Bien des mystères entourent les origines du ska, célèbre genre musical né à Kingston en 1962. Bruno Blum met ici un point final aux spéculations. Le ska et son contretemps si particulier (que l’on retrouve plus tard dans le reggae) sont dérivés du shuffle, un style de rhythm and blues américain peu connu du grand public. En voici un éblouissant florilège, de l’obscure version originale du fameux « My Boy Lollipop » au classique « Just a Gigolo ». Cette anthologie propose en parallèle 27 shuffles enregistrés en Jamaïque juste avant la création du ska parmi lesquels on a le plaisir de retrouver les débuts de Bob Marley - le son originel du dancehall jamaïcain.
Patrick FRÉMEAUX
There are many mysteries surrounding the origins of ska, the famous music-style born in Kingston in 1962, but this Bruno Blum selection puts an end to all the speculation. Ska and its signature offbeat (which later surfaced in reggae) derived from the little-known Ame rican R&B style called shuffle. This anthology has some dazzling illustrations of it, from the obscure, original version of the hit “My Boy Lollipop” to the classic song “Just a Gigolo” - as well as 27 shuffles recorded in Jamaica just before the creation of ska, not to mention some early Bob Marley - this is the original sound of Jamaican dancehall.
Patrick FRÉMEAUX
DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : BRUNO BLUM
DROITS : DP / FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES
CD1 : USA 1942-1950 : IT’S A LOW-DOWN DIRTY SHAME - LOUIS JORDAN • G.I. JIVE - LOUIS JORDAN • CHOO CHOO CH’BOOGIE - LOUIS JORDAN • BOOGIE WOOGIE BLUE PLATE - LOUIS JORDAN • ROCK BOTTOM - GENE PHILLIPS • T-BONE SHUFFLE - T-BONE WALKER • KILLER DILLER (MILK LANE HOP) - GENE COY • REET PETITE AND GONE - LOUIS JORDAN • WILLIE MAE - PROFESSOR LONGHAIR • PAGE BOY SHUFFLE - TODD RHODES • SPOON CALLS HOOTIE - JIMMY WITHERSPOON • IF IT’S SO BABY - THE ROBINS • ROCKIN’ AT HOME - FLOYD DIXON • BOOGIE GUITAR (THREE GUITARS) - THE JOHNNY OTIS SHOW • SAN DIEGO BOUNCE (COXSONE SHUFFLE) - HAROLD LAND • BEEN FOOLING AROUND - PROFESSOR LONGHAIR • STACK-A-LEE (PART 2) – ARCHIBALD • LATER FOR THE GATOR (COXSONE HOP) - WILLIS “GATOR” JACKSON • STREET WAL KIN’ WOMAN - T-BONE WALKER • TEND TO DO BUSINESS - JAMES “WEE WILLIE” WAYNE • TRAIN TIME BLUES - ROY BROWN • NO MORE DOGGIN’ - ROSCO GORDON • MY DING-A-LING - DAVE BARTHOLOMEW.
CD 2 : USA & JAMAICA 1950-1962 : LOVERS LANE BOOGIE - LITTLE ESTHER • I FOUND OUT MY TROUBLES - THE ROBINS • ROCKIN’ THE BLUES AWAY - TINY GRIMES • ROCK THIS MORNING - JESSE ALLEN • CHICKEN BLUES - BILL BROWN • ROCKIN’ ALL DAY - JIMMY MCCRACKLIN • GUITAR SHUFFLE - LOWELL FULSON • YOU’RE NOT THE ONE - SMILEY LEWIS • HEY BARTENDER - FLOYD DIXON • YOU UPSET ME, BABY - B.B. KING • HOT LITTLE MAMA - JOHNNY “GUITAR” WATSON • GETTIN’ DRUNK - JOHNNY “GUITAR” WATSON OOP SHOOP - SHIRLEY GUNTER AND THE QUEENS • HEY HEY GIRL - ROSCO GORDON • TOO TIRED - JOHNNY “GUITAR” WATSON • MY BOY LOLLIPOP - BARBIE GAYE • JUST A GIGOLO/I AIN’T GOT NOBODY - LOUIS PRIMA • SEA CRUISE - FRANKIE FORD • I FEEL GOOD - OWEN GRAY • THE JOKER - THE DUKE REID GROUP • GREASY - JACKIE MCLEAN • DUKE’S COOKIES - THE DUKE REID GROUP • JUDGE NOT - BOB MARLEY.
CD 3 : JAMAICA 1956-1962 : • ROCKING IN MY FEET - OWEN GRAY • SILKY - CLUE J AND HIS BLUES BLASTERS • YA RD BROOM - ROLAND ALPHONSO • JAPA NESE GIRL - LLOYD CLARKE • THAT MAN IS BACK - DON DRUMMOND • ONE CUP OF COFFEE - BOB MARLEY • MIDNIGHT TRACK - OWEN GRAY • ME AND MY FORTY FIVE - ERIC “MONTY” MORRIS • MAGIC - RICO RODRIGUEZ • COOL SCHOOL - CHUCK AND DOBBY • BRIDGEVIEW SHUFFLE - MATADOR ALL STARS • THAT’S ME - THEOPHILUS BECKFORD • AFRICAN SHUFFLE - COUNT OSSIE AND THE WAREIKAS • OVER THE RIVER - THE JIVING JUNIORS • I LOVE YOU - WINSTON & BARBARA • LUKE LANE SHUFFLE - RICO RODRIGUEZ • BOUNCING WOMAN - LAUREL AITKEN AND THE BLUE BEATS • STEW PEAS AND CORNFLAKES - AUBREY ADAMS & RICO RODRIGUEZ • ROSABELLE - CORNELL CAMPBELL • I WAS WRONG - CHUCK & DOBBY • WHAT A WORLD - BUSTY & COOL • TEN VIRGINS - THE ANGELIC BROTHERS • JAMAICA BLUES - AZIE LAWRENCE
Liste des crédits sur ce CD :
Louis Jordan , Ollie Shepard , D. Darling , V. Horton, Joe Bushkin , Gene Philips , Newman , T-bone Walker , Aaron Thibaut , Gene Coy , S. Lee , Professor Longhair , R. Byrd , Todd Rhodes , Henry Glover , Jimmy Witherspoon , The Robins , Leonard Terrel , Floyd Dixon , Jay Riggins , The Johnny Otis Show , Veliotes , Harold Land , Archibald , Gross , Willis Gator Jackson , W. Jackson , Walker T-bone , James Wayne , Roy Brown , R. Brown , Rosco Gordon , R. Gordon , Julius Bihari, Dave Bartholomew , Little Esther , Inconnu , Tiny Grimes , Jesse Allen , Allen Jesse Lery , Bill Brown , R.l. Williams , Jimmy Mccrackin , J. Mccracklin , Lowell Fulson , Smiley Lewis , Doosie Terry , Bb King , B.b. King , J. Taub, Johnny Watson , Maxwell Davis, Shirley Gunter And The Queens , B. Taylor, Spencer Bobby , Roberts, Louis Prima , J. Brammer , S. Williams, Francis Guzzo , Huey Smith , Ernest Ranglin , Owen Gray , Alphonso Roland , Arthur Reid , Jackie Mc Lean , Walter Davis , Bob Marley , Clue J And His Blues Blasters , Cuett Johnson , Roland Alphonso , Lloyd Clarke , Don Drummond , C. Gray , Eric Marty Morris , Rico Rodriguez , Emmanuel Rodriguez , Chuck And Doddy , Chuck Josephs , Matador All Stars , Daley John Mury, Theophilus Beckford , Count Ossie And The Wareikas , Harry A Mudie , The Jiving Juniors , Derrick Harriott , Winston & Barbara , Winston Stewart , Laurel Aitken And The Blue Beats , Audrey Adams & Rico Rodriguez , Adams Audrey, Cornell Campbell , Cornel Campbell , Chuck & Boddy , Dobson Doddy, Busty & Cool , A. Robinson , The Angelic Brothers , Justin Yap , Azie Lawrence , Ossie Lawrence
CD
Piste
Titre
Artiste principal
Durée
Enregistré en
1
1
It 's a low down dirty shame
Louis Jordan
00:02:50
1942
1
2
Gi jive
Louis Jordan
00:03:02
1944
1
3
Choo choo ch boogie
Louis Jordan
00:02:48
1946
1
4
Boogie woogie blue plate
Louis Jordan
00:02:47
1947
1
5
Rock bottom
Gene Philips
00:02:39
1947
1
6
T-bone shuffle
T-bone Walker
00:02:59
1947
1
7
Killer diller
Gene Coy
00:02:53
1948
1
8
Reet petite and gone
Louis Jordan
00:02:44
1946
1
9
Willie mae
Professor Longhair
00:02:50
1949
1
10
Page boy shuffle
Todd Rhodes
00:02:40
1949
1
11
Spoon calls hootie
Jimmy Witherspoon
00:02:43
1948
1
12
If it's so baby
The Robins
00:03:07
1949
1
13
Rockin' at home
Floyd Dixon
00:02:52
1949
1
14
Boogie guitar
The Johnny Otis Show
00:02:36
1949
1
15
San diego bounce
Harold Land
00:02:43
1949
1
16
Ben fooling around
Professor Longhair
00:03:03
1949
1
17
Stack a lee
Archibald
00:02:31
1950
1
18
Later for the gator
Willis Gator Jackson
00:02:42
1950
1
19
Street walkin' woman
T-bone Walker
00:03:04
1950
1
20
Tend to do business
James Wayne
00:02:33
1951
1
21
Train time blues
Roy Brown
00:02:50
1950
1
22
No more doggin'
Rosco Gordon
00:02:58
1952
1
23
My ding a ling
Dave Bartholomew
00:02:13
1952
2
1
Lovers lane boogie
Little Esther
00:02:32
1950
2
2
I found out my troubles
The Robins
00:02:44
1950
2
3
Rockin' the blues away
Tiny Grimes
00:02:57
1951
2
4
Rock this morning
Jesse Allen
00:02:04
1951
2
5
Chicken blues
Bill Brown
00:02:50
1950
2
6
Rockin' all day
Jimmy Mccrackin
00:02:41
1950
2
7
Guitar shuffle
Lowell Fulson
00:02:47
1951
2
8
You're not the one
Smiley Lewis
00:02:30
1952
2
9
Hey bartender
Floyd Dixon
00:02:49
1954
2
10
You upset me baby
Bb King
00:03:03
1954
2
11
Hot little mama
Johnny Watson
00:03:23
1955
2
12
Gettin' drunk
Johnny Watson
00:02:43
1954
2
13
Oop shop
Shirley Gunter And The Queens
00:02:16
1954
2
14
Hey hey girl
Rosco Gordon
00:02:38
1955
2
15
Too tired
Johnny Watson
00:02:44
1955
2
16
My bop lollipop
Spencer Bobby
00:02:24
1956
2
17
Just a gigolo i aint nobody
Louis Prima
00:04:44
1956
2
18
Sea cruise
Francis Guzzo
00:02:46
1959
2
19
I feel good
Ernest Ranglin
00:02:42
1959
2
20
The joker
Alphonso Roland
00:03:09
1959
2
21
Greasy
Jackie Mc Lean
00:07:25
1959
2
22
Duke's cookies
Inconnu
00:02:27
1960
2
23
Judge not
Bob Marley
00:02:32
1962
3
1
Rocking in my feet
Owen Gray
00:04:14
1962
3
2
Silky
Clue J And His Blues Blasters
00:02:51
1962
3
3
Yard broom
Roland Alphonso
00:03:15
1960
3
4
Japanese girl
Lloyd Clarke
00:02:35
1962
3
5
That man is back
Don Drummond
00:01:56
1962
3
6
One cup of coffee
Bob Marley
00:02:40
1962
3
7
Midnight track
Owen Gray
00:02:34
1962
3
8
Me and my forty five
Eric Marty Morris
00:02:53
1962
3
9
Magic
Rico Rodriguez
00:03:01
1962
3
10
Cool school
Chuck And Doddy
00:02:53
1957
3
11
Bridgeview shuffle
Matador All Stars
00:02:43
1957
3
12
That's me
Theophilus Beckford
00:02:46
1957
3
13
African shuffle
Count Ossie And The Wareikas
00:02:39
1961
3
14
Over the river
The Jiving Juniors
00:02:06
1961
3
15
I love you
Winston & Barbara
00:02:35
1962
3
16
Luke lane shuffle
Rico Rodriguez
00:02:55
1962
3
17
Bouncing woman
Laurel Aitken And The Blue Beats
00:02:33
1961
3
18
Stew peas and cornflakes
Audrey Adams & Rico Rodriguez
00:02:25
1961
3
19
Rosabelle
Cornell Campbell
00:02:22
1956
3
20
I was wrong
Chuck & Boddy
00:02:12
1961
3
21
What a world
Busty & Cool
00:02:16
1961
3
22
Ten virgins
The Angelic Brothers
00:02:29
1962
3
23
Jamaica blues
Azie Lawrence
00:02:49
1961
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