構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 00:36:00

Personnel: Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals), Kenny Burrell, Herman Mitchell (guitar), Arthur Wright (harmonica), Leo Wright (alto saxophone, tambourine), Jimmy Allen (tenor saxophone), Bobby Bryant (trumpet, flugelhorn), Gildo Mahones, Ernie Freeman (piano), George Tucker, Jimmy Bond (bass), Jimmie Smith and Jimmy Miller (drums). Recorded in New York City on May 6, and in Los Angeles on July 8, 1963. Originally released on Prestige (7290). Includes original release liner notes by Dan Morgenstern. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1990, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley). 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

録音 | ステレオ (Studio)