Peter Friedman Posted January 18, 2022 Report Posted January 18, 2022 "The Boss of the Blues" is my favorite Joe Turner album. "The Bosses" is another one I like a lot. Though most of his recordings are damn good. Quote
MomsMobley Posted January 18, 2022 Report Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) a tale of two tv mamas Big Joe Turner - TV Mama (1954) - YouTube Big Joe Turner - 01 - T.V. Mama ("Turns On The Blues", 1970) - YouTube "imperfect" maybe but still astounding Hampton Hawes All Stars ft Big Joe Turner Live at Memory Lane 1970 - YouTube ** Hampton Hawes - Harry 'Sweets' Edison - Sonny Criss - Teddy Edwards - Leroy Vinnegar - Bobby Thompson - Drums.... Special Guest: Big Joe Turner Recorded live at the Memory Lane Steak House, from the T.V. Series "Jazz on Stage", Los Angeles, 1970 Edited January 18, 2022 by MomsMobley Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted January 19, 2022 Report Posted January 19, 2022 Boss of the Blues is the best blues album with no guitar solos. Quote
mhatta Posted January 19, 2022 Report Posted January 19, 2022 I love Big Joe Turner's outputs on Pablo. I admit that they are basically from his declining years, no producing/planning, just loose sloppy bunch of jams, but somehow feel very good. My personal favorite is Life Ain't Easy. Roy Eldridge's outburst is well worth the price of admission IMHO. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 19, 2022 Report Posted January 19, 2022 Don't ignore the earlier stuff Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted January 19, 2022 Report Posted January 19, 2022 4 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: Don't ignore the earlier stuff +1 And his sides for National (etc.) as well. Quote
randyhersom Posted January 19, 2022 Report Posted January 19, 2022 Big Joe Turner (1911–1985), blues singer Joe Turner (jazz pianist) (1907–1990), jazz/stride pianist Are all the Pablos Big Joe? Quote
mhatta Posted January 19, 2022 Report Posted January 19, 2022 Joe Turner the pianist seems to have made an album for Pablo -- Another Epoch Stride Piano (1976). Not reissued as CD ever since.. https://www.discogs.com/ja/master/481982-Joe-Turner-Another-Epoch-Stride-Piano It is interesting that they a bit look similar -- and both are big men, too. Quote
JSngry Posted January 19, 2022 Author Report Posted January 19, 2022 wow, that one has completely escaped me! Quote
sgcim Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 One of the things I'll always regret is having to turn down Big Joe Turner's 'audition' gig at Tramps back in the 80s. I did a gig with Rudy Williams (Mingus' cousin) in the city, and he had Al Jabaz Williams on keyboard, and Charles "Honeyboy" Otis on drums and vocals. I still think "Honey Boy" was the greatest vocalist/drummer ever. Anyway "Honey Boy" really dug my playing, so he invited me down to do the gig at Tramps with Big Joe Turner. I couldn't make it, because da boss man on my steady gig threatened to fire me if I didn't make his gig, which was the same night. The Joe Turner gig turned out to be a complicated situation: the artist formerly known as Fasstrack wound up doing the gig that night on guitar, but a famous songwriter who was at the gig that night, didn't approve of him for some reason, and he didn't get the gig. The guy that got the gig was a music store owner on LI, who passed away a few years ago. Joe Turner passed away six months after that Tramps gig, and my steady gig went on for about ten years after that, so that was some consolation. Quote
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