Little Blues Explained

Little blues
Type:Studio
Artist:Flávio Guimarães
Cover:Album_Little_blue_cover.jpg
Released:1995
Recorded:January–September 1994
Genre:Blues, jazz
Length:63:11
Label:Eldorado
Producer:Flávio Guimarães
Next Title:On the loose
Next Year:2000

Little blues is the first solo album recorded by the Brazilian singer and harmonica player Flávio Guimarães. The album counts with the participation of many famous blues artists from Brazil and abroad, such as Paulo Moura, Ed Motta, Roberto Frejat and Sugar Blue. The songs in the disc also presents some influences of the jazz.[1]

Track listing[2]

Title Songwriters Length
1. "Telephone blues" George "Harmonica" Smith 3:00
2. "Take five" Paul Desmond 6:58
3. "Blues jam for Charlie" Flávio Guimarães 5:49
4. "Honest I do" Jimmy Reed 3:16
5. "Blue stu" Robben Ford 8:01
6. "Free delay" Flávio Guimarães 0:59
7. "Hoochie coochie man" Willie Dixon 5:07
8. "Sick and tired" C. Kenner, D. Bartholomew 4:21
9. "Surfing" Flávio Guimarães, Kadu Menezes, Otávio Rocha, Ugo Perrotta 3:06
10. "Baby, please don't go" Big Joe Williams 3:44
11. "Hand jive" J. Otis 3:47
12. "Na Baixa do Sapateiro" Ary Barroso 6:53
13. "Tin sandwich swing" Mike Turk 4:26
14. "Russo's blues" Paulo Russo 2:18
15. "Blues pra Márcia" Flávio Guimarães 1:18

Personnel

vocals (except in "Honest I do"), harmonicas and snaps (in "Blues pra Márcia")

Special guests:

harmonica (in "Telephone blues" and "Sick and tired")

vocals (in "Honest I do")

guitars (in "Baby, please don't go")

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Flávio Guimarães: 20 anos de estrada. Travassos. Edson. Revista Blues'n'Jazz. Portuguese. 18 April 2010.
  2. Web site: Little Blues - Flávio Guimarães. Cliquemusic. Portuguese. 18 April 2010.