Big Joe Turner
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Oct 28, 2026
Keb' Mo'GUEST
That was the masterclass.
Keb' Mo'GUEST
It was like all the local kind of famous blues people would come in, everybody from Bobby McClure to Big Joe Turner, Albert Collins would come in and jam.
Keb' Mo'GUEST
Mary Clayton, who you see with the Rolling Stones, Billy Preston came in there.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Why can't we be humble? Like the good Lord said He promised to exalt us But no is the way How men be so greedy When there's so much left All things are God-given And they all have been blessed That's the way God planned it That's the way God wants it to be He And that's the way God wants it to be.
Dave SholinHOST
I mean, if you wanted, you could have done New York City, Atlantic City, a lot of, how did you pick Kansas City? And you felt that was the right?
Mike StollerGUEST
Because we loved jazz and blues and Kansas City had such great, people like Big Joe Turner, and of course in jazz, Charlie Parker was from Kansas City, and Jay McShann.
Mike StollerGUEST
It was just a magical place for us because we'd never been there.
Mike StollerGUEST
We'd only heard about it.
Colin JohnGUEST
And I used to bring all my blues and soul guys from Memphis over as well.
Colin JohnGUEST
Teeny Hodges, a guy named Big Joe Turner, Roland Robinson.
Colin JohnGUEST
These were guys all connected like soul and blues legends from the Mid-South.
Bob EthingtonHOST
Mm-hmm.
Big Daddy Ray HansenHOST
Recorded live at the legendary Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro during the 2026 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, A Night in New Orleans captures the magic and energy of a Mitch Woods show.
Big Daddy Ray HansenHOST
Here he is with the Big Joe Turner burner, Shake, Rattle, and Roll.
Mitch WoodsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I said, come out of that bed, wash your face and hands I said, come out of that bed and wash your face and hands Make some noise in the kitchen, rattling pots and pans Like a Mississippi bullfrog sitting on a hollow stump Like a Mississippi bullfrog sitting on a hollow stump You got so many women, you don't know which way to jump.
Mitch WoodsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I say shake, rattle, and roll.
Matt the CatHOST
We have a haunting Halloween show this week, and The Great 78 is no exception.
Matt the CatHOST
This is an Art Tatum record that came out in 1941 and features Big Joe Turner on vocals.
Matt the CatHOST
Both sides, actually.
Matt the CatHOST
It's Lonesome Graveyard, which was the flip side of Corinne Carina.
Chuck HaddixGUEST
So it evolved very quickly.
Chuck HaddixGUEST
Also, Kansas City went on to contribute to the birth of rock and roll with Big Joe Turner.
Chuck HaddixGUEST
Also, swing music came out of Kansas City with Count Basie and the Territorial Bands.
Chuck HaddixGUEST
So Kansas City made a major contribution to the development of American music and influenced musicians internationally.
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Chuck HaddixGUEST
No, that's correct.
Chuck HaddixGUEST
That's exactly right.
Chuck HaddixGUEST
Of course, rock and roll comes out of Kansas City, too, with Big Joe Turner and Jesse Stone.
Chuck HaddixGUEST
According to Jesse Stone, they were rock and rolling down on 12th Street in the 1930s.
Jake FeinbergHOST
no way those guys just picked up bands yeah I love they picked up rhythm sections yeah I'm
Ernie DurawaGUEST
16, yeah, picking up rhythm sections, and I play with John Lee, and then Big Joe Turner, same thing, and all this, man, so it started, I didn't realize that it was training, I was getting training, and I didn't even know I was getting training, all I knew was that my passion was saying, hey, I love this, this is great, you know, this is more of a challenge, and So, and then, when Cleto would come to my house, and me and him and Frank Rodarte, those guys, we would sit at my house, and I had these LPs, and I'll be playing the old Max Roach records, playing all this crazy jazz, you know.
Ernie DurawaGUEST
I love jazz.
Ernie DurawaGUEST
I just got hooked on it, because it was, this is cool.
Christian GalloHOST
All right.
Christian GalloHOST
[guitar strumming] Hey, after that, uh, Jimmy Martin record, I decided to, uh, follow that up with a record by Big Joe Turner.
Christian GalloHOST
That was Doggin' the Dawg that came out on the, uh, Decca label.
Christian GalloHOST
I believe that was recorded in the late 1930s, and on that record, he was accompanied by Willie The Lion Smith, who was one of the great early stride piano players, uh, from up in Harlem.
Nate WilcoxHOST
But her singing style was very influential.
Nate WilcoxHOST
I mean, Joe Turner could be thought to have taking her style wholesale.
Nate WilcoxHOST
And he's, you know, one of the great founders of jump blues and rock and roll.
Nate WilcoxHOST
And
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Nate WilcoxHOST
First, one, the band behind her was black and white in the same room in 1933, and nobody made money doing that.
Nate WilcoxHOST
John Hammond did it because he wanted to.
Nate WilcoxHOST
Two, she was Ma Rainey's protege and Big Joe Turner took her singing style wholesale.
Nate WilcoxHOST
And Turner's one of the men who invents rock and roll 20 years later.
Mick SmithHOST
We should ask, were there other figures before the rock and roll era proper who were carrying that charge? In this regard, we have to note Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats with Ike Turner from 1951.
Mick SmithHOST
Big Joe Turner, the Kansas City Blues shouter, was recording material in the early 1950s.
Mick SmithHOST
Shake, Rattle and Roll came out in 1954.
Mick SmithHOST
That was rock and roll in everything but name.
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