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