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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Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1931 - 1934), Volume 1
Jazz - Pubblicato da Collector Records Greece il 8 dic 2011
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Bumble Bee Slim 1934 -1937
Blues - Pubblicato da Wolf Records International GmbH il 16 giu 1994
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Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 8 1937-1951
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 14 giu 2005
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Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 1 1931-1934
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 14 giu 2005
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Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 6 1936
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 14 giu 2005
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Back in Town
Blues - Pubblicato da Nifty Music, Inc. il 1 mag 2013
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Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 7 1936-1937
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 14 giu 2005
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Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 2 1934
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 14 giu 2005
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Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1936 - 1937), Volume 7
Jazz - Pubblicato da Collector Records Greece il 9 dic 2011
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Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1937 - 1951), Volume 8
Jazz - Pubblicato da Collector Records Greece il 10 dic 2011
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Meetin' Here
Jazz - Pubblicato da Fresh Sound Records il 28 apr 2013
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Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 5 1935-1936
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 14 giu 2005
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Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 4 1935
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 14 giu 2005
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Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 3 1934-1935
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 14 giu 2005
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12 O clock Southern Train
Jazz - Pubblicato da Black & Partner Licenses LLC il 24 apr 2019
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Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1935), Volume 4
Jazz - Pubblicato da Collector Records Greece il 9 dic 2011
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Jazz Figures / Bumble Bee Slim, (1935 - 1936), Volume 5
Jazz - Pubblicato da Collector Records Greece il 9 dic 2011
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Treasures of North American Negro Music, Vol. 10 (Recordings of 1934 & 1936)
Pop - Pubblicato da Blues Classics il 30 set 2020
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Greatest 1920s & 1930s Blues Licks
Blues - Pubblicato da Master Classics Records il 1 ott 2010
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Bumble Bee Slim: From Georgia to Chicago (1931-1937) (The Blues)
Blues - Pubblicato da Fremeaux Heritage il 30 lug 2002
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