Jimmy RUSHING

⬇️ JIMMY RUSHING ⬇️

(James Andrew Rushing)
DISCOGRAPHY 1945-2024 (56CD/DVD)

 BIOGRAPHY 
        

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

Rushing was known as "Mr. Five by Five" and was the subject of an eponymous 1942 popular song that was a hit for Harry James and others-the lyrics describing Rushing's rotund build: "he's five feet tall and he's five feet wide". He joined Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1927, then joined Bennie Moten's band in 1929. He stayed with the successor Count Basie band when Moten died in 1935.

Rushing was a powerful singer who had a range from baritone to tenor. He could project his voice so that it soared over the horn and reed sections in a big-band setting. Basie claimed that Rushing "never had an equal" as a blues vocalist..... (Wikipedia)

NEW!

1999-Every Day @FLAC

1999-Oh Love @FLAC+

2007-Vanguard Visionaries @FLAC

2015-Remastered Collection @320

2021-Good Ol' 5 x 5 @FLAC+

2021-Just Because @FLAC

2021-Where Were You @FLAC+

COLLECTION

ESSENTIAL CLASSICS

Vol. 593 Jimmy Rushing @FLAC

COLLABORATION

Buck CLAYTON

2017-Cat Meets Chick - A Story in Jazz (Analog Source Remaster) @FLAC

JAZZ VARIOUS

VA-All That Jazz, Vol. 63 – Changes @FLAC24-48

VA-Directly from the Half Note @FLAC

VA-Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual, Vol.2 @FLAC