Various Artists - Jumpin the Blues / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Everybody had their own style, Jelly Roll Morton said of blues and jazz piano players. This collection explores the music of famous and less well-known blues pianists in the 1920s Inchclassic bluesInch era and in the 1930s, when the distinctive boogie-woogie style of piano playing began to emerge.

The Mojo Man Sez Lookie here chappie, don't slip with the lip. Pause while I drop anchor and hip your ship. This party is for the able and the lame should know the score. If you're not hep and in step, it's time for you to blow. Jive is a hard drug, so get hip to it while cuttin' the rug.

(2-CD set) 34 tracks on two CDs representing 15 years of west coast blues from Mountain Top Productions. Artists include Carey Bell, Mark Hummel, Johnny Dyer, Fillmore Slim, Paris Slim & Johnny Ace, Lazy Lester, Gary Primitch, Eddie Taylor and many more.