Leon Washington Discography of CDs

Leon Washington songs This CD contains 20 tracks (5 previously unreleased) recorded in Chicago between February 1952 and April 1953. Includes liner notes by Tim Price. During 1951-57, Tab Smith recorded extensively for the United label, and although he was initially popular (due to the hit record "Because of You"), nearly half of the 90 titles he cut went unissued. Delmark in their Tab Smith CD series ...

Leon Washington music CDs Recorded in Chicago between August 1951 and February 1952. Includes liner notes by Robert G. Koester. Altoist Tab Smith, who first gained recognition with Count Basie's orchestra in the mid-'40s, became an unexpected R&B star in the early '50s, thanks in large part to his hit version of "Because of You." Between 1951-1957, Smith recorded 90 songs for the United Record Company, of which ...

Leon Washington CD discography Volume eight in the complete recordings of Roosevelt Sykes as reissued by Document covers his Victor/Bluebird output from 1945 through October 1947. During this portion of his lengthy career, Sykes brought in some of Chicago's toughest sessionmen, including a brace of horn players who fortified the texture of his act and summoned a jazz element that blended well with his steadily ripening approach ...

Leon Washington albums Recorded in September 1961. Personnel: Junie C. Cobb (vocals, piano); Annabelle Calhoun (vocals); Ikey Robinson (banjo); Leon Washington (clarinet, saxophone, tenor saxophone); Fortunatua P. Richard (trumpet); Harlen Floyd (trombone); Red Saunders (drums). Audio Remasterer: Phil DeLancie. Liner Note Author: Chris Albertson. Recording information: Birdhouse, Chicago, IL (09/08/1961). Photographer: Steve Shapiro. Unknown Contributor Role: Phil DeLancie. Personnel: Junie C. Cobb, Fortunatus "Fip" Ricard, Harlen "Booby" Floyd, Leon Washington, Ikey "Banjo Ike" ...

Leon Washington discography Recorded between October 1, 1929 and July 7, 1936. Includes liner notes by Chris Smith. Victoria Spivey's ability to evolve with the times and often reinvent her style can be heard throughout the third of four CDs in Document's reissuance of her prewar recordings. She is heard singing classic blues on four numbers with an all-star group drawn from Luis Russell's Orchestra (including trumpeter ...

Leon Washington CD discography Liner Note Author: H. Alan Stein. Recording information: 1950-1951. Personnel includes: Joe Williams (vocals), Riley Hampton (alto saxophone), Leon Washington (tenor saxophone), McKinley Easton (baritone saxophone), Sonny Cohn (trumpet). Personnel: Joe Williams (vocals); Ike Perkins (guitar); Riley Hampton (alto saxophone); Leon Washington, Dick Davis (tenor saxophone); Mack Easton (baritone saxophone); King Kilax, King Kolax, Sonny Cohn (trumpet); Bennie Green (trombone); Earl Washington (piano); Kansas Fields, Red ...

Leon Washington albums This excellent LP (which unaccountably leaves out the recording dates of its 16 selections) features the best recordings by Earl Hines's Orchestra during 1932-34 (prior to signing with Decca) and 1937-38. Highlights include the initial version of "Rosetta," asuch Jimmy Mundy charts as "Cavernism" and "Madhouse," a small-group romp on "Honeysuckle Rose" and early examples of Ray Nance's trumpet on the later tracks. ...

Leon Washington music CDs All tracks have been digitally remastered using CEDAR technology. Adapter: Joyce Waterhouse. Personnel: Roosevelt Sykes (vocals, piano); J.T. Brown (vocals, tenor saxophone); James Burke Oden (vocals); Sam Casimir, Ted Summitt, Emanuel Sayles, Willie James Lacey (guitar); Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (clarinet); Leon Washington, Bill Casimir (tenor saxophone); Lucien Henderson, Johnny Morton (trumpet); Bill Owens (piano); W.B. Nelson (drums). Liner Note Author: Jean Buzelin. Recording information: 1944-1950. Personnel: Roosevelt ...

Leon Washington discography Unknown Contributor Role: Leon Washington. Arrangers: Skippy Williams; Cecil Irwin; George Dixon; Lawrence Dixon; Henri Woode; Jimmy Mundy; Louis Taylor ; Quinn Wilson; Budd Johnson. Personnel: Earl Hines (piano); Walter Fuller (vocals, trumpet); Leroy Harris , Herb Jeffries (vocals); Claude Roberts, Lawrence Dixon (guitar); Darnell Howard (violin, clarinet, alto saxophone); Ray Nance (violin, trumpet); Budd Johnson (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, ...