Blues Summit

Occupation

BB King, BB King Orchestra, guest musicians (see below)

Blues Summit is an album that BB King has recorded for MCA in 1993.

General

The title Blues Summit ( "Blues Summit " ) refers to BB Kings of guest musicians, where they are sizes of the blues scene. In addition to their instrumental and vocal contributions they make in duets with King. Robert Cray wrote the opening track of the album, whose title already expressed what should be done ( Playin ' with my friends ). In the same year a concert in the BB was recorded under the same title, Held King's Blues Club in Memphis and was released in 2000 on DVD.

A special feature of this album is the duet with John Lee Hooker, as the two musicians are stylistically far removed from each other, although they were already decades- long friends. But the manager Kings, Sid Seidenberg, was convinced that the work would succeed, and he could BB King and John Lee Hooker persuaded to try a duet.

Awards

1994: Grammy Award for " Best Traditional Blues Album "

Tracklist

Charts

  • Billboard R & B Albums # 64
  • The Billboard 200 # 182

Musician

The Memphis Sessions

Taken 15 to 19 February 1993 in Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee

  • B. B. King: vocals and guitar

B.B. King Orchestra:

  • Leon Warren: rhythm guitar
  • Calep Emphrey, Jr.: Drums
  • James Toney: Keyboards
  • Michael Doster: Bass
  • Tony Coleman: Percussion
  • James Bolden: Trumpet
  • Melvin Jackson: saxophone
  • Walter King: Arrangements

With:

The Berkeley Sessions

Recorded 8 to 12 March 1993 in Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California

  • B. B. King: vocals and guitar
  • Playin ' with my friends - The Robert Cray Band: Robert Cray (guitar and vocals), Kevin Hayes ( drums), Jim Pugh (keyboards ), Richard Cousins ​​(bass ), Robert Murray (rhythm guitar)
  • Everybody's had the blues - The Boss Talkers: Joe Louis Walker (guitar and vocals ), Paul Revelle (drums), Mike Eppley (keyboards), Henry Oden ( bass), Jeff Lewis and Tim Devine ( horns )
  • You Shook Me - John Lee Hooker (guitar and vocals), Robert Cray (guitar) Roy Rogers ( slide guitar ), Kevin Hayes ( drums), Jim Pugh (keyboards ), Richard Cousins ​​( bass)

Accompanist

  • Kim Wilson ( harmonica )
  • Lee Allen ( sax solo )
  • Maxine Waters, Julia Waters Tilman, Maxayne Lewis ( background singers )
  • Randy Waldman (String Synthesizer )
  • Antoine Salley (percussion)
  • Vasti Jackson ( rhythm guitar)
  • Nancy Wright ( saxophone)
  • The Memphis Horns
  • Ben Cauley (trumpet )
  • Robert Cray (rhythm guitar)
  • Joe Louis Walker ( background vocals )
  • Mabon Hodges (rhythm guitar)
  • Tony Coleman (percussion)
  • Walter King (baritone saxophone)

Critics votes

  • " ... An instant classic .... The performances are releaxed but sizzling .. " - Audio Magazine ( 11/93, p.110 ) " ( ... A classic from the beginning ... The performances are relaxed but seething ...")
  • "King comes close to equaling his past triumphs on small independent labels in the '50s and '60s " - All Music Guide, Review by Ron Wynn ( "King comes close to the past triumphs of the 1950s and 1960s on independent labels. " )
  • " ... Probably his finest album of the 1990s. " - CD Universe Review ( ... probably his best album in the 1990s. )
  • " ... A lot of spontaneous interaction in the studio, the way records ought to be made ​​. This is quite simply the best B.B. King album in 20 years .... " - Down Beat ( 11/93, p.37 ) (... a lot of spontaneous interaction in the studio, the way recordings should be made This is quite simply the best BB King. album in 20 years. )
  • " ... Though the formula Seems hackneyed - duets with damn near every blues great silent drawing breath. " - Musician ( 9/93, p.76 ) ( " Although the formula seems trite, take duets with almost any size Blue still breath. " )
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