Richard M. Jones – “And the Blues Singers” / Document CD-5390

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Document Records Compact Disc-CDDOC5390

w/Callie Vassar Thelma La Vizzo Baby Mack Sam Robinson Wilmer Davis Lillie Delk Christian Rosa Holley Louis Powell

1 – I`m Lonesome, Nobody Cares For Me [Callie Vassar]
2 – Maybe someday [Callie Vassar]
3 – All night blues [Callie Vassar]
4 – Original stomps [Callie Vassar]
5 – Trouble in mind blues [Thelma La Vizzo]
6 – Fire in the mountain blues [Thelma La Vizzo]
7 – New Orleans goofer dust blues (take 1)[Thelma La Vizzo]
8 – New Orleans goofer dust blues (take 2)[Thelma La Vizzo]
9 – The stomps [Thelma La Vizzo]
10 – You`ve got to get home on time [Baby Mack]
11 – What kind of man is that? [Baby Mack]
12 – It`s all the same to me [Robinson & Mack]
13 – Make room for someone else [Robinson & Mack]
14 – Come around the corner [Sam Robinson]
15 – Booze [Sam Robinson]
16 – Gut struggle [Wilmer Davis]
17 – Rest you hips [Wilmer Davis]
18 – It all depends on you [Lillie Delk Christian]
19 – Ain`t she sweet [Lillie Delk Christian]
20 – Dark and cloudy blues [Rosa Holley]
21 – Lookin` for the blues [Rosa Holley]
22 – Sissy [Louis Powell]
23 – Mushmouth blues [Louis Powell]

Notes:
Richard M. Jones was one great blues pianist and bandleader who plied his wares behind a number of blues vocalists, the best of which are featured on this 23 track collection. Recorded in Chicago and Richmond, Indiana over a five year period, this finds the versatile and adaptable Jones providing backup for Callie Vassar, Thelma LaVizzo, Baby Mack, Robinson & Mack, Sam Robinson, Wilmer Davis, Lillie Delk Christian, Rosa Holley, and Louis Powell. These ultra rare 78s give a glimpse into the output of one of jazzdom’s truly forgotten artists.