Joe Turner Big Joe Rides Again

High Quality Pure Analogue 180g Virgin Vinyl LP!
AAA Recording!
That the experts inducted 'Big Joe' Turner into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1983, i.e. during his lifetime, is surely in order when one considers how he expressed his attitude to life with his 12-bar stylistic freedom. That he was additionally honored by being posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, however, makes one wonder whether the incorruptible experts had made a mistake. No matter what: this giant of a man with his big, gentle voice had certainly earned a place of honor in the era of swing as well.
Turner, who appeared on stage with Goodman, Ellington, Tatum and in later years with Gillespie and Eldridge, offers his listeners many facets of the blues. The opening number, "Switchin In The Kitchen", is a fairly fast boogie-woogie where the vocal swings freely with sharp blasts in the background. Other swinging numbers, in which jazz champions such as Coleman Hawkins and Ernie Royal perform solos, include several ballad-like evergreens ("Pennies From Heaven"), which Turner and his band elaborate to become an imposing aria ("Until The Real Thing Comes Along").
The grooves of this LP are distinguished by means of the open, unfiltered Atlantic sound. The saxophone solos in particular, complete with the clicking of the valves and blowing noise, give one the feeling that the soloist is performing in your living room.
This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.

Features:

• 180g High Quality Vinyl
• Pure Analogue
• AAA Recording

Musicians:

• Joe Turner, vocals
• Ernie Royal, trumpet (A1, B1-3, B5)
• Paul Ricard, trumpet (A2-5)
• Vic Dickenson, trombone
• Jerome Richardson, alto sax
• Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax
• Jimmy Jones, piano
• Jim Hall, guitar
• Doug Watkins, bass
• Charlie Persip, drums
• Jimmy Nottingham, trumpet (B4)
• Lawrence Brown, trombone (B4)
• Pete Brown, alto sax (B4)
• Seldon Powell, tenor sax (B4)
• Pete Johnson, piano (B4)
• Freddie Greene, guitar (B4)
• Walter Page, bass (B4)
• Cliff Leeman, drums (B4)

Selections:

Side A
1. Switchin' In The Kitchen
2. Nobody In Mind
3. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
4. I Get The Blues When It Rains
5. Rebecca
Side B
1. When I Was Young
2. Don't You Make Me High
3. Time After Time
4. Pennies From Heaven
5. Here Comes Your Iceman