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Released
  
1962

Artist
  
Odetta

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Length
  
35:30

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Riverside Records

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Recorded
  
Plaza Sound Studios, New York City April 11–12, 1962

Odetta and The Blues 1962
  
Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' 1962

Genres
  
Folk music, Jazz, Country blues

Similar
  
Odetta albums, Folk music albums

Odetta and The Blues is an album by folk singer Odetta, released in 1962.

Contents

Recorded as the 1950s/1960s American folk music revival was getting underway, the album is notable for Odetta's use of a jazz band on the record.

It has subsequently been re-released on CD in 1984 on Riverside/Original Blues Classics (OBCCD-509-2), Ace (509) (1993) and Legacy (354).

Track listing

All songs are traditional unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Hard, Oh Lord" - 4:09
  2. "Believe I'll Go" - 3:05
  3. "Oh, Papa" - 3:18
  4. "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) - 2:10
  5. "Hogan's Alley" - 2:12
  6. "Leavin' This Morning" - 2:50
  7. "Oh, My Babe" - 4:23
  8. "Yonder Comes the Blues" - 2:51
  9. "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" - 3:49
  10. "Weeping Willow Blues" (Paul Carter) - 2:36
  11. "Go Down, Sunshine" - 2:21
  12. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Jimmy Cox) - 2:20

Personnel

  • Odetta – vocals
  • Buck Clayton – trumpet
  • Vic Dickenson – trombone
  • Herb Hall – clarinet
  • Dick Wellstood – piano
  • Ahmed Abdul-Malik – bass
  • Berisford "Shep" Shephard – drums

    • Songs

    1Hard - Oh Lord4:05
    2Believe I'll Go3:03
    3Oh - Papa3:16

    References

    Odetta and the Blues Wikipedia
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