Witherspoon, Mulligan, Webster at the Renaissance. Jimmy Witherspoon at Monterey. Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Notes:
Selections 1-10 originally released as Witherspoon, Mulligan, Webster at the Renaissance (Hifijazz J-426) ; others released as Jimmy Witherspoon at Monterey (Hifijazz J-421). Program notes in English by Ralph J. Gleason and John Tynan inserted in container. Jimmy Witherspoon, vocals. On tracks 1-20: Gerry Mulligan, baritone sax ; Ben Webster, tenor sax ; Jimmy Rowles, piano ; Leroy Vinnegar, bass ; Mel Lewis, drums. On tracks 11-16: Roy Eldridge, trumpet ; Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax ; Woody Herman, clarinet ; Earl "Fatha" Hines, piano ; Vernon Alley, bass. Selections 1-10 recorded at the Renaissance, Hollywood, Dec. 2 and 9, 1959 ; all others recorded at the Monterey (CA) Jazz Festival, Oct. 2, 1959.
Contents:
When I been drinkin' / Time's gettin' tougher than tough / Bill Broonzy (5:38). How long blues / Leroy Carr (3:25) -- Corrine, Corrina / Williams, Chatman, Parish (3:21) -- C.C. Rider (4:39) -- Roll 'em Pete / Johnson, Turner (4:24) -- Every day I have the blues / Peter Chatman (2:42) -- Kansas City / Leiber, Stoller (3:10) -- I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town / Weldon, Jordan (3:44) -- Trouble in mind / Richard Jones (3:24) -- St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy (3:48) -- No rollin' blues / Witherspoon (5:31) -- Good rockin' tonight / Roy Brown (2:24) -- Big fine girl / Witherspoon (4:52) -- T'Ain't nobody's bizness if I do / Grainger, Prince, Williams (6:30) -- When I been drinkin' / Bill Broonzy (5:38).
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