Jimmy Witherspoon - Hey Mrs. Jones

Styles: Vocal And Guitar Jazz

Year: 1962

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 30:17

Size: 69,9 MB

Art: Front

(2:31)  1. Hey, Mrs. Jones

(2:30)  2. In the Dark

(2:37)  3. Tanya

(2:12)  4. I Ain't Mad at You, Pretty Baby

(2:19)  5. Have Faith

(2:18)  6. Lovey Dovey

(3:10)  7. I Don't Know

(2:24)  8. Warm Your Heart

(2:22)  9. Wee Baby Blues

(2:47) 10. If You Live the Life, You Pay the Price

(2:32) 11. Pink Champagne

(2:28) 12. The Masquerade Is Over

One of the many unfairly overlooked albums from Witherspoon's early career, Hey Mrs. Jones is a marvelous discovery, although its lack of stylistic unity, whilst showing Witherspoon's versatility, also accounts for a occasionally confusing listening experience. The best cuts on the album are priceless Witherspoon -- "The Masquerade Is Over" contains one of Witherspoon's most emotional and desperate performances, while "Have Faith" is a great gospel song, sung with genuine fervor. The album is marred slightly by a few novelty numbers, and it's hard to see anyone listening to "Pink Champagne" or "Lovey Dovey" many times, but this is a slight criticism of an album which is still one of Witherspoon's greatest.~Thomas Ward http://www.allmusic.com/album/hey-mrs-jones-mw0000232197

Personnel: Jimmy Witherspoon (vocals, guitar); Al Viola (guitar); Gerald Vinci, Darrel Terwilliger, Johnny Vidor Strings, Walter Wiemeyer, Walter Rower, Harry Hyams, Justin DiTullio, Stanley Harris, Al Barr, Jesse Ehrlich, Bobby Bruce (strings); Maurice Simon, Harold Land, Jay Migliori, Ted Nash, Ben Webster, William Green , Charlie Kennedy (saxophone); Conrad Gozzo , John Anderson Concert Orchestra , Gerald Wilson, Al Porcino, Martin Banks (trumpet); Richard Taylor "Dick" Nash , Frank Rosolino, Lew McCreary (trombone); Bill Miller (piano); Earl Palmer , Mel Lewis (drums).

Hey Mrs. Jones

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