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Most of the CD compilations released in conjunction with the major television documentary series The Blues were devoted to famous bluesmen or blues-rockers. So those who administered the CD companion volumes are to be applauded for taking a chance and including an installment on Lenoir, who -- unlike most of the rest of the spotlighted performers -- will probably not be familiar to many, perhaps most, of the series' viewers. This anthology could well be subtitled "J.B. Lenoir at Chess," for though his career did take in work at several different labels, all but two of these 1950s tracks were first released on Chess. Frankly, it doesn't make a case forLenoir as a blues giant; it's good but second-division '50s electric Chicago blues, a little monotonous in flavor, distinguished by his so-high-pitched-it-could-be-a-woman vocals. It does have the Lenoir songs that have proved to be his most enduring, those being his political commentaries "Eisenhower Blues" and "Korea Blues," "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," and "Don't Touch My Head"; "Eisenhower Blues" and "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," both originally released on Parrot, are the two non-Chess pieces on offer. It's too bad, however, that it doesn't license any of his mid-'60s socially conscious acoustic tracks, which demonstrate there was considerably more range to Lenoir's music and artistry than was displayed in his 1950s recordings.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Lorenzo Smith, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sunnyland Slim, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Baby Face Leroy Foster, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Alfred Wallace, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, ComposerLyricist - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Smith, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Al Galvin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Smith, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Leonard Chess, Producer - Phil Chess, Producer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1956 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leonard Caston, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Lockwood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leonard Caston, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Atkins, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - WILLIE DIXON, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J.B. Lenoir, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robert Lockwood, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Montgomery, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gavin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ernest Cotton, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1958 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Most of the CD compilations released in conjunction with the major television documentary series The Blues were devoted to famous bluesmen or blues-rockers. So those who administered the CD companion volumes are to be applauded for taking a chance and including an installment on Lenoir, who -- unlike most of the rest of the spotlighted performers -- will probably not be familiar to many, perhaps most, of the series' viewers. This anthology could well be subtitled "J.B. Lenoir at Chess," for though his career did take in work at several different labels, all but two of these 1950s tracks were first released on Chess. Frankly, it doesn't make a case forLenoir as a blues giant; it's good but second-division '50s electric Chicago blues, a little monotonous in flavor, distinguished by his so-high-pitched-it-could-be-a-woman vocals. It does have the Lenoir songs that have proved to be his most enduring, those being his political commentaries "Eisenhower Blues" and "Korea Blues," "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," and "Don't Touch My Head"; "Eisenhower Blues" and "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," both originally released on Parrot, are the two non-Chess pieces on offer. It's too bad, however, that it doesn't license any of his mid-'60s socially conscious acoustic tracks, which demonstrate there was considerably more range to Lenoir's music and artistry than was displayed in his 1950s recordings.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:32
- Main artists: J.B. Lenoir
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Blues
© 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2003 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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