Josh White - Blues And... '1956/2021

Tracks list

       Josh White went through so many different phases and sounds in his
career, that he was virtually a musical chameleon, adapting easily to whatever
audiences expected of him in any given decade. Still, the "big band"-style blues
embodied on these 1956-vintage recordings may surprise those who only know White
from his acoustic sides cut during the folk revival of the later 1950s and early
1960s. His voice — still an excellent instrument in its own right two
decades into his recording career — and acoustic guitar mesh nicely with
a sextet consisting of Jack Fallon (bass), Phil Seamen (drums), Bertie King
(alto sax), Fred Hartz (tenor sax), Benny Green (baritone sax), and Kenny Baker
(trumpet), on "Kansas City Blues." White gets to show off his skill as a slide
guitarist on stripped-down pieces such as "Careless Love" — a nearly
six-minute long acoustic blues showcase — and his vocal range on the
lusty "Oh Lula," and gives a fresh take on "St. Louis Blues," White's guitar and
Seamen's drums interweaving rhythmic patterns around his exuberant vocals. This
triple-disc set (the other albums represented are Sonny Terry and Brownie
McGhee's Sonny, Brownie & Chris and Big Bill Broonzy's Tribute to Big Bill)
offers about the best sound ever heard on these songs, and the annotation by
Neil Slaven is as detailed as one might ever hope for. ~ Bruce Eder

Tracklist:
1.01 - Josh White - How Long Blues (3:11)
1.02 - Josh White - Careless Love (5:43)
1.03 - Josh White - Oh Lula (2:54)
1.04 - Josh White - St. Louis Blues (4:28)
1.05 - Josh White - Kansas City Blues (3:46)
1.06 - Josh White - I Had to Stoop to Conquer You (2:53)
1.07 - Josh White - I Know How to Do It (3:00)
1.08 - Josh White - Dink's Blues (4:38)
1.09 - Josh White - Mint Julep (3:07)
1.10 - Josh White - Good Morning Blues (4:28) 

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