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dimanche 23 août 2020

LADIES SING THE BLUES/ Volume 5


LADIES SING THE BLUES/ Volume 5


     
     Well... If those ladies featured in the 5th Volume of our series are all good or even great singers, if most of the tracks are good blues with more than a jazz flavor, if they are backed by soulful and very professional bands, they largely stay mostly anonymous artists and with the notable exception of Mabel Robinson, very few is known about her outside their recorded works. At least to me, and despite strong researches through my books and magazines collections and of course the web. Of course, all eventual contributions from readers who'd know better would be greatly appreciated!
            Helen Proctor, a fine singer, recorded only six tracks, two in 1938 and four more the following year when she was the featured singer of Henry "Red" Allen's popular band. We don't know either her whereabouts or what she became after the war.
            Not much is either known about R&B singer Pearl Traylor who recorded between 1945 and 1951 for Modern and Okeh. Several fine tracks with a minor hit with Around the clock Parts I & II. She is backed by great musicians like pianists Hadda Brooks or Willard McDaniel and Chuck Norris on the guitar.
           
Daisy Mae Diggs is also a good jazzy singer from Philadelphia who recorded eight numbers in the mid-50's with her Hepcats, a small jazz group with guitarists Al Russell and Billy Butler. Not much is known about her except that apparently she appeared as a young dancer with the Les Hite's band in the 1933 movie Sing, Sinner, Sing! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=35&v=l2z0QFu6udE&feature=emb_logo)

            And now with Mabel Robinson, born Mabel Brown on March 29, 1914 at Cape Charles, Va. Living in Boston since 1931, she started a career as a singer and pianist during the early 1940's, recording six tracks with Sammy Price on the 88s. This led her to be the featured singer on several bands like those of Louis Jordan, Skeets Tolbert, Sammy Davis Sr (father of Sammy Davis Jr) or Roy Haynes. She married Mr Simms in 1939 and appeared as Mabel Robinson Simms, singing and playing piano in numerous
Boston clubs for decades, as a solo act or with numerous bands. In 1956, she formed the Mabel Robinson Trio with her sister Frances Brown, playing as a regular act at the famous Boston's Moulin Rouge situated in the former Hotel Vendome in the Back Bay. She resigned her musical career in 1968 and died in Boston on January 27, 2005 after being honored by the Boston Jazz Society. She apparently didn't record outside the tracks featured here although there are rumours of an album she would have made in the 1950's.
                                       Gérard HERZHAFT

HELEN PROCTOR, vcl; Pat Jenkins, tpt; Sam Massenberg, tpt; Al Cooper, clt/a-sax; b-sax; Rudy Williams, a-sax; Ed Mc Neil, t-sax; Oliver Richardson, pno; Grachan Moncur, bs; Alex Mitchell, dms. New York City, 19 août 1938
01. Someone outside is taking your mind
02. You'll never miss the water
Helen Proctor, vcl; Henry Red Allen, tpt; Buster Bailey, clt; Lil Armstrong, pno; Ulysses Livingston, g; Wellman Braud, bs; O'Neill Spencer, dms. New York City, 13 octobre 1939
03. Blues at midnight
04. Cheatin' on me
05. Let's call it a day
06. Take me along with you
MABEL ROBINSON, vcl; Four Blackamoors, vcls; band. New York City, 23 juillet 1941
07. You don't know my mind
08. Somebody's getting my love
09. Don't give up the old love
10. Search your heart and see
Mabel Robinson, vcl; Sammy Price, pno; William Lewis, g; Herman Autrey, tpt; David Young, t-sax; Vernon King, bs; O'Neill Spencer, dms. New York City, 20 janvier 1942
11. Me and my chauffeur
12. I've got too many blues
PEARL TRAYLOR, vcl; Hadda Brooks, pno; Bill Davis, bs; Al Wichard, dms. Los Angeles, Ca. 1945
13. Lonesome gal
14. Daddy somebody's got to go
15. Nightmare boogie
Pearl Traylor, vcl; Vernon Biddle, pno; Howard Mc Ghee, tpt; Teddy Edwards, t-sax; James King, a-sax; Robert Kesterson, bs; Roy Porter, dms. Los Angeles, Ca. septembre 1945
16. Playboy blues
17. Around the clock I & II
18. Gee I'm lonesome
Pearl Traylor, vcl; Hadda Brooks, pno; band. Los Angeles, Ca. 1946
19. Jive I like
Pearl Traylor, vcl; Teddy Buckner, tpt; Freddie Simon, t-sax; Maurice Simon, b-sax; Willard Mc Daniel, pno; Chuck Norris, g; Warren Owens, bs; Walter Murden, dms. Los Angeles, Ca. 26 juin 1951
20. Come on daddy let's play tonight
21. Three ball Sam (The pawnshop man)
DAISY MAE DIGGS, vcl/dms; Al Russell, pno; Joe Sewell, t-sax; Billy Butler, g; Arthur Russell, g; Doc Starkes, bs. Philadelphie, Penn. 31 mars 1955
22. Want me a man
23. Woman trouble (vcls: Al Russell)
24. Lonesome playgirl
25. Stuff you got to watch
Daisy Mae Diggs, vcl/dms; Billy Butler, g; Arthur Russell, g; Jimmy Butts, bs; Gene Johnson, pno; band. Philadelphie, Penn. 1956
26. Hop scotch
27. Frosty's groove
28. Fanny Duncan
29. Corn pone


19 commentaires:

  1. LADIES SING THE BLUES/ Volume 5
    https://mega.nz/file/6cREjAqL#28gOcsmx6kj6rQ5lSeVjLQK6L--LZWeIvH4C_Y51pbc
    OK? And all feedbacks are welcome!

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    1. Hello Gérard, merci pour ton blog, je me régale à chaque fois !!! Je n'arrive pas à télécharger ce lien, peux-tu m'aider ?

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    2. Il suffit de copier/coller sur la recherche web le lien htpss qui est dans la partie commentaires
      comme suit
      https://mega.nz/file/6cREjAqL#28gOcsmx6kj6rQ5lSeVjLQK6L--LZWeIvH4C_Y51pbc
      Et merci de ne pas rester anonyme. En général je ne réponds pas aux commentaires non signés

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  2. Salut Gerard,
    bonne journee a toi ;merci pour ce nouveau post
    et garde-toi bien mon ami

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  3. This looks very interesting, thanks Gerard.

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  4. you have volumes 1 and 2 , LADIES SING THE BLUES

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    1. Yes Ladies Volume 1 is Irene Scruggs Complete Recordings
      https://jukegh.blogspot.com/2019/08/irene-scruggs-voice-of-blues.html

      Ladies Volume 2 is Iona Wade/ Complete Recordings
      https://jukegh.blogspot.com/2019/08/iona-wade-complete-recordings.html

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  5. Gérard,
    Thank you very much for these well researched selections.
    A lot of these tracks are unknown by me.

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  6. Thank you for giving these talented ladies their due!

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  7. Hello Gerard!
    Merci, encore une superbe série que vous nous offrez là.

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  8. Consistently fantastic music. Thank you.

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  9. Ah Gérard! Je désespérais de trouver ce volume 5 consacré aux Ladies Chantant Le Blues! Tellement, d'ailleurs, que je commençais à croire qu'il faudrait se contenter du "Rosebud" de Danny Overbea... I may feel better now!
    SZ

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