EDDIE CLEANHEAD VINSON : JAMMING THE BLUES [BLACK LION - DEU 1975]

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson  "Jamming The Blues"  LP

(Black Lion)  1975  made in Germany

cat. num. BLP 30168

#jazz   #blues

For this lesser-known outing (reissued on CD), the great altoist and blues singer Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson is heard in fine form at the 1974 Montreux Jazz Festival. With fine support from a four-piece rhythm section that includes pianist Peter Wingfield and some solo space for tenor-saxophonist Hal Singer, Vinson plays a few of his familiar but always welcome numbers ("Just A Dream," "Person To Person" and "Hold It Right There") plus "Laura" and some basic instrumental blues. An excellent outing from a performer who was claimed by both the jazz and blues worlds.