Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again...Live (Vinyl, ABC Records, 1976) ***
Genre: Jazz; Blues
Places I remember: Little Red Bookstore (Hastings) a couple of weeks ago.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: The Thrill Is Gone (BB King/Bobby Bland)
Gear costume: McLean's Scene
Active compensatory factors: These two albums came from a recent visit to the Little Red Bookstore to buy Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: The Thrill Is Gone (BB King/Bobby Bland)
Gear costume: McLean's Scene
Sadly, it had been sold between visits so I looked around for something else to satisfy my urge.
I can remember listening to the B.B. King/ Bobby Bland album at Roger Marbeck's place and being instantly won over by the version of The Thrill Is Gone. I love that song and this version sparkles. So I grabbed that one.
The rest of the album isn't as good as I remember it though. Rose tinted glasses.
Much better is the Jackie McLean album. I've been grooving to it after school for a few weeks now and it just keeps getting better and better.
Jackie is one of my favourite tenor men and he has the wonderful Red Garland on a few of these tracks. He's very democratic on theses sessions from 1956/57. Everyone gets space and a turn.
Where do they all belong? All up a good substitute for the Dolphy. I'll keep a look out for a copy of that one next time I'm at Real Groovy.
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