Blues 'N' Jazz

1983 studio album by B.B. King

Blues 'N' Jazz is the 29th album by B.B. King released in 1983. It was recorded on his 58th birthday, September 16, 1983.

Background

Writing in the album sleeve-notes, producer Sid Seidenberg says: "Recording his forty-first album on his birthday in New York was a highlight of B.B.'s career. Returning from one of his most successful tours, in Europe where he played at most of the continent's jazz festivals. B.B. King went into the studio with 'his friends' from Blues and Jazz and began to express himself."^[2]

Reception

Eugene Chadbourne reviewed the album for AllMusic.^[1]

The album won a Grammy Award for best blues album of 1983.^[1]

Track listing

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Personnel

Musicians

• B.B. King – vocals, guitar
• Harold Austin, Donald A. Wilkerson – saxophone
• William "Billy" Butler – guitar
• Warren Chiasson – vibraphone
• Arnett Cobb, Fred Ford – tenor saxophone
• Lloyd Glenn – piano
• Major Quincey Holley Jr. – bass guitar
• Oliver Jackson – drums
• John J. Longo Sr., James Bolden, Calvin Owens, Woody Shaw – trumpet
• Edgar Synigal Jr. – baritone saxophone^[3]

Technical

• Sidney A. Seidenberg – producer
• Calvin Owens – arranger
• Peter Darmi – engineer
• Doug Grama – assistant engineer
• Bill Kipper – mastering
• Kathe Schreyer – art director and designer
• Timothy Eames – birthday cake
• Larry DuPont – photographer

References

1. "Blues 'n' Jazz - B.B. King - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
2. Sid Seidenberg (1983), sleeve-notes, Blues 'N' Jazz, MCA Records: MCF 3170, MCA-5413
3. "Blues 'n' Jazz - B.B. King | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

External links

• B.B. King – Blues 'N' Jazz at discogs.com