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This three-CD set (originally five LPs) was a product of three recording sessions, held on July 12 and 13, 1957, immediately before Broonzy entered the hospital for surgery on the lung cancer that would end his career and take his life just a year later. He sounds in good enough spirits, and the voice and guitar are still in excellent form as he runs through the songs that evidently mattered most to him on those two days: "Key to the Highway," "Take This Hammer," "See See Rider," "Alberta," "Frankie and Johnny," "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," and more than two dozen others. Producer Bill Randle didn't get a lot of the songs he'd hoped to record, such as "Stack O Lee" and "Night Time Is the Right Time," which Broonzy didn't want to sing, but he got enough for five LPs' worth of music out of the ten hours of recordings. (Did the rest survive, one wonders, and might there be anything that was left off that's worth hearing?) The sound is state of the art, with the singer and his solo acoustic guitar clean and close. The set is a vital and important document, as well as great listening, not only for the music but for Broonzy's between-song banter -- he was one of the great raconteurs of the blues -- although it isn't quite as indispensable as one might think.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Charles Segar, ComposerLyricist - William Lee Conley Broonzy, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Lee Conley Broonzy, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Lee Conley Broonzy, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Lee Conley Broonzy, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Lee Conley Broonzy, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Lee Conley Broonzy, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Ma Rainey, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Roy Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Andy Razaf, Author, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - William Weldon, ComposerLyricist - Andy Razaf Williams, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Casey Bill Weldon, ComposerLyricist - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bessie Smith, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Hudson Whitaker, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Don Raye, Author - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Leroy Carr, Composer - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 3
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer - Maceo Merriwheather, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Richard M. Jones, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Huddie 'Ledbelly' Ledbetter, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William J. Hill, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
John Williams, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Broonzy, MainArtist - J. Mayo Williams, ComposerLyricist - Bill Broonzy, Participant - Bill Randle, Producer - Johnny Temple-Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
This three-CD set (originally five LPs) was a product of three recording sessions, held on July 12 and 13, 1957, immediately before Broonzy entered the hospital for surgery on the lung cancer that would end his career and take his life just a year later. He sounds in good enough spirits, and the voice and guitar are still in excellent form as he runs through the songs that evidently mattered most to him on those two days: "Key to the Highway," "Take This Hammer," "See See Rider," "Alberta," "Frankie and Johnny," "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," and more than two dozen others. Producer Bill Randle didn't get a lot of the songs he'd hoped to record, such as "Stack O Lee" and "Night Time Is the Right Time," which Broonzy didn't want to sing, but he got enough for five LPs' worth of music out of the ten hours of recordings. (Did the rest survive, one wonders, and might there be anything that was left off that's worth hearing?) The sound is state of the art, with the singer and his solo acoustic guitar clean and close. The set is a vital and important document, as well as great listening, not only for the music but for Broonzy's between-song banter -- he was one of the great raconteurs of the blues -- although it isn't quite as indispensable as one might think.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 67 track(s)
- Total length: 03:23:23
- Main artists: Big Bill Broonzy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: CM ANGEL (A91)
- Genre: Jazz
© 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1960 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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