Instrumentals

The Rhythm 'n Blues era yielded a vast amount of great instrumentals. Quite a few of them already featured previous episodes of the Legends of the Rocking Dutchman, but this one is dedicated to some of the best instrumentals. It starts off with the fourteen-minute frantic mover that I promised you on the previous show. And in this episode I will also explain why I do the talking and the saxophonists do the playing - and not the other way around.

Transcript

Playlist

1. Red Prysock - Take The 'A' Train
2. Tiny Grimes - Jealousy
3. Piano Red - Jump Man Jump
4. Slim Gaillard - Slim's Jam
5. Plas Johnson - Downstairs
6. Bullmoose Jackson - Moosey
7. Hank Marr - Tonk Game
8. Eddie Chamblee - 6 String Boogie
9. Lloyd Glenn - Nite-Flite
10. Amos Milburn & his Alladin Chicken-Shackers - Bow Wow
11. Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - Blow Mr. Jackson
12. Big Jay McNeeley - Hoppin' with Hunter
13. Johnny Otis Orch. - Head Hunter
14. T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Jumps Again
15. Sonny Thompson Quintet - Sonny's Return

• Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

• Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
• Frank 'Floorshow' Culley - That Girl
• Julian Dash - Creamin' Boogie
• Sax Mallard - The Mojo
• Tiny Grimes & His Rockin' Highlanders - Juicy Fruit