Time: 44:47
Size: 102.5 MB
Styles: Urban blues, Jazz-blues vocals
Year: 1957/2007
Art: Front
[3:02] 1. Jumpin' The Blues
[2:45] 2. Until The Real Thing Comes Along (The Slave Song)
[3:19] 3. Hootie Blues
[3:14] 4. Rain Is Such A Lonesome Sound
[4:13] 5. Confessin' The Blues
[5:28] 6. Piney Brown Blues
[2:36] 7. Froggy Bottom
[3:17] 8. Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
[3:38] 9. Blue Monday Blues
[2:54] 10. Ooo-Wee Then The Lights Go Out
[3:14] 11. Cloudy
[3:32] 12. Ride On
[3:30] 13. Fare Thee, Honey, Fare The Well
"Talk about a forgotten little gem! Jimmy Witherspoon's first full-length album as a leader is a knock-out! Like all great albums, this 1957 date benefits from a confluence of all the right ingredients. The material leans heavily toward immortal Kansas City tunes, made famous by Andy Kirk's Clouds Of Joy with Mary Lou Williams, Joe Turner and Pete Johnson and Jay McShann's band with Walter Brown.
The most inspired notion for this album was reuniting Witherspoon with McShann, who gave him his professional start. Budd Johnson provided swinging, understated arrangements and a first-rate New York group (Emmett Berry, J. C. Higginbotham, Hilton Jefferson, Seldon Powell, Al Sears, Kenny Burrell, Gene Ramey and Mousey Alexander) that achieved the tight, joyous feel of Kansas City swing effortlessly.
Added to the original album are three more tunes from the session that were later issued on a French RCA LP. For 11 of the 13 tunes, we were able to find stereo masters for the first time." ~Mosaic
The most inspired notion for this album was reuniting Witherspoon with McShann, who gave him his professional start. Budd Johnson provided swinging, understated arrangements and a first-rate New York group (Emmett Berry, J. C. Higginbotham, Hilton Jefferson, Seldon Powell, Al Sears, Kenny Burrell, Gene Ramey and Mousey Alexander) that achieved the tight, joyous feel of Kansas City swing effortlessly.
Added to the original album are three more tunes from the session that were later issued on a French RCA LP. For 11 of the 13 tunes, we were able to find stereo masters for the first time." ~Mosaic
Goin' To Kansas City Blues mc
Goin' To Kansas City Blues zippy
5 comments:
Thanks! Spoon is my fav blues-shouter-crooner!
What can we say about Spoon? A lovely voice, a fine choice of material and, no less, this fabulous swing-blues Kansas City sound. The blues that I love to hear!
I would appreciate a reup of this. Thanks.
New links for this post can be found below.
Jimmy Witherspoon w. Jay McShann Band - Going To Kansas City Blues (1993) [320]
MC: https://www.mirrored.to/files/0UKDB8LW/JWwJMcSB-GTKCB.rar_links
Zippy: https://www9.zippyshare.com/v/TeBAkgjv/file.html
Red Rooster - thanks for the new links. Much appreciated.
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