Sunnyland Slim Slims Shout(blues)([email protected])[rogercc][h33t]

SUNNYLAND SLIM SLIM’S SHOUT  
Audio CD September 16, 1993
Original Release Date: 1969 
Label: Obc
Format:[email protected]320

 


You wouldn't think that transporting one of Chicago's reigning piano patriarchs to Englewood Cliffs, NJ would produce such a fine album, but this 1960 set cooks from beginning to end. Sunnyland Slim's swinging New York rhythm section has no trouble following his bedrock piano, and the estimable King Curtis peels off diamond-hard tenor sax solos in the great Texas tradition that also mesh seamlessly. Slim runs through his standards -- "The Devil Is a Busy Man," "Shake It," "It's You Baby" -- in gorgeous stereo, and two unissued bonus cuts (including another of his best-known tunes, "Everytime I Get to Drinking") make the CD reissue of Slim's Shout even more appealing. ~ Bill Dahl

 


Recorded in September, 1960.Englewood Cliffs, NJ (09/15/1960).  

Personnel:  Sunnyland Slim (vocals, piano); King Curtis (tenor saxophone); Robert Banks (organ); Belton Evans (drums). 

1. I'm Prison Bound 3:26
2. Slim's Shout 3:54
3. The Devil Is A Busy Man 3:56
4. Brownskin Woman 3:48
5. Shake It 3:05
6. Decoration Day 4:41
7. Baby How Long 2:43
8. Sunnyland Special 4:47
9. Harlem Can't Be Heaven 2:20
10. It's You Baby 2:28
11. Every Time I Get To Drinking 2:42 (previously unreleased, Take 3)
12. Tired Of You Clowning 3:12 (previously unreleased, bonus track)