- Audio CD (Jan 15 2009)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Candid Records
- ASIN: B000034CZE
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #56,767 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. The Hard Way |
| 2. Take A Little Walk With Me |
| 3. Otis In The Dark |
| 4. Little Boy Blue |
| 5. Country Boy |
| 6. Beat-Up Team |
| 7. My Daily Wish |
| 8. Great Northern Stomp |
| 9. I Got Rambling On My Mind #2 |
| 10. Worried Life Blues |
Product Description
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There is great historical significance to this 1960 record: not only was it the first solo album ever recorded by the great pianist Otis Spann, it was also the first album ever recorded for Nat Hentoff's short-lived but fruitful Candid label. However, the music within is anything but a mere footnote. Hentoff's philosophy was to let the artist's true musical nature come through in the studio, and his laissez-faire production style bore great results. For his debut, Spann employed only Robert Lockwood Jr. as his musical support, and the result is a pared-down, passionate, triumphant set that sheds light on Spann as a full-bodied vocalist as well as a pianist. The Mississippi-born Spann grew under the tutelage of Big Maceo and mastered the pounding barrelhouse piano style that Maceo brought with him to Chicago. Spann adapted this fierce, urgent style to the burgeoning electric small-band approach that was taking Chicago by storm, and he eventually became an integral element of Muddy Waters's peak ensemble. Here, with only Lockwood's guitar behind him, Spann is free to indulge in his florid runs and pulsing two-handed rhythmic attack, exploring the turf that connects the barrelhouse of his youth with the modern Chicago style. --Marc Greilsamer
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Outstanding presence, plus bonus tracks
Aug 23 2004
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you want blues piano this album is the best. The sound quality is excellent, very atypical for a 1960's album; you'll think you're in the studio with them. I bought the album in 2004 and it contains 6 additional tracks, all of which appear to be additional studio jams, but not necessarily from the same session. There is no information on the album or internet regarding these tracks, and the album doesn't even list the titles. Thus, the total album time is 73 min and well worth the price. If you want to hear absolutely great blues piano without a lot of accompanyment, this is the album to get.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Best blues ever
Jan 30 2006
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I heard track 15 on Music Match. Had to buy the album. Was I suprised to get the CD and see only 10 songs listed. Put it in the CD player anyway, and there are 6 unlisted tracks on the CD.
Track 15 is my favorite-- pulsing piano blues. Makes me wish I could play the piano.
If you want good clean blues, with promiment soundstage and clarity for all instruments and vocals, I suggest this album.
Track 15 is my favorite-- pulsing piano blues. Makes me wish I could play the piano.
If you want good clean blues, with promiment soundstage and clarity for all instruments and vocals, I suggest this album.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Extra tracks
April 16 2010
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The 6 extra tracks on "Otis Spann Is the Blues" and 7 extra tracks on Spann's "Walking the Blues" CD's give you everything that's been released from Spann's great 1960 session for Candid. The extra tracks were originally on the Japanese releases of these great CD's on the P-Vine label and on the limited-edition Mosaic box set, which also includes Lightnin' Hopkins' 1960 Candid session. The Mosaic set includes 6 unissued tracks by Lightnin' Hopkins that as far as I know haven't been released elsewhere.
The 6 extra tracks on "Otis Spann Is the Blues" are:
11. Spann and Bob (3:22)
12. Can't Stand Your Evil Ways (3:46)
13. Talkin' the Blues (5:46)
14. Baby Child (take 3) (4:30)
15. Cow Cow Blues (4:10)
16. Beat-up Team (1st version) (6:37)*
*This seems to be different song altogether from the originally issued version on the CD. If it is a different version it's a radically different one.
These are classic recordings by Otis Spann (my favorite blues pianist) and Robert Lockwood, Jr. (my favorite blues guitarist). You can't go wrong.
See my review of "Walking the Blues" for the unissued tracks included on that CD.
The 6 extra tracks on "Otis Spann Is the Blues" are:
11. Spann and Bob (3:22)
12. Can't Stand Your Evil Ways (3:46)
13. Talkin' the Blues (5:46)
14. Baby Child (take 3) (4:30)
15. Cow Cow Blues (4:10)
16. Beat-up Team (1st version) (6:37)*
*This seems to be different song altogether from the originally issued version on the CD. If it is a different version it's a radically different one.
These are classic recordings by Otis Spann (my favorite blues pianist) and Robert Lockwood, Jr. (my favorite blues guitarist). You can't go wrong.
See my review of "Walking the Blues" for the unissued tracks included on that CD.
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