Cool Blue Christmas - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Classic R&B/Blues

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 genre s greatest stars Boss 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, it s 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 Moore s Blazers original Merry Christmas Baby, takes wing with fantastic vocal ensembles the Ravens and Orioles and even rocks straight into New Year s 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.