Messing with the Blues/ Various - Messing With The BluesAce's previous forays into the back catalogue of Atlantic Records have given US some sparkling compilations of rhythm & blues and soul. The label may not be so readily associated with hard core blues but it recorded plenty of choice items, as this selection from the first decade or so of the company's existence demonstrates. Here are plenty of blues heavy hitters Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, John Lee Hooker, T Bone Walker and more mixed with others

" but his career is so much more interesting than the fading wonder of that one song

Also long-time cohort of the band

Grace Jones

Paul Robeson

he made his first records in 1949

As a radio and TV producer

who characterizes it as follows: "Figaro is by far the best work ever devised for the stage

and it is an entertaining introduction to an innovative sax stylist

co-wrote and performed many of the best-known songs associated with the particular style of easy-going cowboy country that evolved in parallel to the likes of Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family

making it's CD debut after nearly 20 years

This ensemble is commonly called a Pierrot ensemble

Dave Cavanaugh