Early In The Morning by Louis Jordan

[MarkRhodes]

Simple as pie but there aren't many records that bring me more joy than this one.
(Professor Longhair did this one well too.)

[ruger9]

Louis Jordan is one of my favorites. Especially when I'm feeling blue. You can't feel blue when you're listening to LJ!

[MarkRhodes]

Louis Jordan is one of my favorites. Especially when I'm feeling blue. You can't feel blue when you're listening to LJ!

Agreed!

Here are BB King and Bobby "Blue" Bland doing "Let The Good Times Roll."

And here's Ray Charles lettin' 'em roll.

[mr. beaumont]

Great thread!

[wintermoon]

Joe Williams Five O'clock In The Morning
He never ceases to amaze...

[Mick-7]

Joe Williams Five O'clock In The Morning
He never ceases to amaze...

Yeah, Joe was great, he sang with my college jazz band. He said to me: "In a big band, the guitar should be felt but not heard" (i.e., the Freddie Green comping approach). I almost replied, "then why do you have the James Taylor song on the set list?," but thought better of it. (The song was, "You've Got a Friend," actually by Carole King but JT popularized it.) I was not offended but it did not make my day either.

[Phil59]

Thanks! I had forgotten how much I liked him. The sax solo is the model of simplicity and eloquence, not necessarily in that order.

Simple as pie but there aren't many records that bring me more joy than this one.
(Professor Longhair did this one well too.)