Tiny Grimes

BLUES GROOVE 1958-1959 (3 LPS ON 2 CDS)

 

Personnel:

Tiny Grimes (g), J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Coleman Hawkins, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Jerome Richardson (saxes), Musa Kaleem (fl), Ray Bryant (p), Earl Wormack, Wendell Marshall (b), Osie Johnson, Arthur Taylor (d)

 

Reference: FSRCD 644_2

 

Legendary guitarist Tiny Grimes made his big comeback to the jazz/blues recording field in 1958 with these three albums he made for the Prestige/Swingville series. Jazzwise, he had stayed away from the studios for a long time, playing rock n roll in Midwestern nightclubs.

 

In these fine sessions, the beat and blues-drenched, dirty sound of Tinys guitar is escorted by a group of outstanding jazzmen including pianist Ray Bryant, tenors Coleman Hawkins and Eddie Lockjaw Davis, reedman Jerome Richardson, trombonist J.C. Higginbotham, bassist Wendell Marshall, and drummer Osie Johnson. Where mostif not allguitarists were using six-string models, Tiny continued to use a four-string box. Theres nothing I cant do with the four except maybe in playing rhythm. A lot of the cats today are only using four of their six strings anyway.

 

This is blues guitar with a fine, rousing sound and the kind of beat that colored the early rock n roll bands, assembled, for the first time ever on CD, as the complete 1958-1959 Tiny Grimes sessions. Enjoy.

 

 

Tracklisting:

 

CD 1

01. Soul Station (Grimes) 7:47

02. Blues Wail (Grimes) 6:44

03. A Smooth One (Goodman) 5:55

04. April in Paris (Duke-Harburg) 6:39

05. Marchin Along (Grimes) 17:37

06. Tiny Bean (Grimes) 4:58

07. Dood I Did (Grimes) 5:15

08. Lost Weekend (Grimes) 10:40

09. Grimes Times (Grimes) 11:20

 

CD 2

01. Airmail Special (Goodman-Mundy-Christian) 7:33

02. Callin the Blues (Grimes) 8:42

03. Blue Tiny (Grimes) 11:34

04. Aint Misbehavin (Waller-Razaf-Brooks) 7:03

05. Down with It (Grimes-Crawley) 8:56

06. Durn Tootin (Grimes) 4:27

07. Annie Laurie (Traditional) 6:57

08. Homesick (Grimes-Crawley) 8:52

09. Frankie and Johnny (Traditional) 3:48

 

 

Sources CD 1:

 Tracks #1-5 originally issued on Tiny Grimes with Coleman Hawkins "Blues Groove"

(Prestige PR 7138)

 

Track #6 originally issued on Coleman Hawkins with Tiny Grimes & Ray Bryant "Blues Groove"

(Prestige PR 7753)

 

Tracks #7-8 originally issued on "Guitar Soul" (Status LP 8318)

 

Track #9 originally issued on Tiny Grimes "Callin' the Blues" (Prestige PR 7144)

 

 

Sources CD 2:

Tracks #1-3 originally issued on Tiny Grimes "Callin' the Blues" (Prestige PR 7144)

 

Tracks #4-9 originally issued on Tiny Grimes with Jerome Richardson "Tiny in Swingville"

(Swingville SV LP 2002)

 

 

 

 

Personnel on "Blues Groove" (CD 1, #1-6):

Tiny Grimes (g), Coleman Hawkins (ts), Musa Kaleem (fl), Ray Bryant (p), Earl Wormack (b), Teagle Fleming Jr. (d).

 

Recorded at Hackensack, NJ, on February 28, 1958

 

 

Personnel on "Guitar Soul" (CD 1, #7-9):

Tiny Grimes (g), J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis (ts), Ray Bryant (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Osie Johnson (d).

 

Recorded at Hackensack, NJ, on July 18, 1958

 

Personnel on "Callin' the Blues" (CD 1, #9 & CD 2, #1-3):

Tiny Grimes (g), J.C. Higginbotham (tb), Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts), Ray Bryant (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Osie Johnson (d).

 

Recorded at Hackensack, NJ, on July 18, 1958

 

Personnel on "Tiny in Swingville" (CD 2, #4-9):

Tiny Grimes (g), Jerome Richardson (ts on #4,6 & 9, bs on #7 & 8, fl on #5), Ray Bryant (p), Wendell Marshall (b), Arthur Taylor (d).

 

Recorded at Hackensack, NJ, on August 13, 1959

 

 

Original recordings produced by Bob Weinstock (Blues Groove), and Esmond Edwards (Callin' the Blues & Tiny in Swingville).

 

Reissue produced by Jordi Pujol and "Beethoven" Jean-Michel Reisser.

 

Stereo 24-Bit Digitally Remastered