JIMMY WITHERSPOON BABY BABY BABY
Label Original Blues Classics
Original Release: 1963
Format: Flac
>JIMMY WITHERSPOON BABY BABY BABY
Label Original Blues Classics
Original Release: 1963
Format: Flac
Veteran singer Jimmy Witherspoon is in good voice on this CD reissue, performing a dozen two- to four-minute songs that include such blues standards as Duke Ellington's "Rocks in My Bed," "Bad Bad Whiskey," "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" and "It's a Lonesome Old World." He is joined by a quintet featuring altoist Leo Wright and guitarist Kenny Burrell on the first eight numbers and a background septet (with trumpeter Bobby Bryant and Arthur Wright on harmonica) for the remainder of the set. The music is enjoyable if not classic, and should please Witherspoon's many fans. ~ Scott Yanow
Recorded in New York City on May 6 [tracks 1-8], and in Los Angeles on July 8, 1963. [tracks 9-12]
Originally released on Prestige (7290).
Tracklist:
1 Mean Old Frisco 3:14
2 Rocks In My Bed 2:46
3 Bad, Bad Whiskey 3:08
4 Baby Baby Baby 3:06
5 Sail On Little Girl 2:50
6 One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer 3:02
7 Lonely Boy Blues 2:52
8 Blues and Trouble 2:55
9 Endless Sleep 2:17
10 I'll Go On Living 3:47
11 I Can't Hardley See 2:42
12 It's a Lonesome Old World 3:30
Personnel:
Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals) [all tracks]
Kenny Burrell [tracks 1-8]
Herman Mitchell (guitar) [tracks 9-12]
Arthur Wright (harmonica) [tracks 9-12]
Leo Wright (alto saxophone, tambourine) [tracks 1-8]
Jimmy Allen (tenor saxophone) [tracks 9-12]
Bobby Bryant (trumpet, flugelhorn) [tracks 9-12]
Gildo Mahones (piano) [tracks 1-8]
Ernie Freeman (piano)
George Tucker (bass) [tracks 1-8]
Jimmy Bond (bass) [tracks 9-12]
Jimmie Smith (drums) [tracks 1-8]
Jimmy Miller (drums).
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FILE LIST
Filename
Size
(01) [Jimmy Witherspoon] Mean Old Frisco.flac
20.3 MB
(02) [Jimmy Witherspoon] Rocks in My Bed.flac
14.1 MB
(03) [Jimmy Witherspoon] Bad Bad Whiskey.flac
18.1 MB
(04) [Jimmy Witherspoon] Baby, Baby, Baby.flac
15.2 MB
(05) [Jimmy Witherspoon] Sail on Little Girl.flac
13.8 MB
(06) [Jimmy Witherspoon] One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer.flac
15.1 MB
(07) [Jimmy Witherspoon] Lonely Boy Blues.flac
16.7 MB
(08) [Jimmy Witherspoon] Blues and Trouble.flac
15.8 MB
(09) [Jimmy Witherspoon] Endless Sleep.flac
12.8 MB
(10) [Jimmy Witherspoon] I'll Go on Living.flac
18.7 MB
(11) [Jimmy Witherspoon] I Can't Hardly See.flac
13.1 MB
(12) [Jimmy Witherspoon] It's a Lonesome Old World.flac