Jimmy Witherspoon Featuring Ben Webster – Roots
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Vocals – Jimmy Witherspoon
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ben Webster]
Trumpet – Gerald Wilson
Bass – Ralph Hamilton
Drums – Jim Miller
Piano – Ernie Freeman
Written by Eddie Miller (A1), Andy Razaf & Casey Bill Weldon (A2), Big Bill Broonzy (A3, B5), Charles Segar (A3), Jimmy Rushing (A4), Jay McShann & Walter Brown (A5), Jimmy Cox (A6), Richard M. Jones & Richard M. DePaul & Gene Raye (B1), Jimmy Witherspoon & Rachel Witherspoon (B2), Pete Johnson & Big Joe Turner (B3), Ollie Shepard (B4), Buddy Johnson (B6)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Reprise Records
Recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, California
Mastered and lacquer cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Sleeve Notes by Nat Hentoff
Originally released in 1961
Reissued in November 2022
Tracks :
Side A:
- I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- Key To The Highway
- Did You Ever
- Confessin' The Blues
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Side B:
- Your Red Wagon
- Rain Is Such A Lonesome Sound
- Cherry Red
- It's A Low Down Dirty Shame
- Just A Dream
- Please, Mr. Webster
Reviews :
“When the line below the artist's name says 'featuring Ben Webster,' and even if the artist is a bluesman to the core, you know there will be jazz inflections. If anyone was able to show that the two genres are inextricably linked, it's Witherspoon, who could take material by Bill Broonzy and make it sound like it was filtered through Count Basie... you'll be torn between filing it with blues or jazz. Buy it for one of the finest interpretations ever of 'Key to the Highway.'” Ken Kessler, Hi-Fi News
"... Kudos to blues lover Chad Kassem for recognizing the sonic pearl hiding behind a good but not stellar original recording. Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio has proven yet again why vinyl rules the audiophile universe. Compared to a white label promo original, this issue is a quantum leap improvement, with three dimensional images and a big fat sound to die for." Dennis D. Davis, Hi-Fi +
“This album features singer Jimmy Witherspoon in a perfect setting, interpreting older blues and Kansas City swing standards while accompanied by a fine two-horn sextet. Witherspoon's friend, tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, has plenty of solos as does trumpeter Gerald Wilson (in one of his last recordings as an active player). Witherspoon sounds quite inspired on such songs as "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water," "Confessin' the Blues," "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," and "Cherry Red."” AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow
Rating:
AllMusic 4.5 / 5 ; Hi-Fi News : Sound Quality 90% ; Hi-Fi + : Recording = 10/10 , Music = 10/10