The Essential Jimmy Rushing (1974) more music like this

by Jimmy Rushing

This single CD reissues an earlier Jimmy Rushing two-LP set, leaving off two cuts due to lack of space. Jimmy Rushing, who may very well have been the definitive male big band singer, sticks mostly to blues and Kansas City swing on the release and is backed by a variety of top swing all-stars, including most notably tenor saxophonist Buddy Tate, ...

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Vanguard Visionaries (2007) more music like this

by Jimmy Rushing

This ten-cut sampler of blues and jazz great Jimmy Rushing compiles cuts from his three mid-'50s LPs for Vanguard -- Listen to the Blues, Jimmy Rushing Sings The Blues, and Oh Love. Most of tunes have been compiled on larger anthologies such as the Essential Jimmy Rushing and Every Day. There are fine performances on this set, such as his readings ...

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Anthology 1937-1955 (2007) more music like this

by Jimmy Rushing

Jimmy Rushing made some of his earliest appearances on phonograph records with Kansas City bandleader Bennie Moten. Often called upon to perform in front of a big band without the aid of a microphone, Rushing developed a voice loud enough to be heard over a locomotive. Cabu's chronologically stacked Jimmy Rushing anthology examines his career in ...

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