Thursday, May 21, 2009

Jimmy Rushing

Jimmy Rushing
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Blues, jazz

James Andrew "Jimmy" Rushing (August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972) was an American blues shouter, balladeer, and swing jazz singer from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, best known as the featured vocalist of Count Basie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948.


Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass (1958) Jimmy Rushing and his orchestra
Brubeck & Rushing (1960)
Rushing Lullabies (1960)
Every Day I Have the Blues (1967)
Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You (1967) 1997 Rem., The Jimmy Rushing All Stars
Who Was It Sang That Song? (1967) 1997 Rem., The Jimmy Rushing All Stars
Blues & Things (1968) with Earl Hines
Livin' the Blues (1968)
Swings the Blues (1997) 1929-1946
The Scene: Live in New York (2009) rec.'65, with Zoot Sims & Al Cohn