One of my favorite albums is a Joe Turner date for Pablo, "The Midnight Special." One side is him singing standards, and the other side is two long blues. The band on the date is just excellent, playing energetic jazz blues and sympathetically comping behind him. But I haven't heard of any of them. I was wondering if someone knows about them: were they some city's local favorites, did they play together often, etc? The album was recorded May 27, 1976. The band:
Jake Porter, trumpet
Roy Brewster, baritone sax (probably alto, too)
Curtis Kirk, harmonica
Sylvester Scott, piano
Cal Green, guitar
Bobby Haynes, bass
Washington Rucker, drums

Cal Green was a great guitar player. He played on numerous classic R&B dates in L.A. in the 1950s.

Jake Porter, in addition to being a musician, owned Combo Records, an L.A. based r&b/blues label, active in the 1950's (possibly before?). Ace (U.K.) Records has released some of the Combo catalog.