Hear My Blues

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Hear My Blues
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Studio album by
Al Smith
Released1960
RecordedSeptember 20, 1959
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length32:35
Label Bluesville
BVLP 1001
Producer Esmond Edwards
Al Smith chronology
Hear My Blues
(1960)
Midnight Special
(1961)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology
Jaws in Orbit
(1959)
Hear My Blues
(1960)
The Red Garland Trio + Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
(1960)

Hear My Blues (subtitled Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Showcases Al Smith) is the debut album by jazz/blues vocalist Al Smith featuring saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' working group with organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1959 and becoming the first release on the Bluesville label. [1] [2] [3] The album was reissued as Blues Shout! under Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis's name on Prestige in 1964. [4]

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AllMusic reviewer Alex Henderson stated: "Both of Smith's Bluesville albums are well worth owning, but if you had to pick one of the two, Hear My Blues would the best starting point". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Al Smith except where noted

  1. "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Unknown) – 4:16
  2. "Pledging My Love" (Don Robey, Ferdinand Washington) – 2:28
  3. "I've Got a Girl" – 4:32
  4. "I'll Be Alright" – 3:51
  5. "Come On, Pretty Baby" – 2:55
  6. "Tears in My Eyes" – 5:58
  7. "Never Let Me Go" (Joe Scott) – 5:11
  8. "I've Got the Right Kind of Lovin'" – 3:24

Personnel

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References

  1. Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series, accessed October 31, 2018
  2. Payne, D. Shirley Scott discography accessed October 31, 2018
  3. Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography accessed October 31, 2018
  4. Discogs: album entry, accessed October 31, 2018
  5. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. Al Smith: Hear My Blues – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 31, 2018.