| Super Black Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | October 17, 1969 | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Length | 37:04 | |||
| Label | BluesTime BTS-9003 | |||
| Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Super Black Blues is an album by the Super Black Blues Band featuring Otis Spann,Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker recorded in Los Angeles in 1969 and originally released by the BluesTime label. [1] [2] [3]
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| AllMusic |   [4] |
AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated "The emphasis on improvisation and long grooves certainly made Super Black Blues different than the original '40s and '50s sides by Walker,Turner,and Spann -- those were restricted by technology and taste -- and it's fun to hear them stretch out ... This does mean Super Black Blues is a bit dated and a bit of an anomaly in the catalogs of Walker,Spann,and Turner,but time has turned this into an amiable detour:not the first record to hear by any of these three by any means,but it's fun to hear the giants find common ground". [4]
All compositions by T-Bone Walker except where noted
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