Title: Complete Boss Of The Blues Artist: Big Joe Turner Label: Bear Family Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5397102175053 Genre: Blues Release Date: 2020-03-13 Number of Discs: 2
Two CD set with 24-page booklet. In 1951 Ahmet Ertegun signed Turner to his young Atlantic label. Over the next few years, Big Joe Turner recorded his most successful singles and became an Atlantic bestseller with a series of major hits in the R&B charts. In March 1956, however, history was written. Boss Of The Blues was one of the first blues concept albums (almost all other LPs of that day were compilations of previously released singles). Atlantic engaged musicians from the Count Basie community (plus their arranger). The music is anything but nostalgia. With exquisite musicians he created one of the best blues/jazz albums of all times with Big Joe Turner at the peak of his vocal expressiveness.
Tracks: 1.1 Cherry Red (stereo) 1.2 Roll 'em Pete (stereo) 1.3 I Want a Little Girl (stereo) 1.4 Low Down Dog (stereo) 1.5 Wee Baby Blues (stereo) 1.6 You're Driving Me Crazy (stereo) 1.7 How Long Blues (stereo) 1.8 Morning Glories (stereo) 1.9 St. Louis Blues (stereo) 1.10 St. Louis Blues (stereo) 1.11 Piney Brown Blues (stereo) 1.12 Pennies from Heaven (stereo) 1.13 Roll 'em Pete 1.14 Cherry Red Blues 1.15 Morning Glories 1.16 Low Down Dog 2.1 Cherry Red (mono) 2.2 Roll 'em Pete (mono) 2.3 I Want a Little Girl (mono) 2.4 Low Down Dog (mono) 2.5 Wee Baby Blues (mono) 2.6 You're Driving Me Crazy (mono) 2.7 How Long Blues (mono) 2.8 Morning Glories (mono) 2.9 St. Louis Blues (mono) 2.10 Piney Brown Blues (mono) 2.11 Pennies from Heaven 2.12 Testing The Blues 2.13 St. Louis Blues 2.14 You're Driving Me Crazy 2.15 I Want a Little Girl
