| Considered a disposable fad - and thus unworthy
of expensive recording resources - by the concert promoters and radio
executives of the day, live R&B, and its immediate predecessor
jump blues, was only occasionally captured for posterity and only
then, usually, because of its accidental inclusion in a larger program
of "more laudable music" such as jazz. Which makes the enclosed
two dozen rarities all the more welcome; whether taken from a live
concert performance or a radio transcription, there is something magical
and exciting about these little slices of musical time-travel. Fasten
your safety belts! |
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