Jimmy Witherspoon

 

Artist:  Jimmy Witherspoon
Born:  August 8, 1920.  Gurdon, Arkansas, USA
Died:  September 18, 1997 (Aged 77).  Los Angeles, California, USA
Genre:  Blues, Jump Blues, R&B, Urban Blues, Jazz Blues, Texas Blues
Occupation:  Singer
Instruments:  Vocals

Jimmy Witherspoon was an American Jump Blues Singer from Gurdon, Arkansas.  One of the great Blues Singers of the post-World War II period.  He was also comfortably into the Jazz World.  His style of shouting Blues became unfashionable in the mid-950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which features, Woody Herman, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, and more, later he recorded with Gerry Mulligan, T-Bone Walker and more!.  He move toward a definite Rock/Soul Sound and he traveled to London in 1974 to record with  British Blues producer Mike Vernon, who acclaimed British Blues Albums by John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, and Ten Years After.

Artist:  Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford

Title:  Jump Blues Live 1972 (2025)

Genre:  Blues, Jump Blues, R&B, Urban Blues, Jazz Blues, Texas Blues

Label:  Liberation Hall

Rating:   *****

Format:  CD

Tracks:

 1.  Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:25)

 2.  Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do (4:05)

 3.  My Babe (3:38)

 4.  Spoonful (4:04)

5.  Past Forty Blues (4:57)

 6.  Kansas City (5:00)

 7.  Nothing's Changed (4:45)

 8.  Around The Clock (6:06)

 9.  Goin' Down Slow (6:07)

Personnel:

Jimmy Witherspoon:  Vocals

Robben Ford:  Guitar

Paul Nagel:  Piano

Stan Poplin:  Bass

Jim Baum:  Drums

Jump Blues Live 1972 is a live album by Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford, release on September 25, 2025 by Liberation Hall, recorded live at The Troubadour In West Hollywood, California, on March 14, 1972.