Various Artists - Jump Blue: Rockin' The Jukes (1999)

BLUE SERIES MONTH (FEBRUARY, 2025)

Usually the Blue Series focuses on jazzier releases, but this disc is an all-out celebration of original R&B 45s straight from the ol' juke joints. The devil's music. These classic singles were released for the purpose of dancing and letting go on a Saturday night after a long week of 10-12 hour work days. A few instrumentals included but most cuts have vocals with lyrics about drinkin', dancin', lovin', and cheatin'. Lots of the old record labels represented here, including Imperial, Aladdin, Philo, United Artists, Sue, Capitol, 7-11, Colony, and, of course, Blue Note. Plus the best collection of nicknames I've seen in a while.

Tracks:

Title	Artist	Year
Jump Children	Dave Bartholomew	1954
King Kong	Big 'T' Tyler	1957
Hucklebuck With Jimmy	The Five Keys	1951
Flying Home (Pt. 1)	Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars	1945
Deacon Rides Again	Big Jay McNeeley	1951
Safronia B	Calvin Boze & His All-Stars	1950
Messy Bessy	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	1954
I Ain't Drunk	Jimmy Liggins with Band	1954
Fine Brown Frame	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm	1948
See See Rider	'Pigmeat' Alamo Markham with Oliver 'Rev.' Mesheux's Blue Six	1945
He May Be Your Man	Helen Humes with Bill Doggett Octet	1945
Yes It's You	The Clovers	1960
Daybreak	Pee Wee Crayton	1951
When I'm In My Tea	Jo-Jo Adams with Maxwell Davis & His Band	1946
I Got Loaded	'Peppermint' Harris with Maxwell Davis & His All-Stars	1951
A Fool In Love	Ike & Tina Turner	1960
Sax Shack Boogie	Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers	1950
Cleo's Boogie	Cleo Brown	1949
Great Big Eyes	Archibald	1952
Let The Four Winds Blow	Roy Brown	1957
Teenage Baby	T-Bone Walker	1954
Don't Leave Me Baby	Lowell Fulson & His Orchestra	1953
Wine Wine Wine	Floyd Dixon	1952
Let The Good Times Roll	Shirley & Lee	1956
I Need You, I Want You	Jack (The Bear) Parker Featuring Emmet Davis	1952
Midnight Rockin'	Joe Turner accompanied by Dave Bartholomew And His Orchestra	1951

Intended for juke box play, most of these tunes run around 2 minutes long so we're treated to 26 tracks in only 68 minutes. Best taken as a whole. The opening track asks, "Do you wanna jump?" and you'd better holler YES!, get on your feet, and start moving. Next thing you know, you're done with your cardio for the day.

Previously revisited for the blog:

Blue Bacharach (1999)	Capitol Rare (1999)
Blue Brazil (1999)	Capitol Rare Vol 2 (1999)
Blue Break Beats (1992)	Capitol Rare Vol 3 (1999)
Blue Beat (1991)	Blue Bossa (1991)
Blue Boogie (1999)	Blue Bossa Vol 2 (1999)
Blue Series Sampler (2001)	Midnight Blue (1999)
Blue Valentines (1999)	Blue Movies (1999)
So Blue So Funky (1991)	Blue 'N' Groovy Vol 2 (1999)
So Blue So Funky Vol 2 (1994)	California Cool (1993)