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SUPER BLACK BLUES VOL II
Super Black Blues Band
 RCAVICTOR
Gold Series 09026638742
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- Honey Hush
- Yakety Yak
- Cleanhead Blues
- I Had a Dream
- Person to Person
- Welcome to New York
- Disillusion Blues
- Damn Nam
- Stormy Monday Blues
- Sail On
Tracks 1 to 5,9,10
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Alto Sax, vocals 3,4, &5
T-Bone Walker Guitar, vocals 9,10
Joe Turner Vocals 1,2
Russ Andrews Tenor
Wynton Kelly Piano
Al Hall Bass
Lawrence Lucie Guitar
Elvin Jones Drums
Tracks 6 to8
Leon Thomas Vocal
Earl Creque Piano
James Phillips Bass
Pablo Landrum Conga
Sonny Morgan Bongos
Sherman Ferguson Drums
In retrospect, this was some band that they had at
Carnegie Hall in 1970, Elvin Jones on Drums and Wynton Kelly on Piano
for a start, they have certainly played with the very best. Carnegie
Hall is obviously packed with a very excited audience, the top of the
bill that night was B B King. He is still bill topping, with his own
club in New York City and very popular it is too.
I like the blues, but I find that concerts with just
that musical form, start to get hard on the ears after half an hour
or so even with the best performers. There is no doubt that these artists
are the tops, because they do sustain your interest throughout the
performance. The sleeve note puts this forward as a protest performance,
but that isnt my view. The blues is a way to make the audience react
to the performance and any attention grabbing subject will do. The rhythm
sections of both bands are really good, I would like to hear them in
a non blues performance. Eddie Vinson is also a very talented saxophone
player, as he demonstrated when he toured with the incomparable
Sonny Stitt.
The vocals are provided by Joe Turner, Eddie "Cleanhead"
Vincent, Leon Thomas and T-Bone Walker, each one is a fine blues performer
and with Vincent and Walker, we get to hear their skills on Alto &
Guitar respectively as well.
I dont know what the BB King part of the show was
like, but if this was the supporting cast, he must have had to go some.
This re-release will Im sure appeal to all Rhythm and Blues fans and
I know there are a lot of them out there.
Don Mather
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