Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 1

by HONKERS & BAR WALKERS VOL.1 /

Overview

This CD serves as a strong introduction to the tenor sax- (and occasional alto-) oriented R&B music of the early 1950s. It includes a few major hits (most notably Jimmy Forrest's "Night Train" and Tab Smith's ballad feature "Because of You") and six previously unissued alternate takes. Also heard from are Teddy Brannon, Cozy Eggleston, the underrated Jimmy Coe, Doc Sausage (on 1950's "Sausage Rock"), Fred Jackson, Chris Woods, Fats Noel and Paul Bascomb. Overall, it gives listeners a fine sampling of the United and Regal catalogs. Fun and occasionally riotous music. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	09/18/1993
Label:	Delmark
UPC:	0038153043827
Rank:	125204

Tracks

1. Night Train  - Jimmy Forrest  - Lewis Simpkins  - Oscar Washington
2. Everybody Get Together  - Teddy Brannon
3. Mixin' With Dixon  - Teddy Brannon
4. Cozy's Beat  - Cozy Eggleston
5. Big Heavy (Blue Lights Boogie)  - Cozy Eggleston
6. Because of You  - Arthur Hammerstein  - Tab Smith  - Dudley Wilkinson
7. Ace High  - Tab Smith
8. After Hours Joint  - Jimmy Coe  - J. Johnson
9. Fast Blues  - Jimmy Coe
10. Sausage Rock  - Doc Sausage
11. Sentimental Blues  - Freddie Jackson
12. Duck Fever  - Freddie Jackson
13. Cool One-Groove Two  - Christine Wood
14. You Belong to Me  - Fats Noel
15. Duck Soup  - Fats Noel
16. Wish You Were Here  - Fats Noel
17. High Tide  - Fats Noel
18. Pink Cadillac  - Paul Bascomb
19. Blues and the Beat  - Paul Bascomb
20. More Blues-More Beat  - Paul Bascomb
21. My Buddy  - Walter Donaldson  - Jimmy Forrest  - Gus Kahn
22. Flight 3-D  - Jimmy Forrest

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Doc Sausage   Primary Artist,Drums
Christine Wood   Primary Artist
Paul Bascomb   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Tab Smith   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto)
Jimmy Forrest   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Cozy Eggleston   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Fats Noel   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Freddie Jackson   Primary Artist
Jimmy Coe   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Teddy Brannon   Primary Artist,Piano
Lavern Dillon   Piano
Bart Dabney   Trombone
Nathanial Jernigan   Drums
Ellis Hunter   Guitar
Bunky Parker   Piano
Frank Porter   Sax (Alto)
Eugene Fox   Organ,Piano
Charlie Wright   Sax (Tenor)
James McCrary   Bass
Oscar Oldham   Drums
Dicky Thompson   Guitar,Vocals
Percy James   Congas
Harold Wallace   Sax (Baritone)
Irving Woods   Trumpet
John Mixon   Bass
Eddie Lewis   Trumpet
Eugene Thomas   Bass
Arthur Redford   Trombone
Chuck Williams   Drums
Jimmy Boyd   Piano
Leon Washington   Sax (Tenor)
Earl Johnson   Sax (Tenor)
Chris Woods   Sax (Alto)
Duke Jordan   Piano
Fred Jackson   Sax (Tenor)
Walter Johnson   Drums
Denzil Best   Drums
George DeHart   Drums
Reverend Charlie Jackson   Guitar
Aaron Bell   Bass
Ray Abrams   Sax (Tenor)
Sammy Cahn   Trumpet
Wilfred Middlebrooks   Bass
Tommy Waters   Sax (Alto)

Technical Credits

Doc Sausage   Performer
Freddie Jackson   Performer
Arthur Hammerstein   Composer
Peter Watrous   Liner Notes
Christine Wood   Performer
Eddie Balchowski   Artwork
Al Brandtner   Design,Artwork
Oscar Washington   Composer
Paul Bascomb   Composer,Performer
Tab Smith   Performer
Teddy Brannon   Performer
Steve Wagner   Producer
Bob Porter   Liner Notes
Bill Putnam   Engineer
Chris Woods   Performer
Cozy Eggleston   Performer
Fats Noel   Performer
Fred Mendelsohn   Supervisor
Fred Jackson   Performer
Walter Donaldson   Composer
Dudley Wilkinson   Composer
Robert G. Koester   Producer
Jimmy Coe   Performer
Jimmy Forrest   Composer,Performer
Gus Kahn   Composer
J. Johnson   Composer
Lewis Simpkins   Composer,Supervisor