Every Day I Have the Blues

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It's 1967, the winter before the summer of love. And swing-era-born blues shouter Jimmy Rushing's "Berkeley Campus Blues" sported this observation: "We've got sit-ins, drop-outs, and freedom fighters, too/ We've got sit-ins, drop-outs, and freedom fighters, too/ We've got kooks and politicians--everything but kids in school." Rushing laid Everyday I Have the Blues and Livin' the Blues to wax over two days in February of '67, and both cuts appear in their entirety on this spectacular CD. As always, Rushing is a topnotch, peerless shouter, belting it out with a charging band led by arranger Oliver Nelson and fronted by trumpeter Clark Terry and trombonist Dicky Wells. On organ and piano there's Hank Jones, filling the alleys and spaces between Rushing's full-bodied vocal attack. The whole affair is surprising, especially considering that upon their release, these LPs were presented by Impulse!, then known as home to the late-Coltrane-inspired energy jazz of Pharoah Sanders and others. Rushing's seemingly apolitical blues are an anomaly considering the intense political nature of jazz at the time (and the idea that lots of the swing-era cats were somehow no longer cool), but it's vital to remember how powerfully Rushing transcends genres and eras. This is jumping, stirring blues and snappy swing at once. And if anything, Rushing was just a touch old school, expressing in "Berkeley Campus Blues" the idea that the right to education--for African Americans especially--was hard fought and worthy itself of some curricular attendance. Whether there's consensus on the point or not, Rushing's blues is some of the best, and he shines brightly here. --Andrew Bartlett

Tracks:

Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock & Roll - Muddy Waters
Dust My Broom - Elmore James
Confidence Man - The Jeff Healey Band
Personal Manager - Albert King
(You've Got To) Love Her With a Feeling - Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal,
I Love the Life I Live, I Live the Life I Love - Buddy Guy
Phone Booth - Robert Cray Band
Stormy Monday Blues - Bobby "Blue" Bland
Little Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf
Got My Mojo Workin' - Otis Spann
Lightnin's Boogie - Lightnin' Hopkins
Spoonful - Etta James
Do I Move You? - Nina Simone
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Every Day I Have the Blues - T-Bone Walker

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Every Day I Have the Blues
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Manufacturer: Cleopatra
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Chicago Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Blues | Styles | Music

Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Live Albums | Blues | Styles | Music

Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004S63A
Release Date: 2000-04-04

Tracks:

Buddy's Blues
Stormy Monday Blues
Every Day I Have the Blues
Woman Blues
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Messin' With the Kid
No Use Cryin'
Just to Be With You
Junior's Shuffle
Out of Sight

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Tracks:

Nobody Loves Me (Everyday I Have the Blues)
Beer Drinking Woman
Old Taylor
Lend Me Your Love
Empty Room Blues
Diggin' My Potatoes No. 2
Blues at Midnight
Two of a Kind
You Didn't Mean Me No Good
Kilroy Has Been Here
Last Pair of Shoes Blues
Angel Child
Jive Blues
Grinder Man Blues
Whiskey and Gin Blues
I Believe I'll Settle Down
Miss Ora Lee Blues
You Got to Help Me Some
Maybe I'll Lend You a Dime
You Gonna Worry Too Much
Me, Myself and I
I See My Great Mistake
You and I
Throw This Poor Dog a Bone
Rockin' the House

Customer Reviews:

one of the great blues pianists.......2004-07-15

A fine introduction to one of the great Blues pianists, the eminent pupil of Roosevelt Sykes. Twenty-five of the best tracks recorded in his heyday between 1940 and 1948. Memphis Slim was guitarist Big Bill Broonzy's pianist of choice, and he had a fine Blues voice too. The songs range from risque humour to true lowdown Blues. There are a couple of good talking Blues, reminiscent of Nat King Cole's work at the same time, and a nod to the contemporary Jump Blues of Louis Jordan. This is the peak of Chicago Blues when Muddy Waters arrived in the windy city to electrify us all.

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Powerful voice
Just Love This
Everyday I can play Jimmy's blues...
Excellent value Two-fer

Every Day I Have the Blues
Jimmy Rushing
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Blues & Things

ASIN: B0000296VL
Release Date: 1999-10-19

Tracks:

Berkely Campus Blues
Keep The Faith, Baby
You Can't Run Around (Blues)
Blues In The Dark
Baby, Don't Tell On Me
Every Day I Have The Blues
I Left My Baby
Undecided Blues
Evil Blues
Sent For You Yesterday (Here You Come Today)
Bad Loser
Sonny Boy Blues
We Remember Prez
Cryin' Blues
Take Me Back, Baby
Tell Me I'm Not Too Late

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It's 1967, the winter before the summer of love. And swing-era-born blues shouter Jimmy Rushing's "Berkeley Campus Blues" sported this observation: "We've got sit-ins, drop-outs, and freedom fighters, too/ We've got sit-ins, drop-outs, and freedom fighters, too/ We've got kooks and politicians--everything but kids in school." Rushing laid Everyday I Have the Blues and Livin' the Blues to wax over two days in February of '67, and both cuts appear in their entirety on this spectacular CD. As always, Rushing is a topnotch, peerless shouter, belting it out with a charging band led by arranger Oliver Nelson and fronted by trumpeter Clark Terry and trombonist Dicky Wells. On organ and piano there's Hank Jones, filling the alleys and spaces between Rushing's full-bodied vocal attack. The whole affair is surprising, especially considering that upon their release, these LPs were presented by Impulse!, then known as home to the late-Coltrane-inspired energy jazz of Pharoah Sanders and others. Rushing's seemingly apolitical blues are an anomaly considering the intense political nature of jazz at the time (and the idea that lots of the swing-era cats were somehow no longer cool), but it's vital to remember how powerfully Rushing transcends genres and eras. This is jumping, stirring blues and snappy swing at once. And if anything, Rushing was just a touch old school, expressing in "Berkeley Campus Blues" the idea that the right to education--for African Americans especially--was hard fought and worthy itself of some curricular attendance. Whether there's consensus on the point or not, Rushing's blues is some of the best, and he shines brightly here. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Powerful voice.......2006-05-29

Great music by one of the most revered singers in jazz - a great expert in blues, but also a great swinger and suptle singer of ballads.

In this reissue of two albums on one cd (a great value for money) he mostly sings the blues in the company of some of the finest swing and mainstream players available at the time (1967-1968): Clark Terry, Dicky Wells, Buddy Tate, Hank Jones, Dave Frishberg, George Duvivier and Grady Tate. "Berkeley Campus Blues" is an great updated variation of the good old "Harvard Blues" and among my other favorites from this CD are "Evil Blues", "Bad Loser" and "Baby Don't Tell on Me".

No longer a youngster, Rushing is still of a powerful voice, his sense of rhythm is intact, arrangements seem very suitable to him and the other musicians.
I also have Rushing's last album and an other album from this phase (Mr. Five by Five), and although all those recordings are more than fine, this cd is probably the best I've heardfrom the post-Basie period (excluding, of course, the magnificent reunion with Basie at Newport in the fifthies...).
Let's face it, in the golden Basie era Rushing used to deliver a mediocre performance of commercial junk from time to time - this CD has no such falls, no bad spots.

Just Love This.......2004-01-25

I stumbled across this reissue in a store and bought it thinking what the hell. What a gem! I love it more each time I play it. It is great to put on late at night when the kids are in bed with a drink in the hand. I usually end up putting it on whenever guests come for dinner and everybody raves about it and it usually gets another listen.
The recording sounds so fresh it could have been cut yesterday.
To appreciate this CD you only need to appreciate great singing.

Everyday I can play Jimmy's blues..........2003-08-03

This record is so awesome you can play it everyday...What else can be said about Jimmy Rushing's singing??? Mr. 5x5 is simply the best and he shows it here with a smaller ensemble, as opposed to a Basie's big band. He is simply pure joy to listen... And the ensemble is smooooking behind him with Dicky Well's trombone leading the way... You can't go wrong here...

Excellent value Two-fer.......2000-06-16

This great reissue combines two of Jimmy Rushing's finest albums from his post-Basie period.

Jimmy's legendary voice is in good form here, and his delivery is clear and lively. There is excellent musicianship throughout.

Some of the songs are re-recordings of tracks he had recorded earlier with Count Basie, which are now regarded as classics of the genre.

Although Rushing achieved his greatest fame during the 15 years he spent in front of the Count Basie Band, the music on this CD is far from second-rate.Indeed, Rushing's post-Basie recordings simply enhanced his reputation as a great jazz singer/blues shouter, and it was during these years that Rushing was named "Best Male Singer" four times by British magazine "Melody Maker" in their annual Critic's Poll, "Best Male Singer" four times by "Downbeat" magizine's International Critic's Poll, and "Best Male Jazz Vocalist" by German magazine "Jazz Podium".