Bumble Bee Slim
Popular and prolific, Bumble Bee Slim parlayed a familiar but rudimentary style into one of the earliest flowerings of the Chicago style. Much of what he performed he adapted from the groundbreaking duo Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell -- Slim built on Carr's laconic, relaxed vocal style and Blackwell's guitar technique. During the mid-'30s, Bumble Bee Slim recorded a number of sides for a variety of labels, including Bluebird, Vocalion, and Decca, becoming one of the most-recorded bluesmen of the decade.
Born in Georgia, Bumble Bee Slim left his home when he was a teenager. He joined a circus and travelled thorughout the south and the Midwest for much of his adolescence and early adulthood. Eventually, he made a home in Indianapolis, where he played local parties and dance halls.
Bumble Bee Slim moved to Chicago in the early '30s. After a few years in the city, he began a recording career; his first singles appeared on Bluebird. Slim wrote and recorded frequently during the mid-'30s, selling more records than most of his contemporaries. In addition to cutting his own sides, he played on records by Big Bill Broonzy and Cripple Clarence Lofton, among others.
Bumble Bee Slim moved back to Georgia in the late '30s. After a few years, he left the state once again, relocating to Los Angeles in the early '40s. During the '50s, Slim cut some West Coast blues for Specialty and Pacific Jazz, which failed to gain much interest. For the rest of his career, he kept a low profile, playing various Californian clubs. Bumble Bee Slim died in 1968.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1931 - 1934), Volume 1
Jazz - Released by Collector Records Greece on 8 Dec 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bumble Bee Slim 1934 -1937
Blues - Released by Wolf Records International GmbH on 16 Jun 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 8 1937-1951
Blues - Released by Document Records on 14 Jun 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1936 - 1937), Volume 7
Jazz - Released by Collector Records Greece on 9 Dec 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1937 - 1951), Volume 8
Jazz - Released by Collector Records Greece on 10 Dec 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Meetin' Here
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on 28 Apr 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
12 O clock Southern Train
Jazz - Released by Black & Partner Licenses LLC on 24 Apr 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1935), Volume 4
Jazz - Released by Collector Records Greece on 9 Dec 2011
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Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1935 - 1936), Volume 5
Jazz - Released by Collector Records Greece on 9 Dec 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Treasures of North American Negro Music, Vol. 10 (Recordings of 1934 & 1936)
Pop - Released by Blues Classics on 30 Sep 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1934), Volume 2
Jazz - Released by Collector Records Greece on 8 Dec 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1936), Volume 6
Jazz - Released by Collector Records Greece on 9 Dec 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1934 -1935), Volume 3
Jazz - Released by Collector Records Greece on 8 Dec 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Back in Town (Hd Remastered)
Blues - Released by Reborn recordings on 5 Jul 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Everybody's Fishing 1931-1937 (Hd Remastered)
Blues - Released by Reborn recordings on 5 Jul 2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo