Recommended Recordings – Recommended Compilations

As one of Our Recommendations and Recommended Recordings, we recommend Sonny Boy Williamson – Cool Cool Blues, a 4 CD box set on JSP Records.

Although this set is being marketed as a Sonny Boy Williamson box set, it’s actually a compilation of Trumpet Records releases from 1951-1954.

Trumpet Records of Jackson, Mississippi was a very influential label in blues history, Although Trumpet Records was only active between 1951-54, its accomplishments include releasing the first recordings made by Sonny Boy Williamson II and Elmore James.

Although this is marketed as a Sonny Boy Williamson II set and it contains a lot of Sonny Boy Williamson recordings, it’s actually a compilation of Trumpet Records releases between 1951-1954.

The re-mastered sound is very good, the liner notes have interesting information and the selection of tracks is a comprehensive representation of Trumpet Records releases between 1951-54.

CD cover, Sonny Boy Williamson - Cool, Cool Blues, a 4CD compilation of Trumpet Records releases from JSP Records
CD cover, Sonny Boy Williamson – Cool, Cool Blues, a 4CD compilation of Trumpet Records releases from JSP Records

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If you’re in Mississippi you may want to check out the site where Trumpet Records was located.

The former location of Trumpet Records, Farish Street, Jackson, Mississippi
The former location of Trumpet Records, Farish Street, Jackson, Mississippi

You may also want to check out Sonny Boy Williamson’s grave.

Sonny Boy Williamson grave near Tutwiler, Mississippi. The grave stone was placed by Lillian McMurray, whose Trumpet Records label made the first Sonny Boy Williamson recordings.
Sonny Boy Williamson grave near Tutwiler, Mississippi. The grave stone was placed by Lillian McMurray, whose Trumpet Records label made the first Sonny Boy Williamson recordings.

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