Jimmy Rushing
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.
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Four Classic Albums Plus (Jimmy Rushing and The Smith Girls / The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing Esq / Little Jimmy Rushing and The Big Brass / Brubeck & Rushing) [Remastered]
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Five Feet Of Soul (2003 Remaster)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 01.01.1963
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Complete Goin' To Chicago And Listen To The Blues
Jazz - Erschienen bei Lone Hill Jazz am 01.01.2005
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Five Feet of Soul (Album of 1963)
Blues - Erschienen bei Blues Classics am 30.09.2019
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Blues in the Dark
Jimmy Rushing, Count Basie, Dave Brubeck
Blues - Erschienen bei Play Digital am 09.06.2014
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Jimmy Rushing: Rushing Lullabies
Jazz - Erschienen bei Blue Velvet am 20.10.2016
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Jazz Side Story (A Timeless Jazz Recordings)
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Jimmy Rushing and the Smith Girls (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1960)
Jimmy Rushing, The Smith Girls
Blues - Erschienen bei Blues Classics am 01.01.2013
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Do You Wanna Jump, Children? 1937-1946
Pop - Erschienen bei Jasmine Records am 19.02.2021
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Goin' to Chicago Plus Listen to the Blues
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Jazz Box (The Jazz Series)
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The Very Best Of
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Stardust Records am 01.04.2009
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Cat Meets Chick: A Story in Jazz
Ada Moore, Jimmy Rushing, Buck Clayton
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Listen My Children And You Shall Hear (Remastered)
Count Basie, His Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing
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The band singer (1929-1940)
Jazz - Erschienen bei EPM am 01.12.1993
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The Jazz Odyssey Of James Rushing Esq. / Jimmy Rushing And The Smith Girls
Jazz - Erschienen bei Lone Hill Jazz am 01.01.2008
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