Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

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1Honey in the Bee Ball
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1938-12-20)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1938-12-20)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1938-12-20)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1938-12-20)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1938-12-20)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1938-12-20)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1938-12-20)
recording of:
Honey in the Bee Ball (on 1938-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan
3:05
2Barnacle Bill the Sailor
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1938-12-20)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1938-12-20)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1938-12-20)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1938-12-20)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1938-12-20)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1938-12-20)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1938-12-20)
recording of:
Barnacle Bill the Sailor (on 1938-12-20)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Luther and Carson Robison
arrangement of:
Barnacle Bill the Sailor (Roud 4704)
2:44
3Flat Face
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1938-03-29)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1938-03-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1938-03-29)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1938-03-29)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1938-03-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1938-03-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1938-03-29)
recording of:
Flat Face (on 1938-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
Courtney Williams
2:42
4Keep A-Knockin’ (But You Can’t Come In)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1938-03-29)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-03-29)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
tenor saxophone:
Lemuel Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-03-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
recording of:
Keep A‐Knockin’ (but You Can’t Come In) (Louis Jordan’s version) (on 1939-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford and Bert M. Mays
arranger:
Louis Jordan
version of:
You Can't Come In
2:32
5Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches On
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1938-03-29)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-03-29)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
tenor saxophone:
Lemuel Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-03-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
recording of:
Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches On (on 1939-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
2:42
6Swinging in a Coconut Tree
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1939-03-29)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-03-29)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-03-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
recording of:
Swinging in a Coconut Tree (on 1939-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
2:45
7Doug the Jitterbug
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1939-03-29)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-03-29)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-03-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
recording of:
Doug the Jitterbug (on 1939-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan
2:32
8At the Swing Cat’s Ball
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Lem Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1939-03-29)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-03-29)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-03-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-03-29)
recording of:
At the Swing Cat's Ball (on 1939-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
William Campbell
2:29
9Jake, What a Snake
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-11-14)
clarinet, flute and tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1939-11-14)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1939-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-11-14)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-11-14)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-11-14)
recording of:
Jake, What a Snake (on 1939-11-14)
lyricist and composer:
J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
2:31
10Honeysuckle Rose
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-11-14)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1939-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-11-14)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-11-14)
tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1939-11-14)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-11-14)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-11-14)
cover recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1939-11-14)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
3:05
11’Fore Day Blues
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-11-14)
clarinet, flute and tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1939-11-14)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1939-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-11-14)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-11-14)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-11-14)
recording of:
'Fore Day Blues (on 1939-11-14)
writer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford, Louis Jordan and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
2:36
12But I’ll Be Back
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-11-14)
clarinet, flute and tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1939-11-14)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1939-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-11-14)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-11-14)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-11-14)
recording of:
But I'll Be Back (on 1939-11-14)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan
2:34
13You Ain’t Nowhere
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-11-14)
clarinet, flute and tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1939-11-14)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1939-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-11-14)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-11-14)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-11-14)
recording of:
You Ain't Nowhere (on 1939-11-14)
writer:
Louis Jordan and Don Redman
2:40
14You’re My Meat
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-11-14)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1939-11-14)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1939-11-14)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1939-11-14)
tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1939-11-14)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1939-11-14)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1939-11-14)
recording of:
You’re My Meat (on 1939-11-14)
lyricist and composer:
Skeets Tolbert
2:59
15June Tenth Jamboree
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-01-25)
clarinet, flute and tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1940-01-25)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-01-25)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-01-25)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1940-01-25)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-01-25)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-01-25) and Yack Taylor (on 1940-01-25)
recording of:
June Tenth Jamboree (on 1940-01-25)
writer:
Price
2:45
16You Run Your Mouth and I’ll Run My Business
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-01-25)
clarinet, flute and tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1940-01-25)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-01-25)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-01-25)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1940-01-25)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-01-25)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-01-25) and Yack Taylor (on 1940-01-25)
recording of:
You Run Your Mouth and I'll Run My Business (on 1940-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
2:38
17I’m Alabama Bound
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-01-25)
clarinet, flute and tenor saxophone:
Stafford Simon (on 1940-01-25)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-01-25)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-01-25)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1940-01-25)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-01-25)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-01-25) and Yack Taylor (on 1940-01-25)
recording of:
I'm Alabama Bound (Mike Jackson version) (on 1940-01-25)
writer:
Mike Jackson
is based on:
I’m Alabama Bound
3:00
18Somebody Done Hoodoo’d the Hoodoo Man
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-03-13)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-03-13)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-03-13)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-03-13)
piano and spoken vocals:
Clarence Johnson (on 1940-03-13)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-03-13)
vocals:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-03-13), Clarence Johnson (on 1940-03-13), Louis Jordan (on 1940-03-13), Mabel Robinson (on 1940-03-13) and Daisy Winchester (on 1940-03-13)
recording of:
Somebody Done Hoodoo'd the Hoodoo Man (on 1940-03-13)
lyricist and composer:
Wesley Wilson
2:42
19Bounce the Ball (Do Da Dittle Um Day)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-03-13)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-03-13)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-03-13)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-03-13)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1940-03-13)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-03-13)
vocals:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-03-13), Clarence Johnson (on 1940-03-13), Louis Jordan (on 1940-03-13), Mabel Robinson (on 1940-03-13) and Daisy Winchester (on 1940-03-13)
recording of:
Bounce the Ball (Do Da Dittle Um Day) (on 1940-03-13)
lyricist and composer:
Mike Jackson
2:44
20Penthouse in the Basement
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-03-13)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-03-13)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-03-13)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-03-13)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1940-03-13)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-03-13)
vocals:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-03-13), Clarence Johnson (on 1940-03-13), Louis Jordan (on 1940-03-13), Mabel Robinson (on 1940-03-13) and Daisy Winchester (on 1940-03-13)
recording of:
Penthouse in the Basement (on 1940-03-13)
writer:
Walter Bishop, Sr., Emma P. La Freniere and Lew Lehr
2:36
21After School Swing Session (Swinging With Symphony, Sid)
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-03-13)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-03-13)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-03-13)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-03-13)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (on 1940-03-13)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-03-13)
vocals:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-03-13), Clarence Johnson (on 1940-03-13), Louis Jordan (on 1940-03-13), Mabel Robinson (on 1940-03-13) and Daisy Winchester (on 1940-03-13)
recording of:
After School Swing Session (Swinging With Symphony, Sid) (on 1940-03-13)
writer:
Buddy Feyne and Louis Jordan
2:38
22Oh Boy, I’m in the Groove
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-04-29)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-04-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-03-13)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-04-29)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1940-04-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-04-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-04-29)
recording of:
Oh Boy, I'm in the Groove (on 1940-04-29)
lyricist and composer:
Ella Fitzgerald
2:49
23Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand’s Doin’
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-04-29)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-04-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-04-29)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-04-29)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1940-04-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-04-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-04-29)
recording of:
Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doin' (on 1940-04-29)
writer:
Ted Delaney and Georgia South
3:05
24Don’t Come Cryin’ on My Shoulder
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-04-29)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-04-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-03-13)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-04-29)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1940-04-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-04-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-04-29)
recording of:
Don't Come Cryin' on My Shoulder (on 1940-04-29)
writer:
Arthur Altman, Manny Kurtz and Murray Mencher
2:32
25Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-04-29)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-04-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-03-13)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-04-29)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1940-04-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-04-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-04-29)
recording of:
Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee (on 1940-04-29)
lyricist:
L. Wolfe Gilbert
composer:
Lewis F. Muir
2:33
26A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-09-30)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-09-30)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-09-30)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1940-09-30)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-09-30)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
recording of:
A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird (on 1940-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
Emmett “Babe” Wallace
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc.
2:38
27Pompton Turnpike
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
clarinet:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-09-30) and Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-09-30)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-09-30)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1940-09-30)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-09-30)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-09-30)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
recording of:
Pompton Turnpike (on 1940-09-30)
writer:
Will Osborne and Dick Rogers
3:11
28Do You Call That a Buddy? (Dirty Cat)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
clarinet:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-09-30) and Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-09-30)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-09-30)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1940-09-30)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-09-30)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-09-30)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
recording of:
Do You Call That a Buddy? (Dirty Cat) (on 1940-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
Wesley Wilson
3:16
29I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
clarinet:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-09-30) and Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (on 1940-09-30)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (on 1940-09-30)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1940-09-30)
tenor saxophone:
Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-09-30)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (on 1940-09-30)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (on 1940-09-30)
recording of:
I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do) (on 1940-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan
2:31
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