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Sunrise (Robben Ford album)

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Released
  
1999

Artist
  
Robben Ford

Producer
  
Jerry Goldstein

Genres
  
R&B/soul, Blues

Recorded
  
October 1972

Release date
  
1999

Label
  
Avenue Jazz

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Sunrise is an album of live recordings made in 1972 by Robben Ford, and released on CD in 1999. Though Ford's music ranged over jazz, blues and rock music styles, this album is rooted in jazz, despite some of the songs having been composed by blues artists. The songs on this album were recorded live in clubs noted at the time for introducing promising new artists to the music world.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Oh Gee" — 6:31
  2. "Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) — 4:25
  3. "Eighty One" (Miles Davis, Ron Carter) — 8:08
  4. "Ain't Nobody's Business" (Jimmy Witherspoon, Clarence Williams, G.R. Prince, Porter Grainger) — 3:50
  5. "Sunrise" (Robben Ford) — 11:28
  6. "Blue & Lonesome" (Little Walter Jacobs) — 8:23
  7. "Miss Miss" (Robben Ford) — 8:58
  8. "Everyday I Have the Blues" (Peter Chatman) — 5:26

Personnel

  • Robben Ford — guitar, saxophone, vocals
  • Paul Nagle — keyboards
  • Stan Poplin — bass, guitar
  • Jim Baum — drums
  • Jimmy Witherspoon — lead vocal on "Ain't Nobody's Business"

    • Production

    "Recorded live by Far Out mobile recording unit in 1972 at the Ash Grove, Hollywood, California; The Golden Bear, Huntington Beach, California; and The Marquee Club, London, England."

    Songs

    1Oh Gee6:33
    2Red Rooster4:27
    3Eighty One8:10

    References

    Sunrise (Robben Ford album) Wikipedia
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