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Roots and Rhythms
Sunday March 28th, 2021 with Retro Renny
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - The HIGH SHERIFF OF HEPTOWN! The father of Jump Blues & the most successful R&B artist of the Forties.

Wacky Dust
Chick Webb Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald voc. - Reefer Songs - 1938 Decca/1988 Jass Records
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (inst.)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Roll 'Em: Vol. 2 Shout For Joy - 1941 Decca/2013 Proper Records
It's A Lowdown Dirty Shame
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - The Blues: Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers - 1942 Decca/1993 Smithsonian Collection
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2 - 1943 Decca/1992 MCA Records
I Like 'Em Fat Like That
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2 - 1944 Decca/1992 MCA Records
Caldonia Boogie
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - The History Of Jazz : Boogie Woogie Vol. 2 - 1945 Decca/1998 Retro
Reet, Petite And Gone
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2 - 1946 Decca/1992 MCA Records
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Blues Masters, Vol. 14: More Jump Blues - 1946 Decca/1993 Rhino Records
Safe, Sane And Single
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2 - 1949 Decca/1992 MCA Records
Life Is Peculiar
Louis Armstrong with Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2 - 1950 Decca/1992 MCA Records
(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartruesse
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2 - 1950 Decca/1992 MCA Records
Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - The Aladdin Records Story - 1954 Aladdin Records/1994 EMI Records
I'll Die Happy
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions - 1954 Aladdin Records/1992 Capitol Jazz
Whiskey Do Your Stuff
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions - 1954 Aladdin Records/1992 Capitol Jazz
The Dripper (inst.)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions - 1954 Aladdin Records/1992 Capitol Jazz
Time Is A Passin'
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions - 1954 Aladdin Records/1992 Capitol Jazz
Caldonia
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Mercury R&B 1946-62 - 1956/1989 Mercury Records
Let The Good Times Roll
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Mercury R&B 1946-62 - 1956/1989 Mercury Records
Sweet Hunk Of Junk
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Mercury R&B 1946-62 - 1958/1989 Mercury Records
Big Bess
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Mercury R&B 1946-62 - 1956/1989 Mercury Records
Interactive CKCU
Renny G (host)
How do? Thanks for tuning in

8:02 PM, March 28th, 2021
Renny G (host)
No comments tonight? I don't bite.....

8:55 PM, March 28th, 2021
PaulS
That late versi9n of Caldonia, that is interesting! Souped up for the rock and roll era. Still love the 40s version

10:11 PM, March 28th, 2021
PaulS
You Dyed your Hair Chartreuse is of course a great one.

10:13 PM, March 28th, 2021