This CD gathers two glorious records by the greatest of the Kansas City blues shouters. Mr. Five By Five is accompanied here by a fine little band including among others Lawrence Brown and Vic Dickenson on trombone, Buddy Tate on tenor sax, Sammy Price or Pete Johnson on piano, and two legendary members of the original Basie rhythm section in the old years: Walter Page and Jo Jones. In John Hammond's words, these recordings by Jimmy Rushing "are, I believe, among the best he ever made".