vember 16&17, 1983. Cover Photo: Mary Ellen Webster. B & W photos: Ray
Avery. Album notes interview: Devra Hall. Design: Tri-Arts, Inc. Ray Brown With
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JOE WILLIAMS: nothin’ but the blues with Red Holloway & His Blues All-Stars Joe Williams, vocals Red Holloway, leader & tenor sax Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, vocal & alto sax Jack McDuff, organ & piano Phil Upchurch, guitar Ray Brown, bass Berryck King, drums
1. Who She Do (J. Williams/BMI) 5:15 2. Just A Dream (B. Broonzy/BMI) 4:44 3. Hold It Right There 2:42 (E. Vinson/BMI) 4. Please Send Me Someone To 5:11 Love (L. Fulsom/BMI) 5. Going To Chicago Blues 4:48 (Rushing & Basie/ASCAP) 6. Ray Brown’s In Town 3:51 (R. Holloway/BMI) 7. In the Evening/Rocks In My Bed 6:55 (L. Carr/ASCAP/D. Ellington/ASCAP) 8. Alright, OK, You Win 4:41 (Wyche & Watts/BMI) 9. Mean Old World/Wee Baby Blues 7:34 (A. Frazier/BMI/Turner & Johnson/BMI) 10. The Comeback (A. Frazier/BMI) 5:03 11. Tell Me Where To Scratch5:04 (J. Williams/BMI) 12. Sent For You Yesterday 3:29 (Basie, Rushing & Durham/ASCAP)
Ray Brown With Joe Williams
Produced by Ralph Jungheim Executive Producer: Amelia Haygood Associate Producer: Phyllis Bernard Recording Engineer: John Eargle JVC Digital Process: CMS Digital Recorded at Annex Studios, Hollywood, CA, November 16&17, 1983 Cover Photo: Mary Ellen Webster B & W photos: Ray Avery Album notes interview: Devra Hall Design: Tri-Arts, Inc.
0 N 1983 Delos Productions, Inc., P.O. Box 343, Sonoma, California 95476-9998 (800) 364-0645 • (707) 996-3844 •
[email protected] Made in USA • www.delosmusic.com
According to Joe… Enthusiasm coming from every pore! That’s how I’ve felt about this album, right from the first day, when Ralph Jungheim hit me with the idea of doing an all-blues album with an all-star blues band. Overseas, jazz is looked on and respected as part of our classical presentation. So, recording the first jazz album on a prestigious American classical label like Delos is a giant step toward broadening our audience here in this country. About this band. I’ve worked with most of these guys before at one time or another, but never expected to work with all of them at once! That’s why these dates were such a tremendous experience for me. I don’t remember singing the blues with such verve in a long time! All four sessions were special. For one thing, there wasn’t one note on paper, except for “Ray Brown’s Back In Town,” Red Holloway’s instrumental. All the other tunes were spontaneous, on-the-spot head arrangements, which only works when you have players with really big ears, all really listening to each other and everybody contributing. You can’t rehearse the blues (not that we needed to) so we nailed most of these tunes on the first take. Another special thing was the relaxed atmosphere we had happening in the studio, with friends dropping in to visit. You know how you can get that magic and electricity going on a live date with a good audience? Well, that’s the feeling we had right there in the studio. There was a lot of love in that room. “Nothin’ But The Blues” captures the magic. It is the blues!
Red Holloway
Eddie Clearhead Vinson
Jack McDuff
Gerryck King
Ray Brown
Phil Upchurch
