Slim's Shout Explained

Slim's Shout
Type:Album
Artist:Sunnyland Slim
Cover:Slim's Shout.jpeg
Released:1961
Recorded:September 15, 1960
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre:Blues
Length:40:54 CD reissue with additional tracks
Label:Bluesville
Producer:Ozzie Cadena
Chronology:Sunnyland Slim
Prev Title:Chicago Blues Session
Prev Year:1960
Next Title:I Done You Wrong
Next Year:1965

Slim's Shout is an album by blues musician Sunnyland Slim recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

AllMusic reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "You wouldn't think that transporting one of Chicago's reigning piano patriarchs to Englewood Cliffs, NJ would produce such a fine album, but this 1960 set cooks from beginning to end. Sunnyland Slim's swinging New York rhythm section has no trouble following his bedrock piano, and the estimable King Curtis peels off diamond-hard tenor sax solos in the great Texas tradition that also mesh seamlessly".

Track listing

All compositions by Sunnyland Slim except where noted

  1. "I'm Prison Bound" (Brownie McGhee) – 3:19
  2. "Slim's Shout" (Sunnyland Slim, Ozzie Cadena) – 3:46
  3. "The Devil Is a Busy Man" – 3:49
  4. "Brownskin Woman" – 3:41
  5. "Shake It" (Big Joe Turner) – 3:00
  6. "Decoration Day" – 4:35
  7. "Baby How Long" (McGhee) – 2:40
  8. "Sunnyland Special" – 4:39
  9. "Harlem Can't Be Heaven" – 2:15
  10. "It's You Baby" – 2:23
  11. "Everytime I Get to Drinking" [take 3] – 2:40 Additional track on CD reissue
  12. "Tired of You Clowning" – 3:09 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel

Performance

Production

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-bluesville-1000-series/#bvlp-1016 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Bluesville 1000 series
  2. https://www.bsnpubs.com/fantasy/bluesville/bluesville.html Both Sides Now: Prestige/Bluesville Album Discography
  3. http://blueslim.m78.com/discography.html#Anchor75540 Sunnyland Slim discography