Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 41:52
Size: 95.9 MB
Styles: Jump blues, Jazz-blues
Year: 1984/2009
Art: Front
[2:55] 1. Cornbread
[2:23] 2. Teddy's Dream
[2:41] 3. One For Willie
[2:31] 4. Neck Bones
[2:33] 5. Rent Party
[2:23] 6. Singer Song
[2:21] 7. Rice And Red Beans
[2:22] 8. Swing Shift
[2:45] 9. Hot Rod
[2:19] 10. Rock 'n Roll
[3:08] 11. Indian Love Call
[2:19] 12. The Frog Hop
[2:55] 13. Hometown-Down For Dean
[2:46] 14. Easy Living
[2:22] 15. Hound's Tooth
[3:03] 16. Crossroads
Singer started performing in the 1930s and on into the 1940s in the bands of Ernie Fields, Jay McShann and Oran "Hot Lips" Page, among others, then in the late 1940s cut records backing Brownie McGhee and also with the groups The X-Rays and The Lem Davis Sextet before forming his own Sextet (and briefly an Octet). A recording contract with Savoy resulted in 7 singles, a number of which are presented here (which first came out in 1984 as vinyl LP Savoy Jazz SJL 1147).
During the height of the British Invasion, following a tour of Europe with Earl "Fatha" Hines, Singer chose to make his new home near Paris where, among others, he played with the likes of Charlie Watts - the famed drummer of The Rolling Stones - and his jazz band, as well as the legendary Duke Ellington. In fact, he can be heard in the Duke's acclaimed album Paris Soul Food, recorded in 1969. In 1981, at age 62, he was also part of the 1981 Rocket 88 live album by the British group of the same name, and later recorded two of his own albums for JSP records, owned by John Stedman, "Swing On It" and "Big Blues" - the latter also involving Jimmy Witherspoon. Another album, "Royal Blue," was done at age 70 in 1990 in collaboration with Al Copley for Black Top Records. That same year he had a role in the film Taxi Blues, and in 1999, after he turned 80, he was the subject of the documentary film Keep The Music Going.
This album, in terms of his more prominent singles, is probably the best of what's out there covering this unsung saxophonist, with digitally-remastered sound and original vinyl sleeve notes written by Phil Schaap. The other personnel involved in these original Savoy recordings are: tenor saxophonists Buddy Lucas and Sam Taylor, alto saxophonist Dave McRae, baritone saxophonist Leslie Johnakins, trumpeter Willie Moore, trombonists Milt Larkins and Chips Outcalt, pianists Wynton Kelly, Kelly Owens and George Rhodes, guitarist Mickey Baker (of Mickey & Sylvia fame), bass players George Duvivier, Frank Skeete, Leonard Gaskin and Walter Page, and drummers Sol Hall, Heywood Jackson, Panama Francis and Bobby Donaldson. ~AvidOldiesCollector
During the height of the British Invasion, following a tour of Europe with Earl "Fatha" Hines, Singer chose to make his new home near Paris where, among others, he played with the likes of Charlie Watts - the famed drummer of The Rolling Stones - and his jazz band, as well as the legendary Duke Ellington. In fact, he can be heard in the Duke's acclaimed album Paris Soul Food, recorded in 1969. In 1981, at age 62, he was also part of the 1981 Rocket 88 live album by the British group of the same name, and later recorded two of his own albums for JSP records, owned by John Stedman, "Swing On It" and "Big Blues" - the latter also involving Jimmy Witherspoon. Another album, "Royal Blue," was done at age 70 in 1990 in collaboration with Al Copley for Black Top Records. That same year he had a role in the film Taxi Blues, and in 1999, after he turned 80, he was the subject of the documentary film Keep The Music Going.
This album, in terms of his more prominent singles, is probably the best of what's out there covering this unsung saxophonist, with digitally-remastered sound and original vinyl sleeve notes written by Phil Schaap. The other personnel involved in these original Savoy recordings are: tenor saxophonists Buddy Lucas and Sam Taylor, alto saxophonist Dave McRae, baritone saxophonist Leslie Johnakins, trumpeter Willie Moore, trombonists Milt Larkins and Chips Outcalt, pianists Wynton Kelly, Kelly Owens and George Rhodes, guitarist Mickey Baker (of Mickey & Sylvia fame), bass players George Duvivier, Frank Skeete, Leonard Gaskin and Walter Page, and drummers Sol Hall, Heywood Jackson, Panama Francis and Bobby Donaldson. ~AvidOldiesCollector
Rent Party
