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Roots and Rhythms
Sunday July 14th, 2019 with Rejoicing Renny
MAXWELL DAVIS was a West Coast saxophonist, band leader, arranger, A&R man and music producer who was responsible for some of the best R&B to come out of Los Angeles in the late Forties and early Fifties.

Honey Dripper
MAXWELL DAVIS' SWINGTET - Wailin' Daddy-Bluesville: The Best Of Maxwell's Singles - 1945 4Star Records/2011 Fantastic Voyage
Boogie Woogie Man
MARIE DE PINA - Wailin' Daddy-Swingin' An Echo: Blowin' Through The '40s - 1946 Aladdin Records/2011 Fantastic Voyage
Same Old Boogie
BETTY HALL JONES - Swingin' An Echo: Blowin' Through The '40s - 1947 Atomic Records/2011 Fantastic Voyage
Call My Baby
JIMMY WITHERSPOON - Swingin' An Echo: Blowin' Through The '40s - 1948 Down Beat/2011 Fantastic Voyage
Hung Out
MAXWELL DAVIS ALL STARS - Wailin' Daddy-Bluesville: The Best Of Maxwell's Singles - 1949 Swing Beat/2011 Fantastic Voyage
Don't Talk Me To Death (I Ain't Ready To Die)
BIG JOE TURNER with PETE JOHNSON - Swingin' An Echo: Blowin' Through The '40s - 1949 Modern Records/2011 Fantastic Voyage
He My Be Yours
HELEN HUMES with MARSHALL ROYAL ORCHESTRA - Wailin' Daddy - Blow Man Blow: Rockin' Through The '50s - 1950 Discovery Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
Get High
LA MELLE PRINCE with MAXWELL DAVIS' BAND - Wailin' Daddy - Blow Man Blow: Rockin' Through The '50s - 1950 Aladdin Records/2011 Fantastic Voyage
Pork Chops & Mustard Greens
ERNIE ANDREWS with THE MAXWELL DAVIS ORCHESTRA - Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' - 1951 Imperial Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
Some Folks Do
JUNE CHRISTY with PETE RUGOLO ORCHESTRA - Wailin' Daddy - Blow Man Blow: Rockin' Through The '50s - 1952 Capitol Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
Blow Man Blow
CALVIN BOZE - Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' - 1952 Aladdin Records/1996 Capitol Records
Blow, Man, Blow!
RAY ANTHONY & HIS ORCHESTRA - Wailin' Daddy - Blow Man Blow: Rockin' Through The '50s - 1952 Capitol Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
Wailin' Daddy
MABEL SCOTT with MAXWELL DAVIS ORCHESTRA - Wailin' Daddy - Blow Man Blow: Rockin' Through The '50s - 1953 Brunswick Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
Side Car
MAXWELL DAVIS ALL-STARS - Wailin' Daddy-Bluesville: The Best Of Maxwell's Singles - 1953 RPM Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
Loose Lips
PERCY MAYFIELD - Wailin' Daddy - Blow Man Blow: Rockin' Through The '50s - 1953 Specialty Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
Hog Wash
LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE - Wailin' Daddy - Blow Man Blow: Rockin' Through The '50s - 1953 Decca Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
Shtiggy Boom
PATTI ANNE with MAXWELL DAVIS BAND - Wailin' Daddy - Blow Man Blow: Rockin' Through The '50s - 1955 Aladdin Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
Dirty Pool
RUSTY McDONALD with MAXWELL DAVIS BAND - Wailin' Daddy - Blow Man Blow: Rockin' Through The '50s - 1955 Chesterfield Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
Flip Your Daddy
THE COCOAS - Wailin' Daddy - Blow Man Blow: Rockin' Through The '50s - 1955 Chesterfield Records/2011 Fantasy Voyage
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8:04 PM, July 14th, 2019