Featured Album

The King Sides, Vol. 1

RELEASE
August 17, 2004
LABEL
Collectables
GENRES
Blues, Regional Blues, West Coast Blues, Jump Blues

Album Review

The King Sides, Vol. 1 features 25 tracks recorded during Ivory Joe Hunter's brief tenure with the Cincinnati-based King label from 1948-1949. While most are familiar with Hunter's smooth ballads like "Since I Met You Baby" recorded for Atlantic in the mid-'50s, these songs find Ivory Joe singing and playing piano on swinging midtempo jump tunes that spotlight several members of Duke Ellington's Orchestra, including Tyree Glenn, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Harold Baker, Ray Nance, Oscar Pettiford, and Sonny Greer. This affordable set is highly recommended alongside Since I Met You Baby: The Best of Ivory Joe Hunter on Razor & Tie.
– Al Campbell, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. San Francisco Blues
  2. I Was Only Playin'
  3. Don't Be No Fool-Fool
  4. Come On Let Your Hair Down
  5. All States Boogie
  6. The Code Song
  7. She's Gone Blues
  8. No Money, No Luck Blues
  9. Woo Wee Blues
  10. Landlord Blues
  11. Old Gal and New Gal Blues
  12. Don't Know
  13. I Like It
  14. False Friend Blues
  15. Send Me Pretty Mama
  16. What Did You Do to Me
  17. Stop Rockin' That Train
  18. Siesta With Sonny
  19. That's the Gal for Me
  20. Changing Blues
  21. Too Late
  22. I Got Your Water On
  23. I Quit My Pretty Mama
  24. Lying Woman Blues
  25. I Have No Reason to Complain

Similar Albums

  1. Eddie "Cleanhead" VinsonI Want a Little Girl
  2. Big Jay McNeelyLive at Birdland: 1957
  3. Amos MilburnThe Best of Amos Milburn: Down the Road Apiece