Blues 'N' Jazz

Studio album by B.B. King

Released

1983

Recorded

M. & I. Recording, New York City and Rivendale Recorders, Pasadena, Texas

MCA

Sidney A. Seidenberg

B.B. King chronology

Music sample
Love Me Tender (1982)	Blues 'N' Jazz (1983)	Better Than Ever (1984)
"Heed My Warning"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Blues 'N' Jazz is the twenty-eighth studio blues album by B.B. King released in 1983. It was recorded on his 57th birthday, September 16, 1983.

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]

Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Eugene Chadbourne writes:

Blues 'N' Jazz is a terrific documentation of King's big band during the '80s, sexed up just perfectly with choice guest stars. Tenor saxophonist Arnett Cobb's presence was duly noted by hipsters one and all in a decade when soulful saxophonists once taken for granted began to be feted, even lauded with documentary films. Shorted on appreciation as always, although some of the Grammy glory must have rubbed off, the journeymen of the King road band enterprise give off a huge part of this project's glow. Damning with faint praise, critics approaching the album from retrospect admit that it is a different stew entirely then later King hits sarcastically dubbed "blues lite." Sure it is, since King's touring ensemble always plays with a lot more heart than that.^[1]

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

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Inflation Blues" (L.Jordan, A. Alexander, T. Southern)	4.12
2.	"Broken Heart" (B.B. King)	2.43
3.	"Sell My Monkey" (B.B. King)	3.02
4.	"Heed My Warning" (L.Jordan, H. Bowman)	5:05

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Teardrops from My Eyes" (Rudolph Toombs)	4.59
6.	"Rainbow Riot" (Andy Gibson, Angelyn Carlington)	3.37
7.	"Darlin' You Know I Love You" (Jules Bihari, Riley B. King)	4.44
8.	"Make Love to Me" (Bill Norvas, Alan Copeland, Paul Mares, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, Walter Melrose)	4:27
9.	"I Can't Let You Go" (B.B. King)

Personnel

Musicians

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

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

External links

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

B.B. King

Studio albums	1957: Singin' the Blues 1960: My Kind of Blues 1968: Lucille 1969: Completely Well 1970: Indianola Mississippi Seeds 1971: B.B. King in London 1972: L.A. Midnight Guess Who 1973: To Know You Is to Love You 1975: Lucille Talks Back 1977: King Size 1978: Midnight Believer 1979: Take It Home 1981: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere 1983: Blues 'N' Jazz 1985: Six Silver Strings 1991: There Is Always One More Time 1993: Blues Summit 1997: Deuces Wild 1998: Blues on the Bayou 1999: Let the Good Times Roll 2000: Riding with the King Makin' Love Is Good for You 2003: Reflections 2005: B.B. King & Friends: 80 2008: One Kind Favor

Live albums	1965: Live at the Regal 1969: Live & Well 1971: Live in Cook County Jail 1974: Together for the First Time... Live 1976: Bobby Bland and B. B. King Together Again...Live 1980: Now Appearing at Ole Miss 1991: Live at the Apollo Live at San Quentin 1999: Live in Japan

Notable compilations	1983: Why I Sing the Blues 1992: King of the Blues 1995: Lucille & Friends 1999: His Definitive Greatest Hits 2005: The Ultimate Collection 2007: The Best of the Early Years 2012: Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King

Singles	1951: "3 O'Clock Blues" 1952: "Shake It Up and Go" 1955: "Every Day I Have the Blues" 1956: "Sweet Little Angel" 1959: "Sugar Mama" 1961: "Someday Baby" 1962: "Goin' Down Slow" 1963: "Trouble in Mind" 1964: "How Blue Can You Get" "Rock Me Baby" "Please Send Me Someone to Love" 1965: "Blue Shadows" 1966: "Eyesight to the Blind" "Just Like a Woman" "Five Long Years" "Ain't Nobody's Business" 1970: "The Thrill Is Gone" "Worried Life" 1976: "Let the Good Times Roll" 1985: "Big Boss Man" 1988: "When Love Comes to Town" 1992: "Since I Met You Baby"

Other songs	1961: "Driving Wheel 1974: "Black Night" 1977: "Don't You Lie to Me" 1985: "In the Midnight Hour" 1995: "You Shook Me" 1998: "Mean Ole' World" 1999: "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" "Buzz Me" "Jack, You're Dead" "Saturday Night Fish Fry" "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "Early in the Mornin'" 2000: "Hold On, I'm Comin'" "Come Rain or Come Shine" "Since I Fell for You" 2005: "Need Your Love So Bad" "Early in the Morning" 2008: "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" "Sitting on Top of the World"

Related articles	Discography B.B. King "Into the Night" Memphis blues Beale Street WDIA Chitlin' circuit Bihari brothers Maxwell Davis Lucille (guitar) The Road to Memphis

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