Duke Elligton Review / Muddy Waters Preview (Album 32)

This was some seriously good jazz music. At least that is the label I would give it; some combination of jazz and big band. Anyways, it was really good. It was hard to tell exactly what was Duke Ellington, but on some of those songs the horns get blazin'. The trumpet and clarinet and trombone is so amazing, they don't make music like this anymore folks. My favorite song was the one where the showcase a bunch of the muscians in one song are wonderful. And there is aparently one of the best solos of all time on this album, by one Paul Gonsalves on the saxaphone. I hope it's the solo on Festival Junction, because that song is amazing.

Favorite Songs:
     Festival Junction

Album: Muddy Waters at Newport

Artist: Muddy Waters

Release Year: 1960

"If this album simply represented the moment when live blues invited itself into suburban homes, it would still be remembered. If it were only the album that acquainted the likes of Jimmy Paige and Eric Clapton with America's urban sound, it would be a landmark. But after 45 years of consistent sales, Muddy Waters at Newport is, at its essence, a testament to the magnetism and soulfulness of raw blues at it's best." - Matthew Oshinsky

(This is, again, the remastered 2001 version tracklist)

01 - I Got My Brand On You

02 - (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man

03 - Baby, Please Don't Go

04 - Soon Forgotten

05 - Tiger In Your Tank

06 - I Feel So Good

07 - Got My Mojo Workin'

08 - Got My Mojo Workin' (Part 2)

09 - Goodbye Newport Blues

10 - I Got My Brand On You

11 - Soon Forgotten

12 - Tiger In Your Tank

13 - Meanest Woman

Stream: Radio3.net

iTunes: Muddy Waters

Spotify: Muddy Waters at Newport

Skip forward 6 years and you have another one of the biggest names in jazz and blues shakin things up yet again. 

~mfm