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| Big Blues | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1981 |
| Recorded | June 1981 |
| Studio | The Point Studio, London |
| Genre | Blues |
| Label | JSP/Proper |
| Producer | John Stedman |
Big Blues is an album featuring Jimmy Witherspoon supported by a band of British jazz musicians. It was originally released in 1981, and was subsequently re-released in 1997, the year Witherspoon died.
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