Five Guys Named Moe
Editorial Reviews
From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
Swaggering, bouncing, or vaulting into joyful moods, Jordan animates eighteen little-known singles from the Decca 1940s and early 1950s that have been collected for this follow-up volume to The Best of Louis Jordan (and tie-in to Broadway's Jordan celebration, Five Guys Named Moe). His alto is liquid and dashing, his singing is full of charm, and concentrated arrangements by Wild Bill Davis or Bill Doggett magnify the well-drilled Tympany Five's sauciness. Louis Armstrong contributes to the clownishness of "Life Is So Peculiar." -- © Frank John Hadley 1993
Five Guys Named Moe, Music, Louis Jordan, Jazz, Jazz Music, Jazz Vocals, Pop
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- saw the play, love the music
- Fun, Fun, Fun
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Awesome!
- A 27 song rollick!
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Five Guys Named Moe: (1992) Original Broadway Cast Recording
Louis Jordan
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ASIN: B0000028SQ
Release Date: 1992-10-13 |
Tracks:
- Early In The Mornin'
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Beware, Bother, Beware
- I Like 'Em Fat Like That
- Messy Bessy
- Pettin' And Pokin'
- Life Is So Peculiar - Original Broadway Cast O
- I Know What I've Got
- Azure Te
- Safe, Sane And Single
- Push Ka Pi Shi Pie
- Saturday Night Fish Fry
- What's The Use Of Gettin' Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)
- If I Had Any Sense
- Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy
- The Cabaret: Five Guys Named Moe
- The Cabaret: Let The Good Times Roll
- The Cabaret: Reet, Petite And Gone
- The Cabaret: Caldonia
- The Cabaret: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
- The Cabaret: Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
- The Cabaret: Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
- The Cabaret: Look Out
- Medley: Hurry Home
- Medley: Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma Baby?
- Medley: Five Guys Named Moe
- Medley: Band Play Out
Customer Reviews:
saw the play, love the music.......2006-07-22
The music is great. This CD recording of the Broadway cast has all the zeal and energy the music had in the play.
Fun, Fun, Fun.......2005-10-10
I really enjoyed this CD. If you enjoy jazz style music, you're sure to like this disc. I want to see the show now.
Five Guys Named Moe.......2005-09-18
Amazing vocals and some really fun songs by an American master who, unfortunately, has slipped into obscurity. Good stuff!
Awesome!.......2005-03-27
I love this soundtrack and I've never even seen the show! Can't wait until it's revived in my area!
A 27 song rollick! .......2004-11-14
Hope that I get to see the play sometime. The music is excellent. Got turned onto Louis Jordan quite by accident this Veteran's Day when our local NPR affiliate played "GI Jive" on the radio. I looked the song up at the first opportunity and now I'm hooked on Louie Jordan. This collection is one of the most positive, fun-loving CD's I've heard since Keb' Mo'. It's a sure fire mood lifter!
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- Love the Moes'
- Five Guys Named Moe
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Five Guys Named Moe (1990 Original London Cast)
Louis Jordan
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- Five Guys Named Moe: (1992) Original Broadway Cast Recording
ASIN: B000003BWB
Release Date: 1991-12-10 |
Tracks:
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Early In The Morning
- Brother Beware
- I Like Em Fat Like That
- Messy Bessy
- Pettin And Pokin
- Life Is So Spectacular
- I Know What I've Got
- Azure Te
- Safe, Sane And Single
- Push Ka Pi Shee Pie
- Saturday Night Fish Fry
- What's The Use Of Gettin Sober
- If I Had Sense I'd Go Back Home
- Dad Gum Your Hide Boy
- Five Guys Named moe/Let The Good Times Roll/Reet Petite And Gone
- Cal'Donia
- There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
- Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
- Look Out Sister
- Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
- Hurry Home/I Know What I've Got/Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Band Play Out
Customer Reviews:
Love the Moes'.......2001-03-29
Great show and great CD. Michelle Perrot you should buy it.
Five Guys Named Moe.......2000-01-29
It is always a joy to listen to this toe-tapper of a cd. I always end up singing along, since it's such a fun recording. I would recommend this to everyone who enjoy's good music.
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- Moe moe moe moe moe
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Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2
Louis Jordan
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ASIN: B000002OJA
Release Date: 1992-03-24 |
Tracks:
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Is You Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
- Safe, Sane And Single
- Life Is So Peculiar
- I Know What I've Got
- Open The Door Richard
- Reet, Petit And Gone
- Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
- Pettin' And Pokin
- (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartruesse
- Jordan For President
- Look Out (Sister, Look Out)
- Azure Te
- G.I. Jive
- I Like 'Em Fat Like That
- Push Ka Pee Shee Pie
- Jack, You're Dead
- Texas And Pacific
Customer Reviews:
Moe moe moe moe moe.......2005-02-02
After getting the first Louis Jordan's greatest hits, the next compilation of wild jump-swing and humorous rapping jams, and mellow jazz numbers is Five Guys Named Moe. Many of these songs feature the ensemble who sang in the play of the same name. So, what else is on there aside from the title track, which was also on the first greatest hits?
"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" is a slow trumpet and piano number and one of Jordan's bigger hits. This would be later done by Renee Olstead on her self-titled album.
Given the collapse of my personal life last October, I oughta take "Safe Sane and Single" as a personal anthem. Using some of "Oh Susannah"'s rhythms, this fast jam details how women become vicious once married-"a woman and a man came to a parting of the ways/the judge gave her the bank account and gave him 90 days." How true.
The two Louises, Jordan and Armstrong, wax on the poetry of life in "Life Is So Peculiar." It's basically wondering about the obvious basics and facts in life "you get so wet in the rain", "when I get up in the morning there's nothing to breathe but air", "a fork belongs with a knife." and how there's nothing to brood about.
"Open The Door Richard" features a character named zig who was "booted with liquid", "abnoxicated", "inebriated", "well, he was just plain drunk" and his stream of consciousness rants. A funny line involves the landlady demanding back rent and him saying, "she'd be lucky if she got some front rent."
"Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" is about the stuff a waitress asks the cook for at a diner. The upbeat "Pettin' and Pokin'" has some fast-talking jams from Jordan about a bickering couple named Jack and Jill who were "always petting and poking and jabbing and joking and cooing and crackin and neckin and knockin and singin and sockin" and so on. Now try and rap that fast! Jordan sings to a girl with "big blue eyes" why "(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse." That girl definitely went too far in that beauty booth!
Given 2000 and 2004, "Jordan for President" seems a comforting anthem, a rap where Jordan says what he'll do if elected, and a satire on politicians in general, with a chorus of people cheering him on. "If you send me to Washington as your leader, I'll personally see to it that every living American will get their portion-after I get mine." With rhyming name-dropping of Estes Kefauver, MacArthur, Truman, Eisenhower, Stassen, and Robert Taft, it's clear this was sung during the 1952 election. "If you want a hipster who won't take no sassin', vote for Stassen." Yes, that's Jordan on the swing ticket-notice the pun. I'll vote for him, as he promises new shoes so we can all go dancing and forget those blues.
"Look Out (Sister, Look Out)" is a response to "Brother Beware" and uses the same rhythm, where in his jive-talking schitck, he gives advice to women on no-good men the same way he tried to men on women who wanted commitment. Jordan's preference on women is done in the sax and piano boogie of "I Like `Em Fat Like That," while he has another go on calypso on "Push Ka PeeShee Pie," which is the new calypso bebop.
Two numbers more on the leisure side is "Azure Te" with its accompanying piano, and the first song I ever heard by Jordan back in a documentary (I didn't know it was him), and the lightly swinging "G.I. Jive," written by Johnny Mercer during American involvement in WW2, on the life of the GI.
Most of the better songs ended up on the first compilations, but there are many worthwhile nuggets here worth jamming to. So, is you is or is you ain't gonna get this CD?
Greatest Hits (Volume 2).......2000-12-11
This is a very enjoyable album, full of jumping small-group swing and jive music. The music is from the 1940s and early 50s, but the recording quality is really fine, the music is timeless, and Jordan's lyrics are still clever and funny. I get the sense that the "swing revival" has probably peaked, but Jordan's music will never go out of style.
This CD a companion to "The Best of Louis Jordan" (MCAD-4079), with only one song that overlaps that #1 greatest-hits album. If you buy only one Louis Jordan CD, make it "The Best of Louis Jordan." On the other hand, if you DO buy that album, you're likely to want this one too.
Best songs here: "G.I. Jive" (a terrific WWII song), "Life Is So Peculiar" (a duet with that Louis Armstrong), "Azure Te," and "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate". No duds. Buy it, but get "The Best of Louis Jordan" first.
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Five Guys Named Moe
Louis Jordan & Tympany 5
Manufacturer: Charly Budget (UK)
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ASIN: B000006LLR
Release Date: 1994-01-02 |
Tracks:
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
- Safe, Sane and Single
- Life Is So Peculiar - Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan
- I Know What I've Got, Don't Know What I'm Getting
- Open the Door, Richard
- Reet Petite and Gone
- Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
- Pettin' and Pokin'
- (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
- Jordan for President
- Look Out
- Azure-Te (Paris Blues)
- G.I. Jive
- I Like 'Em Fat Like That
- Push-Ka Pee-Shee Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy)
- Jack, You're Dead!
- Texas and Pacific
- How About That - Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
- Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues) - Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
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Five Guys Named Moe
Louis Jordan
Manufacturer: Charly
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ASIN: B000BKP4YQ
Release Date: 1993-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
- Knock Me a Kiss
- I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
- I Found a New Baby
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Jumpin' at the Jubilee
- You Can't Get That No More
- End of My Worry
- How High Am I?
- Hey! Now Let's Live
- Deacon Jones
- I Like 'Em Fat Like That
- Bahama Joe
- Nobody But Me
- Reet Petite and Gone
- Buzz Me
- Beware, Brother, Beware
- Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow
- Petootie Pie - Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan
- How High Am I?
- Jack, You're Dead!
- Early in the Morning
- Nobody But Me
- Ain't That Just Like a Woman
- Run Joe
- Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
- Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
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- The Jazz Comedy King Jives for the Troops
- Fun, funny, great classic jazz & blues
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Five Guys Named Moe
Louis Jordan
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ASIN: B000050F7F
Release Date: 2000-08-21 |
Tracks:
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
- Knock Me A Kiss
- (I'm Gonna Move To The) Outskirts Of Town
- I Found A New Baby
- Jumpin' At The Jubilee
- You Can't Get That No More
- The End Of My Worry
- How High Am I
- Hey Now, Let's Live
- Deacon Jones
- I Like 'Em Fat Like That
- Bahama Joe
- Nobody But Me
- St. Vitus Dance
- Saxa-Woogie
- Brotherly Love
- Boogie Woogie Came To Town
- How About That
- Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues) - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Customer Reviews:
The Jazz Comedy King Jives for the Troops.......2006-01-10
If you enjoy the clowing jazz and jive of the master, Louis Jordan, you'll love this. These are basically the "V-Discs" that were released especially for servicemen during WW2. Thus, the humor is a tad more adult-oriented (read-sexually "suggestive") than what he generally performed and released to the public.
For example, "Deacon Jones" (undoubtedly inspired by the "Elder Eatmore" sermons by Jordan's hero and inspiration Bert Williams) is a wacky farce about a philandering preacher. In "Bahama Joe," he records what is probably the first of his long line of calypso send-ups that endeared him to West Indians and in one lyric, his character says to get up off your (quick silence). This allusion is even more blatant in "Rusty Dusty Blues." Of course, all of this is tame by modern standards and could be played around the kiddies today.
No Jordan Cd would be complete without vibrant instrumentals that show that Jordan could be a serious saxophonist and jazzman along with a master comedian. We are treated to this in "St. Vitus dance" and "Saxa-woogie."
But since Jordan rarely made any really bad records, to say that this set is great would be redundant. This and just about any Jordan cd is a requirement after a hard day at school or work. Enjoy.
Fun, funny, great classic jazz & blues.......2004-10-07
If you like original classic jazz, swing, or jump blues you'll love this CD. I haven't listened to other Louis Jordan CDs so I can't compare this to them, but I really loved the toe-tapping, funny, energetic jazz here.
Quality is typical of recordings from the 40's--mono and a little bit scratchy, but the quality of the music makes up for it. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five sound like a cross between Fats Waller, the Mills Brothers, and T-Bone Walker (swap the guitar for a sax).
This compilation includes fast jump blues, slow blues, boogie-woogie, exuberant swing numbers, and even a V-disc recording from WWII. You'll probably recognize some of the tunes--one popular Jordan song missing is 'Beans & Cornbread.'
Jordan was one of the primary inventors of the R&B movement, and was one of the first black musicians to crossover to mainstream pop, with a huge number of hits.
For me, this inexpensive CD was a great introduction to an influential and very popular entertainer, who was the inspiration for the broadway musical 'Five Guys Named Moe'.
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ASIN: B000F6IKA6
Release Date: 2006-03-21 |
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Five Guys Named Moe
Original London Cast Recording
Manufacturer: First Night Records
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ASIN: B000026F3H
Release Date: 2003-06-17 |
Tracks:
- Five Guys Named Moe - Company
- Early in the Morning - Dig Wayne
- Brother Beware - Kenny Andrews, , Company
- I Like 'Em Fat Like That - Paul J. Medford, Company
- Messy Bessy
- Pettin' and Pokin' - Company
- Life Is So Peculiar - Company
- I Know What I've Got - Dig Wayne
- Azure Te
- Safe, Sane and Single - Company
- Push Ka Pi Shee Pie - Omar Okai, Clarke Peters, Company
- Saturday Night Fish Fry - Paul J. Medford, Company
- What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)? - Kenny Andrews, Dig Wayne
- If I Had Any Sense I'd Go Back Home - Dig Wayne
- Dad Gum Your Hide Boy/The Cabaret - Company
- Cabaret: Five Guys Named Moe/Let the Good Times Roll/Reet Petite ... - Company
- Cal'donia - Kenny Andrews
- There Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Clarke Peters
- Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Omar Okai
- Look Out Sister - Clarke Peters, Company
- Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Paul J. Medford, Company
- Medley: Hurry Home/I Know What I've Got/Is You Is or Is You Ain't ... - Company
- Five Guys Named Moe (Reprise) - Company
- Band Play Out - Company
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Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2
Louis Jordan
Manufacturer: Vintage Jazz
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000008H5E
Release Date: 1993-11-10 |
Tracks:
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
- Knock Me a Kiss
- I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
- I Found a New Baby
- Jumpin' at the Jubilee
- You Can't Get That No More
- End of My Worry
- How High Am I?
- Hey! Now Let's Live
- Deacon Jones
- I Like 'Em Fat Like That
- Bahama Joe
- Nobody But Me
- Saint Vitus Dance
- Saxa-Woogie
- Brotherly Love (Wrong Ideas)
- Boogie Woogie Came to Town
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Five Guys Named Moe
Cast-London
Manufacturer: Original Cast Records
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ASIN: B0002B5ZXY
Release Date: 2003-07-01 |
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- Heart & Soul: Live In San Francisco [Live]
- How Long Has This Been Going on [Original recording remastered]
- I Can't Help It
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