBLE BEE SLIM: Any Time A Night/ Back In Jail Again/ Buggie Bed/ Christmas And No Santa Claus/ Cry On! Cry On!/ Ease Me Down/ Fast Life Blues/ Funny Feelin'/ Hard Driving Man/ Honest Confession/ Lady Friend/ Letter Writing/ Meet Me In The Bottom (hey Lawdy Mama)/ Must I Keep On Crying/ New Big 80 Blues/ New Bricks In My Pillow/ New How Long How Long/ New Policy Dream Blues/ No Good Woman (fighting Blues)/ Rock Hearted Woman/ Upside Down/ Wet Clothes Blues/ When I Get My Money/ When The Music Sounds Good (take 2)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Document DOCD 5267 Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 7 ● CD $14.98

BUMBLE BEE SLIM: Big Six/ Blue Expression Blues/ Every Goodbye Ain't Gone/ Green Country Gal/ Head Whippin' Party/ Hobo Jungle Blues/ I'll Meet You In The Bottom/ I'm Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down/ I'm Having So Much Trouble/ I'se Gonna Break 'em Down/ If I Could Speak My Mind/ Just Yesterday/ Meet Me At The Landing/ My Big Moments/ Pains In My Body (take 2)/ Past And Gone/ Please Baby/ Rising River Blues (tk. 1)/ Rough Treatment/ Santa Claus Bring Me A New Woman/ Slave Man Blues/ The Jive Of Mine/ True Blue

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Document DOCD 5268 Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 8 ● CD $14.98

BUMBLE BEE SLIM: 12 O'clock Midnight/ 12 O'clock Southern Train/ Bumble Bee's New Muddy Water/ Going Back To Florida (take 1)/ Good Old Easy Streets/ Goodbye (i'll Try To Forget) (take 1)/ Goodbye (i'll Try To Forget) (take 2)/ Ida Red./ If I Make It Over/ Lonesome Old Feeling/ Lonesome Trail Blues/ Rising River Blues (tk. 2)/ She Never (take 1)/ She Never (take 2)/ Strange Angel/ Uncertain Blues (take 1)/ When Your Deal Goes Down/ Woman For Every Man (take 1)/ Woman For Every Man (take 2)/ You Brought Me Here (take 1)/ You Sure Look Good To Me/ You've Got To Do As I Bid You

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Document DOCD 5570 Vol. 9 - Unissued Test Pressings & Alternate Takes ● CD $14.98

BUMBLE BEE SLIM: Baby Fare You Well (take A)/ Baby Fare You Well (take B)/ Cross County (take 1)/ Cross County (take 2)/ Going Back To Florida (take 2)./ Good Morning (take A)/ Good Morning (take B)/ I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (take 1)/ I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (take 2)/ It Ain't No Trouble (take 1)/ It Ain't No Trouble (take 2)/ Muddy Water (take A)/ Muddy Water (take B)/ One Lonesome Day (take 1)/ One Lonesome Day (take 2)/ Pains In My Body (take 1)/ Uncertain Blues (take 2)/ Who's Been Here Today/ You Brought Me Here (take 2)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Fremeaux & Associes FQ2CD 261 From Georgia To Chicago, 1931-1937 ● CD $21.98

Two CD set.
BUMBLE BEE SLIM: 12 O'clock Southern Train/ Any Time At Night/ B And O Blues/ Chain Gang Bound/ Dead And Gone Mother/ Dumb Tricks Blues/ Fattening Frogs For Snakes/ Going Back To Florida./ Greasy Greens/ I Done Caught My Death Of Cold/ I'm Needing Someone/ I'se Gonna Break'em Down/ If The Blues Was Whiskey/ Meet Me At The Landing/ Meet Me In The Bottom/ My Big Moments/ My Old Pal Blues (dedicated To Leroy Carr)/ New Policy Dream Blues/ No More Biscuits Rolling Here/ No Woman No Nickel/ Please Baby/ Policy Dream Blues/ Rising River Blues/ Rough Treatment/ Sail On Sail On Blues/ She Never/ Slave Man Blues/ Sloppy Drunk Blues/ Smoky Mountain Blues/ The Jive Of Mine/ This Old Life I'm Living/ When Somebody Loses (then Somebody Wins)/ When The Music Sounds Good/ Woman For Every Man/ You Got To Live And Let Live/ You Sure Look Good To Me

BUMBLE BEE SLIM Story Of Blues 3501 1931-1937 ● CD $13.98

18 tracks, 56 mins, recommended. An excellent collection of 18 sides by this popular and prolific 30's bluesman. The album opens with one of his earliest cuts from 1931 No Woman No Nickel - a lovely country blues on which Slim accompanies himself by some fine guitar. He abandoned guitar after this session and the remaining tracks feature him with small groups including Jimmie Gordon, Myrtle Jenkins, Honey Hille or Black Bob/ piano, Big Bill Broonzy or Willie Bee James/ gtr and others. Slim was a lovely relaxed vocalist, a little like Big Bill Broonzy, and the material is varied ranging from the mournful Bye Bye Baby Blues to the stomping Deep Bass Boogie. Other tracks include Climbing On Top Of the Hill/ Can't You Trust Me No More/ Steady Roll Mama Blues/ You Don't Mean Me No Good, etc. Excellent sides, originally released on LP as Document 506 and using the same master tape - sound is decent though not exceptional. (FS)

ELDER J.E. BURCH/ REV. BEAUMONT Document DOCD 5329 Complete REcorded Works, 1927-1929 ● CD $14.98

22 tracks, 72 min., good With Burch you get sermons from a Sanctified preacher and singing with bass, guitar, snare drum, tambourine(s), and female accompaniment, all recorded during one October day in 1927. As is common with preachers recorded in the period, nothing is known of Burch; he may even have been white. He preaches and sings with urgency, always slightly out of control, seemingly as concerned with cleanliness as godliness, seeing them as one and the same. An older style of sermon is represented by Rev. Beaumont, aka Rev. Johnson, aka Rev. Walsh, who mis-cites his Biblical references as often as not. Beaumont's sermons feature familiar Bible stories of Noah and Lazarus and such. As with Burch, a total lack of biographical info is made up for somewhat by excellent booklet notes from David Evans. Interesting, though not for all ears. (JC)

DAN BURLEY/ BROWNIE & STICKS MCGEE Southland 9 Circle Blues SEssion ● CD $13.98

17 tracks, ?? min, highly recommended Not a new release but one we havn't reviewed before. Features 17 tracks recorded for Rudi Blesh's Circle label in June, 1946 - 8 previously unissued. 11 tracks feature vocalist/ piano player/ author/ journalist Dan Burley accompenied by his Skiffle Boys (Brownie McGee, Sticks McGee and Pops Foster). Burley was a fine and expressive singer and piano player who was influenced by the great Hersal Thomas whom he dedicates one of his tunes to. 6 of the tracks are by the McGee brothers and are particularly nice with great interplay between the two guitars, Brownie sings on four of them, Sticks on one and they do an excellent instrumental Tennessee Shuffle. (FS)

DAN BURLEY Wolf WBJ 008 South Side Shake 1945-1951 ● CD $11.98

23 tracks, 76 mins, recommended. Lexington-born "State St. Yancey Style" pianist Dan Burley's career started in the 30's, but his known recordings date back to 1945 (A Suite In 4 Comfortable Quarters with Leonard Feather and Tiny Grimes on Continental Records). Burley also worked as sports and entertainment writer for a number of major tabloids. His music, a mixture of boogie and stride spiced with Harlem swing, became a part of the shuffling-jive that preceded the birth of R&B. CD includes extremely rare recordings made between 1945 and 1951 for Continental, Circle, Exclusive, and Arkay featuring such notables as Lionel Hampton, Hot Lips Page, Tyree Glenn, Baby Dodds, Pops Foster, Brownie & Sticks McGhee. Fine vocal rendition of They Raided The Joint by Vanita Smythe. Booklet contains rare pics, clippings, articles, painstakingly detailed biography, discography, plus extracts from Burley's "Jiver's Bible". Also includes soundtrack and broadcast material, plus a Soundie transcription - all extremely fine barrelhouse-inspired piano. (OLN)

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BOB BROZMAN	Rounder 3119	A Truckload Of Blues	● CD $14.98
No one gets more excited than I do about a new (or even an old) Bob Brozman disc. Not since Roy Smeck has there been such a gifted devotee of Hawaiian and bottleneck slide guitars, ukulele, mandolin and more 78 rpm-era relics. Bob's current truckload is about one third full of sparkling instrumentals in the blues, ragtime and Hawaiian styles; great stuff all. And, bless his heart, Bob really tries to sing the blues on the rest of the disc, tackling songs by Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Casey Bill Weldon et.al. Great playing throughout, with hot blues and stride piano from George Winston. Formerly on the Sky Ranch label. (MB)

BOB BROZMAN	Rounder 11557	Devil's Slide	● CD $14.98
CD version includes tracks from from his first Rounder album making the CD over 60 minutes.

REV. MILTON BRUNSON	Collectables 6108	The Very Best Of	● CD $11.98
REV. MILTON BRUNSON: He Changed My Life/ He'll Take Care of You/ I Want to Live/ I'm Trying to Make Heaven My Home/ I'm on My Way to Heaven/ Jesus Will Help Me/ My Father Is Rich/ My Savior/ Soon Be Over/ Thank You Lord/ What a Wonderful World/ as Long as I Got Jesus

PRECIOUS BRYANT	Terminus 0201	Fool Me Good	● CD $16.98
15 tracks, 41 mins, highly recommended. Delightful set of East Coast country blues from 60 year old singer/ guitarist from Georgia. Precious is a fine and expressive vocalist and an accomplished guitarist with a nice touch - I only wish she'd been playing all acoustic rather than the amplified instrument used here. Her material is a mix of traditional blues favorites (Broke And Ain't Got A Dime/ Black Rat Swing/ Blues Around My Bed, etc) along with traditional based original songs (Fool Me Good/ Precious Bryant Staggerin' Blues/ Wadn't I Scared, etc), spirituals (Don't Let The Devil Ride/ Ups And Downs, etc) and even some fine country blues interpretations of a couple of R&B classics (Don't Mess Up A Good Thing/ Fever). All in all a splendid collection of country blues. (FS)

BRYANT'S JUBILEE QUARTET/ QUIN	Document DOCD 5437	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1, 1928-1931	● CD $14.98
25 tracks, 69 min., recommended. Despite various research attempts, nothing is known about Bryant's Jubilee Quartet. Nothing. But aural evidence reveals a talented, immediately pleasing gospel quartet who excelled on up-tempo numbers and whose arrangements were relatively sophisticated and detailed (South Bound Passenger Train/ This Train). While many of the tracks are a cappella, most have (unknown) piano accompaniment, a hallmark of white sacred quartets, rare in black gospel of the period. Titles include the energetic Do You Call That Religion/ Who Stole De Lock Off De Henhouse Door/ When The World's On Fire and Oh Lord How Long. Excellent. (Note: Find the 4 remaining BJQ sides from a 1931 session on DOCD-5438.) (JC) BRYANT'S JUBILEE QUARTETTE: Creep Along, Moses/ Do You Call That Religion/ Every Time I Feel The Spirit (13697)/ Everytime I Feel The Spirit (10512)/ Ezikiel Saw De Wheel/ Hard Trials, Great Tribulations/ Hold The Wind/ I Want To Be Ready (take 2)/ I'm Going Through/ King Jesus Is Listening/ Let Jesus Lead You/ Oh Lord How Long?/ Oh Rocks Don't You Fall On Me/ Shine On Me/ Sinner You Better Get Ready/ Some Day/ South Bound Passenger Train (10508)/ South Bound Passenger Train (13698)/ This Old World Can't Stand Much Longer/ This Train/ Were You There?/ When The World's On Fire (10516)/ When The World's On Fire (13703)/ Who Stole De Lock Off De Henhouse Door/ Who Stole De Lock?

DIXONS JUBILEE SINGERS + BRYANT'S JUBILEE QUARTET/ QUINTET	Document DOCD 5438	Complete Recorded Works, 1924-1931/ Vol. 2	● CD $14.98
24 tracks, 66 min., recommended. Several groups used the name "Dixie Jubilee Singers," so the 20 titles here may represent one group with an ever-changing lineup or various entirely different groups or something in between. (Gospel researcher Doug Seroff believes the 2 cuts on Regal, included here, are in fact the Birmingham Jubilee Singers.) That Eva Jessye appears with a mixed quartet on the 1925 session seems certain. Her style, harking back to vocal mannerisms popular in the 19th century, may sound too operatic for fans of the more soulful sound. Fully half the tracks are (essentially) mixed quartets. The disc closes with the 4 remaining titles of Bryant's Jubilee Quartet's 1931 session, including two takes of Didn't It Rain, This Wicked Race and I'll Be Satisfied. (Note: DOCD-5437 contains the other BJQ sides.) (JC)

WILLIE BRYANT	Delmark 685	Blues Around The Clock	● CD $14.98
21 tracks, 64 mins, highly recommended Swingin' fun from cool NYC cats recorded between 1946 and 1949 for the Appollo label. Willie Bryant is featured, singing on 10 cuts. He has a laid-back ball with Tab smith leading a cookin' back-up band for him. For variety there are four cuts with vocals by Bob Range (who's even more relaxed sounding than Bryant), two songs by Laurel Watson (who sang with Lucky Millinder, Louis Jordan, Count Basie and Duke Ellington) and, a special treat, four recordings by Doc Pomus. It's a night out in NYC during the late 40's when you're listening to this CD. (RS)

ROY BUCHANAN	Alligator 4741	When A Guitar Plays The Blues	● CD $13.98

ROY BUCHANAN	Alligator 4747	Dancing On the Edge	● CD $13.98

ROY BUCHANAN	Alligator 4756	Hot Wires	● CD $13.98
1987 session featuring Donald Kinsey on guitar, Roy declared this one to be "my best one yet". End of the story...'bye Roy we're gonna miss ya.

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO	Island 842 603-2	Taking It Home	● CD $11.98
Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural's second LP for Island is, like the first, a mix of pop and zydeco that seems tamed down for the pop market, but nonetheless is fun to listen to. Why does Love Got to Be So Sad, with Eric Clapton is pretty bad, but Down Dallas Alley and Roy Montrell's Ooh Wow cook along at a good clip, while Drivin' Old Grey and Taking It Home are hot zydeco instrumentals. The two versions of the Rockin' Sidneyish Creole Country, are expendable, but These Things You Do add some badly needed passion to the proceedings. A mixed bag. (JM)

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO	Island 842 739-2	On A Night Like This	● CD $11.98
Buckwheat Doral's latest LP, the first for Zydeco on a major label, is a tasty if not terribly adventurous outing. Buckwheat, veteran of Clifton's 1970's band, shows his roots on such zydeco rave-ups as Ma Tit Fille/ Hot Tamale Baby and his own People's Choice, getting in some hot licks on the accordion. He branches into other "roots music" with cajun covers of Dylan's title tune, The Blaster's Marie Marie, Booker T's Time Is Tight and several other instrumentals, aided by the fine guitar of Paul Senegal, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band's horns. If not earth-shaking, certainly party-able and fine. (JM)

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO	Island 842 925-2	Where There's Smoke There's Fire	● CD $11.98
Tough new album by one of zydeco's leading lights. Accompanied by a driving band with various guest musicians including David Hidalgo (who produced this set) on a couple of cuts. The best tracks here are the driving R&B and zydeco originals like the title tune, What You Gonna Do?, Pour Tout Quelque'un. He also does a good job on the jazz/ blues/ R&b standard Route 66 though his versions of the Rolling Stones' Beast Of Burden and Hank Williams' Hey Good Lookin' (with Dwight Yoakam!) are not quite as successful. All in all though an enjoyable set. (FS)

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO	Rounder 2045	Turning Point	● CD $14.98
Music is fine though Buckwheat's voice is rather buried in the mix. I was a little taken aback to see him wearing a crown on the cover - he's got a long way to go before he can take the crown away from Clifton Chenier!

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO	Rounder 2051	Waiting For My Ya-Ya	● CD $14.98
On this varied 1986 album Buckwheat and the band perform lively contemporary zydeco renditions of the Dirty Dozen's Brass Band's My Feet Can't Fail Me Now, the traditional Cajun song Lache Pas La Patate, the Fats Domino classic Walking To New Orleans, Lee Dorsey's Ya Ya which is given a bit of a reggae rhythm, the popular soul ballad Warm & Tender Love, etc. Nothing special here but some enjoyable dance music

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO	Rounder 11528	Buckwheat's Zydeco Party	● CD $14.98
16 tracks drawn from Rounder 2045 and 2051 plus the previously unreleased Hot Tamale Baby.

MOJO BUFORD	JSP 2108	State Of The Blues Harp	● CD $14.98
Good solid collection of Chicago blues from singer/ harmonica player Buford who played off and on for many years with Muddy Waters. he is tough singer and gets a rich ballsy sound out of his chromatic harmonica. Most tracks are originals and feature him with a good band of musicians recorded in London in 1989. Detailed and informative notes by Norman Darwen. (FS)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	ABM 1223	Baby So Long	● CD $10.98
20 track collection of this prolific performer's recordings with ABM's usual less than wonderful remastering - Chain Gang Bound/ Greasy Greens/ Baby So Long/ The Longest Day You Live, etc

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Best Of Blues BOB 6	1934-1937	● CD $14.98
No surprises here (Slim's appeal to black record buyers of the day lay precisely in his familiarity - there were never any surprises), but a representative selection of this prolific performer's recorded output from these years. The usual Chicago studio regulars provide the back-up, including wonderful piano from the obscure Eddie Miller and Myrtle Jenkins, and the reliable guitar of Big Bill Broonzy. 18 titles. (PR)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Document DOCD 5261	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 1	● CD $14.98
BUMBLE BEE SLIM: B And O Blues/ Baby So Long/ Busy Devil/ Chain Gang Bound/ Dead And Gone Mother/ East St. Louis Blues/ Greasy Greens/ Honey Bee Blues/ I'm Waitin' On You/ Lost Confidence Blues/ M And O Blues - Part I/ M And O Blues - Part Ii/ No Woman No Nickel/ Queen Bee Blues/ Rough Rugged Road Blues/ Runnin' Drunk Blues/ Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On/ Someday Things Will Be Breaking My Way/ Squalling Panther Blues/ Stumbling Block Blues/ The New B And O Blues/ Wrecked Life Blues/ Yo Yo String Blues

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Document DOCD 5262	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 2	● CD $14.98
BUMBLE BEE SLIM: Aching Pain Blues/ Ain't It A Crying Shame/ Bad Gal (take A)/ Bad Gal (take B)/ Blue Blues/ Burned Down Mill (take A)/ Burned Down Mill (take B)/ Bye Bye Baby Blues/ Climbing On Top Of The Hill/ Cold-blooded Murder/ Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part I/ Cruel Hearted Woman Blues - Part Ii/ Deep Bass Boogie/ Everything I Could/ I Tried/ Mean Bad Man/ Mean Mistreatin' Woman/ Muddy Water Blues/ New Mean Mistreater Blues/ Rough Road Blues/ Sad And Lonesome/ Sail On Little Girl No. 2/ Step Child/ The Longest Day You Live - Part 1/ The Longest Day You Live - Part 2/ Worrisome Woman Blues

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Document DOCD 5263	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 3	● CD $14.98
BUMBLE BEE SLIM: B And O Line Blues/ Big 80 Blues/ Bleeding Heart Blues/ Blues Before Daylight/ Bricks In My Pillow/ Everybody's Fishing/ Farewell Mistreater Blues/ Good Evening Blues/ Good Woman Blues/ Guilty Woman Blues/ I Tried Everything I Could/ Let's Pitch A Boogie Woogie/ Milk Cow Blues/ My Black Gal Blues No. 1/ My Black Gal Blues No. 2/ My Troubles/ Running Bad Luck Blues/ Some Old Rainy Day/ Tell Me What It's All About/ There You Stand/ Tired Of Your Low Down Nasty Ways/ Way Down In Georgia/ You Can't Take It Baby/ You Gotta Change Your Way

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Document DOCD 5264	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 4	● CD $14.98
BUMBLE BEE SLIM: Can't You Trust Me No More?/ Cold Blooded Murder - No. 2/ Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes/ Feather Bed Blues/ Hey Lawdy Mama/ I Done Lost My Baby/ I Keep On Drinking - Part 1/ I Keep On Drinking - Part 2/ I'm Needing Someone/ If The Blues Was Whiskey/ Lemon Squeezing Blues/ Mean Bloody Murder Blues/ Policy Dream Blues/ Right From Wrong/ Sail On Little Girl - No. 3/ Sail On Sail On Blues/ Smoky Mountain Blues/ Sometimes Blues/ Steady Roll Mama Blues/ The Death Of Leroy Carr/ Walking And Drifting Blues/ What's Wrong?/ When The Sun Goes Down/ When The Sun Goes Down/ Where Was You Last Night?

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Document DOCD 5265	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 5	● CD $14.98
BUMBLE BEE SLIM: D.b.a. Blues/ Dumb Tricks Blues (take 1)/ Dumb Tricks Blues (take 2)/ Happy Life Blues/ Hard Rocks In My Bed/ How Long How Long Blues/ I Done Caught My Death Of Cold/ I'll Take You Back/ Last Respects/ My Old Pal Blues/ New B & O Blues/ New Orleans Stop Time/ New When The Sun Goes Down/ No More Biscuit Rolling Here (take 1)/ No More Biscuit Rolling Here (take 2)/ Prison Bound Blues/ Ramblin' With That Woman/ Sick And Tired Of Singing The Blues/ Sloppy Drunk Blues/ This Old Life I'm Living/ When Somebody Loses/ Who's Been Here Today/ You Don't Mean Me No Good/ You Got To Live And Let Live

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Document DOCD 5266	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 6	● CD $14.98
BUMBLE BEE SLIM: Any Time A Night/ Back In Jail Again/ Buggie Bed/ Christmas And No Santa Claus/ Cry On! Cry On!/ Ease Me Down/ Fast Life Blues/ Funny Feelin'/ Hard Driving Man/ Honest Confession/ Lady Friend/ Letter Writing/ Meet Me In The Bottom (hey Lawdy Mama)/ Must I Keep On Crying/ New Big 80 Blues/ New Bricks In My Pillow/ New How Long How Long/ New Policy Dream Blues/ No Good Woman (fighting Blues)/ Rock Hearted Woman/ Upside Down/ Wet Clothes Blues/ When I Get My Money/ When The Music Sounds Good (take 2)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Document DOCD 5267	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 7	● CD $14.98
BUMBLE BEE SLIM: Big Six/ Blue Expression Blues/ Every Goodbye Ain't Gone/ Green Country Gal/ Head Whippin' Party/ Hobo Jungle Blues/ I'll Meet You In The Bottom/ I'm Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down/ I'm Having So Much Trouble/ I'se Gonna Break 'em Down/ If I Could Speak My Mind/ Just Yesterday/ Meet Me At The Landing/ My Big Moments/ Pains In My Body (take 2)/ Past And Gone/ Please Baby/ Rising River Blues (tk. 1)/ Rough Treatment/ Santa Claus Bring Me A New Woman/ Slave Man Blues/ The Jive Of Mine/ True Blue

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Document DOCD 5268	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Vol 8	● CD $14.98
BUMBLE BEE SLIM: 12 O'clock Midnight/ 12 O'clock Southern Train/ Bumble Bee's New Muddy Water/ Going Back To Florida (take 1)/ Good Old Easy Streets/ Goodbye (i'll Try To Forget) (take 1)/ Goodbye (i'll Try To Forget) (take 2)/ Ida Red./ If I Make It Over/ Lonesome Old Feeling/ Lonesome Trail Blues/ Rising River Blues (tk. 2)/ She Never (take 1)/ She Never (take 2)/ Strange Angel/ Uncertain Blues (take 1)/ When Your Deal Goes Down/ Woman For Every Man (take 1)/ Woman For Every Man (take 2)/ You Brought Me Here (take 1)/ You Sure Look Good To Me/ You've Got To Do As I Bid You

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Document DOCD 5570	Vol. 9 - Unissued Test Pressings & Alternate Takes	● CD $14.98
BUMBLE BEE SLIM: Baby Fare You Well (take A)/ Baby Fare You Well (take B)/ Cross County (take 1)/ Cross County (take 2)/ Going Back To Florida (take 2)./ Good Morning (take A)/ Good Morning (take B)/ I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (take 1)/ I'm Going To Live My Life Alone (take 2)/ It Ain't No Trouble (take 1)/ It Ain't No Trouble (take 2)/ Muddy Water (take A)/ Muddy Water (take B)/ One Lonesome Day (take 1)/ One Lonesome Day (take 2)/ Pains In My Body (take 1)/ Uncertain Blues (take 2)/ Who's Been Here Today/ You Brought Me Here (take 2)

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Fremeaux & Associes FQ2CD 261	From Georgia To Chicago, 1931-1937	● CD $21.98
Two CD set. BUMBLE BEE SLIM: 12 O'clock Southern Train/ Any Time At Night/ B And O Blues/ Chain Gang Bound/ Dead And Gone Mother/ Dumb Tricks Blues/ Fattening Frogs For Snakes/ Going Back To Florida./ Greasy Greens/ I Done Caught My Death Of Cold/ I'm Needing Someone/ I'se Gonna Break'em Down/ If The Blues Was Whiskey/ Meet Me At The Landing/ Meet Me In The Bottom/ My Big Moments/ My Old Pal Blues (dedicated To Leroy Carr)/ New Policy Dream Blues/ No More Biscuits Rolling Here/ No Woman No Nickel/ Please Baby/ Policy Dream Blues/ Rising River Blues/ Rough Treatment/ Sail On Sail On Blues/ She Never/ Slave Man Blues/ Sloppy Drunk Blues/ Smoky Mountain Blues/ The Jive Of Mine/ This Old Life I'm Living/ When Somebody Loses (then Somebody Wins)/ When The Music Sounds Good/ Woman For Every Man/ You Got To Live And Let Live/ You Sure Look Good To Me

BUMBLE BEE SLIM	Story Of Blues 3501	1931-1937	● CD $13.98
18 tracks, 56 mins, recommended. An excellent collection of 18 sides by this popular and prolific 30's bluesman. The album opens with one of his earliest cuts from 1931 No Woman No Nickel - a lovely country blues on which Slim accompanies himself by some fine guitar. He abandoned guitar after this session and the remaining tracks feature him with small groups including Jimmie Gordon, Myrtle Jenkins, Honey Hille or Black Bob/ piano, Big Bill Broonzy or Willie Bee James/ gtr and others. Slim was a lovely relaxed vocalist, a little like Big Bill Broonzy, and the material is varied ranging from the mournful Bye Bye Baby Blues to the stomping Deep Bass Boogie. Other tracks include Climbing On Top Of the Hill/ Can't You Trust Me No More/ Steady Roll Mama Blues/ You Don't Mean Me No Good, etc. Excellent sides, originally released on LP as Document 506 and using the same master tape - sound is decent though not exceptional. (FS)