Personnel:
Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald
Reference: DRCD 11226
Effervescent saxophonist Louis Jordan was one of the chief architects and prime progenitors of the R&B idiom. His pioneering use of jumping shuffle rhythms in a small combo context was copied far and wide during the 1940s.
Tracklisting:
DISC 1:
1. I Want A Roof Over My Head
2. Show Me How (You Milk The Cow)
3. Blue Light Boogie (Parts 1 & 2)
4. Ain't Nobody Business But My Own - (with Ella Fitzgerald)
5. I'll Never Be Free - (with Ella Fitzgerald)
6. Tamburitza Boogie
7. Chartreuse, (You Dyed Your Hair)
8. Lemonade
9. It's A Great, Great Pleasure
10. You Will Alway's Have A Friend
11. Trouble Then Satisfaction
12. Life Is So Peculiar - (with Louis Armstrong)
13. You Rascal - (with Louis Armstrong)
14. Teardrops From My Eyes
15. Weak Minded Blues
16. Is My Pop In There?
17. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
18. If You So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich
19. Trust In Me
20. Louisville Lodge Meeting
21. How Blue Can You Get?
22. May Every Day Be Christmas
23. Please Don't Leave Me
DISC 2:
1. Bone Dry
2. Three Handed Woman
3. Fat Sam From Birmingham
4. Cock-A-Doodle Doo
5. There Must Be A Way
6. Come And Get It
7. Slow Down
8. Work Baby Work
9. Never Trust A Woman
10. All Of Me
11. There Goes My Heart
12. Lay Something On The Bar
13. Junco Partner
14. Time Marches On
15. Azure-Te
16. Oil Well, Texas
17. Jordan For President
18. Soon-A-Baby, The
19. You Didn't want Me baby
20. Man's Best Friend Is A Bed, A
21. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
22. It's Better To Wait For Love
23. Only Yesterday
24. Just Like A Butterfly
25. Crazy Baby
