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Blue Spoon/Spoon in London album by Jimmy Witherspoon was released Jan 30, 2007 on the Prestige label. This CD combines two chronologically close, but stylistically different, LPs onto a single-disc reissue. Blue Spoon/Spoon in London music CDs Blue Spoon, from 1964, was one of Witherspoon's jazzier sessions, still retaining his characteristic jazz-blues blend, but lighter on the soul, pop, and shouting R&B elements of some of his other releases. Blue Spoon/Spoon in London songs The jazzy flavor was guaranteed by his backup quartet of Kenny Burrell on guitar, Eddie Kahn on bass, Gildo Mahones on piano, and Roy Haynes on drums. Blue Spoon/Spoon in London album Dominated by ballads, it's on the mellow side, with a pleasant yet unadventurous selection of covers. Blue Spoon/Spoon in London CD music These include Cecil Gant's "I Wonder," "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," "It's All in the Game," and "Baby Please Don't Go" (here retitled "Back to New Orleans," with the writing credits given to Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry). Kenny Burrell contributed one composition, "Blues in the Morning." Spoon in London is an uncharacteristic entry in the Witherspoon catalog. Recorded in London in June 1965, there's a definite soul-pop slant to the production, with backup woman singers who wouldn't have been out of place at a Ray Charles session; brassy, bright arrangements; and lean blues-rock guitar backup that leads one to suspect that an ace U.K. session man like Jimmy Page or Big Jim Sullivan might have been responsible (the personnel, unfortunately, are not documented).

1. I Wonder
2. It's A Low Down Dirty Shame
3. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
4. Back To New Orleans
5. It's All In The Game
6. Blues In The Morning
7. I'll Never Be Free
8. Once There Lived A Fool
9. For Old Time's Sake
10. The Time Has Come
11. Love Me Right
12. Make This Heart Of Mine Smile Again
13. Oh How I Love You
14. Free Spirits
15. I Never Thought I'd See The Day
16. Man Don't Cry
17. Darlin' I Thank You
18. A Million More Tomorrows
19. Don't Come Back To Me For Sympathy
20. Come On And Walk With Me
21. Room For Everybody
22. Two Hearts Are Better Than One

Label Prestige
Orig Year 2001
Catalog number 654271
Discs 1
Release Date Jan 30, 2007
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Personnel Kenny Burrell - guitar
Jimmy Witherspoon - vocals

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