GROOVE JUICE was played by former Lionel Hampton masterblaster Jack McVea on tenorsax in 1945. He was also ivolved in JATP and recorded a lot on his own. - WALKIN’ is a rare piece by Joe Liggins, who is still famous for his hit version of ‘The Honeydripper’. - MIDNIGHT WITH SAMPSON is one of the early cool tunes by ace-bassman Red Callender who later played and composed complex suites for his doghouse. - Henry Red Allen was someone special, as he was often mentioned as a rival to Louis Armstrong, but Red was more: a great showman and a master of early Rhythm and Blues, IF IT’S LOVE YOU WANT is a blueplate for his style that Louis couldn’t have done ever. - The roaring RED RED WINE was pounded by Milton Buckner, the ‘mighty atom on the keys’ who played in the Lionel Hampton congregation for long years. - Some Jazz by a sophisticated guitarcat? Kenny Burrell was the man on the strings for ALL TORE UP besides King Curtis, Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor and Count Hastings on saxes. - But back to Mr McVea: WINE-O is too good to be missed, although the 2nd tune of this saxman extraordinaire on this platter. - Another very special Jazzman was singer Babs Gonzales, who worked for Hollywood actor Errol Flynn as a chauffeur at daytime, while working the Los Angeles clubs by night. GET OUT OF THAT BED is one of Babs’ rare RnB-moments recorded. - As with Red Rodney, the mainly drug stuffed white Be Bop-Gabriel, who also waxed his kind of RnB with DIG THIS MENUE PLEASE. - Sax-honker Rusty Bryant played with Tiny Grimes and started his own band in 1951. He later made weird funky stuff with ‘Fire Eater’ and countless Boogaloo-recordings, but HANKA BOO, waxed in 1956 for Dot Records, is still a dancefloor filler for very skilled dancers.
