The Jazz Odyssey Of James Rushing Esq + Jimmy Rushing And The Smith Girls + 3 Bonus Tracks
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An outstanding record from Count Basie's favourite blues singer. "Jazz Odyssey" reflects Jimmy Rushing's own musical journey which runs parallel to the development of jazz. Backed up by a Buck Clayton led band he performs songs associated with the four great jazz meccas -- New Orleans, Kansas City, Chicago and New York.
Coupled with this is Rushing's tribute to the great female blues singers of the Twenties: Bessie, Mamie, Clara and Trixie. Buck Clayton is once again on trumpet, while Coleman Hawkins played tenor sax and Buster Bailey clarinet.
With three bonus tracks the result is almost 80 minutes of what Nat Hentoff called " wholly magnificent music"
Tracklisting
Nicola Hands & Jonathan Pease
Ben Webster
Cannonball Adderley
Jimmy Rushing
Oscar Peterson
J.J. Johnson
Ray Bryant
Nina Simone
Jimmy Rushing