Artist: Various Artist
Album: West Florida Rhythm & Blues
Genre: R&B, Soul
Label: Jasmine Records
Released: 2023
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
- Clarence Jolly – I Need You Baby
- Clarence Jolly – You'd Better Change Your Ways
- Charles Brantley & His Original Honeydippers – Mean Mean Momma
- Charles Brantley & His Band – Beggin' Blues
- Clarence Jolly – Every Man's Blues (feat Charles Brantley & His Band)
- Clarence Jolly – Baby Take A Look At Me
- Manzie Harris & His Band – Blues In The Morning
- Manzie Harris & His Band – Cryin' And Sighin'
- Charles Brantley & His Band – Each Night About This Time
- Charles Brantley & His Band – Boogie Me Baby
- Guitar Shorty – Irma Lee
- Guitar Shorty – You Don't Treat Me Right
- Charles Brantley & His Band – I Feel So Lonesome
- Clarence Jolly – Don't Leave Me
- Clarence Jolly – Changing Love
- Texas Ray – What's Come Over You
- Texas Ray – Mary Ann
- The Skyliners – Rock-A-Baby Rock
- Gene Franklin & The House Rockin' Spacemen – Hackensack Part 1
- Gene Franklin & The House Rockin' Spacemen – Hackensack Part 2
- Gene Franklin & The Spacemen – Itchin' And Twistin'
- Gene Franklin & The Spacemen – Rockin' The Fish
- Charlie Brantley And His Orchestra – Checker Shirt
- Charlie Brantley And His Orchestra – Let Your Good Times Go
- Charlie Brantley And His Orchestra – You Said You Loved Me
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TAMPA and ST. PETERSBURG in FLORIDA were the focal point from the late 1940s through to the early 1960s for what is nowadays a neglected and obscure centre of black R&B music, much of it focussed around the saxophonist and bandleader Charles Brantley.
Brantley, along with his front man vocalist Clarence Jolly, was recorded in the early 1950s by New York record label owner Bob Shad and Jasmine is proud to release these sides as part of a twenty-five track compilation of jumping R&B and smootchy ballads from the Sunshine State.
Also included are cuts by such acts as Gene Franklin and his Rockin' Spacemen and harmonica virtuoso Eugene 'Texas' Ray, along with the flamboyant Guitar Shorty, although these artists had to migrate to New York City, or in the case of Shorty, Chicago, to make their recording debuts.
Jam-packed full of rare recordings, this collection will delight both R&B collectors and enthusiasts and will shed a welcome light on a hitherto undocumented area of post-war American Rhythm and Blues music.