Blues Cross Country | ||||
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Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | 1962 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 36:24 | |||
Label | Capitol ST 1671 | |||
Producer | Dave Cavanaugh | |||
Peggy Lee chronology | ||||
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Blues Cross Country is a 1962 studio album by Peggy Lee, principally arranged by Quincy Jones, with some arrangements by Benny Carter. The album can be described as a concept album, consisting of a musical journey across the United States through swinging blues songs, many of which were written by Lee with other contributors. [1]
Blues Cross Country was the second of Lee's two albums featuring arrangements by Jones. He had also arranged her previous studio album, If You Go (1961).
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Blues Cross Country received good reviews at the time of its release from both Billboard magazine in March 1962, and Time magazine in May 1962.[ citation needed ]Billboard wrote that "Peggy's back, and this time in a blues mood - with sad blues, happy blues and swinging blues. She sings them in her own delightful style aided muchly by the fine arrangements of ork [sic] leader Quincy Jones. .. The album's a gas". [3]
The Allmusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album four stars and commented that "Though Jones' arrangements are often a touch brassier than the blues standards can handle, Lee contributes just the right blend of vigor and feeling to the songs" [1]
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