Singin' the Blues is a 1956 album by Jimmy Witherspoon.[1] Witherspoon's session band included Harry Edison and Gerald Wilson on trumpet, Teddy Edwards and Jimmy Allen on tenor sax, Henry McDode and Hampton Hawes on piano, Herman Mitchell on rhythm guitar, Jimmy Hamilton on bass and Jimmy Miller on drums. The album was recorded for and released by Rip Records in 1956, and re-released in 1958 by World Pacific Records. The reissued album led the organizers of the 1959 Monterey Jazz Festival to include Witherspoon in the festival.[2]
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| Released | 1956, 1958 |
| Recorded | 1956 |
| Genre | Jazz |
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Track list
edit- "S.K. Blues" – Saunders King
- "When I've Been Drinkin'" – Big Bill Broonzy
- "Then the Lights Go Out" – Jimmy Witherspoon
- "All That's Good" – Al Ciminelli
- "Spoon's Blues" – Al Ciminelli
- "It Ain't What You're Thinkin'" – traditional
- "Ain't Nobody's Business" – Porter Grainger / Everett Robbins
- "Wee Baby Blues" – Pete Johnson / Big Joe Turner
- "Times Are Changing" – Teddy Edwards
- "Sweet's Blues" – Al Ciminelli
- "There's Good Rockin' Tonight" – Robert Geddins
- "Midnight Blues (Red Shirt)" – Teddy Edwards
References
edit- ^ Mark C. Carnes American National Biography: Supplement 2 0195222024 2005 p.601 "Following the well-regarded 1958 album Singin' the Blues, Witherspoon was recruited as a last-minute addition to the October 1959 Monterey Jazz Festival, where he made a late-night appearance with a band that included Coleman Hawkins, .."
- ^ Chip Deffaa Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues 1996- 0252022033 p.229 "... Singin' the Blues, which was a good album, for Rip Records in 1956, but the company folded soon afterward. In 1958 another small company, World Pacific Records, resurrected the album and re-released it on their label. Singin' the Blues helped spur interest in him in some quarters of the jazz community, and the organizers of the 1959 Monterey Jazz Festival decided they wanted to include Witherspoon in the festival.
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