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Created by:	johnny_luddite
Tracks:	10
Length:	00:42:06
Keywords	1. 1940s 2. modern 3. ancient
Created on	3/29/08 09:53pm
Level	4
Points	1814
Total visitors	28
Unique visitors	14

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Following on from previous mixes culled from the music of the fifties, sixties and seventies, here is my forties mix. Blues was moving towards electricity, jazz was moving towards bebop and Hitler was moving towards my Aunties house on the south coast of England till he was stopped. This mix brings together some stuff mostly from the latter part of the decade which interested me when I first heard it and which interests me still! I have concentrated on jazz and blues mainly because I love jazz and blues and the forties tends to be overshadowed by the fifties stuff!

tracklist

1	Thelonius Monk : Epistrophy
	This sounds so great now, it must have been off the scale for the forties! There is something familiar yet uns [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 10 from Best Of The Blue Note years Length: 00:03:23 Year: 0000
	Track Description: This sounds so great now, it must have been off the scale for the forties! There is something familiar yet unsettling about this piece, however many times I hear it. If you ever get a chance to hear 'The Best of Blue Note Records: 1939 - 1949', you will hear much to marvel at. I had the collection as a vinyl double album back home in England. SHOW LESS
2	Professor Longhair : Professor Longhair's Boogie
	From one individual on the piano to another. The good Professor set the standard for New Orleans piano boogie [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 3 from The Chrological Professor Longhair 1949 Length: 00:02:18 Year: 0000
	Track Description: From one individual on the piano to another. The good Professor set the standard for New Orleans piano boogie that the likes of Alain Toussaint and Dr John would later follow. I also loved the name of his backing band. (The Shuffling Hungarians) SHOW LESS
3	T-Bone Walker : T-Bone Shuffle
	From the start of the decade, T-Bone laid down the foundation for electric lead guitar work and the electric b [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 18 from Stormy Monday Blues: 1947 Recordings Length: 00:03:00 Year: 0000
	Track Description: From the start of the decade, T-Bone laid down the foundation for electric lead guitar work and the electric blues. This is so laid back, yet so wonderful. SHOW LESS
4	Muddy Waters : I Can't Be Satisfied
	Muddy Waters showed an earthier, more primitive blues style than the urbane T-Bone, but the early sides he rec [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 4 from The Chess Box Set Disc 1: 1947 - 1954 Length: 00:02:43 Year: 0000
	Track Description: Muddy Waters showed an earthier, more primitive blues style than the urbane T-Bone, but the early sides he recorded were as much templates for the electric blues to come as Walker's were. I always loved the way Muddy spat out his lyrics, and his guitar is wonderful here too! SHOW LESS
5	Charlie Parker : Perdido
	There has been a lot of criticism aimed at the 'Jazz At The Philharmonic' concerts that were put together by N [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 8 from Jazz At The Philharmonic 1949 Length: 00:08:34 Year: 1949
	Track Description: There has been a lot of criticism aimed at the 'Jazz At The Philharmonic' concerts that were put together by Norman Grantz, but I don't really give a toss about that. This is the only place you get to hear Charlie Parker and his mentor Lester Young trading solos while Ella Fitzgerald scat sings along with the band. The sound quality is good enough to show a little of the inventiveness of some of the great jazz musicians of the time. SHOW LESS
6	Django Reinhardt : Lover Man
	Another track from late on in the decade. Django just plays beautifully on this. SHOW MORE
	Track 9 from Djanjology Length: 00:03:12 Year: 1949
	Track Description: Another track from late on in the decade. Django just plays beautifully on this. SHOW LESS
7	Duke Ellington : Take the 'A' Train
	Ellington and his band had been recording since the late 20s, and by the time this live recording was made Ell [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 4 from Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits Length: 00:08:03 Year: 1968
	Track Description: Ellington and his band had been recording since the late 20s, and by the time this live recording was made Ellington had become a truly great composer and band leader. This is an extended version of his theme tune. The only downside is the dorky radio presenter introducing each solo. SHOW LESS
8	John Lee Hooker : Boogie Chillen
	If ever a recording held promise of unknown terrors to come, it was this one. With just one poorly amplified g [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 1 from The Classic Early Years: 1948 - 51 Length: 00:03:07 Year: 0000
	Track Description: If ever a recording held promise of unknown terrors to come, it was this one. With just one poorly amplified guitar and his foot tapping on a piece of wood, John Lee invents a shitload of musical genres in three minutes seven. If you don't hear hissy noise when you listen to this, you are not hearing the original, but a Chess records remake from the fifties. This is the scary pulsating track that started so much though. SHOW LESS
9	Fats Domino : The Fat Man
	Much bluesier and more fun than anything else he ever did, this is a piano blues. Fats tells us that all the g [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 8 from The Original Recordings Length: 00:02:31 Year: 0000
	Track Description: Much bluesier and more fun than anything else he ever did, this is a piano blues. Fats tells us that all the girls know him because he knows his way around. SHOW LESS
10	Louis Jordan : Saturday Night Fish Fry pts 1 & 2
	Jordan was a popular band leader, appearing throughout the forties on the R&B chart. His brand of R&B was (Jum [...] SHOW MORE
	Track 10 from Let The Good Times Roll Length: 00:05:15 Year: 0000
	Track Description: Jordan was a popular band leader, appearing throughout the forties on the R&B chart. His brand of R&B was (Jump jive) was a forerunner to rock and roll. I have always liked this record since I was a kid. SHOW LESS

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Love the Monk.

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