Kidney Stew Is Fine

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Kidney Stew Is Fine
Kidney Stew is Fine.jpg
Studio album by
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Released1969
RecordedMarch 28, 1969
StudioStudio Pathe Marconi, Paris, France
Genre Blues
Length36:59
Label Delmark
DS-631
Producer Robert G. Koester
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson chronology
Cherry Red
(1967)		Kidney Stew Is Fine
(1969)		 The Original Cleanhead
(1970)
Wee Baby Blues Cover
Wee Baby Blues.jpg

Kidney Stew Is Fine is an album by the American saxophonist/vocalist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson recorded in France in 1969, and originally released by the French Black & Blue label as Wee Baby Blues, before being re-released by the Delmark label in the United States. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated " the relatively brief set is the only recording that exists of Vinson, pianist Jay McShann, and guitarist T-Bone Walker playing together ... Vinson, whether singing ... or taking boppish alto solos, is the main star throughout this album, a date that helped launch Vinson's commercial comeback". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson except where noted

  1. "Somebody's Gotta Go" (Big Bill Broonzy) − 3:17
  2. "Old Kidney Stew is Fine" − 3:00
  3. "I'm in an Awful Mood" (T-Bone Walker) − 3:16
  4. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) − 4:08
  5. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) − 4:46
  6. "Old Maid Boogie" − 3:45
  7. "Just a Dream" (Broonzy) − 3:46
  8. "Wait a Minute Baby" − 3:12
  9. "Wee Baby Blues" (Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) − 3:17
  10. "Juice Head Baby" − 4:32

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Delmark Records: album details accessed October 31, 2019
  2. ↑ Wirz' American Music: Illustrated Delmar/Delmark Discography accessed October 31, 2019
  3. ↑ Both Sides Now: Discography of the Delmar(k) Label accessed October 31, 2019
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson: Kidney Stew Is Fine – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1451. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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