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](https://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Cool_Cool_Blues-Trumpet_Records-mississippibluestravellers-1662x1449.jpg)
Available through Amazon.com and these Amazon affiliates:
- Amazon.ca | 4 CD box set | Digital Download |
- Amazon.com | 4 CD box set | Digital Download |
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](https://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Trumpet_Records-309_Farish-mississippibluestravellers-P5032245-1662x1247.jpg)
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.](https://www.mississippibluestravellers.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Sonny_Boy_Williamson_grave-Tutwiler-mississippibluestravellers-P5011083-1662x1920-886x1024.jpg)
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