Released 1966 Producer Peter Paul Release date 1966 | Length 38:32 | |
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Recorded 1965-1966New York City Blues for Easy Livers(1966) Blues for Spoon and Groove(1966) Similar Blues Around the Clock, Some of My Best Friends A, Blue Spoon, Evenin' Blues, The Blues Is Now |
Blues for Easy Livers is an album by blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.
Contents
Reception
Richie Unterberger, in his review for Allmusic, says "Despite the title, this actually leans considerably further to the jazz side of Witherspoon's muse than the blues one... Witherspoon's one of the masters of closing-time bluesy jazz, and he doesn't let anyone down on that account on this relaxed (but not sleepy) session".
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy Witherspoon except where noted.
- "Lotus Blossom" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:03
- "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) – 3:11
- "Travelin' Light" (Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:15
- "P.S. I Love You" (Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 3:04
- "I'll Always Be in Love With You" (Bud Green, Herman Ruby, Sam H. Stept) – 2:29
- "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:02
- "Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:24
- "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:08
- "Blues in the Night" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:04
- "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 2:23
- "How Long Will It Take for Me to Become a Man" (Traditional) – 3:16
- "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:13
Personnel
Songs
1Lotus Blossom2:57
2Gee Baby - Ain't I Good to You2:59
3Trav'lin' Light4:08
References
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