Mojo Boogie! An Essential Collection

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Personnel includes: J.B. Lenoir (vocals, guitar); J.T. Brown, Ernest Cotton, Jarret Gibson, Alex Atkins, Donald Hankins (saxophone); Junior Wells (harmonica); Lafayette Leake, Sunnyland Slim, Joe Montgomery (piano); Wille Dixon (upright bass, background vocals); Milton Rector (electric bass); Fred Below, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (drums); Peeples (bongos). Producer: Willie Dixon. Compilation producer: Bill Dahl. Recorded between October 22, 1951 and July 23, 1963. Includes liner notes by Bill Dahl. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl. Though J.B. Lenoir would not reach his artistic peak until his final albums (his passionate acoustic mid-1960s releases), his blues from the 1950s, collected here on MOJO BOOGIE, are great fun. Lenoir's '50s work falls much more in line with traditional electric Chicago blues, with boogie-based vamps, ringing piano accompaniment, and stinging, fleet-fingered electric leads. Lyrically, too, Lenoir leans toward the traditional blues topics of love trouble and good-time partying (as opposed to the more politically minded issues that dominate his later work). As a guitarist, Lenoir has a smooth, in-the-pocket feel that is suited to mid-tempo boogies, driving rockers, and slow blues alike. But it is his high-pitched, soulful singing that really strikes a nerve in the way it twists and squeezes notes for dramatic effect (his mournful cry on "How Can I Leave," for example). Except for a few curveballs ("I Sing Um the Way I Feel," a duet between Lenoir and a bongo player which features a spare, clip-clop rhythm), MOJO BOOGIE is classic, straightforward Chicago blues, and the selection here--with numerous alternate takes--is a fine sampler of Lenoir's blues from the period.
録音 : モノラル／ステレオ (Studio)