mikeweil Posted March 20 Author Report Posted March 20 (edited) Brother John Sellers was a blues, folk. and gospel singer - he had no problems crossing over between these genres. John Hammond recorded two 10" LPs with him in 1954, one used Sir Charles Thompson, Freddie Green, Walter Page, and Jo Jones as the rhythm section, with Ruby Braff playing an occasional trumpet obligato. Sellers is a good singer with a broad expressional palette finding an individual approach for each song, the excellent backing seems to inspire him, and it is nice to see Jo Jones hitting the right groove without using the common R&B cliches. Thompson gets all the solo space, hearing Braff playing bluesy phrases with his gorgeous tone is a treat. You even get Freddie Green's rare take on folk/blues finger picking in one song. It's a very nice listen, as the Rushing albums, and its 20 minutes could have been squeezed into the box alongside these. The CD depicted below is a 2006 reissue on the British ACE label, adding the 27 minutes of Sellers' other Vanguard album (with Sonny Terry and guitar player Johnny Jones) in strict folk blues style. It is still available and worth a puchase for any lover of this type of music. There is an elaborate biographical essay on Sellers' career by Chris Smith. Edited March 20 by mikeweil Quote
mikeweil Posted 13 hours ago Author Report Posted 13 hours ago (edited) The two Brother John Sellers albums had catalogue numbers 7022 and 8005. The first was folk blues, the second a mix of blues, folk and gospel tunes with a jazz backing, thus placed in the 8000 Jazz Showcase series. Do not ask me why Bobby Henderson's second solo piano album was issued in the 9000 series, I have not heard it, and it cannot be found on discogs: Call House Blues : Bobby Henderson (p) solos New York, 1957 Diga diga doo Vanguard VRS9017 Some of these days - St. Louis blues - A good man is hard to find - Alexander's ragtime band - There'll be some changes made - Three o'clock in the morning - Take me out to the ball game - Baby, won't you please come home ? - Call house blues - Take me to the land of jazz - Missouri waltz - After you've gone - Put on your old grey bonnet - Ballin' the Jack - That red sock is a nice detail. Maybe not "jazz" enough? Just found this, maybe it's helpful: https://www.bsnpubs.com/new/vanguard.pdf Edited 13 hours ago by mikeweil Quote
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