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this is just about as good as it gets for
strong voiced nappy brown. i keep going back
and listening to this 2cd collection that is absolutely
joltin' r&b and swagger!

this needs to be in everyone's real-deal r&b
section. take that to the bank.

clyde


Recorded between 1954 & 1962. Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

1. Don't Be Angry  
2. I Wonder (What's Wrong With Me)
3. Two-Faced Woman (And A Lyin' Man)
4. That Man
5. Just A Little Love
6. Is It Really You?
7. Piddily Patter Patter
8. I'm In The Mood
9. Well, Well, Well, Baby-La  
10. Open Up That Door
11. I'm Getting Lonesome
12. My Baby
13. Goody Goody Gum Drop
14. A Long Time  
15. Bye, Bye Baby
16. Am I
17. Love Baby
18. Pleasin' You

Disc: 2
1. I'm Gonna Get You
2. I Cried Like A Baby
3. The Right Time
4. There'll Come A Day
5. It Don't Hurt No More
6. Baby-Cry-Cry-Cry-Baby
7. Love Locks
8. Down In The Alley
9. Baby, I Got News For You
10. Little By Little
11. The Hole I'm In
12. Skiddy Woe
13. I've Had My Fun
14. Didn't You Know
15. Coal Miner
16. The Lock On The Door
17. So Glad I Don't Have To Cry No More
18. Any Time Is The Right Time


This is part of Savoy's Blues Legends series.

Nappy Brown, who emerged onto the R&B scene in the 1950s, was the missing link between blues shouters like Wynonie Harris and Big Joe Turner, and the classic soul singers of the '60s, like Ray Charles and Jackie Wilson. Brown had both the rough, rowdy juke-joint shout and the more polished, suave and mannered (he sometimes rolled his consonants) styles down, and he was one of the architects of what became known as soul. This two-CD set collects Brown's output for the Savoy label, from the '50s through the early '60s.

On "Down In the Alley" Brown sounds as ominous as John Lee Hooker, and on "Little By Little" he recalls Jackie Wilson and Little Willie John, while occasionally slipping into a dark Hooker Detroit-boogie vocal tone. The gloriously rough-hewn musical backing is superb. Ace guitarist Mickey Baker (of Mickey & Sylvia fame) and sax legend Sam "The Man" Taylor, along with jazz players Connie Kay, Al Sears, Panama Francis and Milt Hinton, all dip their buckets into the river where the waters of swing, blues, and rock & roll combine. NIGHT TIME is Saturday night music of the highest order.

Personnel includes: Nappy Brown (vocals); Mickey Baker, Skeeter Best, Sal Salvador (electric guitar); Al Sears, Sam Taylor, King Curtis (tenor saxophone); Budd Johnson (baritone saxophone); Sam Price, Howard Biggs (piano); Leonard Gaskin (bass); Connie Kay, Dave Bailey (drums); Ray Baretto (congas).


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