The Concerts

Jimmy Witherspoon

The Concerts

CD $18.98 $13.98

RELEASE DATE: 26 May 1989

FCD-24701-2

LABEL: FANTASY

GENRE: R&B, BLUES, SOUL & STAX

with Gerry Mulligan, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Rowles, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Leroy Vinnegar, Vernon Alley, Mel Lewis

Recorded October 2, 1959.


TRACKLISTING

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Time's Gettin' Tougher Than Tough
  • 3. How Long Blues
  • 4. Corrine, Corrina
  • 5. C.C. Rider
  • 6. Roll 'em Pete
  • 7. Every Day I Have The Blues
  • 8. Kansas City
  • 9. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
  • 10. Trouble In Mind
  • 11. St. Louis Blues
  • 12. No Rollin' Blues
  • 13. Good Rockin' Tonight
  • 14. Big Fine Girl
  • 15. T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  • 16. When I Been Drinkin'

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