The Johnny Otis Rhythm & Blues Caravan - The Complete Savoy Reco

The Johnny Otis Rhythm & Blues Caravan

The Complete Savoy Recordings

1999

Three Discs

.FLACJohnny Otis (born John Alexander Veliotes; December 28, 1921, Vallejo, California)[1] is an American blues and rhythm and blues pianist, vibraphonist, drummer, singer, bandleader and impresario.



Johnny Otis is best known for his 1956 rock & roll hit "Willie and the Hand Jive." But Otis--the son of Greek immigrants who chose to be personally and professionally identified as black--had enjoyed a successful career as a West Coast jazz drummer and R&B bandleader dating back to the mid-'40s. In 1950 alone, he scored three No. 1 R&B hits. This three-disc set collects all his recordings for Savoy between 1949 and 1952, as well as a handful of earlier sides, beginning with his 1945 version of "Harlem Nocturne." The set traces the evolution of Otis's style from big-band jazz toward earthier blues and R&B. "Little" Esther Phillips was featured on Otis's biggest hit, "Double Crossing Blues." Other lead singers in the ongoing Caravan (and on this collection) included Mel Waters (who recalls Charles Brown with a lighter vocal tone), the doo-wop group the Robins, and Linda Hopkins. Guitarist Pete Lewis, saxophonist Big Jay McNeely, and Otis himself on vibraphone are crucial instrumental contributors. Despite Rhythm and Blues Caravan's zoot-suit trappings, there is a dreamy innocence and humor to this music that's largely missing from contemporary R&B. There's also an endearing strangeness that served as a formative influence on the young Frank Zappa, among others. --Rick Mitchell



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Disc: 1

1. Harlem Nocturne

2. Round the Clock

3. MT Baby's Bussiness

4. Preston Love's Mansion

5. Midnight in the Barrelhouse

6. Boogie Guitar

7. Ain't Nothin' Shakin'

8. Hangover Blues

9. Get Together Blues

10. I'm Falling in Love With You

11. If It's So, Baby

12. Our Romance Is Gone

13. If I Didn't Love You So

14. Rain in My Eyes

15. Double Crossing Blues

16. Head Hunter

17. Going to See My Baby

18. Little Red Hen

19. New Orleans Shuffle

20. Turkey Hop, Pt. 1

21. Turkey Hop, Pt. 2

22. Blues Nocturne

23. Cry Baby

24. Lover's Lane Boogie

25. I Found Out My Troubles

26. Misery



Disc: 2

1. I'm Through

2. I'm Living O.K.

3. There Ain't No Use Beggin'

4. You're Fine But Not My Kind

5. Helpless

6. Cool and Easy

7. Mistrustin' Blues

8. Dreamin' Blues

9. Cupid's Boogie

10. Just Can't Get Free

11. My Heart Tells Me

12. Lost Dream Blues (Lost in a Dream)

13. Deceivin' Blues

14. Lonely Blues

15. Strange Woman

16. Freight Train Boogie

17. Good Time Blues

18. Sunset to Dawn

19. Wedding Boogie

20. Far Away Christmas Blues

21. Love Will Break Your Heart for You

22. Rockin' Blues

23. I Don't Care

24. I Dream

25. Beer Bottle Boogie

26. Uneasy Blues



Disc: 3

1. It Can Never Happen Again

2. Gee Baby

3. Fool's Gold

4. Feel Like Crying Again

5. Heartache, Here I Come

6. Turn the Lights Down Low

7. Hold Me Close

8. Gonna Take a Train

9. Doggin' Blues

10. Chitlin' Switch Blues

11. Warning Blues

12. Living and Loving You

13. Hunter Hancock Theme

14. Mambo Boogie

15. New Love

16. Just Another Flame

17. I'll Ask My Heart

18. It Ain't the Beauty

19. All Night Long

20. Help Me Blues

21. Walkin' Shoe Blues

22. Honky Tonk Boogie

23. Because I Love My Baby So

24. Where's My Baby

25. Three Magic Words



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