Rockin' with J.T. collects a number of tracks J.T. Brown recorded during the late '40s and early '50s. Unfortunately, many of these songs -- some of which were changed upon the 1984 reissue, so that the collection could feature songs that weren't on Windy City Boogie -- feature Brown only as a sideman, working with the likes of Washboard Sam, Roosevelt Sykes and Booker T. Washington. That said, the cuts with him as a sideman positively smoke, and his jumping saxophone is a good reason why. There are also a handful of songs he cut with his own band that round out this imperfect but quite valuable collection. ~ Thom Owens, Rovi