Instrumentals

The thousands of instrumentals in Rhythm & Blues mostly end up as background music behind my talking so every now and then I spotlight them with a set that has no lyrics. The pianists, guitarists, trumpeters and most of all the sax honkers do the hard work for today.

Instrumentals are easier associated with jazz than the songs, and today I'll point out that it's a thin line between jazz and Rhtyhm & Blues. So I don't care what people call the music I play - well as long as they like it.

Transcript

Playlist

Cootie Williams - Block Rock
Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy - Blue Clarinet Stomp
Bob Mosley - Bobbie's Boogie
Ike Quebec - I-Q-Blues (Blue Harlem)
Bill Doggett - Smokie
Jack Surrell - Detroit Boogie
Tab Smith - Red Rider
Jay Mcshann Orchestra - Bucktown Boogie
Todd Rhodes - Red Boy Is Back
J.T. Brown - Blues Blues Boogie
Fats Noel - Duck Soup
Big Al Sears - Here's the Beat
George Lawson Orchestra - Honkin' The Blues
Art Shackelford Sextette - Guitar Stomp
Lloyd Glenn - Joymaker's Boogie (Soldier's Hop)
Sonny Thompson - First Base
Gene Ammons - Chabootie

Outtro:

Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

The following music served as background music during the spoken parts:

Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
Bill Doggett - Shove Off
Buddy Tate - Kansas City Local
Eddie Chamblee - Walkin' Home
Frank 'Floorshow' Culley - Tete-A-Tate
Gene Ammons - The Battle