Joe Williams Live Explained

Joe Williams Live
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Joe Williams
Cover:	Joe Williams Live.jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	August 7, 1973, at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	44:06
Label:	Fantasy F 9441
Producer:	David Axelrod and Nat Adderley
Chronology:	Joe Williams
Prev Title:	With Love
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Nothin' but the Blues
Next Year:	1984

Joe Williams Live is a live album by Joe Williams featuring Cannonball Adderley's Septet recorded at Fantasy Studios' Studio "A" in front of a live audience and released on the Fantasy label.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states that "the singer easily steals the show on a searing version of 'Goin' to Chicago Blues,' and his own 'Who She Do,' and a few unusual songs, including Duke Ellington's 'Heritage.^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Joe Williams except as indicated

"Who She Do" – 4:23
"On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 4:59
"Heritage" (Duke Ellington) – 3:19
"Sad Song" (Will Tilghman) – 4:40
"Goin' to Chicago Blues" (Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing) – 6:45
"A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 3:20
"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" (Tom McIntosh) – 3:39
"Tell Me Where to Scratch (I Want to Love You Baby)" – 3:53
"Medley: All Blues/Goin' to Chicago Blues/C.C. Rider" (Miles Davis/Basie, Rushing/Ma Rainey) – 9:48 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Joe Williams – vocals
Cannonball Adderley – alto saxophone
Nat Adderley – cornet
George Duke – piano, electric piano
Walter Booker – bass, guitar
Carol Kaye – electric bass
Roy McCurdy – drums
King Errisson – congas

Notes and References

http://wwwcatfish.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yos/joe/disco70s.html Joe Williams discography
http://www.jazzdisco.org/cannonball-adderley/catalog/#fantasy-f-9441 Cannonball Adderley discography
http://www.cannonball-adderley.com/1453.htm cannonballadderley.com album entry
Yanow, Scott, Allmusic Review accessed January 1, 2014