TS; Loius Jordan vs Big Joe Turner

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Who's the Daddy?

― Masked Gazza, Saturday, 7 May 2005 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Joe Lynn Turner

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 7 May 2005 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Louis Jordan is the daddy of all

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Saturday, 7 May 2005 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.venneravpompey.com/pompeybilder/joe%20jordan1.jpg

big joe jordan

― zappi (joni), Saturday, 7 May 2005 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I'll say Louis Jordan, too, for his good humor, his inventiveness, and the mile-wide streak of surreal silliness that runs through all those great rhythm-n-blues hits. Much as I like Big Joe, his best stuff was done with Basie (i.e., he wasn't a bandleader on a par with LJ) and at times he did come off like a bit of a blowhard.

― brianiac (briania), Saturday, 7 May 2005 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Vote Jordan for President! Mind you, Big Joe sings about being like a one eyed cat, peepin' in a seafood store, which is an indelible and perfect image. Damn, I can't choose between these. It's like picking between ribs and chicken. Either of them before Elvis. Hell, either of them on a bad day before Elvis, and I like Elvis a lot.

― pauls00, Sunday, 8 May 2005 01:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Jordan's catalogue is miles deeper than Turner's.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Sunday, 8 May 2005 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

"Much as I like Big Joe, his best stuff was done with Basie.."

???
His best stuff was solo for Atlantic. "Boss of the Blues" is one of the greatest sets ever.
THE MAN.

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Sunday, 8 May 2005 12:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Turner was a great singer, and I for one like his later stuff better than his earlier. Definitely a deeper singer than Jordan, but I prefer Jordan anyway.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Sunday, 8 May 2005 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.deeppurple.blueage.it/family/turner.jpg

"Stoooone Coooooollllld......!"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 8 May 2005 20:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Jordan's classier and funnier. Turner's cooler and bigger. Edge: Jordan.

― J (Jay), Sunday, 8 May 2005 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

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