Jazz Me Blues: The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon

Tracklist

• 1
  Good Rockin' Tonight
  4:15
• 2
  Wee Baby Blues
  3:18
• 3
  When I've Been Drinkin'
  3:38
• 4
  When the Lights Go Out
  3:00
• 5
  Bad Bad Whiskey
  3:08
• 6
  One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
  3:02
• 7
  Endless Sleep
  2:14
• 8
  I'll Go on Living
  3:46
• 9
  I Had a Dream
  2:34
• 10
  S.K. Blues
  3:53
• 11
  Trouble in Mind
  2:24
• 12
  How Long Will It Take to Be a Man
  3:16
• 13
  I Don't Know
  3:10
• 14
  In the Dark
  2:31
• 15
  If You Live the Life, You Pay the Price
  2:48
• 16
  Money's Gettin' Cheaper
  2:49
• 17
  Grab Me a Freight
  3:46
• 18
  C.C. Rider
  4:45
• 19
  How Long Blues
  3:26
• 20
  T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  6:25

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Working 'Round The Clock (Live Chicago '91)

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Move Me Baby!

Move Me Baby! 2020

Live at the Renaissance & At Monterey

Live at the Renaissance & At Monterey 2016

Roots plus Jimmy Witherspoon

Roots plus Jimmy Witherspoon 2014

Release credits

• Al Porcino
  trumpet [13-15]
• Al Viola
  guitar [13-15]
• Alfred Barr
  strings [14-15]
• Arthur Wright
  harmonica [7-8]
• Ben Webster
  saxophone [13-15], tenor saxophone [20]
• Bert Kendrix
  organ [16-17]
• Bill Miller
  piano [13-15]
• Bill Watrous
  trombone [11-12]
• Bobby Bruce
  strings [14-15]
• Bobby Bryant
  flugelhorn [7-8], trumpet [7-8]
• Charlie Kennedy
  saxophone [13-15]
• Chauncey Westbrook
  guitar [9-10]
• Clarence Jones
  double bass [16-17]
• Clifford Scott
  tenor saxophone [16-17]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [20]
• Conrad Gozzo
  trumpet [13-15]
• Darrel Terwilliger
  strings [14-15]
• David Axelrod
  liner notes, task, producer [1-4, 13-17]
• Dick Nash
  trombone [13-15]
• Don Schlitten
  photography
• Earl Hines
  piano [20]
• Ernie Freeman
  piano [7-8]
• Frank Rosolino
  trombone [13-15]
• George Tucker
  double bass [5-6]
• Gerald Vinci
  strings [14-15]
• Gerald Wilson
  trumpet [4, 13-15]
• Gerry Mulligan
  baritone saxophone [18-19]
• Gildo Mahones
  piano [5-6]
• H.B. Barnum
  arranger [13-15], conductor [13-15]
• Hampton Hawes
  piano [1-3]
• Harold Land
  saxophone [13-15]
• Harry Hyams
  strings [14-15]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [1-3]
• Henry McDode
  piano [4]
• Herb Lovelle
  drums (drum set) [9-10]
• Herman Mitchell
  guitar [1-4, 7-8]
• James E. Bond
  double bass [7-8]
• Jamie Putnam
  art direction
• Jay Migliori
  saxophone [13-15]
• Jesse Ehrlich
  strings [14-15]
• Jimmie Smith
  drums (drum set) [5-6]
• Jimmy Allen
  tenor saxophone [1-4, 7-8]
• Jimmy Bond
  double bass [13-15]
• Jimmy Hamilton
  bass [1-4]
• Jimmy Miller
  drums (drum set) [1-4, 7-8]
• Jimmy Rowles
  piano [18-19]
• Jimmy Witherspoon
  vocal
• Joe Tarantino
  re
• John Anderson
  trumpet [13-15]
• John De Voogdt
  strings [14-15]
• Johnny Vidor
  strings [14-15]
• Justin Ditullio
  strings [14-15]
• Kenny Burrell
  guitar [5-6]
• Leo Wright
  alto saxophone [5-6], tambourine [5-6]
• Leonard Gaskin
  double bass [9-10]
• Leroy Vinnegar
  double bass [18-19]
• Lew McCreary
  trombone [13-15]
• Linda Kalin
  design
• Martin Banks
  trumpet [13-15]
• Maurice Simon
  saxophone [13-15]
• Mel Lewis
  drums (drum set) [11-12, 18-20]
• Paul Griffin
  organ [9-10]
• Pepper Adams
  baritone saxophone [11-12]
• Peter Paul
  producer [11-12]
• Richard Davis
  double bass [11-12]
• Roger Kellaway
  arranger [11-12], piano [11-12]
• Roy Eldridge
  trumpet [20]
• Sid Sharp
  strings [14-15]
• Stanley Harris
  strings [14-15]
• Ted Nash
  saxophone [13-15]
• Teddy Edwards
  tenor saxophone [1-4]
• T‐Bone Walker
  guitar [16-17]
• Vernon Alley
  double bass [20]
• Walter Rower
  strings [14-15]
• Walter Wiemeyer
  strings [14-15]
• Wayne Robertson
  drums (drum set) [16-17]
• William Green
  saxophone [13-15]
• Woody Herman
  clarinet [20]
• Show all credits (78)

Issues

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  Jazz Me Blues: The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon

  CD
  6 May 1998