Required Listening
Show 3: The Blues Bandleader Tradition
This one listens for horns, shouts, and big-room energy in the blues tradition. It argues that brass was never just decoration: it helped carry the music into jump blues, R&B, soul, and stage show territory.
39Tracks
29Artists
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This one listens for horns, shouts, and big-room energy in the blues tradition. It argues that brass was never just decoration: it helped carry the music into jump blues, R&B, soul, and stage show territory.
Tracklist
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switching in the Kitchen | Big Joe Turner | 1 | Story | |
| 2 | Caldonia | James Brown | 1 | - | |
| 3 | They Call Me Big Mama | Big Mama Thornton | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Louisiana | Percy Mayfield | 1 | - | |
| 5 | Don't Touch My Head | J.B. Lenoir | 1 | - | |
| 6 | I'm Shakin' | Little Willie John | 1 | - | |
| 7 | Going Back To Where I Belong | Sugar Pie DeSanto | 1 | - | |
| 8 | Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On | Big Maybelle | 1 | - | |
| 9 | Bloodshot Eyes | Wynonie Harris | 1 | - | |
| 10 | Keep That Coffee Hot | Scatman Crothers | 1 | - | |
| 11 | Get Rich Quick | Little Richard,Richard Penniman | 1 | - | |
| 12 | Can't Believe You Wanna Leave | Little Richard | 1 | - | |
| 13 | Dreaming Blues | Roy Brown | 1 | Yes | - |
| 14 | Worried Life Blues | Roy Brown | 2 | Yes | Story |
| 15 | Baby You Were Meant For Me | Ervin Rucker | 2 | - | |
| 16 | Water! Water! | Effie Smith | 2 | - | |
| 17 | Shorty | Vernon Dilworth | 2 | - | |
| 18 | St. Louis Blues | Slim Gaillard | 2 | - | |
| 19 | Vout Orenee | Slim Gaillard | 2 | - | |
| 20 | Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea | Cab Calloway | 2 | - | |
| 21 | Hesitation Blues | Louis Armstrong | 2 | - | |
| 22 | Azure Te | Louis Jordan | 2 | Yes | - |
| 23 | Knock Me A Kiss | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | 3 | Yes | Story |
| 24 | Open the Door, Richard | Louis Jordan | 3 | - | |
| 25 | Keep A Knockin' (But You Can't Come In) | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | 3 | - | |
| 28 | A Kiss To Build A Dream On | Louis Armstrong | 3 | - | |
| 30 | Deep Moanin' Blues | Ma Rainey,The Tub Jug Washboard Band | 3 | Yes | - |
| 31 | Stormy Weather | Billie Holiday | 4 | Yes | Story |
| 32 | Devil's Gonna Git You | Bessie Smith | 4 | - | |
| 33 | Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair | Bessie Smith | 4 | - | |
| 34 | Mary, Don't You Weep | Aretha Franklin | 4 | - | |
| 35 | Feeling Good | Nina Simone | 4 | - | |
| 37 | Evil Woman | Champion Jack Dupree | 4 | Story | |
| I Put a Spell On You | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | - | |||
| I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town | Louis Jordan | - | |||
| Nobody Knows You When You Are Down And Out | Louis Jordan | - | |||
| St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues) | Louis Armstrong | - | |||
| The Midnight Hour | Ray Charles | - | |||
| Weeping Willow Blues | Bessie Smith | - |