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Super Black Blues

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Super Black Blues
Studio album by
Super Black Blues Band featuring Otis Spann, Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker
Released1969
RecordedOctober 17, 1969
StudioLos Angeles, California
GenreBlues
Length37:04
LabelBluesTime
BTS-9003
ProducerBob Thiele
T-Bone Walker chronology
Everyday I Have the Blues
(1969)
Super Black Blues
(1969)
Fly Walker Airlines
(1972)
Big Joe Turner chronology
The Real Boss of the Blues
(1969)
Super Black Blues
(1969)
Turns On the Blues
(1970)
Otis Spann chronology
The Biggest Thing Since Colossus
(1969)
Super Black Blues
(1969)
Sweet Giant of the Blues
(1969)

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]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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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]

Track listing

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All compositions by T-Bone Walker except where noted

  1. "Paris Blues" − 14:03
  2. "Here Am I Broken Hearted" (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) − 3:47
  3. "Jot's Blues" − 8:15
  4. "Blues Jam" − 10:59[4]

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Wirz' American Music: Illustrated BluesTime Discography, Wirz.de, accessed November 11, 2019
  2. ^ Both Sides Now: Discography Preview for the BluesTime label, Bsnpubs.com, accessed November 11, 2019
  3. ^ Wirz' American Music:Otis Spann Discography, Wirz.de, accessed November 11, 2019
  4. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. T-Bone Walker / Big Joe Turner / Otis Spann: Super Black Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 11, 2019.