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Callin' the Blues

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Released
  
1958

Length
  
39:09

Producer
  
Esmond Edwards

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
July 18, 1958

Release date
  
1958

Label
  
AVID Entertainment

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Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Callin' the Blues (1958)
  
Tiny in Swingville (1959)

Artists
  
Tiny Grimes, J. C. Higginbotham

Jazz albums
  
Ellingtonia '56, The Soft Swing, Four Altos, Groovin' with Golson, The Tenor Scene

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Callin' the Blues is an album by guitarist Tiny Grimes with trombonist J. C. Higginbotham recorded in 1958 and released on the Prestige label. The album was subsequently rereleased on Prestige's Swingville subsidiary label.

Contents

Callin the blues by j c higginbotham and tiny grimes


Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "Although J.C., who had a long decline, sounds a bit past his prime, plenty of sparks fly throughout the date, particularly from Grimes and Lockjaw".

Track listing

All compositions by Tiny Grimes except where noted.

  1. "Callin' the Blues" – 8:42
  2. "Blue Tiny" – 11:34
  3. "Grimes' Times" – 11:20
  4. "Air Mail Special" (Charlie Christian, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy) – 7:33

Personnel

  • Tiny Grimes – guitar
  • J. C. Higginbotham – trombone
  • Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis – tenor saxophone
  • Ray Bryant – piano
  • Wendell Marshall – bass
  • Osie Johnson – drums
  • Songs

    1Callin' the Blues (Remastered)8:45
    2Blue Tiny (Remastered)11:39
    3Grimes' Times (Remastered)11:25

    References

    Callin' the Blues Wikipedia