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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Jazz Odyssey, Vol. 3
Jazz - Erschienen bei Diamond Days am 05.05.2008
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Jazz Odyssey, Vol. 2
Jazz - Erschienen bei Diamond Days am 05.05.2008
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Jazz Odyssey, Vol. 1
Jazz - Erschienen bei Diamond Days am 05.05.2008
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Blues At Dawn (Live)
Humphrey Lyttelton Big Band, Jimmy Rushing
Jazz - Erschienen bei Diamond Days am 05.05.2008
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One Night In Oxford Street 1957 (Live)
Humphrey Lyttelton Big Band, Jimmy Rushing
Jazz - Erschienen bei Firefly Entertainment am 05.05.2008
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Brubeck & Rushing (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1960)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Jimmy Rushing
Blues - Erschienen bei Blues Classics am 01.01.2013
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Goin' to Chicago (Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks 1954)
Blues - Erschienen bei Blues Classics am 01.01.2013
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The Way I Feel (Original EP Plus Bonus Tracks 1958)
Blues - Erschienen bei Blues Classics am 01.01.2013
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Legendary Bop, Rhythm & Blues Classics: Jimmy Rushing (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Essential Media Group am 19.01.2010
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Mr. 5 x 5 (Digital 45) - Single
Jazz - Erschienen bei Essential Media Group am 04.05.2010
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Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual, Vol. 2
Jimmy Witherspoon, Carmen McRae, Jimmy Rushing
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jazz Casual Records am 28.08.2012
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Rushing Lullabies + Brubeck & Rushing (Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Efor, S.L am 01.06.2014
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Give Life Back to Music
Jazz - Erschienen bei Premier am 25.03.2016
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Cat Meets Chick
Buck Clayton, Ada Moore, Jimmy Rushing
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 01.01.2000
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Jimmy Rushing (Vintage Charm)
Blues - Erschienen bei Don't stop the music am 20.12.2022
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Go Get Some More, You Fool
Jimmy Rushing, The Count Basie Orchestra
Pop - Erschienen bei 75 Records am 12.02.2023
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Down Hearted Blues
Jimmy Rushing, The Smith Girls
Pop - Erschienen bei 75 Records am 11.02.2023
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Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
Jimmy Rushing, Pete Johnson Band
Pop - Erschienen bei 75 Records am 14.02.2023
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Jimmy's Blues (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 10)
Blues - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 19.12.2018
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I'm Coming Virginia
Jimmy Rushing And His Orchestra, Jimmy Rushing
Pop - Erschienen bei 75 Records am 12.02.2023
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American Jazz (New Orleans, Kansas City, Chicago, New York)
Jimmy Rushing, Buck Clayton And His Orchestra
Jazz - Erschienen bei Don't stop the music am 06.07.2023
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