Éste es el primer disco editado bajo el sello Chess, un single del saxofonista Gene Ammons, y va a inaugurar nuestro repaso a la historia y la discografía completa de este sello capital en la historia del blues y del rock'n'roll.
La siguiente historia está tomada de la página: http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/chess1.html
On June 3, 1950, Leonard and Phil Chess, now the sole owners of Aristocrat Recording Corporation, changed the name of the label to Chess. They launched a new series of releases at number 1425, commemorating their family's first home in Chicago, which was located at 1425 South Karlov Street.
Of the first 8 releases on the new label (Chess 1425 through 1432), 6 used material recorded in June 1950 or earlier; they mark a transitional phase from Aristocrat to Chess. During the new label's first two years, its proprietors dipped continually, but not very systematically, into the Aristocrat archives. Meanwhile, the Aristocrat records that they had in stock kept on being distributed until January 13, 1951, when the old label was officially discontinued. Leonard and Phil Chess made ample use of
older Gene Ammons sides, reissuing several of his Aristocrat singles, but showed no apparent interest in older Muddy Waters performances. Muddy's only Aristocrat-era side to be reissued on Chess during this period was his 1948 hit "I Can't Be Satisfied," hastily retitled to serve as the flip side to Chess 1514. After the middle of 1952, Aristocrat material ceased to be of interest; it would not draw attention again until Chess took up the LP in 1956.
Of the first 8 releases on the new label (Chess 1425 through 1432), 6 used material recorded in June 1950 or earlier; they mark a transitional phase from Aristocrat to Chess. During the new label's first two years, its proprietors dipped continually, but not very systematically, into the Aristocrat archives. Meanwhile, the Aristocrat records that they had in stock kept on being distributed until January 13, 1951, when the old label was officially discontinued. Leonard and Phil Chess made ample use of
older Gene Ammons sides, reissuing several of his Aristocrat singles, but showed no apparent interest in older Muddy Waters performances. Muddy's only Aristocrat-era side to be reissued on Chess during this period was his 1948 hit "I Can't Be Satisfied," hastily retitled to serve as the flip side to Chess 1514. After the middle of 1952, Aristocrat material ceased to be of interest; it would not draw attention again until Chess took up the LP in 1956.The Chess brothers were eager to record their top-selling artist, Gene Ammons, whose May session had produced "My Foolish Heart," the label's biggest hit of the year. Jug entered the studio in August to cut four sides with the latest version of his working group: Bill Massey on trumpet, Mattthew Gee on trombone, Junior Mance at the piano, Gene Wright, bass, and Wes Landers, drums. He even got his celebrity front-line partner Sonny Stitt to participate, on baritone sax. All four sides were promptly released on two singles.
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