CHICAGO/ The Blues Yesterday/ Volume 20
Nombre de groupes se sont nommés Chicago All Stars. Celui-ci est l'agrégation de vétérans de la
scène du blues et du jazz de Chicago - le trompettiste Johnny Morton, les
saxophonistes Sugarman Penigar et Oett "Sax" Mallard et le batteur
omniprésent Armand Jump Jackson - qui après la guerre ont formé un ensemble de
R&B qui a connu un certain mais bref succès à la fin des années 1940.
Clara Morris
(c. 1921 - 2007) est une superbe chanteuse d'inspiration immanquablement rurale
qui, hélas, ne nous laisse qu'une très belle séance de 1941 dans laquelle elle
est accompagnée de Lonnie Johnson et Blind John Davis. Elle a encore enregistré
quelques mois plus tard avec Big Bill Broonzy une séance demeurée inédite.
Comme beaucoup, sa carrière a été définitivement interrompue par la guerre.
Elle semble s'être mariée avec un certain Mr Proctor et est décédée à Lake
Forest (Illinois).
Enfin, le chanteur Frank
Butler (à ne pas confondre avec le batteur de jazz du même nom) a émargé à
la scène de Chicago dans les années 1955-70, enregistrant une poignée de 45t
pour de petits labels comme Chief, Space Age ou Great Scott, ses derniers
morceaux montrant une évolution très nette vers la Soul. Je ne connais rien de
sa vie et tous renseignements seront les bienvenus.
Gérard
HERZHAFT
Tous nos remerciements à Steve Wisner et Sir
Shambling pour leur aide.
Let's open this
20th opus of our "Chicago/ The Blues Yesterday" series with Jo Jo Williams, certainly the most well
known artist of this comp. Born in Coahoma on 7th October 1923, Joseph Eginger
Williams is the son of a railroad employee. At an early age, he has met Son
House and Willie Brown, lived as a teenager in Memphis where, under the
influence of the local Beale Street acts, he learned to play the guitar around
1942 and left to Chicago, well determined to make a living out of his music. He
formed his own band, The Blues Rockers with which he recorded a handful of
singles under his own name, was a staunch member of the Muddy Waters Junior
Band, toured the West Coast with Little Walter... During the 1960's Jo Jo went
to live to Minneapolis where alongside Lazy Bill Lucas and Mojo Buford he would
be a revered figure of the local blues scene. Jo Jo died in Minneapolis 16 June
2010.
Several
groups named themselves Chicago All
Stars. This one here is the temporary aggregation at the end of the 1940's
of Chicago blues and Jazz veterans, namely trumpet player Johnny Morton,
saxophonists Oett "Sax" Mallard and Sugarman Penigar as well as the
ubiquitous drummer and bandleader Armand "Jump" Jackson.
At
last, powerful singer Frank Butler
(not to be confused with the jazz drummer of the same name) has been present on
the Chicago blues scene during the years 1955-70, recording a handful of 45s
for small local labels like Chief, Space Age or Great Scott, the last tracks in
a more Soul vein. I unfortunately don't know anything more about his
whereabouts and every piece of information would be most welcome.
Gérard
HERZHAFT
A lot of thanks
to Steve Wisner and Sir Shambling for their invaluable help.
CHICAGO/ The Blues Yesterday/ Volume 20
JO JO WILLIAMS (Joseph
Williams), vcl/g; Mojo Buford, hca; Lazy
Bill Lucas, pno; Dave Myers, g; Sam Burton, dms. Cicero, Ill. 1959
01. Rock'n'roll
boogie
02. Rock and
roll can save your soul
03. All pretty
women
04. Women's
world
05. Davy
Crockett's jingle bells
06. You can't
live in this big world by yourself
Although the "Chicago
ain't " Delmark album says that 05 & 06 are hitherto unissued titles,
those two are in fact absolutely similar to 07 & 08 which were issued as an
Atmic-H 45.
Jo
Jo Williams, vcl/g; Little Smokey Smothers, g; Tommy Reader, a-sax; P.T. Hayes,
hca; Elijah Jordan, bs; Robert Whitehead, dms. Chicago, Ill. 1959
07. Afro shake
dance
08. You got to
be loved
CHICAGO ALL STARS: Johnny Morton, tpt; Sax Mallard, a-sax/clt; Sugarman
Penigar, t-sax; Bill Owens, pno; Elmer Ewing, g; Bali Beach, bs; Jump Jackson,
dms. Chicago, 27 July 1947
09. Green light
(vcl: Johnny
Morton)
10. Hey hey big
mama (vcl: Johnny
Morton)
11. I love you
mama (vcl: Sugarman
Penigar)
12. No no baby (vcl: Sugarman Penigar)
Chicago
All Stars, band. Same or Similar. Chicago, Ill. 26 December 1947
13. Are you
getting married brother? (vcl:
Cozy Eggleston)
14. Strange
strange lover (vcl:
Pro Mc Clam)
CLARA MORRIS, vcl; Lonnie
Johnson, g; Blind John Davis, pno; Willie Mitchell, bs. Chicago, Ill. 27 March
1941
15. Cry on
daddy
16. I stagger
in my sleep
17. I'm blue
daddy
18. Poker
playing daddy
FRANK BUTLER, vcl; Cool
Breeze (Joseph Bell), bs; band. Chicago, Ill. 1957
19. I can't
believe it
Frank
Butler, vcl; band. Chicago, Ill. 1965-66
20. Build a
little house for you
21. How I feel
about you
22. Someone
outside
Frank
Butler, vcl; band. Chicago, Ill. 1968
23. So many
years
Frank
Butler, vcl; band. Chicago, Ill. 1970
24. The love I
need
25. If love
don't change
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RépondreSupprimermerci Gérard pour ces raretés!
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