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Jimmy Witherspoon with the Junior Mance Trio (Stony Plain, 1997) previously unreleased live recording from 1969; Tougher Than Tough (Blue Moon, 1997) reissue of At the Renaissance; Jazz Me Blues: The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon (Prestige, 1998) compilation; Jimmy Witherspoon with the Duke Robillard Band (Stony Plain, 2000)
Goin' to Kansas City Blues is an album by vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon with pianist Jay McShann and His Band that was recorded in 1957 and released by the RCA Victor label. [ 1 ] Reception
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.
Guilty! was released in 1971 to poor sales. [6] In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave it a B-plus grade and found it "good in the casual dumb Burdon way, with sloppy interpretation balanced out by brilliant song choice (Chuck Berry's 'Have Mercy, Judge'), sloppy arrangements saved by a brilliant young guitarist (John Sterling)."
Midnight Lady Called the Blues is an album by the American musician Jimmy Witherspoon, released in 1986. [2] [3] It was recorded shortly after Witherspoon recovered from throat cancer. [4] Midnight Lady Called the Blues was dedicated to Big Joe Turner. [5] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male". [6]
Thomas Ward reviewed the album for Allmusic and described The Blues Is Now as "arguably the finest" of Witherspoon's Verve albums and described his voice as "...in top form and hugely expressive. ...A light-night blues classic, this is Witherspoon at his most relaxed and assured and is a joy to listen to". [2]
Jimmy Witherspoon chronology; Blues Around the Clock (1963) Blue Spoon (1964) Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues (1964) Blue Spoon is an album by blues vocalist ...
After World War II McShann began to lead small groups featuring the blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon. Witherspoon began to record with McShann in 1945 and, fronting McShann's band, he had a hit in 1949 with "Ain't Nobody's Business". As well as writing much material, Witherspoon continued recording with McShann's band, which also featured Ben ...