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Blue Spoon was one of Witherspoon's jazzier sessions, still retaining his characteristic jazz-blues blend, but lighter on the soul, pop, and shouting R&B elements of some of his other releases. The jazzy flavor was guaranteed by his backup quartet of Kenny Burrell on guitar, Eddie Kahn on bass, Gildo Mahones on piano, and Roy Haynes on drums. Dominated by ballads, it's on the mellow side, with a pleasant yet unadventurous selection of covers. These include Cecil Gant's "I Wonder," "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," "It's All in the Game," and "Baby Please Don't Go" (here retitled "Back to New Orleans," with the writing credits given to Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry). Kenny Burrell contributed one composition, "Blues in the Morning." The album was combined with a quite different 1965 session, Spoon in London, on a 2001 single-CD reissue.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Cecil Gant, ComposerLyricist - Raymond Leveen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Ollie Shepard, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmie Cox, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sonny Terry, ComposerLyricist - Brownie McGhee, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Carl Sigman, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Charles G. Dawes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Kenny Burrell, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
GEORGE DAVID WEISS, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - BENNIE BENJAMIN, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Jesse Mae Robinson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Feldman, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Tyor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 Fantasy, Inc.
Foster, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Jessup, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
David Parker, Composer - Kelly Owens, Composer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Windsor King, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Norman Mapp, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Bob Rosenblum, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
A. White, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Windsor King, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Bob Rosenblum, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
Bower, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Wolf, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Howard Betts, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
Green, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Manning, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Edward Marshall, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
Blue Spoon was one of Witherspoon's jazzier sessions, still retaining his characteristic jazz-blues blend, but lighter on the soul, pop, and shouting R&B elements of some of his other releases. The jazzy flavor was guaranteed by his backup quartet of Kenny Burrell on guitar, Eddie Kahn on bass, Gildo Mahones on piano, and Roy Haynes on drums. Dominated by ballads, it's on the mellow side, with a pleasant yet unadventurous selection of covers. These include Cecil Gant's "I Wonder," "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," "It's All in the Game," and "Baby Please Don't Go" (here retitled "Back to New Orleans," with the writing credits given to Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry). Kenny Burrell contributed one composition, "Blues in the Morning." The album was combined with a quite different 1965 session, Spoon in London, on a 2001 single-CD reissue.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:08
- Main artists: Jimmy Witherspoon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Original Blues Classics
- Genre: Blues
© 2001 Fantasy, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2001 Fantasy, Inc.
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