The legend of Big Joe Duskin almost wasn’t. Born in Cincinnati in 1921, Joe was always fascinated with music. He took up the piano at an early age and began playing at his father’s church. The Reverend Perry Duskin hated blues music, Joe recalled. Calling it the devil’s music, he used to beat Joe every time he caught him playing it. He finally made him promise to not play it again until after he died. The younger Duskin figured, at age 80, he could live with that. Little did he know Pastor Perry would live to be 105. Joe settled into a career as a policeman and postal worker instead and put the blues away. But in 1979 he was urged to play again. His debut album Cincinnati Stomp, was an instant hit. He went on to record several albums in the ‘80s and ‘90s, finally enjoying a career that truly came from his heart. Big Joe is heralded as one of the remaining members of the blues “Greatest Generation.” Man, can he make those ivory’s sing! Big Joe Jumps Again is Duskin’s first studio album in over ten years. And like a vintage bottle of wine, Big Joe uncorks a blues flavor that has seasoned to perfection. Peter Frampton even sits in on a few of the CDs 16 tracks. The whole idea of the CD was to capture the classic Cincinnati blues sound before it’s lost forever. What a gem this is! Big Joe’s boogie-woogie piano playing and blues cryin’ are classic. This is a must have for any blues enthusiast.