Jazz / Vocal
Traditional Pop
Vocal Jazz
Swing
Standards
2 LPs on 1 CD:
* AT NEWPORT '63 (1963)
* JUMP FOR JOY (1963)
AT NEWPORT '63
Recorded: July 5, 1963, live in Newport, Rhode Island
Joe Williams (vocals); Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims (tenor saxophone); Clark Terry (trumpet, flugelhorn); Howard McGhee (trumpet); Junior Mance (piano); Bob Cranshaw (bass); Mickey Roker (drums)
Includes liner notes by George Avakian and Mark Marymont
JUMP FOR JOY
Recorded: Webster Hall, New York, New York
Joe Williams (vocals); Jimmy Jones, Oliver Nelson (arranger)
This Collectables single-disc collects two very good albums Joe Williams recorded for RCA from the early '60s. While the presentation of this collection could have been better -- the packaging looks a little cheap and the sound isn't all it could have been -- both of these records are quite good and this is a good way to collect both records on disc, even if RCA has reissued these albums as better-sounding single discs.
---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic |
