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The tenor sax was to Rhythm & Blues-hits of the 40s and 50s, what the guitar went on to become to RocknRoll. Put on an R&B-single from that era and you will most likely hear a tenor sax break or solo. Eventually, the tenor players stepped out to make records under their own name. These Soul Tenors were expressing themselves by honkin, shoutin, riffin, riding high on a single note or barking out a guttural howl, as Ted Gioia described it in The History of Jazz, all the while, carrying the moan in their tone, according to Cannonball Adderley. These masters, whose own instrumentals were hits in the jukeboxes from Harlem to South Central and all across the South, played Soul Jazz of the highest order melodic, expressive, straight from the heart. On into the 60s and 70s, when it came to emotions that simply couldnt be expressed with words, artists from Ray Charles via Aretha to John Lennon called on tenor sax players like David Fathead Newman or King Curtis. This unique 10-box-set presents some of the greatest original LPs of the genre. They are milestones by the above mentioned legends of the genre, plus Gene Ammons, Teddy Edwards, Illinois Jacquet, Budd Johnson, Jimmy Forrest, Oliver Nelson, Stanley Turrentine, Arnett Cobb, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Willis Jackson, Roland Kirk and Sam "The Man" Taylor. The album titles already tell a good part of the story, from Country Soul via Swings The Thing on to Hip Soul or simply Funky.

CD 1: King Curtis - Have You Heard? / King Curtis - Willow Weep for Me / King Curtis - Little Brother Soul / King Curtis - In a Funky Groove / King Curtis - Brown Eyes / King Curtis - I’m Movin On / King Curtis - Tumbling Tumble-weeds / King Curtis - Walking The Floor Over You / King Curtis - Your Cheatin’ Heart / King Curtis - Night Train To Memphis / King Curtis - Tennessee Waltz / King Curtis - Any Time / King Curtis - Home On The Range / King Curtis - Raunchy / King Curtis - Wagon Wheels / King Curtis - High Noon

CD 2: David Newman - Hard Times / David Newman - Weird Beard / David Newman - Willow Weep for Me / David Newman - Bill for Bennie / David New- man - Sweet Eyes / David Newman - Fathead / David Newman - Mean to Me/ David Newman - Tin Tin Deo / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Good Gravy / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Could You Forget / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Stairway to the Stars / Teddy Edwards Quartet - A Li le Later / Teddy Edwards Quartet - On Green Dolphin Street / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Just Friends / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Laura / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Yes, I’ll Be Ready / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Not So Strange Blues

CD 3: Illinois Jacquet Swings - Las Vegas Blues / Illinois Jacquet Swings - Har-lem Nocturne / Illinois Jacquet Swings - Can’t We Be Friends? / Illinois Jacquet Swings - Achtung / Illinois Jacquet Swings - Have You Met Miss Jones? / Illinois Jacquet Swings - Lullaby of the Leaves / Budd Johnson Quintet - Serenade in Blue / Budd Johnson Quintet - I Only Have Eyes for You / Budd Johnson Quin-tet - Downtown Manha an / Budd Johnson Quintet - Someone to Watch over Me / Budd Johnson Quintet - Falling in Love with Love / Budd Johnson Quintet - Blues by Budd / Budd Johnson Quintet - Uptown Manhattan

CD 4: Oliver Nelson, King Cur s, Jimmy Forrest - Blues At The Five Spot / Oliver Nelson, King Cur s, Jimmy Forrest - Blues For M..F. / Oliver Nelson, King Cur s, Jimmy Forrest - Anacruses Spot / Oliver Nelson, King Cur s, Jimmy Forrest - Perdido / Oliver Nelson, King Cur s, Jimmy Forrest - In Passing Spot / Jimmy Forrest - Remember / Jimmy Forrest - Dexter’s Deck / Jimmy Forrest - Jim’s Jam / Jimmy Forrest - Bags’ Groove / Jimmy Forrest - When Your Lover Has Gone / Jimmy Forrest - Help!

CD 5: Gene Ammons - The Happy Blues / Gene Ammons - The Great Lie / Gene Am-mons - Can’t We Be Friends? / Gene Ammons - Madhouse / Gene Ammons - Hi n’ the Jug / Gene Ammons - Close Your Eyes / Gene Ammons - My Romance / Gene Ammons - Canadian Sunset / Gene Ammons - Blue Ammons Jug / Gene Ammons - Con rma on / Gene Ammons - Stompin’ at the Savoy

CD 6: Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Hip Soul / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Tur-ren ne - 411 West / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - By Myself / Shirley Sco
w. Stanley Turren ne - Trane’s Blues / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Stanley’s Time / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Out of This World / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Hip Twist / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - At Last / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Rippin’ an’ Runnin’ / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - The Very Thought of You / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Violent Blues / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - That’s All / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - All Tore Down

CD 7: Arne Cobb - Ni y Gri y / Arne Cobb - All I Do Is Dream of You / Arne Cobb - I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You / Arne Cobb - Exactly Like / Arne Cobb - Walkin’ / Arne Cobb - So ly, As in a Morning Sunrise / Arne Cobb - Fast Ride / Arne Cobb - The Shy One / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - When I Grow Too Old to Dream / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Go Power / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Dutch Kitchen Bounce / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Go Red Go / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - The Eely One / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - The Fluke

CD 8: Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Intermission Ri / Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Can’t Get Out of This Mood / Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Foxy / Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Our Delight / Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Bahia / Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Bingo Domingo / Willis Jackson - Cool Grits / WillisJackson - Come Back to Sorrento / Willis Jackson - Dinky’s Mood / Willis Jackson -Please Mr. Jackson / Willis Jackson - 633 Knock / Willis Jackson - Memories of You

CD 9: Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Three for Dizzy / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Makin’ Whoopee / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Funk Underneath / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Kirk’s Work / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Doin’ the Sixty- Eight / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Too Late Now / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Skater’s Waltz / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Smooth Sailing / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Mean to Me / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Tippin’ In / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Yeah, Baby / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Autumn Leaves / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Tough ‘Du

CD 10: Sam “The Man” Taylor - Ruby / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Love Song From Suzie Wong / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Laura / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Anastasia / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Gloria / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Barefoot Contessa / Sam “The Man” Taylor - The Bad And The Beau ful / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Anna / David Newman

- Unchain My Heart / David Newman - Cellar Groove / David Newman - Alto Sauce /David Newman - Hello There / David Newman - Scu in’ / David Newman - Esther’sMelody / David Newman - Lady Day

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The tenor sax was to Rhythm & Blues-hits of the 40s and 50s, what the guitar went on to become to RocknRoll. Put on an R&B-single from that era and you will most likely hear a tenor sax break or solo. Eventually, the tenor players stepped out to make records under their own name. These Soul Tenors were expressing themselves by honkin, shoutin, riffin, riding high on a single note or barking out a guttural howl, as Ted Gioia described it in The History of Jazz, all the while, carrying the moan in their tone, according to Cannonball Adderley. These masters, whose own instrumentals were hits in the jukeboxes from Harlem to South Central and all across the South, played Soul Jazz of the highest order melodic, expressive, straight from the heart. On into the 60s and 70s, when it came to emotions that simply couldnt be expressed with words, artists from Ray Charles via Aretha to John Lennon called on tenor sax players like David Fathead Newman or King Curtis. This unique 10-box-set presents some of the greatest original LPs of the genre. They are milestones by the above mentioned legends of the genre, plus Gene Ammons, Teddy Edwards, Illinois Jacquet, Budd Johnson, Jimmy Forrest, Oliver Nelson, Stanley Turrentine, Arnett Cobb, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Willis Jackson, Roland Kirk and Sam "The Man" Taylor. The album titles already tell a good part of the story, from Country Soul via Swings The Thing on to Hip Soul or simply Funky.

CD 1: King Curtis - Have You Heard? / King Curtis - Willow Weep for Me / King Curtis - Little Brother Soul / King Curtis - In a Funky Groove / King Curtis - Brown Eyes / King Curtis - I’m Movin On / King Curtis - Tumbling Tumble-weeds / King Curtis - Walking The Floor Over You / King Curtis - Your Cheatin’ Heart / King Curtis - Night Train To Memphis / King Curtis - Tennessee Waltz / King Curtis - Any Time / King Curtis - Home On The Range / King Curtis - Raunchy / King Curtis - Wagon Wheels / King Curtis - High Noon

CD 2: David Newman - Hard Times / David Newman - Weird Beard / David Newman - Willow Weep for Me / David Newman - Bill for Bennie / David New- man - Sweet Eyes / David Newman - Fathead / David Newman - Mean to Me/ David Newman - Tin Tin Deo / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Good Gravy / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Could You Forget / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Stairway to the Stars / Teddy Edwards Quartet - A Li le Later / Teddy Edwards Quartet - On Green Dolphin Street / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Just Friends / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Laura / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Yes, I’ll Be Ready / Teddy Edwards Quartet - Not So Strange Blues

CD 3: Illinois Jacquet Swings - Las Vegas Blues / Illinois Jacquet Swings - Har-lem Nocturne / Illinois Jacquet Swings - Can’t We Be Friends? / Illinois Jacquet Swings - Achtung / Illinois Jacquet Swings - Have You Met Miss Jones? / Illinois Jacquet Swings - Lullaby of the Leaves / Budd Johnson Quintet - Serenade in Blue / Budd Johnson Quintet - I Only Have Eyes for You / Budd Johnson Quin-tet - Downtown Manha an / Budd Johnson Quintet - Someone to Watch over Me / Budd Johnson Quintet - Falling in Love with Love / Budd Johnson Quintet - Blues by Budd / Budd Johnson Quintet - Uptown Manhattan

CD 4: Oliver Nelson, King Cur s, Jimmy Forrest - Blues At The Five Spot / Oliver Nelson, King Cur s, Jimmy Forrest - Blues For M..F. / Oliver Nelson, King Cur s, Jimmy Forrest - Anacruses Spot / Oliver Nelson, King Cur s, Jimmy Forrest - Perdido / Oliver Nelson, King Cur s, Jimmy Forrest - In Passing Spot / Jimmy Forrest - Remember / Jimmy Forrest - Dexter’s Deck / Jimmy Forrest - Jim’s Jam / Jimmy Forrest - Bags’ Groove / Jimmy Forrest - When Your Lover Has Gone / Jimmy Forrest - Help!

CD 5: Gene Ammons - The Happy Blues / Gene Ammons - The Great Lie / Gene Am-mons - Can’t We Be Friends? / Gene Ammons - Madhouse / Gene Ammons - Hi n’ the Jug / Gene Ammons - Close Your Eyes / Gene Ammons - My Romance / Gene Ammons - Canadian Sunset / Gene Ammons - Blue Ammons Jug / Gene Ammons - Con rma on / Gene Ammons - Stompin’ at the Savoy

CD 6: Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Hip Soul / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Tur-ren ne - 411 West / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - By Myself / Shirley Sco
w. Stanley Turren ne - Trane’s Blues / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Stanley’s Time / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Out of This World / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Hip Twist / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - At Last / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Rippin’ an’ Runnin’ / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - The Very Thought of You / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - Violent Blues / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - That’s All / Shirley Sco w. Stanley Turren ne - All Tore Down

CD 7: Arne Cobb - Ni y Gri y / Arne Cobb - All I Do Is Dream of You / Arne Cobb - I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You / Arne Cobb - Exactly Like / Arne Cobb - Walkin’ / Arne Cobb - So ly, As in a Morning Sunrise / Arne Cobb - Fast Ride / Arne Cobb - The Shy One / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - When I Grow Too Old to Dream / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Go Power / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Dutch Kitchen Bounce / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Go Red Go / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - The Eely One / Arne Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - The Fluke

CD 8: Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Intermission Ri / Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Can’t Get Out of This Mood / Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Foxy / Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Our Delight / Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Bahia / Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Quintet - Bingo Domingo / Willis Jackson - Cool Grits / WillisJackson - Come Back to Sorrento / Willis Jackson - Dinky’s Mood / Willis Jackson -Please Mr. Jackson / Willis Jackson - 633 Knock / Willis Jackson - Memories of You

CD 9: Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Three for Dizzy / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Makin’ Whoopee / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Funk Underneath / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Kirk’s Work / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Doin’ the Sixty- Eight / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Too Late Now / Roland Kirk With Jack McDu - Skater’s Waltz / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Smooth Sailing / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Mean to Me / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Tippin’ In / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Yeah, Baby / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Autumn Leaves / Jack McDu w. Jimmy Forrest - Tough ‘Du

CD 10: Sam “The Man” Taylor - Ruby / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Love Song From Suzie Wong / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Laura / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Anastasia / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Gloria / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Barefoot Contessa / Sam “The Man” Taylor - The Bad And The Beau ful / Sam “The Man” Taylor - Anna / David Newman

- Unchain My Heart / David Newman - Cellar Groove / David Newman - Alto Sauce /David Newman - Hello There / David Newman - Scu in’ / David Newman - Esther’sMelody / David Newman - Lady Day