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The historical details surrounding the recording session that became Buddy & the Juniors are almost as entertaining -- and oddly satisfying -- as the music itself. Released on Blue Thumb in 1970 on multi-colored wax, this session, was it not for a very real economic necessity due to Buddy Guy's feud with Vanguard Records, would never have happened. It appears that Vanguard wouldn't pick up the tab for Guy to fly to New York to mix an album he'd cut with Junior Mance and Gary Bartz -- also produced by Cuscuna. Being an ever-enterprising genius, Cuscuna pitched the idea for a recording between Guy, Mance, and Junior Wells to Blue Thumb label boss Bob Krasnow, who jumped at the chance. The all-acoustic Buddy & the Juniors was recorded on December 18 of 1969, and on December 19, they mixed this album and the Vanguard date! While an acoustic pairing between Guy and Wells is a natural one, adding jazz pianist Mance -- a Chicago native whose early influences were the boogie-woogie recordings of Meade "Lux" Lewis and Albert Ammons -- to the mix was risky in terms of interpersonal dynamics, but in retrospect, proved a brilliant idea. The proceedings are informal and raw with plenty of fireworks. The first two tracks -- "Talkin' 'Bout Women Obviously" and "Riffin' (aka A Motif Is Just a Riff)" -- were the last two recorded. They are blazing, hairy, on-the-spot improvisational duets between Wells and Guy: the former offers lyrics in a back-and-forth extemporaneous style; the latter develops in intensity as it goes on. The playing by Guy and Wells is inspirational. "Buddy's Blues," the first interplay of the trio, has Mance digging deeply into the Otis Spann tradition, just rolling inside it, accenting lines, punching chords, and offering beautiful tags to Wells' harmonica lines. Wells' vocal on "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" meets Guy's six-string head-on, with Mance comping and popping a melodic fill underneath each sung phrase. He introduces "Five Long Years" as a piano blues that gets countered in exponential grit by Guy's vocal and Wells' punchy harp; he shuffles, fills, trills, and blows straight at the keyboard, creating a forceful gale of dialogue. On the slippery boogie-woogie set closer, Wells' "Ain't No Need," the listener grasps the deep communication of this trio. Given how earthy, informal, and joyful this acoustic session is, it conveys everything right about Chicago blues.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Amos Blakemore, ComposerLyricist - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Junior Wells, MainArtist - Junior Mance, MainArtist - Buddy Guy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Junior Wells, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Junior Mance, MainArtist - Buddy Guy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Buddy Rich, ComposerLyricist - Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Junior Wells, MainArtist - Junior Mance, MainArtist - Buddy Guy, MainArtist
℗ 1970 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - Junior Wells, FeaturedArtist - Junior Mance, FeaturedArtist - Buddy Guy, MainArtist
℗ 1970 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Junior Wells, FeaturedArtist - Junior Mance, FeaturedArtist - Buddy Guy, MainArtist - Eddie Boyd, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Cuscuna, Producer - Junior Wells, MainArtist - Junior Mance, MainArtist - Buddy Guy, MainArtist - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Junior Wells, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Junior Mance, MainArtist - Buddy Guy, MainArtist
℗ 1970 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Presentación del Álbum
The historical details surrounding the recording session that became Buddy & the Juniors are almost as entertaining -- and oddly satisfying -- as the music itself. Released on Blue Thumb in 1970 on multi-colored wax, this session, was it not for a very real economic necessity due to Buddy Guy's feud with Vanguard Records, would never have happened. It appears that Vanguard wouldn't pick up the tab for Guy to fly to New York to mix an album he'd cut with Junior Mance and Gary Bartz -- also produced by Cuscuna. Being an ever-enterprising genius, Cuscuna pitched the idea for a recording between Guy, Mance, and Junior Wells to Blue Thumb label boss Bob Krasnow, who jumped at the chance. The all-acoustic Buddy & the Juniors was recorded on December 18 of 1969, and on December 19, they mixed this album and the Vanguard date! While an acoustic pairing between Guy and Wells is a natural one, adding jazz pianist Mance -- a Chicago native whose early influences were the boogie-woogie recordings of Meade "Lux" Lewis and Albert Ammons -- to the mix was risky in terms of interpersonal dynamics, but in retrospect, proved a brilliant idea. The proceedings are informal and raw with plenty of fireworks. The first two tracks -- "Talkin' 'Bout Women Obviously" and "Riffin' (aka A Motif Is Just a Riff)" -- were the last two recorded. They are blazing, hairy, on-the-spot improvisational duets between Wells and Guy: the former offers lyrics in a back-and-forth extemporaneous style; the latter develops in intensity as it goes on. The playing by Guy and Wells is inspirational. "Buddy's Blues," the first interplay of the trio, has Mance digging deeply into the Otis Spann tradition, just rolling inside it, accenting lines, punching chords, and offering beautiful tags to Wells' harmonica lines. Wells' vocal on "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" meets Guy's six-string head-on, with Mance comping and popping a melodic fill underneath each sung phrase. He introduces "Five Long Years" as a piano blues that gets countered in exponential grit by Guy's vocal and Wells' punchy harp; he shuffles, fills, trills, and blows straight at the keyboard, creating a forceful gale of dialogue. On the slippery boogie-woogie set closer, Wells' "Ain't No Need," the listener grasps the deep communication of this trio. Given how earthy, informal, and joyful this acoustic session is, it conveys everything right about Chicago blues.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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- 1 disco(s) - 7 pista(s)
- Duración total: 00:41:54
- Artistas principales: Buddy Guy Junior Wells Junior Mance
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: Blue Thumb
- Género Jazz
© 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2011 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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