Four Classic Albums (A Night At Count Basie's / A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry / Everyday I Have The Blues / Just The Blues)
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Joe Williams
Four Classic Albums (A Night At Count Basie's / A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry / Everyday I Have The Blues / Just The Blues)
[ Avid Jazz / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 2 April 2021
AVID Jazz continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD set release from Joe Williams complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.
'A Night At Count Basie's'; 'A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry'; 'Everyday I Have The Blues' and 'Just The Blues'
Before I agreed to write these sales notes for our Joe Williams set, I insisted to the friendly guys at AVID that I would absolutely not mention the fact that our man has often been mistaken for the legendary blues man Big Joe Williams. They agreed so I won't mention it! Joe Williams was born Joseph Goreed in Georgia 1918 but was raised by his mother and grandmother on the south side of Chicago. His early years were spent singing gospel in church choirs and he began his professional solo career in 1937. Joe played with many of the big bands of the era including Lionel Hampton and Jimmy Noone as well as touring with Coleman Hawkins in 1941. From 1954 to 1961 Joe was to play with the man whose name he is perhaps synonymous with, the legendary Count Basie. Here we feature Joe on three albums featuring and supported by the great man. The two would remain great friends, with Joe regularly performing with Basie during his own very successful solo career. In 1992 one of our featured albums 'Everyday I Have The Blues' was added to the Grammy Hall Of Fame for recordings of particular historical or qualitative importance. An impressive list of artists Joe has played with would have to include Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Cannonball Adderley, George Shearing, Junior Mance, Clark Terry and Thad Jones. Our final album of this set 'Just The Blues' features just Joe and The Count Basie Orchestra together and to the best of our knowledge has not been available on CD until now! Oh! And by the way, did I mention our new release by the other guy? Legendary bluesman BIG JOE WILLIAMS (AMSC1385) just released on Avid Roots!! Make it a double!
Tracks:
CD1
1. Indiana (A Night At Count Basie's)
2. More Than One For My Baby (A Night At Count Basie's)
3. Too Marvellous For Words (A Night At Count Basie's)
4. Sent For You Yesterday (A Night At Count Basie's)
5. Perdido (A Night At Count Basie's)
6. I Want A Little Girl (A Night At Count Basie's)
7. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (A Night At Count Basie's)
8. Canadian Sunset (A Night At Count Basie's)
9. What's New? (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
10. It's The Talk Of The Town (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
11. I'll Never Smile Again (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
12. I'm Through With Love (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
13. Where Are You? (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
14. I've Only Myself To Blame (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
15. Say It Isn't So (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
16. What Will I Tell My Heart? (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
17. You've Got Me Crying Again (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
18. Can't We Talk It Over? (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
19. I Laugh To Keep From Cryin' (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
20. A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry (A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry)
CD2
1. Everyday I Have The Blues (Every Day I Have The Blues)
2. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (Every Day I Have The Blues)
3. Going To Chicago Blues (Every Day I Have The Blues)
4. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (Every Day I Have The Blues)
5. It's A Low Down Dirty Shame (Every Day I Have The Blues)
6. Shake Rattle And Roll (Every Day I Have The Blues)
7. Just A Dream (Every Day I Have The Blues)
8. Cherry Red (Every Day I Have The Blues)
9. Good Mornin' Blues (Every Day I Have The Blues)
10. Ain't No Use (Every Day I Have The Blues)
11. Confessin' The Blues (Just The Blues)
12. Mean Old World (Just The Blues)
13. Trav'lin Light (Just The Blues)
14. Key To The Highway (Just The Blues)
15. Lyin' Woman (Just The Blues)
16. Chains Of Love (Just The Blues)
17. Mean Mistreater (Just The Blues)
18. Keep Your Hand On Your Heart (Just The Blues)
19. Night Time Is The Right Time (When The Sun Goes Down) (Just The Blues)
20. Tomorrow Night (Just The Blues)
