Name: The Boss Of The Blues
Brand: Big Joe Turner

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PPAN SD1234

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black

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Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-30

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F Minor

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5060149622209

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Big Joe Turner

Genre GB

Blues / Gospel

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Pure Pleasure

Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler supervised and recorded in New York 1956 by Len Frank; re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London. Besides helping to invent rock 'n roll with his hit "Shake, Rattle and Roll," Big Joe Turner was one of the most soulful blues shouters of all time. His best albums married the boogie-woogie piano stylings of the great Pete Johnson with a jazzy jumpin' horn section. 

<i>Boss Of The Blues</i> is arguably Joe's best recording, in part because he sang with particular gusto during these 1956 sessions. At the time, Boss of the Blues marked a nostalgic return to the jump-blues style that Turner helped pioneer in the '40s. Besides Johnson, Boss featured some of Kansas City's finest ever jazzmen and various members of Count Basie's band, including Joe Newman (trumpet), Pete Brown (alto sax), Lawrence Brown (trombone), Frank Wess (tenor sax) and Freddie Green (guitar). The bawdy "Cherry Red" and the rollicking "Roll 'Em Pete" are my favourite Turner-Johnson collaborations. Both feature some incredible playing by the piano master. Turner's versions of "I Want a Little Girl," "Low Down Dog," "You're Driving Me Crazy," and "Morning Glories" are definitive. If I had to compile a list of my 10 favourite albums, Boss of the Blues would be there. Ed Kopp/All About 

Jazz Personnel: Joe Turner, vocals / Joe Newman, trumpet / Lawrence Brown, trombone / Pete Brown, alto sax / Frank Wess, tenor sax / Pete Johnson, piano / Freddie Green, guitar / Walter Page, bass / Cliff Leeman, drums. On A3, A5, B1 &amp; B4 Jimmy Nottingham replaces Joe Newman on trumpet &amp; Seldon Powell replaces Frank Wess on tenor sax.

The Boss Of The Blues

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