Cat. No. BCD 17505: JOE TURNER ~ THE BOSS OF THE BLUES - SINGS KANSAS CITY JAZZ. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17505. (IMPORT).

WHEN JOE TURNER’S ALBUM ‘THE BOSS OF THE BLUES’ WAS RELEASED IN 1956 IT WAS HAILED BY JERRY WEXLER OF ATLANTIC RECORDS AS THE GREATEST BLUES ALBUM EVER. WEXLER LOVED THIS MUSIC. WHEN THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED, BLUES WAS ATROPHYING AND JAZZ WAS ENTERING THE AGE OF ENDLESS AND POINTLESS SOLOING. JOE TURNER AND ARRANGER ERNIE WILKINS CREATED A MASTERFULLY TIGHT, UNPRETENTIOUS AND CRAZINGLY SWINGING ALBUM. FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, IT HASN’T BEEN OUT OF PRINT FOR LONG, IF AT ALL, SINCE SEPTEMBER 1956. BEAR FAMILY HAVE REISSUED THE ORIGINAL AS A 2CD SET IN BOTH MONO AND STEREO VERSIONS PLUS VARIOUS OUTTAKES AND DONE JUSTICE TO THE ALBUM AS ONLY BEAR FAMILY CAN. BRILLIANT ******

TRACK LISTING: CD1 – Cherry Red (stereo) / Roll ‘Em Pete (stereo) / I Want A Little Girl (stereo) / Low Down Dog (stereo) / You’re Driving Me Crazy (stereo) / Wee Baby Blues (stereo) / How Long Blues (stereo) / Morning Glories (stereo) / St. Louis Blues (stereo) / Piney Brown Blues (stereo) / Pennies From Heaven (stereo)** / Roll ‘Em Pete (take 4) (mono)** / Roll ‘Em Pete (take 5) (mono)** / Cherry Red Blues (take 1) (mono)** / Cherry Red Blues (takes 2 and 3) (mono)** / Morning Glories (takes 1 and 4) (mono)** / Low Down Dog (take 4) (mono)**. DENOTES BONUS TRACK **

CD2 – Cherry Red (mono) / Roll ‘Em Pete (mono) / I Want A Little Girl (mono) / Low Down Dog (mono) / Wee Baby Blues (mono) / You’re Driving Me Crazy (mono) / How Long Blues (mono) / Morning Glories (mono) / St. Louis Blues (mono) / Piney Brown Blues (mono) / Pennies From Heaven (mono)** / Testing The Blues (mono)** / St. Louis Blues (take 1) (mono)** / You’re Driving Me Crazy (mono)** / I Want A Little Girl (takes 1 and 3) (mono)**. DENOTES BONUS TRACK ** 

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