Time: 48:31
Size: 111.1 MB
Styles: R&B, Jump blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front
[ 3:02] 1. Rock And Roll
[ 2:47] 2. Mellow Dry
[ 4:14] 3. Go On
[ 2:38] 4. Funky Bug
[ 3:45] 5. We Gonna Boogie
[ 3:33] 6. Deacon In Minor
[ 3:16] 7. That's Bad Boogie
[ 2:43] 8. Blow Your Brains Out
[ 3:05] 9. The Jam
[11:32] 10. The Story Of Big Jay's Life
[ 1:41] 11. 1-2-3-4
[ 5:18] 12. Da Groove
[ 0:49] 13. We Gonna Boogie
The history of R&B and rock and roll would be incomplete without mentioning Big Jay McNeely—father of the honking tenor sax sound. Incredibly, Big Jay still has not been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. If he were scandal-ridden or white, I suppose that would have happened a long time ago given who has slid in. For shame, Fame voters.
Miraculously, Big Jay at age 85 is still touring and recording—mostly in Europe, where musicians and audiences recognize and appreciate his gifts and importance. But he can't seem to get gigs or kudos here. A few weeks ago Big Jay called to tell me about his new album—Life Story (Brisk). Big Jay is backed by Ray Collins' Hot-Club & Friends—12 German musicians who live and breathe jump-boogie and swing rock-and-roll. This is R&B before vocalists—when the music and energy rested on the shoulders of a single star instrumentalist. Early on, the music appeared on 78-rpm records, since the 45's popularity with teens was still a few years off. Big Jay recreates the sound beautifully, knowing how to work a lick and enthrall listeners.
I hope someone from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is reading this. If Abba, the Ventures and Donovan can wind up crowned, isn't there room for Big Jay? ~Marc Myers
Miraculously, Big Jay at age 85 is still touring and recording—mostly in Europe, where musicians and audiences recognize and appreciate his gifts and importance. But he can't seem to get gigs or kudos here. A few weeks ago Big Jay called to tell me about his new album—Life Story (Brisk). Big Jay is backed by Ray Collins' Hot-Club & Friends—12 German musicians who live and breathe jump-boogie and swing rock-and-roll. This is R&B before vocalists—when the music and energy rested on the shoulders of a single star instrumentalist. Early on, the music appeared on 78-rpm records, since the 45's popularity with teens was still a few years off. Big Jay recreates the sound beautifully, knowing how to work a lick and enthrall listeners.
I hope someone from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is reading this. If Abba, the Ventures and Donovan can wind up crowned, isn't there room for Big Jay? ~Marc Myers
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