Trouble Blues (album)

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Trouble Blues
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Studio album by
Curtis Jones
Released1961
RecordedNovember 9, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Blues
Length38:49
Label Bluesville
BVLP 1022
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Curtis Jones chronology
Trouble Blues
(1961)		 Lonesome Bedroom Blues
(1962)

Trouble Blues is an album by blues musician Curtis Jones recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic stated: "The taciturn pianist in the company of a fine New York rhythm section and Johnny "Big Moose" Walker (but on guitar, not piano) made for a winning combination on this 1960 album". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Curtis Jones except where noted

  1. "Lonesome Bedroom Blues" – 3:26
  2. "A Whole Lot of Talk for You" – 3:00
  3. "Suicide Blues" (Armand "Jump" Jackson) – 4:09
  4. "Please Say Yes" (Ozzie Cadena) – 2:38
  5. "Weekend Blues" – 3:32
  6. "Good Woman Blues" (Jackson) – 2:43
  7. "Trouble Blues" (Cadena, Jones) – 5:05
  8. "Love Season Blues" – 3:58
  9. "Low Down Worried Blues" – 3:07
  10. "Good Time Special" – 2:10
  11. "Fool Blues" (Jackson) – 2:37
  12. "Pinetop Boogie" (Pinetop Smith) – 2:54 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel

Performance

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series. Retrieved December 4, 2018
  2. ↑ Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography. Retrieved December 4, 2018
  3. ↑ Wirz' American Music: Curtis Jones Discography. Retrieved December 4, 2018
  4. 1 2 Dahl, Bill. Curtis Jones: Trouble Blues – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 334. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
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