The Boss of the Blues

Occupation

• Big Joe Turner - vocals
• Pete Johnson - Piano
• Frank Wess, Seldon Powell - tenor saxophone
• Joe Newman, Jimmy Nottingham - trumpet
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Lawrence Brown - trombone
• Walter Page - Bass
• Cliff Leeman - drums
• Pete Brown - alto saxophone
• Ernie Wilkins - Arrangements

Boss of the Blues is an album by American singer Big Joe Turner, which he published in 1956 on Atlantic Records. The album was conceived as a " nostalgic return to the jump blues " and reissued several times by Collectables, Rhino Atlantic and on audio cassette and CD.

General

Big Joe Turner took in a time in which his songs such as " Shake, Rattle & Roll " and " Honey Hush " hits of rock and roll and rhythm and blues were often albums that were based more on the jazz idiom. For Boss of the Blues, he again worked with his former partner from the 1930s and 1940s, the pianist Pete Johnson. The trumpeter Joe Newman played in the Count Basie Orchestra, the other accompanying musicians played in the big band. So it is not surprising that the band sounds like a Basie combo. The album contains re-recordings of Turner's earlier recordings, such as " Cherry Red ," " Roll 'Em Pete " and " Wee Baby Blues ". In addition, Blue standards can be heard as " How Long Blues" by Leroy Carr and WC Handy's " St. Louis Blues ". The album was recorded at Carnegie Recital Hall, the second Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York.

Tracks on the album

Critics votes

Scott Yanow wrote in Allmusic: Turner is in top form. This ... music should appeal to many listeners .. ( " Turner is in top form ... This music shoulderstand appeal to many listeners " ) For AllAboutJazz lifted Ed Kopp in his criticism out that it was the best album of Turner and some of the well-rehearsed songs containing definitive versions (of "I Want a Little Girl," " low Down Dog ," " You're Driving Me Crazy " and "Morning Glories "). The reviewer would, if he had to put together a list of his ten favorite albums, consider Boss of the Blues here.