Dr. John, Nevilles offer funk and a lot of soul Aug 31, 2009
He kicked things off with the rolling, vintage New Orleans funk of Indian Red interpolated by a rollicking Down By the Riverside, and continued with a set that drew heavily on his standards work, from Johnny Mercer s That Old Black Magic to Louis Jordan s I Know What I ve Got, to, of course, Let the Good Times Roll. For his own stuff, he gave the crowd both old and new, looking back for Right Place, Wrong Time, and an amazing, extended take on I ve Been Hoodooed, and playing three songs from his... (Boston Globe)
Best of Diana Krall Aug 3, 2009
"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (1995) - This sultry, Peggy Lee-style reading of the Louis Jordan classic oozes quiet confidence, setting the standard high for "Only Trust Your Heart," the singer's second album. Stanley Turrentine's saxophone work only adds to the magic. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
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Gi Gi starring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jordan. Up, Periscope starring James Maverick Garner and Edmund O Brien. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
‘How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’n’ Roll’ looks beyond the pop charts Jul 3, 2009
He tracks the devolution of popular music from public to private, from the time of the big bands (and Louis Jordan s smaller, rhythm n blues groups), when people danced together, to the elevation of the Beatles to rarefied and nondanceable status. In his introduction, he says he loved Meet the Beatles and played it over and over; but, while he recognized Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band as a work of genius, he didn t want to hear it often and considered it adult music. (Boston Globe)
Jazz trumpeter Eddie Preston dies Jun 26, 2009
According to news accounts at the time, the Texas-born Preston recounted his 50-plus year career there in 2006, playing with big bands as early as 1945, then working with Lionel Hampton, Charles, Louis Jordan, and Ellington. "We had so many favorite memories," said Annette Preston softly. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Don Pitts: A voice from the '50s May 6, 2009
Gaillard was a jazz hipster, along the lines of Louis Jordan, and recorded a loose, swinging song, "Don Pitts, on the Air" one day in 1950 at KYA's studios in the Fairmont Hotel. But when Pitts joined KGO, the ABC-owned station had him re-record the song with a white band. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
HALL OF FAME HONORS AFRICAN-AMERICANS Feb 15, 2009
Louis Jordan, known as the father of rhythm and blues, was inducted into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame in 1998. Jordan was born in Brinkley, and made his first professional appearance at Hot Springs Green Gables Club at age 15. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
