Sélectionnés par la rédaction de Jazz Magazine/Jazzman dans un somptueux coffret 5-CDs, les 100 titres de la compilation Les grandes voix jazz, blues et soul alignent des chansons signées et/ou interprétées par Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Nina Simone, Erykah Badu, Ray Charles, The Temptations, Gregory Porter, Meshell Ndegeocello, Gil Scott-Heron, Kool and the Gang et bien d’autres. Un panorama riche et exhaustif des plus grands performers vocaux réunis dans une anthologie au prix aussi séduisant que son contenu, qui comprend également un livret de 24 pages signé Lionel Eskenazi, également auteur de cette sélection.

Les grandes voix jazz, blues et soul (Wagram). Coffret 5 CDs disponible le 4 novembre.

Tracklisting

CD 1 : « JUMP SESSION » (1925-1952)
BESSIE SMITH I Ain’t Got Nobody
JOSHUA WHITE Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
ROBERT JOHNSON Sweet Home Chicago
GOLDEN GATE QUARTET Golden Gate Gospel Train
JOHN LEE “SONNY BOY” WILLIAMSON Sugar Mama Blues
FATS WALLER The Joint Is Jumpin
BIG BILL BROONZY Truckin’ Little Woman
SLIM GAILLARD  with SLAM STEWART Jump Session
CAB CALLOWAY The Jumpin’ Jive
LOUIS ARMSTRONG Cain & Abel
LOUIS JORDAN Five Guys Named Moe
NAT KING COLE Straighten Up And Fly Right
ELLA FITZGERALD Oh ! Lady Be Good
T-BONE WALKER Don’t Leave Me Baby
AMOS MILBURN Down The Road Apiece
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE This Train
JIMMY WITHERSPOON Geneva Blues
MUDDY WATERS I Can’t Be Satisfied
JOHN LEE HOOKER Mad Man Blues
PROFESSOR LONGHAIR Mardi Gras In New Orleans
MEMPHIS SLIM Mother Earth
SAM COOKE with THE SOUL STIRRERS Jesus Gave Me Water
BIG JOE TURNER Bump Miss Susie
BIG MAMA THORNTON Hound Dog
CD 2 : “ FEVER” (1953-1959)
DINAH WASHINGTON Am I Blue
J.B LENOIR The Mojo
B.B KING You Upset Me
BILLIE HOLIDAY Lady Sings The Blues
JOE WILLIAMS with COUNT BASIE Everyday I Have The Blues
BO DIDDLEY Pretty Thing
CHUCK BERRY You Can’t Catch Me
LITTLE RICHARD Slippin’ & Slidin’
FATS DOMINO I’m Walkin’
BETTY CARTER Babe’S Blues
SARAH VAUGHAN No’ Count Blues
CARMEN Mc RAE Baltimore Oriole
OTIS RUSH My Love Will Never Die
SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS I Put A Spell On You
LITTLE WILLIE JOHN Fever
COUNT BASIE feat. JIMMY RUSHING Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
JON HENDRICKS Feed Me
RAY CHARLES I Believe To My Soul
DUKE ELLINGTON feat. MAHALIA JACKSON Come Sunday
ABBEY LINCOLN Let Up
JUNIOR WELLS Come On In This House
JIMMY REED Baby, What You Want Me To Do
CD 3 : “NIGHT LIFE” (1960-1969)
ETTA JAMES I Just Want To Make Love To You
BUDDY GUY I Got My Eyes On You
HOWLIN’ WOLF Spoonful
NANCY WILSON Call It Stormy Monday
OSCAR BROWN Jr Work Song
EDDIE JEFFERSON Sister Sadie
THE IMPRESSIONS Gypsy Woman
IKE & TINA TURNER It’S Gonna Work Out Fine
BOBBY “BLUE” BLAND Turn On Your Love Light
“LITTLE” STEVIE WONDER I Call It Pretty Music (But Old People Call It The Blues)”
OTIS REDDING These Arms Of Mine
ARETHA FRANKLIN Blue Holiday
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON (RICE MILLER) Help Me
JOHN COLTRANE & JOHNNY HARTMAN Lush Life
MARVIN GAYE Night Life
KOKO TAYLOR Wang Dang Doodle
ALBERT KING Born Under A Bad Sign
SOLOMON BURKE Get Out Of My Life Woman
THE TEMPTATIONS Cloud Nine
MARLENA SHAW Woman Of The Ghetto
LEON THOMAS The Creator Has A Master Plan
CD 4 : “ EXPRESS YOURSELF” (1969-1975)
ARCHIE SHEPP feat. JEANNE LEE Sophisticated Lady
JAMES BROWN with THE LOUIE BELLSON ORCHESTRA Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
LEE DORSEY Yes We Can Part.1
WILSON PICKETT Get Me Back On Time, Fire Engine Number 9
CHARLES WRIGHT (& THE WATTS 103 RD STREET RHYTHM BAND) Express Yourself
EDWIN STARR War
BILL WITHERS Ain’t No Sunshine
GIL SCOTT HERON Home Is Where The Hatred Is
FONTELLA BASS Home Wrecker
ALLEN TOUSSAINT On Your Way Down
BOBBY PATTERSON Right On Jody
THE POINTER SISTERS Cloudburst
DONNY HATHAWAY Come Little Children
KOOL & THE GANG This Is You, This Is Me
AARON NEVILLE Hercules
BETTY WRIGHT It’s Hard To Stop
AL GREEN Take Me To The River
LUTHER ALLISON Now You Got It
CHOCOLATE MILK Time Machine
CD 5 : “STRENGTH” (1974-2010)
NINA SIMONE Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter
THE NEVILLE BROTHERS Sister Rosa
TAKE 6 Mary
SHIRLEY HORN Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
BUCKSHOT LEFONQUE feat. LADY RAGE Blackwidow
ME’SHELL NDEGEOCELLO I’m Diggin’You
ERYKAH BADU Booty
OUTKAST feat. SLEEPY BROWN & JAZZE PHA Bowtie
HOWARD TATE Kiss
ERIC BIBB Too Much Stuff
THE RH FACTOR feat. RENEE NEUFVILLE Strength
DWIGHT TRIBLE John Coltrane
DEE ALEXANDER Live
GREGORY PORTER 1960 What ?