Jazz / Vocal
Vocal Jazz
Swing
Standards
Traditional Pop
Recorded: Oct 11-21, 1957
Joe Williams (vocals); Jimmy Jones (piano)
Basie always maintained that Joe Willaims was one of the greatest urban blues singers. Williams always considered himself a balladeer. Both were right, and on his first Roulette album, the vocalist did it his way. He selected 12 ballads and torch songs and wrapped his vibrant baritone around the rich arrangements of Jimmy Mundy. |
