- Audio CD (Oct 31 2000)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Mr Cat
- ASIN: B00004W5FA
- Other Editions: Audio CD
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Track Listings
| 1. Country Girl |
| 2. Get On Down To The Nitty Gritty |
| 3. Long Distance Call |
| 4. I Got My Mojo Working |
| 5. Chains Of Love |
| 6. Stomp With Spann |
| 7. My Baby |
| 8. I Wonder Why |
| 9. My Man |
| 10. Blues For Otis |
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Only for Otis Spann devotees
Dec 21 2000
Format:Audio CD
This CD is special because it Otis's last public performance. The music is fine, and Peter Malick has done a fine job in recovering the 25 year old tapes. My problem with the CD is Lucille's singing. She clearly *can* sing, and is a natural blues singer, but why did she have to shout and scream? The distortion produced by Lucille's outbursts is compounded by (apparently), poor quality microphones. I'm sorry, but I'm a little old fashioned. I can't accept that *anyone* needs to shout in order to show that they are a strong singer.
I do recommend this album, but only if you know Otis Spann. If you are looking for blues piano albums, and you are new to Otis Spann, then I strongly suggest that you look at "Otis Spann Is The Blues" and "The Blues Is Where It's At". Very fine albums.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Essential Blues CD
Nov 17 2000
Format:Audio CD
Here is a rare and delightful bit of pure Chicago blues featuring the greatest piano player of the genre: Otis Spann. A longtime Muddy Waters sideman, Otis was also a great recording artist in his own right (having recorded such classics as Otis Spann Is The Blues, The Blues Never Die! and Down To Earth.) More importantly, Otis is universally considered the best blues pianist of all.
This recording is a special treat for all blues fans. Made from tapes which were lost for 25 years and now have been found and issued for the first time, it is the final concert ever from Otis Spann. Recorded just three weeks before his death in 1970, "Last Call - Live at the Boston Tea Party, April 2, 1970" features Otis' deep, rumbling blues piano at its best. He concentrates on playing piano without taking vocals on this disc due to his failing health, but his wife Lucille Spann and guest Luther "Snake" Johnson do an admirable job on vocals. And Spann's playing is as sublime as ever - if anything taking on an even more poignant and darker sensibility than usual due to the emotional nature of the evening.
Highlights include the Spann original "Country Girl", Snake Johnson's "Get On Down To the Nitty Gritty", the standard "Chains of Love" (featuring an impassioned vocal by Lucille Spann), and the instrumental original "Stomp With Spann".
Whether you are a long time blues fan or a newcomer to this great American art form, check out "Last Call" by Otis Spann. This cd deserves to be in your collection alongside the recordings of Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf and other blues legends.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Sweet Giant of the Blues!
Oct 4 2001
Format:Audio CD
Last Call is the most unique and moving piece of Blues History that this blues fan has ever heard. I saw guitarist & producer Peter Malick accept The WC Handy Award for this disc (Historic Album of the Year, 2001)in Memphis last May. If you love DEEP BLUES, don't go no further...'cause this is the real deal.
If you're one of the few who have not been moved by this recording... listen again!
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