Album
Really The Blues
The Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet, Septet, Sam Price, Pleasant Joe, Coot Grant
1964 · Jazz
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Really The Blues is a Jazz album by The Mezzrow-Bechet Quintet, Septet, Sam Price, Pleasant Joe, Coot Grant, originally released in 1964. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Ole Miss2:38
- A2Mezz Mezzrow Talks0:38
- A3Really The Blues I3:02
- A4Really The Blues II2:52
- A5Gully Low Blues2:21
- A6Mezz Mezzrow Talks0:32
- A7You Got To Give It To Me2:40
- A8Were Am I4:39
Side B
- B1Kaiser's Last Break4:25
- B2Mezz Mezzrow Talks0:35
- B3Saw Mill Man Blues2:57
- B432 Bars Of Blues2:28
- B5House Party3:08
- B6Cow Cow Blues2:40
- B7Mezz Mezzrow Talks2:00
- B8Bowin' The Blues2:43
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Bebop & Hard Bop
- raw
- bluesy
- earnest
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
[On label]
A King Jazz Master
Boxed
[Back cover]
A1, B8 - rec. New York August 29th, 1945
A3, A4, A7 - rec. New York Sept. 18th, 1947
A5 - rec. New York March 27th, 1945
A8 - rec. Chicago Dec. 18th, 1947
B1 - rec. Chicago Dec. 19th, 1947
B3 - rec. New York July 31th, 1945
B4 - rec. New York August 30th, 1945
B5 - rec. New York July 30th, 1945
B6 - rec. New York July 1945
Reissued on CD and LP in the 1990's by Storyville: King Jazz Vol. 2 - Really The Blues (Europe 1985) (opens in a new tab)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Baby DoddsDRUMS
- Coot GrantVOCALS
- Danny BarkerDRUMS GUITAR
- Douglas DanielsVOCALS
- Fitz WestonPIANO
- Hot Lips PageTRUMPET
- Kaiser MarshallDRUMS
- Mezz MezzrowCLARINET CLARINET, TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Pleasant JoeVOCALS
- Pops FosterBASS
- Sammy PricePIANO
- Sidney BechetCLARINET SAXOPHONE, CLARINET SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
- Sidney CatlettDRUMS
- Wellman BraudBASS
- Wesley WilsonPIANO
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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