The Jimmy Rushing Allstars - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 57:20
Size: 131.3 MB
Styles: Jazz/blues vocals
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[5:45] 1. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You
[6:34] 2. Mjr Blues
[3:29] 3. Tricks Ain't Walkin' No More
[5:37] 4. St. James Infirmary
[9:48] 5. One O'clock Jump
[5:09] 6. Who's Sorry Now
[7:31] 7. These Foolish Things
[5:48] 8. I Ain't Got Nobody
[7:35] 9. Good Morning Blues

Bass – Gene Ramey; Drums – Jo Jones; Piano – Sir Charles Thompson; Tenor Saxophone – Julian Dash; Trombone – Dickie Wells; Trumpet – Buck Clayton; Vocals – Jimmy Rushing.

An informal "Jazz party" situation taped in the studio in front of one-hundred invited guests, Jumbo Jimmy Rushing fronts an all-star group of New York Jazzmen and romps his way through a handful of standards. Joining Rushing are Buck Clayton-trumpet, Dickie Wells-trombone, Julian Dash-tenor sax, Sir Charles Thompson-piano, Gene Ramey-bass and Jo Jones on drums. Recorded and engineered by George Piros of Mercury Living Presence fame at Fine Studios in New York City. Originally released in 1967 on the MJR label.

Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You

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Jimmy Rushing - Cross Your Heart

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 109:04
Size: 249.7 MB
Styles: Jazz vocals, Urban blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[3:12] 1. The Blues I Like To Hear
[2:44] 2. I'm Walking Through Heaven With You
[2:49] 3. Trav'lin' Light
[2:57] 4. Sent For You Yesterday
[2:36] 5. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
[3:28] 6. Did You Ever
[4:47] 7. How Long, How Long Blues
[1:59] 8. Mister Five By Five
[3:14] 9. Evil Blues
[2:35] 10. When You're Smiling
[6:03] 11. Oh Love
[3:01] 12. Someday Sweetheart
[3:05] 13. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
[3:03] 14. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
[5:51] 15. Don't Cry, Baby
[3:47] 16. Somebody Stole My Gal
[2:39] 17. Pink Champagne
[2:52] 18. Deed I Do
[4:34] 19. Trouble In Mind
[3:10] 20. Good Rockin' Tonight
[3:13] 21. You Can't Run Around
[5:50] 22. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
[3:16] 23. Three Long Years
[2:28] 24. One Last Evening
[3:07] 25. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
[2:45] 26. Knock Me A Kiss
[3:05] 27. Jimmy Rushing - Blues In The Dark
[2:49] 28. June Night
[3:13] 29. It's Hard To Laugh Or Smile
[5:09] 30. See See Rider
[5:27] 31. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

He was known as "Mister Five-By-Five" -- an affectionate reference to his height and girth -- a blues shouter who defined and then transcended the form. The owner of a booming voice that radiated sheer joy in whatever material he sang, Jimmy Rushing could swing with anyone and dominate even the loudest of big bands. Rushing achieved his greatest fame in front of the Count Basie band from 1935 to 1950, yet unlike many band singers closely associated with one organization, he was able to carry on afterwards with a series of solo recordings that further enhanced his reputation as a first-class jazz singer.

Raised in a musical family, learning violin, piano and music theory in his youth, Rushing began performing in nightspots after a move to California in the mid-'20s. He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927, then toured with Bennie Moten from 1929 until the leader's death in 1935, going over to Basie when the latter picked up the pieces of the Moten band. The unquenchably swinging Basie rhythm section was a perfect match for Rushing, making their earliest showing together on a 1936 recording of "Boogie Woogie" that stamped not only Rushing's presence onto the national scene but also that of Lester Young. Rushing's recordings with Basie are scattered liberally throughout several reissues on Decca, Columbia and RCA. While with Basie, he also appeared in several film shorts and features.

After the Basie ensemble broke up in 1950, a victim of hard times for big bands, Rushing briefly retired, then formed his own septet. He started a series of solo albums for Vanguard in the mid-'50s, then turned in several distinguished recordings for Columbia in league with such luminaries as Dave Brubeck, Coleman Hawkins and Benny Goodman, the latter of whom he appeared with at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958 as immortalized in "Brussels Blues." He also recorded with Basie alumni such as Buck Clayton and Jo Jones, as well as with the Duke Ellington band on Jazz Party. He appeared on TV in The Sound of Jazz in 1957, was featured in Jon Hendricks' The Evolution of the Blues, and also had a singing and acting role in the 1969 film The Learning Tree. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Cross Your Heart mc
Cross Your Heart zippy

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Jimmy Rushing - Brubeck & Rushing

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:19
Size: 83.1 MB
Styles: Jazz, Blues
Year: 1960/1998
Art: Front

[2:07] 1. There'll Be Some Changes Made
[3:59] 2. My Melancholy Baby
[4:39] 3. Blues In The Dark
[2:29] 4. I Never Knew (I Could Love Anyone Like I'm Loving You)
[3:22] 5. Ain't Misbehavin'
[4:12] 6. Evenin'
[2:32] 7. All By Myself
[4:23] 8. River, Stay 'way From My Door
[3:31] 9. You Can Depend On Me
[2:51] 10. Am I Blue
[2:09] 11. Shine On Harvest Moon (Previously unreleased)

Alto Saxophone – Paul Desmond; Bass – Eugene Wright; Drums – Joe Morello; Piano – Dave Brubeck; Vocals – Jimmy Rushing.

Although associated with the more modern styles of jazz, Brubeck always had a great respect (if not reverence) for the masters of the past. On ten standards Brubeck, altoist Paul Desmond and the Quartet fit in perfectly behind the great swing/blues singer Jimmy Rushing who sounds rejuvenated by the fresh setting. This disc, a surprising success, is well worth searching for. ~Scott Yanow

Brubeck & Rushing

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Jimmy Rushing - The Very Best Of (2 Parts)

He was known as "Mister Five-By-Five" -- an affectionate reference to his height and girth -- a blues shouter who defined and then transcended the form. The owner of a booming voice that radiated sheer joy in whatever material he sang, Jimmy Rushing could swing with anyone and dominate even the loudest of big bands. Rushing achieved his greatest fame in front of the Count Basie band from 1935 to 1950, yet unlike many band singers closely associated with one organization, he was able to carry on afterwards with a series of solo recordings that further enhanced his reputation as a first-class jazz singer.

Raised in a musical family, learning violin, piano and music theory in his youth, Rushing began performing in nightspots after a move to California in the mid-'20s. He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927, then toured with Bennie Moten from 1929 until the leader's death in 1935, going over to Basie when the latter picked up the pieces of the Moten band. The unquenchably swinging Basie rhythm section was a perfect match for Rushing, making their earliest showing together on a 1936 recording of "Boogie Woogie" that stamped not only Rushing's presence onto the national scene but also that of Lester Young. Rushing's recordings with Basie are scattered liberally throughout several reissues on Decca, Columbia and RCA. While with Basie, he also appeared in several film shorts and features.

After the Basie ensemble broke up in 1950, a victim of hard times for big bands, Rushing briefly retired, then formed his own septet. He started a series of solo albums for Vanguard in the mid-'50s, then turned in several distinguished recordings for Columbia in league with such luminaries as Dave Brubeck, Coleman Hawkins and Benny Goodman, the latter of whom he appeared with at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958 as immortalized in "Brussels Blues." He also recorded with Basie alumni such as Buck Clayton and Jo Jones, as well as with the Duke Ellington band on Jazz Party. He appeared on TV in The Sound of Jazz in 1957, was featured in Jon Hendricks' The Evolution of the Blues, and also had a singing and acting role in the 1969 film The Learning Tree. ~bio by Richard S. Ginnell

Album: The Very Best Of (Part 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:36
Size: 166.2 MB
Styles: Jazz/Blues/R&B
Year: 2009

[2:51] 1. Baby, Don't Tell On Me
[3:14] 2. Rock And Roll
[7:37] 3. Evenin'
[4:50] 4. How Long, How Long Blues
[3:13] 5. I Left My Baby
[3:04] 6. Hey Pretty Baby
[2:36] 7. Bye Bye Baby
[2:53] 8. Somebody Stole My Gal
[1:47] 9. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
[2:45] 10. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
[4:33] 11. Harvard Blues
[2:49] 12. Money Is Honey
[2:24] 13. Hi-Ho Sylvester
[2:52] 14. Sent For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)
[2:48] 15. Where Were You
[2:45] 16. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
[3:01] 17. Blues In The Dark
[3:08] 18. Don't You Miss Your Baby
[4:20] 19. How You Want Your Lovin' Done
[2:45] 20. If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
[6:12] 21. Every Day I Have The Blues

The Very Best Of (Part 1)

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Album: The Very Best Of (Part 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:04
Size: 135.2 MB
Styles: Jazz/Blues/R&B
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:39] 1. Boogie Woogie
[1:31] 2. Pretty Little Baby
[3:36] 3. Goin' To Chicago Blues
[2:12] 4. She's Mine, She's Yours
[2:54] 5. Undecided Blues
[2:16] 6. Goodbye, Baby
[2:27] 7. In The Moonlight
[2:53] 8. Blue Skies
[3:22] 9. After You've Gine
[3:05] 10. It's The Same Old South
[2:38] 11. Take Me Back, Baby
[3:16] 12. It's Hard To Laugh A Smile
[3:22] 13. The Blues I Like To Hear
[3:11] 14. Good Morning Blues
[2:40] 15. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You
[4:18] 16. I Want A Little Girl
[3:01] 17. Stop Beatin' Around The Mulberry Bush
[2:29] 18. Draftin' Blues
[2:57] 19. Jimmy's Blues
[3:07] 20. Ain't It Lonesome

The Very Best Of (Part 2)

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Jimmy Rushing - Remastered Collection

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:46
Size: 118.5 MB
Styles: Jazz-blues-R&B vocals
Year: 2015
Art: Front

[2:50] 1. Boogie Woogie
[3:04] 2. Goin' To Chicago Blues
[2:59] 3. Listen My Children (And You Shall Hear)
[2:42] 4. Exactly Like You
[2:59] 5. Pennies From Heaven
[2:25] 6. Boo-Hoo
[3:03] 7. Don't You Miss Your Baby
[2:29] 8. Georgianna
[3:05] 9. Good Morning Blues
[2:47] 10. Now Will You Be Good
[3:02] 11. The Blues I Like To Hear
[2:37] 12. Do You Wanna Jump, Children
[3:10] 13. Evil Blues
[3:03] 14. Blues In The Dark
[2:39] 15. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
[2:37] 16. I Want A Little Girl
[3:13] 17. I Left My Baby
[2:53] 18. London Bridge Is Fallin' Down

He was known as "Mister Five-By-Five" -- an affectionate reference to his height and girth -- a blues shouter who defined and then transcended the form. The owner of a booming voice that radiated sheer joy in whatever material he sang, Jimmy Rushing could swing with anyone and dominate even the loudest of big bands. Rushing achieved his greatest fame in front of the Count Basie band from 1935 to 1950, yet unlike many band singers closely associated with one organization, he was able to carry on afterwards with a series of solo recordings that further enhanced his reputation as a first-class jazz singer.

Raised in a musical family, learning violin, piano and music theory in his youth, Rushing began performing in nightspots after a move to California in the mid-'20s. He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927, then toured with Bennie Moten from 1929 until the leader's death in 1935, going over to Basie when the latter picked up the pieces of the Moten band. The unquenchably swinging Basie rhythm section was a perfect match for Rushing, making their earliest showing together on a 1936 recording of "Boogie Woogie" that stamped not only Rushing's presence onto the national scene but also that of Lester Young. Rushing's recordings with Basie are scattered liberally throughout several reissues on Decca, Columbia and RCA. While with Basie, he also appeared in several film shorts and features.

After the Basie ensemble broke up in 1950, a victim of hard times for big bands, Rushing briefly retired, then formed his own septet. He started a series of solo albums for Vanguard in the mid-'50s, then turned in several distinguished recordings for Columbia in league with such luminaries as Dave Brubeck, Coleman Hawkins and Benny Goodman, the latter of whom he appeared with at the Brussels World's Fair in 1958 as immortalized in "Brussels Blues." He also recorded with Basie alumni such as Buck Clayton and Jo Jones, as well as with the Duke Ellington band on Jazz Party. He appeared on TV in The Sound of Jazz in 1957, was featured in Jon Hendricks' The Evolution of the Blues, and also had a singing and acting role in the 1969 film The Learning Tree. ~bio by Richard S. Ginnell

Remastered Collection

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Jimmy Rushing - Vanguard Visionaries

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 51:38

Size: 118.2 MB

Styles: Jazz blues, Vocal jazz

Year: 2007

Art: Front

[5:42] 1. Dinah

[5:21] 2. Pennies From Heaven

[6:00] 3. Oh Love

[3:34] 4. Goin' To Chicago

[3:36] 5. Sent For You Yesterday

[3:38] 6. Boogie Woogie

[5:15] 7. Good Morning Blues

[7:28] 8. Evenin'

[5:09] 9. See See Rider

[5:51] 10. Don't Cry Baby

This ten-cut sampler of blues and jazz great Jimmy Rushing compiles cuts from his three mid-'50s LPs for Vanguard -- Listen to the Blues, Jimmy Rushing Sings The Blues, and Oh Love. Most of tunes have been compiled on larger anthologies such as the Essential Jimmy Rushing and Every Day. There are fine performances on this set, such as his readings of "See See Rider," Count Basie's "Boogie Woogie," "Evenin'," and "Goin' to Chicago." From the jazz side of his oeuvre is the Johnny Burke-Arthur Johnston standard "Pennies from Heaven," "Sent for You Yesterday," and "Dinah." While these are among his best sides as a solo performer, hearing his work with the Count Basie big band is the real place to encounter Rushing in his prime, but it's hard to beat this for the price. ~Thom Jurek

Vanguard Visionaries 

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Buck Clayton All Stars (Feat. Jimmy Rushing) - Jive At Five

Styles: Straight-Ahead, Mainstream Jazz
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 77:44
Size: 178,6 MB
Art: Front

( 5:46)  1. I Want A Little Girl
( 7:23)  2. Exactly Like You
( 7:24)  3. Outer Drive
( 7:56)  4. Sent For You Yesterday
( 8:06)  5. Moonglow
( 6:55)  6. Every Day I Have The Blues
( 6:27)  7. Deed I Do
(13:15)  8. Night Train
( 5:06)  9. Goin' to Chicago Blues
( 9:21) 10. Swingin' Along On Broadway

An excellent bandleader and accompanist for many vocalists, including Billie Holiday, Buck Clayton was a valued soloist with Count Basie Orchestra during the '30s and '40s, and later was a celebrated studio and jam session player, writer, and arranger. His tart, striking tone and melodic dexterity were his trademark, and Clayton provided several charts for Basie's orchestra and many other groups. Clayton began his career in California, where he organized a big band that had a residency in China in 1934. When he returned, Clayton led a group and played with other local bands. During a 1936 visit to Kansas City, he was invited to join Basie's orchestra as a replacement for Hot Lips Page. Clayton was also featured on sessions with Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, and Holiday in the late '30s. He remained in the Basie band until 1943, when he left for army service. After leaving the army, Clayton did arrangements for Basie, Benny Goodman, and Harry James before forming a sextet in the late '40s. He toured Europe with this group in 1949 and 1950.

Clayton continued heading a combo during the '50s, and worked with Joe Bushkin, Tony Parenti, and Jimmy Rushing, among others. He organized a series of outstanding recordings for Columbia in the mid-'50s under the title Jam Session (compiled and reissued by Mosaic in 1993). There were sessions with Rushing, Ruby Braff, and Nat Pierce. Clayton led a combo with Coleman Hawkins and J.J. Johnson at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, then reunited with Goodman in 1957 at the Waldorf Astoria. There was another European tour, this time with Mezz Mezzrow. He appeared in the 1956 film The Benny Goodman Story and played the 1958 Brussels World Fair with Sidney Bechet. Clayton later made another European visit with a Newport Jazz Festival tour. He joined Eddie Condon's band in 1959, a year after appearing in the film Jazz on a Summer's Day. Clayton toured Japan and Australia with Condon's group in 1964, and continued to revisit Europe throughout the '60s, often with Humphrey Lyttelton's band, while playing festivals across the country. 

But lip and health problems virtually ended his playing career in the late '60s. After a period outside of music, Clayton once again became active in music, this time as a non-playing arranger, touring Africa as part of a State Department series in 1977. He provided arrangements and compositions for a 1974 Lyttleton and Buddy Tate album, and did more jam session albums for Chiaroscuro in 1974 and 1975. He also became an educator, teaching at Hunter College in the early '80s. Clayton led a group of Basie sidemen on a European tour in 1983, then headed his own big band in 1987 that played almost exclusively his compositions and arrangements. That same year Clayton's extensive autobiography Buck Clayton's Jazz World, with Nancy Miller-Elliot, was published. Bio ~ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/jive-at-five-live-feat.-emmett/id894093387?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Jive At Five

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Jimmy Rushing - Listen To The Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 43:51

Size: 101.9 MB

Styles: Jump Blues vocals, Swing

Year: 1955/2010

Art: Front

[5:14] 1. See See Rider

[3:15] 2. It's Hard to Laugh or Smile

[6:09] 3. Every Day

[7:35] 4. Evenin'

[5:18] 5. Good Morning Blues

[4:32] 6. Roll 'Em Pete

[5:54] 7. Don't Cry Baby

[2:38] 8. Take Me Back Baby

[3:13] 9. Rock And Roll

James Andrew Rushing (August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972), known as Jimmy Rushing, was an American blues shouter and swing jazz singer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.

Rushing was known as "Mr. Five by Five" and was the subject of an eponymous 1942 popular song that was a hit for Harry James and others -- the lyrics describing Rushing's rotund build: "he's five feet tall and he's five feet wide". He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927, then joined Bennie Moten's band in 1929. He stayed with the successor Count Basie band when Moten died in 1935. Rushing was a powerful singer who had a range from baritone to tenor. He could project his voice so that it soared over the horn and reed sections in a big-band setting. Basie claimed that Rushing "never had an equal" as a blues vocalist.

Emmett Berry/Trumpet; Lawrence Brown/Trombone; Freddie Green/Guitar; Pete Johnson/Piano; Jo Jones/Drums; Walter Page/Bass; Rudy Powell/Clarinet, Sax (Alto); Jimmy Rushing/Primary Artist, Vocals; Buddy Tate/Sax (Tenor)

Listen To The Blues

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