Jimmy Witherspoon - Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues (1964)

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Title: Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Original Blues Classics[OBCCD-575-2]
Genre: Jazz, Blues
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 33:33
Total Size: 248 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues [0:02:57.24]
02. Everytime I Think About You [0:02:41.29]
03. I Never Will Marry [0:02:49.86]
04. I Wanna Be Around [0:03:29.06]
05. Teardrops From My Eyes [0:03:01.00]
06. And The Angels Sing [0:02:57.53]
07. Who's Sorry Now [0:03:38.90]
08. I'm Comin' Down With The Blues [0:02:26.09]
09. You're Next [0:02:18.33]
10. Happy Blues [0:02:15.90]
11. That's Why I'm Leaving [0:02:33.80]
12. One Last Chance [0:03:12.00]

personnel :

Jimmy Witherspoon - vocals
Benny Bailey, Bertil Lövgren, Bengt-Arne Wallin - trumpet
Åke Persson, Eje Thelin - trombone
Karl Nystrom, Bengt Olesson - French horn
Runo Erickson - euphonium
Lars Sloglund - oboe, English horn
Arne Domnerus - alto saxophone, clarinet
Bjarne Nerem - tenor saxophone
Rune Falk - baritone saxophone, clarinet
Tosten Wennberg - saxophones, clarinet
Roman Dylag - bass
Egil Johansen - drums
Benny Golson - arranger

Jimmy Witherspoon is accompanied by a large orchestra arranged by Benny Golson for a set emphasizing slow tempos (even on "And the Angels Sing" and "Who's Sorry Now"), ballads and blues. Nothing all that memorable occurs, but the singer is in strong voice, and his fans will want to pick up this interesting CD reissue. ~ Scott Yanow