Count Basie - Kansas City Shout

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 42:02

Size: 96.2 MB

Styles: Swing, Piano blues

Year: 1980/1995

Art: Front

[3:40] 1. Just A Dream On My Mind

[5:57] 2. Blues For Joe Turner

[4:05] 3. Blues For Joel

[4:02] 4. Everyday I Have The Blues

[2:56] 5. Blues Au Four

[3:27] 6. My Jug And I

[4:08] 7. Cherry Red

[3:49] 8. Apollo Daze

[3:19] 9. Standing On The Corner

[3:34] 10. Stormy Monday

[3:00] 11. Signifying

Bass – Duffy Jackson; Guitar – Freddie Green; Piano – Count Basie; Saxophone – Bobby Plater, Danny Turner, Eric Dixon, Johnny Williams, Kenny Hing; Trombone – Bill Hughes, Mitchell 'Bootie' Wood, Dennis Rowland, Dennis Wilson, Grover Mitchell; Trumpet – Dale Carley, David Stahl, Pete Minger, Sonny Cohn; Vocals – Joe Turner (tracks: 2, 4, 10); Vocals, Alto Saxophone – Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (tracks: 1, 6, 7). Recorded in Hollywood, CA, April 7, 1980.

This session from 1980 helps to recreate the atmosphere of '30s Kansas City. Featured are the great blues singer Joe Turner and the strong singer and altoist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, along with the Count Basie Orchestra. "Just a Dream," "Everyday I Have the Blues," "Cherry Red" and "Stormy Monday" receive very spirited renditions, as do some newer blues. Since all of the principals are no longer with us, Norman Granz deserves special thanks for organizing this special session. ~Scott Yanow

Kansas City Shout

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Buck Clayton, Joe Turner - Buck Clayton Meets Joe Turner

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:29
Size: 101.8 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 1965/1988
Art: Front

[7:27] 1. Honeysuckle Rose
[7:30] 2. I'm In A World Of Trouble
[4:10] 3. I Can't Get Started
[3:22] 4. Feel So Fine
[9:02] 5. Perido
[3:21] 6. I Want A Little Girl
[9:34] 7. Too Late, Too Late

Despite its title, trumpeter Buck Clayton and blues singer Big Joe Turner actually perform on three separate songs apiece, only coming together on the concluding "Too Late, Too Late." Recorded in Yugoslavia, these performances also utilize a four-piece Yugoslavian quartet, with vibraphonist Bosko Petrovic the only player to receive much fame through the years. Turner sounds fine on a pair of his blues and "I Want a Little Girl," while Buck jams enthusiastically on "Honeysuckle Rose," "I Can't Get Started" and "Perdido." Nothing all that surprising occurs, but the music is quite satisfying. ~Scott Yanow

Buck Clayton Meets Joe Turner

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Joe Turner (With Pee Wee Crayton & Sonny Stitt) - Everyday I Have The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:19
Size: 99.2 MB
Styles: Jazz-blues, R&B
Year: 1975/1991
Art: Front

[ 4:33] 1. Stormy Monday
[ 7:39] 2. Piney Brown (K.C.)
[ 9:09] 3. Martin Luther King Southside
[ 5:31] 4. Everyday I Have The Blues
[ 4:53] 5. Shake, Rattle And Roll
[11:31] 6. Lucille

This CD reissues one of Big Joe Turner's better Pablo releases. In 1975 Turner's voice was still strong and he had a compatible four-piece group that featured veteran guitarist Pee Wee Crayton. With guest Sonny Stitt contributing typically boppish solos on tenor and alto, Turner sings mostly familiar material (including "Stormy Monday," "Piney Brown" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll") plus his recent "Martin Luther King Southside." Recommended. ~Scott Yanow

Everyday I Have The Blues

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Joe Turner - Joe's Back In Town

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 56:01

Size: 128.2 MB

Styles: Blues piano & vocals

Year: 2008

Art: Front

[2:28] 1. Harlem Strut

[2:42] 2. Pastel

[2:46] 3. Honeysuckle Rose

[2:53] 4. Jitterburg Waltz

[3:30] 5. Tea For Two

[2:31] 6. Sweet Georgia Brown

[3:11] 7. Honey Hush

[2:15] 8. Route 66

[1:59] 9. Keep Off The Grass

[2:36] 10. Lulu's Back In Town

[1:59] 11. Thou Swell

[2:19] 12. Rejane Boogie

[1:57] 13. Argentina

[2:00] 14. Thou Swell (Take 4)

[3:09] 15. Tea For Two (Take 2)

[3:25] 16. Pastel (Take 1)

[2:16] 17. Route 66 (Take 3)

[3:14] 18. Honey Hush (Take 1)

[2:25] 19. Harlem Strut (Take 2)

[3:37] 20. I Cover The Waterfront

[2:39] 21. Route 66 (Take 2)

JOE TURNER, piano, vocals; ROLAND LOBLIGEOIS, bass; PANAMA FRANCIS, drums. Recorded in Paris, France, May 22, 1974.

Recorded over 30 years ago in Paris, this excellent album hasn't been available in what seems an eternity! Joe does Honey Hush; Harlem Strut; Sweet Georgia Brown; Thou Swell; Route 66 , and more. 21 tracks!

Joe's Back In Town 

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Joe Turner - Poor Butterfly

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:17
Size: 124.3 MB
Styles: Piano jazz, Jazz-blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:54] 1. Poor Butterfly
[2:37] 2. Taboo
[3:15] 3. Just One Of Those Things
[3:29] 4. I'm Crazy About My Baby
[4:05] 5. If I Had You
[3:05] 6. I'm Coming Virginia
[3:55] 7. Out Of Nowhere
[2:25] 8. Carolina Shout
[2:13] 9. On The Loch Lomond
[4:53] 10. Paris Blues
[4:20] 11. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
[3:02] 12. Jada
[2:03] 13. Route 66
[4:43] 14. I Cover The Waterfront
[3:45] 15. Poor Butterfly (Take 1)
[2:26] 16. On The Loch Lomond (Take 1)

Though endlessly confused with the singer Big Joe Turner, pianist Joe Turner came from a completely different direction, following the James P. Johnson/Fats Waller stride tradition, armed with a superb technique and a fine sense of swing. Born in Baltimore, he started to learn the piano from his mother at age five and began to make a name for himself in Harlem as a teenager shortly after his move to New York in 1925. He was an accompanist to Adelaide Hall in a duo, first with Alex Hill and then Francis Carter, the latter with whom he and Hall toured Europe in 1931. He remained in Europe through 1939 when war broke out, upon which he returned to the U.S. to work as a singer.

After playing with Sy Oliver's army band in 1944-1945 and Rex Stewart in 1946, Turner returned to the continent, residing in Hungary in 1948 and then Switzerland from 1949 to 1962. He settled in Paris in 1962 in a residency at La Calvados, continued to play engagements elsewhere in Europe and occasionally the U.S., and eventually survived to became the last major active stride pianist of his era. Among his few available albums is a 1984 project with Knocky Parker and his Houserockers on Southland. ~bio by Richard S. Ginnell

Recording Date: August 3, 1971 - May 21, 1974

Poor Butterfly

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Count Basie, Joe Turner - The Bosses

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:00
Size: 100.7 MB
Styles: Jazz-blues
Year: 1974/2006
Art: Front

[6:41] 1. The Honeydripper
[2:36] 2. Honey Hush
[4:42] 3. Cherry Red
[3:55] 4. Night Time Is The Right Time
[4:57] 5. Blues Around The Clock
[3:57] 6. Since I Fell For You
[3:27] 7. Flip Flop And Fly
[5:36] 8. Wee Baby Blues
[3:50] 9. Good Morning Blues
[4:16] 10. Roll 'em Pete

Bass – Ray Brown; Drums – Louis Bellson; Guitar – Irving Ashby; Piano, Organ – Count Basie; Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Davis, Zoot Sims; Trombone – J.J. Johnson; Trumpet – Harry Edison; Vocals – Joe Turner.

Count Basie and an all-star band (including trumpeter Harry Edison, trombonist J.J. Johnson and the tenors of Eddie Davis and Zoot Sims) back up veteran Kansas City blues singer Big Joe Turner on one of his better later albums. The many fine solos inspire Turner, who is in top form on such tunes as "Night Time Is the Right Time," "Wee Baby Blues" and "Roll 'Em Pete." ~Scott Yanow

The Bosses

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