Artist: Bill Jennings
Title: Architect Of Soul Jazz: The Complete Early Recordings 1951-1957
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Genre: Guitar Jazz, R&B, Jazz Blues, Soul Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps
Total Time: 147:58
Total Size: 341 MB
Tracklist:01. Alexandria, Virginia (2:56)
02. You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (2:48)
03. Stompin' With Bill (2:45)
04. The Lonesome Traveller (3:06)
05. Piccadilly Circus (2:01)
06. There Will Never Be Another You (2:51)
07. What Will I Do (3:48)
08. Billy In The Lion's Den (2:52)
09. Fine And Dandy (2:28)
10. Just You, Just Me (2:46)
11. Down To Earth (2:18)
12. May I (2:53)
13. Get Hot (2:26)
14. Stuffy (2:57)
15. Solitude (2:49)
16. What's New (3:31)
17. They Can't Take That Away From Me (2:16)
18. Sweet & Lovely (3:26)
19. Blue Grass (3:56)
20. Soft Winds (2:57)
21. Sophisticated Lady (2:15)
22. Big Boy (2:13)
23. 633-Knock! (2:27)
24. Danny Boy (2:31)
25. Darn That Dream (2:39)
26. Alexandria, Virginia 2 (2:54)
27. Stomp (Stompin' With Bill) (2:41)
28. Stompin' With Bill (2:43)
01. Willow Weep For Me (2:47)
02. Day Train (2:33)
03. Glide On (2:38)
04. Three Little Words (2:37)
05. Have You Ever Had The Blues (2:32)
06. Better Ask Somebody (2:44)
07. Sea Breeze (2:30)
08. A Good 'un (2:25)
09. Easy Living (3:51)
10. Nature Boy (2:06)
11. Ja-Da (4:03)
12. Angel Eyes (3:20)
13. You Don't Know What Love Is (2:03)
14. It Ain't Necessarily So/Summertime (4:06)
15. Answer Me My Love (3:16)
16. What Is This Thing Called Love (2:40)
17. It's Easy To Remember (3:10)
18. One For My Baby (3:50)
19. You Go To My Head (2:53)
20. Mood Indigo (2:15)
21. Wishbone (2:37)
22. Blues In My Heart (2:36)
23. Roses Of Picardy (3:03)
24. Down Boy (2:44)
Citace:
Although underappreciated by the public during his lifetime, guitarist Bill Jennings was much admired by fellow musicians, including Louis Jordan, Bill Doggett, and Willis Jackson (all of whom employed him) and B.B. King (who cites Jennings as one of his favorites). King called him a "daring player, both rhythmically and technically... because he would start a groove to going, and then whatever it takes to keep that groove going, he would do it."
The Indianapolis picker's music was rediscovered in the Nineties by a new generation of guitarists, including Junior Watson, Duke Robillard, and Rusty Zinn, who have incorporated elements of Jennings' lean, swinging approach into their blues performances. The reissue of these rare recordings for the Gotham and King labels should help to enhance Jennings' standing in the public's pantheon of great jazz and blues guitar players.