Jumpin' & Jivin / Var Jumpin' & Jivin / Var CD

Those of you who remember Ace's Jiving Jamboree CD, released in 1995, will be delighted to find Jumpin' & Jivin', a compilation of 25 jump blues sides and compiled by the famed US producer Billy Vera. Vera has drawn together jump sides from opposite sides of the US-.-Specialty Records on the West Coast and Prestige on the East Coast, spanning the genre's primary period of 1945-55. The difference between the two label's output demonstrates how South-western blues and modern jazz influenced this genre. Described in the sleevenotes as "An offshoot of swing, a precursor of rhythm & blues, a granddaddy of rock'n'roll and a parallel universe to bebop", jump encompasses a diverse range of influences.

1. Something's Goin' on in My Room - Daddy Cleanhead 2. Tell It Like It Is - Roy Milton 3. Lucy Brown - Duke Henderson 4. Mad Lad Returns - Leo Parker 5. Drink-Up, Light-Up - Nelson Alexander Trio 6. Baby, Don't Do That to Me - Roy Milton 7. Sometimes - Amos Easton 8. When the Rooster Crows (Aka I Want My Baby) - Joe Turner 9. Hep Cat Boogie - Jimmy Liggins 10. Baby, You Don't Know - Roy Milton 11. Red Top - King Pleasure 12. Ida Red - Amos Easton 13. Cool Goofin' 14. Wine Woogie - Marvin Phillips 15. Twisted - Annie Ross 16. Tiny's Boogie - Amos Easton 17. If You Don't Know - Roy Milton 18. I Must Have Been An Ugly Baby - King Perry 19. Stop Talkin', Start Walkin' - Eddie Jefferson 20. Gonna Leave You Baby - Roy Milton 21. Squattin' - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 22. Hole in the Wall - Floyd Dixon 23. Got a Penny, Benny? - Joe Carroll 24. Make Me Know It - Roy Milton 25. Moody's Mood for Love - King Pleasure