Otis Spann Is the Blues explained

Otis Spann Is the Blues
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Otis Spann
Cover:	Otis Spann Is the Blues.jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	August 23, 1960
Studio:	Fine Recording, NYC
Genre:	Blues
Length:	44:40
Label:	Candid CJM/CJS 9001
Producer:	Nat Hentoff
Chronology:	Otis Spann
Next Title:	The Blues of Otis Spann
Next Year:	1964

Otis Spann Is the Blues is an album by blues pianist and vocalist Otis Spann, recorded in New York in 1960 and released by the Candid label.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Ron Wynn stated: "Spann provided wonderful, imaginative, tasty piano solos and better-than-average vocals, and was arguably the best player whose style was more restrained than animated. Not that he couldn't rock the house, but Spann's forte was making you think as well as making you dance, and the tracks on Otis Spann Is the Blues will do both".

Track listing

All compositions by Otis Spann except where noted

1. "The Hard Way" − 5:02
2. "Take a Little Walk with Me" (Robert Lockwood Jr.) − 3:25
3. "Otis in the Dark" − 4:32
4. "Little Boy Blue" (Lockwood) − 3:38
5. "Country Boy" − 4:24
6. "Beat-Up Team" − 5:59
7. "My Daily Wish" (Lockwood) − 4:26
8. "Great Northern Stomp" − 4:15
9. "I Got Rumbling On My Mind #2" (Lockwood) − 4:02
10. "Worried Life Blues" − 4:20

Personnel

• Otis Spann − vocals, piano
• Robert Lockwood Jr. − guitar, vocals

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D., & Callahan, M., Candid Records discography accessed November 11, 2019
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Candid.htm Jazzlists Candid Label Discography
3. https://www.wirz.de/music/spann.htm Wirz' American Music: Otis Spann Discography
4. https://www.jazzdisco.org/candid-records/catalog-8000-9000-series/#cjm-8001 Jazzdisco: Candid Records Catalog: 8000/9000 seriesy