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Released as an attempt to cash in on the swing revival that swept through America in the late '90s, MCA's At the Swing Cat's Ball contains 12 songs that spotlight Louis Jordan's hardest-swinging material. Since Jordan towered above most jump blues practitioners in the '40s, it's easy to enjoy the compilation, even if you question the reasons behind its assembly. Since it concentrates on swinging material, it isn't a strict hits compilation (even though there are hits here), but that probably won't bother Generation Y swingers, whom this compilation is clearly targeted at.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Denver Darling, ComposerLyricist - Wild Bill Davis, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Milt Gabler, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Boyd, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Vaughn Horton, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - Josh Jackson, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Hogan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse Simpkins, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Izenhall, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1946 UMG Recordings, Inc.
J. Mayo Williams, Producer - Louis Russell, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - William Campbell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Courtney Williams, ComposerLyricist - J. Mayo Williams, Producer - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
J. Mayo Williams, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - Bert Mays, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Courtney Williams, ComposerLyricist - J. Mayo Williams, Producer - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Jordan, ComposerLyricist - J. Mayo Williams, Producer - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist
℗ 1939 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - Mike Jackson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1942 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - Jerome Jerry Bresler, ComposerLyricist - Larry Wynn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1946 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - Spencer Lee, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - Wilhelmina Gray, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 Geffen Records
Billy Austin, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - Sheldon Smith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - Burt John Wilson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - J. Dane, ComposerLyricist - B. Lorre, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hy Heath, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Lange, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wild Bill Davis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Doggett, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Fleecy Moore, ComposerLyricist - Milt Gabler, Producer - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - Fred Clark, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Milt Gabler, Producer - Will D. Cobb, ComposerLyricist - Gus Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - William Tennyson Jr., ComposerLyricist - William J. Tennyson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - William J. Tennyson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, MainArtist - Rene Rafael, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1954 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Released as an attempt to cash in on the swing revival that swept through America in the late '90s, MCA's At the Swing Cat's Ball contains 12 songs that spotlight Louis Jordan's hardest-swinging material. Since Jordan towered above most jump blues practitioners in the '40s, it's easy to enjoy the compilation, even if you question the reasons behind its assembly. Since it concentrates on swinging material, it isn't a strict hits compilation (even though there are hits here), but that probably won't bother Generation Y swingers, whom this compilation is clearly targeted at.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:09
- Main artists: Louis Jordan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Blues
© 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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