Pour ce tout premier volet, BABU vous présente une synthèse de tout le background musical des afro-américains pour voir comment est arrivé le rhythm’n’blues qui est la base de toute la musique populaire que l’on entend encore actuellement.
Tracklist :
Frankie Knuckles – The Whistle Song (E.K. 12’’ mix) [Virgin Records, 1991]
Sabu – Simba [Blue Note, 1957]
Ed Lewis – I Be So Glad When The Sun Goes Down [London Records, 1960]
Scott Joplin – The Entertainer [1902]
Eubie Blake – Charleston Rag [1915]
Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines – A Monday Date [1928]
King Oliver and his Orchestra – Shake It and Break It [Bluebird, 1930]
Jelly-Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers – Georgia Swing [Bluebird, 1928]
Duke Ellington – It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) [Brunswick, 1932]
Dizzy Gillespie – Birk’s Works [Dee Gee, 1951]
Ella Fitzgerald – Mack the Knife [Verve, 1960]
Lee Morgan – The Hearing [Vee Jay Records, 1961]
Sun Ra and his Arkestra – Enlightenment [El Saturn Records, 1959]
Robert Johnson – Cross Road Blues [Vocalion, 1937]
Smokey Hogg – Little School Girl [Modern Records, 1949]
Elmore James – Dust My Broom [Trumpet Records, 1951]
Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson – Roll’em Pete [Vocalion, 1939]
Cleo Brown – Boogie Woogie [Decca, 1935]
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Choo Choo Ch’Boogie [Decca, 1946]
Little Willie John – Fever [King Records, 1956]
Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & The Clowns – Don’t You Just Know It [Ace Records, 1958]
The Clovers – One Mint Julep [Atlantic, 1952]
The Rays – Silhouettes [Cameo, 1957]
Little Richard and his Band – Tutti Frutti [Specialty, 1955]
Chuck Berry and his Combo – Roll Over Beethoven [Chess, 1956]
Don & Dewey – Justine [Specialty, 1958]