Title: The Queen Of The Party Artist: Irene Reid Label: Savant Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 633842212524 Genre: Jazz Vocals Release Date: 2012-07-17 Number of Discs: 1
From her days singing with the Count Basie band as a replacement for Joe Williams, to her Indian summer of renewed popularity, Irene Reid always lived up to her moniker, the Queen of Uptown Blues. Like Dinah Washington & Esther Phillips, Irene had a church background and never lost that divine intensity or power to convey the emotions in a lyric. Her most notable post-Basie gig was playing the wicked witch on Broadway in "The Whiz." Here is a program featuring Irene, the Charles "Mighty Burner" Earland, Eric Alexander and the rest of the crew doing what Irene did best: The Uptown Blues.
Tracks: 1.1 Million Dollar Secret 1.2 I'm Getting Tired 1.3 If I Never Get to Heaven 1.4 I'm Walkin' 1.5 Aiming at Nothing 1.6 Once There Lived a Fool 1.7 Long John Blues 1.8 One Eyed Man 1.9 I Took the Backdoor Out 1.10 I Ain't Doing Too Bad 1.11 I'll Take You Back 1.12 Big Fat Daddy
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