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It's been so long since B.B. King stepped outside of his comfort zone that One Kind Favor comes as a bit of a shock. Unlike so many albums he's cut in the wake of the crossover success of The Thrill Is Gone way back in 1970, the sound is stripped-back, not splashy, there is not a reliance on guest stars, and the repertoire is pure blues -- and these are all songs that he's never recorded before, including three tunes by his longtime idol Lonnie Johnson. Credit for the concept must be given to producer T Bone Burnett, who applies a similar neo-rootsy aesthetic to One Kind Favor that he did to his production of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand -- an approach that's grounded in tradition but has a smoky, smeary veneer that's thoroughly modern. One Kind Favor has a noir-ish flair but it doesn't dwell on darkness, even if it takes its title from a line in Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean," a song that would seem to carry some import for the 82-year-old King. He may be approaching his twilight years but brooding has never been B.B.'s style -- he's too generous, too open-hearted in both love and loss, so he's naturally disinclined to turn this album into a meditation on morality. Instead, One Kind Favor is a celebration of life with all of its ups and downs, filled with heartbreak but also great joy, which is precisely what B.B. King's best music always has been. And this is indeed one of King's best latter-day albums, thanks to its sterling selection of 12 songs and the supple support of drummer Jim Keltner, pianist Dr. John, and bassist Nathan East, who give B.B. plenty of room for both his guitar and voice. Even if King winds up returning to his familiar slick, star-studded sound somewhere down the line, having an album as earthily elegant as One Kind Favor in his canon provides a fitting coda for one of the great musical careers of the 20th century.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Blind Lemon Jefferson, Arranger, Work Arranger - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean Williams, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Vida Walker, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carl Germany, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - T-Bone Walker, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mississippi Sheiks, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Lee Hooker, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John 'Shifty' Henry, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bessie Smith, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
Walter Vinson, ComposerLyricist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - CHESTER BURNETT, Arranger, Work Arranger - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Chatmon, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - T-Bone Walker, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
Bernard Roth, ComposerLyricist - T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
T-Bone Burnett, Producer - B.B. King, MainArtist - Emile Kelman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gavin Lurssen, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Wormer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Piersante, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vanessa Parr, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lonnie Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Floyd Lieberman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2008 Geffen Records
Approfondimenti
It's been so long since B.B. King stepped outside of his comfort zone that One Kind Favor comes as a bit of a shock. Unlike so many albums he's cut in the wake of the crossover success of The Thrill Is Gone way back in 1970, the sound is stripped-back, not splashy, there is not a reliance on guest stars, and the repertoire is pure blues -- and these are all songs that he's never recorded before, including three tunes by his longtime idol Lonnie Johnson. Credit for the concept must be given to producer T Bone Burnett, who applies a similar neo-rootsy aesthetic to One Kind Favor that he did to his production of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand -- an approach that's grounded in tradition but has a smoky, smeary veneer that's thoroughly modern. One Kind Favor has a noir-ish flair but it doesn't dwell on darkness, even if it takes its title from a line in Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean," a song that would seem to carry some import for the 82-year-old King. He may be approaching his twilight years but brooding has never been B.B.'s style -- he's too generous, too open-hearted in both love and loss, so he's naturally disinclined to turn this album into a meditation on morality. Instead, One Kind Favor is a celebration of life with all of its ups and downs, filled with heartbreak but also great joy, which is precisely what B.B. King's best music always has been. And this is indeed one of King's best latter-day albums, thanks to its sterling selection of 12 songs and the supple support of drummer Jim Keltner, pianist Dr. John, and bassist Nathan East, who give B.B. plenty of room for both his guitar and voice. Even if King winds up returning to his familiar slick, star-studded sound somewhere down the line, having an album as earthily elegant as One Kind Favor in his canon provides a fitting coda for one of the great musical careers of the 20th century.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
A proposito dell'album
- 1 disco(i) - 15 traccia(e)
- Durata totale: 01:07:42
- Artisti principali: B.B. King
- Compositore: Various Composers
- Etichetta: Geffen
- Genere: Blues/Country/Folk Blues
© 2008 Geffen Records ℗ 2008 Geffen Records
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