CHICAGO/ THE BLUES YESTERDAY Volume 16
"Tall"
Paul Hankins (né à
Mobile dans l'Alabama le 20 mars 1937) est le
pianiste/organiste de nombre de séances de blues derrière Earl Hooker, Bobby
Saxton, Freddy Robinson, Lillian Offit.... Il a gravé en vedette une douzaine
de titres dans la veine d'un Jimmy Smith, souvent accompagné du guitariste
Willie Hudson qui chante sur un blues. Je n'ai que très peu d'informations sur
cet excellent claviériste. Actuellement, j'essaie d'en glaner quelques unes
auprès de sa petite-fille?
E.
Rodney Jones (1927-2004) était un acteur de cinéma (Mahogany, Three the hard way),
propriétaire du célèbre club Burning Spear Lounge avec Pervis Spann et surtout
un DJ très populaire à Chicago où sa voix de baryton, chaude et insinuante, son
courrier des auditeurs et ses choix musicaux drainaient de fortes audiences sur
la station WVON. Rodney Jones a enregistré une poignée de 45t sous son nom, en
compagnie de musiciens de premier plan qu'il avait réunis pour l'occasion, en
particulier le remarquable guitariste Larry
Blasingaine qui enregistrera avec les Jackson Five, Jackie Wilson ou les
Emotions...
Gérard
HERZHAFT
Merci à Mr Mightygroove et Jack Stanton
pour leur aide.
With this 16th
opus of our Chicago/ The Blues Yesterday
series, we are drifting a little bit outside the hardcore blues for those
(still very bluesy) organ-piano-guitar-saxophone instrumentals between jazz,
blues, Soul and early Funk which were so popular among the African-Americans
during the 1960's.
"Tall" Paul Hankins (born
20th of March 1937 in Mobile, Alabama) is the keyboardist of numerous sessions,
particularly behind Earl Hooker, Bobby Saxton, Lillian Offit, Freddy Robinson,
etc... He also recorded a dozen titles under his name in a vein similar to
Jimmy Smith or Mc Griff who were enjoying a lot of success at that time.
Backing him on lead guitar, Willie Hudson is also featuring here singing a good
blues. I still try to gather more infos on Hankins.
Perry & The Harmonics was a band
formed by sax player Clarence Perry (who recorded with Roosevelt Sykes or Ella
Fitzgerald) and singer/pianist Ed Townsend (1929-2003) better known as a
producer, composer and A&R man at Mercury, Vee Jay, Capitol, Scepter for
big names like Marvin Gaye, Etta James, Big Maybelle or Dee Dee Warwick. Their
only album (a true "collector" never reissued) Intrigue with Soul from 1965 is entirely made of titles inspired by
the James Bond films of the era (with Sean Connery) with the driving irresistible
Do the Monkey with James. If we are featuring
here the bluesiest tracks for this compilation, all the album is first rate and
should please everyone with a taste for Jazz Soul.
Blasingaine who would record and tour with the Jackson Five, Jackie Wilson or The Emotions.
Thanks
a lot to Mr Mightygroove and Jack Stanton for their help.
Gérard
HERZHAFT
CHICAGO/ THE BLUES YESTERDAY Volume 16
TALL PAUL HANKINS, pno; Eddie C.
Campbell, g; A.C. Reed, t-sax; Jack Myers, bs; Odie Payne, dms. Chicago, Ill.
1959
01. Teenage hop
I am
in love again
Tall
Paul Hankins, og; Willie Hudson, g/vcl on *; Bobby Hudson, bs; Joe Hudson, dms.
Chicago, Ill.
1964
02. Joe's House
Party I & II
03. Red Lips
04. It's you
I'm going to miss*
Tall
Paul Hankins, og; The Hot Peppers, band. Chicago,
Ill. 1965
05. The
Turnpike
06. Saint James
Infirmary
07. A touch of the blues
08. Hot Spot
Tall
Paul Hankins, og; band. Chicago,
Ill. 1966
09. My Boogaloo
Tall
Paul Hankins, pno; band. Chicago,
Ill. c. 1967
Rock
me baby
Soul
searchin'
PERRY & THE HARMONICS: Clarence
Perry, t-sax; Ed Townsend, vcl/pno; Paul Pratt, g; Richard Mc Crea, og; Maurice
Wells, dms. Chicago, Ill. 1965
10. Do the
monkey with James
11. James out
of sight
12.
Goldfinger's got the blues
13. The James
Bond Theme
14. James goes
to Soulville
E. RODNEY JONES, vcl; band. Chicago, Ill.
1965
15. R&B
Time I & II
16. Soul Heaven
E.
Rodney Jones, vcl; Larry Blasingaine, g; The Hippies, band. Chicago, Ill.
1970
17. Chicken on
down
18. Football
19. Right on
right on
E.
Rodney Jones, vcl; Willie Henderson, vcl; band. Chicago, Ill.
juin 1972
20. The whole
thing
21. Loose Booty
LARRY BLASINGAINE, g; The
Hippies, band. Chicago, Ill. 1968
22. Enough for
everybody
23. Gimme some
of yours
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