Audio CD review:
B.B. King - Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan

B.B. King - Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan

Band: B.B. King Title: Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan Rating: Release Date: 05 October, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens 2: Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (My Baby) 3: Beware, Brother, Beware 4: Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door 5: Ain't That Just Like A Woman 6: Choo Choo Ch'Boogie 7: Buzz Me 8: Early In The Mornin' 9: I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town 10: Jack, You're Dead 11: Knock Me A Kiss 12: Let The Good Times Roll 13: Caldonia 14: It's A Great, Great Pleasure 15: Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues) 16: Sure Had A Wonderful Time Last Night 17: Saturday Night Fish Fry 18: Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Editoral Review It's rare, though, for an artist of B. Albums consisting entirely of one artist paying tribute to another are commonplace, especially in the blues world where a particular artist's musical heritage is easy to trace. B. King's caliber to do such a tribute, and we're all lucky that the artist he chose to honor is Louis Jordan--the King of the Blues saluting the King of Swing. King's clean, expressive guitar style and rough-hewn voice are so distinctive that there's no mistaking them for anyone else's, and hearing them applied to Jordan's classic songs--including "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens," "Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door," "Saturday Night Fish Fry," and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"--demonstrates both King's considerable skill and the great versatility of Jordan's songwriting. That makes this record more than a mere curiosity, as does the stellar piano work from another living legend, Dr. John. --Genevieve Williams .. You can see a complete list of all B.B. King discography, or go back to the B.B. King tabs