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0 N 1983 Delos Productions, Inc.,P.O. Box 343, Sonoma, California 95476-9998(800) 364-0645 • (707) 996-3844 • [email protected] in USA • www.delosmusic.com
1. Who She Do (J. Williams/BMI) 5:152. Just A Dream (B. Broonzy/BMI) 4:443. Hold It Right There 2:42
(E. Vinson/BMI)4. Please Send Me Someone To 5:11
Love (L. Fulsom/BMI)5. Going To Chicago Blues 4:48
(Rushing & Basie/ASCAP)6. Ray Brown’s In Town 3:51
(R. Holloway/BMI)7. In the Evening/Rocks In My Bed 6:55
(L. Carr/ASCAP/D. Ellington/ASCAP)8. Alright, OK, You Win 4:41
(Wyche & Watts/BMI)9. Mean Old World/Wee Baby Blues 7:34
(A. Frazier/BMI/Turner & Johnson/BMI)10. The Comeback (A. Frazier/BMI) 5:0311. Tell Me Where To Scratch5:04
(J. Williams/BMI)12. Sent For You Yesterday 3:29
(Basie, Rushing & Durham/ASCAP)
JOE WILLIAMS: nothin’ but the blueswith Red Holloway & His Blues All-StarsJoe Williams, vocalsRed Holloway, leader & tenor saxEddie Cleanhead Vinson, vocal & alto saxJack McDuff, organ & pianoPhil Upchurch, guitarRay Brown, bassBerryck King, drums
Produced by Ralph JungheimExecutive Producer: Amelia HaygoodAssociate Producer: Phyllis BernardRecording Engineer: John EargleJVC Digital Process: CMS DigitalRecorded at Annex Studios, Hollywood, CA, No-vember 16&17, 1983Cover Photo: Mary Ellen WebsterB & W photos: Ray AveryAlbum notes interview: Devra HallDesign: Tri-Arts, Inc.
Ray Brown With Joe Williams
According to Joe…Enthusiasm coming from every pore! That’s how I’ve felt aboutthis album, right from the first day, when Ralph Jungheim hitme with the idea of doing an all-blues album with an all-starblues band.
Overseas, jazz is looked on and respected as part of ourclassical presentation. So, recording the first jazz album on aprestigious American classical label like Delos is a giant steptoward broadening our audience here in this country.
About this band. I’ve worked with most of these guysbefore at one time or another, but never expected to workwith all of them at once! That’s why these dates were such atremendous experience for me. I don’t remember singing theblues with such verve in a long time!
All four sessions were special. For one thing, therewasn’t one note on paper, except for “Ray Brown’s Back InTown,” Red Holloway’s instrumental. All the other tunes werespontaneous, on-the-spot head arrangements, which onlyworks when you have players with really big ears, all reallylistening to each other and everybody contributing.
You can’t rehearse the blues (not that we needed to) sowe nailed most of these tunes on the first take.
Another special thing was the relaxed atmosphere wehad happening in the studio, with friends dropping in to visit.You know how you can get that magic and electricity goingon a live date with a good audience? Well, that’s the feelingwe had right there in the studio. There was a lot of love inthat room.
“Nothin’ But The Blues” captures the magic. It is the blues!
Red Holloway Eddie Clearhead Vinson
Jack McDuff Gerryck King
Phil UpchurchRay Brown
