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Modern Music – The First Year 1945Various
CD (Item 618053) Ace (UK), 1945 — Condition: New Copy
The start of a legendary label – laid out here in chronological order! The Modern label was a key force in R&B, blues, and jazz in the postwar years – an important indie with an ear for the best underground styles, and an uncanny talent for not only picking some of the best artists of the time – but also finding a way to let their best music come through on record! This wonderful collection brings together all the early Modern Records 78rpm recordings from 1945 – all with brilliant remastering, and the usual Ace Records high level of notes that offers up way more information than you'd find on the original copies. There's strongly jazzy vibe running through the mix here – and titles include "Swinging The Boogie", "Rocking The Boogie", "The Man I Love", "Rehearsin The Boogie", and "Blue Mood" by Hadda Brooks; "Deep Meditation" and "11:45 Swing" by Howard McGhee, "Lovin Lover" and "Jesse Boogie" by Jesse Perry, "Daddy Somebody's Got To Go" by Pearl Taylor, "Air Mail Special" and "B Splat" by Happy Johnson Sextette, and "That's The Boogie" by Three Bits Of Rhythm. © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc. | ||||||
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