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This single CD (which reissues all of the music from an earlier two-LP set) includes the high point of singer Jimmy Witherspoon's career. On October 2, 1959, he appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival and created such a sensation that it caused his career to go through a renaissance. Heard at the peak of his powers, Witherspoon holds his own with a mighty group of veterans (trumpeter Roy Eldridge, both Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins on tenors, clarinetist Woody Herman, pianist Earl Hines, bassist Vernon Alley, and drummer Mel Lewis). Although the five-song set only lasted 25 minutes, Witherspoon's performance was the hit of the festival. The other half of this CD features Witherspoon romping through ten mostly traditional blues songs two months later with Webster, baritonist Gerry Mulligan, pianist Jimmy Rowles, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Mel Lewis; the performance is equally exciting. Highly recommended, this CD is the one truly essential Jimmy Witherspoon release.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Leroy Vinnegar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gerry Mulligan, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James "Jimmy" Witherspoon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Vinnegar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gerry Mulligan, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Carr, ComposerLyricist - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Prestige Records, Distributed by Concord.
Bo Chatman, ComposerLyricist - Mitchell Parish, Author - Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Leroy Vinnegar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gerry Mulligan, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - J. Mayo Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Vinnegar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gerry Mulligan, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Prestige Records, Distributed by Concord.
Joe Turner, ComposerLyricist - Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Leroy Vinnegar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gerry Mulligan, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Leroy Vinnegar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gerry Mulligan, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Chatman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Jerry Leiber, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stoller, ComposerLyricist - Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Leroy Vinnegar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gerry Mulligan, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Roy Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Andy Razaf, Author, ComposerLyricist - Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Leroy Vinnegar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gerry Mulligan, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William Weldon, ComposerLyricist - Andy Razaf Williams, ComposerLyricist - Casey Bill Weldon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Leroy Vinnegar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Gerry Mulligan, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - JIMMY ROWLES, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard M. Jones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hines, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Coleman Hawkins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Woody Herman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - William Christopher Handy, ComposerLyricist - Vernon Alley, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hines, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Coleman Hawkins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Woody Herman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - James "Jimmy" Witherspoon, ComposerLyricist - Vernon Alley, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hines, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Coleman Hawkins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Woody Herman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Brown, ComposerLyricist - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Vernon Alley, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hines, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Coleman Hawkins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Woody Herman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Vernon Alley, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Ben Webster, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hines, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Coleman Hawkins, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, MainArtist - Sam Hopkins, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Porter Grainger, ComposerLyricist - Woody Herman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Everett Robbins, ComposerLyricist - Donald Cooks, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Buster Pickens, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Spider Kilpatrick, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Vernon Alley, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1989 Prestige Records, Distributed by Concord.
Ben Webster, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Earl Hines, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Lewis, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - David Axelrod, Producer - Coleman Hawkins, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Witherspoon, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Big Bill Broonzy, ComposerLyricist - Woody Herman, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Roy Eldridge, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Vernon Alley, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 1960 Fantasy, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
This single CD (which reissues all of the music from an earlier two-LP set) includes the high point of singer Jimmy Witherspoon's career. On October 2, 1959, he appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival and created such a sensation that it caused his career to go through a renaissance. Heard at the peak of his powers, Witherspoon holds his own with a mighty group of veterans (trumpeter Roy Eldridge, both Ben Webster and Coleman Hawkins on tenors, clarinetist Woody Herman, pianist Earl Hines, bassist Vernon Alley, and drummer Mel Lewis). Although the five-song set only lasted 25 minutes, Witherspoon's performance was the hit of the festival. The other half of this CD features Witherspoon romping through ten mostly traditional blues songs two months later with Webster, baritonist Gerry Mulligan, pianist Jimmy Rowles, bassist Leroy Vinnegar, and drummer Mel Lewis; the performance is equally exciting. Highly recommended, this CD is the one truly essential Jimmy Witherspoon release.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:11
- Main artists: Jimmy Witherspoon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fantasy Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 Fantasy, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2002 Fantasy, Inc.
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