T-Bone Walker - In Session 1940-1962 (2026)

Having already sampled the best of T-Bone Walker’s late 1940s recordings (T-Bone Jumps Again - JASMCD3149) and 1950s recordings (Get These Blues Off Me - JASMCD3051), Jasmine now turns the spotlight on the more obscure session work undertaken by the great guitarist when his career allowed. Spanning over twenty years from his post-war entrance as a singer with Les Hite’s popular West Coast orchestra and his guitar-for-hire stint with Freddie Slack’s swing band, through his early 1950s indie label session work backing California bluesmen Mercy Dee Walton and Roy Hawkins to his European rediscovery in the early 1960s, using his guitar and seldom-heard piano skills to back his fellow headliners Memphis Slim, Sonny & Brownie, Shakey Jake and John Lee Hooker, as well as performing in his own right at the American Folk Blues Festival in 1962.

Tracklist
01. Les Hite And His Orchestra - T-Bone Blues (3:18)
02. Freddie Slack And His Orchestra feat. T-Bone Walker - Riffette (3:03)
03. T-Bone Walker with Marl Young And His Orchestra - T-Bone Boogie (3:05)
04. T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Jumps Again (2:44)
05. T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Shuffle (3:00)
06. Mercy Dee Walton - Homely Baby (2:53)
07. Mercy Dee Walton - Empty Life (3:05)
08. Mercy Dee Walton - Please Understand (3:07)
09. Mercy Dee Walton - Bird Brain Baby (3:12)
10. T-Bone Walker - Strollin' With Bones (2:30)
11. Roy Hawkins And His Orchestra - Highway 59 (2:23)
12. Roy Hawkins And His Orchestra - Would You (3:13)
13. Roy Hawkins And His Orchestra - Doin' All Right (2:16)
14. Roy Hawkins And His Orchestra - The Thrill Hunt (3:13)
15. T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues Special (2:38)
16. T-Bone Walker - Two Bones And A Pick (2:52)
17. Memphis Slim - We're Gonna Rock (3:01)
18. T-Bone Walker - I Wanna See My Baby (3:19)
19. T-Bone Walker - I'm In Love (3:58)
20. Sonny Terry - I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby (3:28)
21. John Lee Hooker - Let's Make It Baby (4:36)
22. John Lee Hooker - Shake It Baby (4:12)
23. Shakey Jake - Hey Baby (2:17)
24. Shakey Jake - Love My Baby (3:07)
25. Memphis Slim - Bye Bye Baby (2:36)