At the Swing Cat's Ball

by Louis Jordan

Overview

Released as an attempt to cash in on the swing revival that swept through America in the late '90s, MCA's At the Swing Cat's Ball contains 12 songs that spotlight Louis Jordan's hardest-swinging material. Since Jordan towered above most jump blues practitioners in the '40s, it's easy to enjoy the compilation, even if you question the reasons behind its assembly. Since it concentrates on swinging material, it isn't a strict hits compilation (even though there are hits here), but that probably won't bother Generation Y swingers, whom this compilation is clearly targeted at. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/17/1999
Label:	Mca
UPC:	0008811204426
Rank:	215251

Tracks

1. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
2. At the Swing Cat's Ball
3. Flat Face
4. Keep a Knockin'
5. Swingin' in a Coconut Tree
6. Doug the Jitterbug
7. The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender and Tall
8. All for the Love of Lil
9. Reet Petite and Gone
10. Barnyard Boogie
11. Have You Got the Gumption?
12. Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow
13. You're Much Too Fat (And That's That)
14. Safe, Sane and Single
15. Onion
16. Beans and Corn Bread
17. School Days (When We Were Kids)
18. It's a Great, Great Pleasure
19. Hog Wash
20. (Crazy 'Bout) Lollypop

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Louis Jordan   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5   Primary Artist
Thurber Jay   Bass
Aaron Izenhall   Trumpet
John Kirkwood   Drums
Arnold Thomas   Piano
Charles Drayton   Bass
James Jackson   Guitar (Electric)
Carl Hogan   Guitar (Electric)
Courtney Williams   Trumpet
Eddie Byrd   Drums
Lowell Hastings   Sax (Tenor)
Jesse "Po" Simpkins   Bass
Clarence Johnson   Piano
James Wright   Sax (Tenor)
Chester Lane   Piano
Bob Mitchell   Trumpet
William K. "Billy" Hadnott   Bass
Josh Jackson   Sax (Tenor)
Eddie Roane   Trumpet
Earle Warren   Sax (Baritone)
Walter Martin   Drums
Maxwell Davis   Sax (Tenor)
Bert Payne   Guitar (Electric)
Dallas Bartley   Bass
Bill Doggett   Piano
Bill Jennings   Guitar (Electric)
Bob Bushnell   Bass
Lem Johnson   Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Bert M. Mays   Composer
Ben Lorre   Composer
Wayne Grey   Composer
Courtney Williams   Composer
Peter Grendysa   Liner Notes
Wilhelmina Gray   Composer
Billy Austin   Composer
Rafael Rene   Composer
William J. Tennyson   Composer
Jeff Dane   Composer
Bill Tennyson   Composer
Bill Mays   Composer
Bill Austin   Composer
Sheldon Smith   Composer
J. Mayo Williams   Composer,Producer
Chuck Berry   Composer
Larry Wynn   Composer
Fleecy Moore   Composer
Fleecie Moore   Composer
Denver Darling   Composer
Johnny Lange   Composer
Hy Heath   Composer
Louis Russell   Composer
Lora Lee   Composer
Louis Jordan   Composer
Pinetop Smith   Composer
Perry Bradford   Composer
Vaughn Horton   Composer
Jerry Bresler   Composer
Milt Gabler   Composer,Producer
Gus Edwards   Composer
William Campbell   Composer
Will D. Cobb   Composer
Burt Wilson   Composer
Spencer Lee   Composer
Stanley Clarke   Composer
Bill Doggett   Composer
Fred Clark   Composer
Wesley Wilson   Composer
Mike Jackson   Composer
John Lange   Composer