During my visits to France I often go to places where new and vintage vinyl resides. My past few trips have produced treasures. Here are a few:
Ernest Ranglin – Softly With Ranglin
(Stephen Lauz – bass guitar, Leslie Butler – piano and organ, Carl MacLeod – drums) recorded in Jamaica and released in 1969 on Dub Store Records)
Why Don’t You Believe Me
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
Monty Alexander & Ernest Ranglin – Rock Steady from 2004
Redemption Song
Double Barrel
Jackie McLean & Co – Introducing Ray Draper & Tuba from 1957
- to note: Ray Draper on Tuba was 16 years old at the time of this recording. Jackie McLean – alto sax, Bill Hardman – trumpet, Mal Waldron – piano, Doug Watkins – bass, Arthur Taylor – drums
Flickers (Mal Waldron)
Minor Dream (Ray Draper)
7am
Jay McShann ft. Milt Buckner – Jumpin’ The Blues (Black and Blue Records – 1970)
- Recorded in Bordeaux, France October 22, 1970: Jay McShann – piano, George Kelly – tenor sax, Tiny Grimes – guitar, Hayes Alvis – bass, Paul Gunther – drums
Lady Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin)
Jumpin’ At The Woodside (Count Basie)
Back Slider and Hypocrite (Tiny Grimes)
Jumpin’ The Blues (Jay McShann)
- recorded in Barcelona, Spain, November 16th, 1970: Jay McShann – piano, Milt Buckner – piano, unknown – bass, Paul Gunther – drums
Funky K.C. (Jay McShann-Milt Buckner)
Jimmy Reed – Anthologie Du Blues vol. 12 (Disques Vogue – 1971)
Hard Walking Hannah
Cry Before I Go
Can’t Stand To Leave
746am
Lightening Hopkins – Really The Blues (America Records – 1950-51)
Home In The Woods
Tap Dance Boogie
Worried Blues
One Kind Of Blues
Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Burnett) – Blues From Hell (Career Retrospective Compilation by Not Now Music printed in the EU)
Spoonful (Willie Dixon, 1960)
Evil (Dixon, 1954)
Smokestack Lightenin’ (Burnett, 1951)
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