Count Basie & Joe Turner – The Bosses (Vinil 180g, LP)

A summit meeting of two brilliant musicians who loved the blues: “The Bosses” is an album by American blues shouter “Big Joe” Turner, recorded under the direction of Count Basie. “The Bosses” was recorded in 1973 under the direction of legendary producer Norman Granz and released on his famous Pablo label in the same year. A review by Scott Yanow on AllMusic rated the album 4 stars and called it one of the best albums from Turner’s later career.

The high-caliber accompaniment – including Irving Ashby on guitar, Ray Brown on bass, Louie Bellson on drums, Harry “Sweets” Edison on trumpet, J. J. Johnson on trombone, and Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Zoot Sims on tenor saxophone – ensures that the essence of Kansas City hovers over the album tracks. The essence is, of course, the blues, and every man in the band is a master: their résumés cover every jazz milieu, from the clubs of 12th Street, where Southwest Swing matured, to the hotbeds of bebop in Harlem. The common language of the blues and Count Basie’s catalytic keyboard bind them closely together and support Big Joe Turner, who, like no other shouter, was able to express the power, tenderness, despair and joy of the blues.

As part of the “Pablo Reissue Series,” Analogue Productions now honors this masterful album with a sonically superior reissue, lovingly mastered by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab. The LP, pressed on 180-gram vinyl by industry leader Quality Record Pressings (QRP) and cut at 33 RPM, comes in an tip-on single pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing.

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Lista pieselor

Side A
1.    Honeydripper
2.    Honey Hush
3.    Cherry Red
4.    Night Time Is The Right Time
5.    Blues Around The Clock

Side B
6.    Since I Fell For You
7.    Flip, Flop And Fly
8.    Wee Baby Blues
9.    Good Mornin’ Blues
10.    Roll Em’ Pete