Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Classic R&B / Blues Christmas Cuts, 1945-49

This rollicking set of holiday-themed Rhythm & Blues gems from the explosive post-war indie R&B boom positively vibrates with groovy good cheer. Featuring some of the genres greatest starsBoss of the Blues Big Joe Turner, the great Texas piano man Amos Milburn, jazz-informed blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon, New Orleans keyboard king Champion Jack Dupree, its a non-stop Christmas ball. Featuring several never before available on CD rarities, the tinsel-draped repertoire includes the Mother of all Yuletide blues, Charles Brown with Johnny Moores Blazers original Merry Christmas Baby, takes wing with fantastic vocal ensembles the Ravens and Orioles and even rocks straight into New Years Eve with choice cuts from Johnny Otis, Roy Milton and Lonnie Johnson. Waiting for Santa to come down the chimney has never been this much fun.