Blues Summit

Blues Summit
Studio album by BB King
Publication (s)	1993
Label (s)	MCA
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	blues
Title (number)	12
occupation	BB King, BB King Orchestra, guest musician (see below)
production	Sid Seidenberg
Studio (s)	Ardent Studios , Memphis Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
chronology There Is Always One More Time 1992 Blues Summit Better Than Ever 1993

Blues Summit is an album that BB King recorded for MCA in 1993.

General

The title Blues Summit refers to BB King's guest musicians, who are greats of the blues scene. In addition to their instrumental contributions, they also make vocal contributions in duets with King. Robert Cray wrote the album's opener, the title of which already expressed what should be done (Playin 'With My Friends) . In the same year a concert was recorded under the same title, which took place at BB King's Blues Club in Memphis and was released on DVD in 2000.

A special feature of this album is the duet with John Lee Hooker, as the two musicians are stylistically miles apart, although they have been friends for decades. But Kings manager Sid Seidenberg was convinced the job would work and he was able to persuade BB King and John Lee Hooker to try a duet.

Awards

1994: Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Blues Album"

Tracklist

1. Playin 'With My Friends - with Robert Cray
2. Since I Met You Baby - with Katie Webster
3. I Pity the Fool - with Buddy Guy
4. You Shook Me - with John Lee Hooker
5. Something You Got - with Koko Taylor
6. There's Something on Your Mind - with Etta James
7. Little by Little - with Lowell Fulson
8. Call It Stormy Monday - with Albert Collins
9. You're the Boss - with Ruth Brown
10. We're Gonna Make It - with Irma Thomas
11. I Gotta Move Out of this Neighborhood / Nobody Loves Me But My Mother - BB King and Orchestra
12. Everybody's Had the Blues - with Joe Louis Walker

Charts

• Billboard R&B Albums # 64
• The Billboard 200 # 182

Musician

The Memphis Sessions Recorded February 15-19 , 1993 at Ardent Studios , Memphis, Tennessee BB King: vocals and guitar BB King Orchestra: Leon Warren: rhythm guitar Calep Emphrey, Jr .: drums James Toney: Keyboards Michael Doster: Bass Tony Coleman: Percussion James Bolden: Trumpet Melvin Jackson: saxophone Walter King: Arrangements With: Irma Thomas (vocals) Ruth Brown (vocals) Koko Taylor (vocals) Etta James (vocals) Katie Webster (piano, vocals) Lowell Fulson (guitar, vocals) Albert Collins (guitar, vocals)

The Berkeley Sessions Recorded March 8-12, 1993 at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California BB King: vocals and guitar Playin 'With My Friends _ The Robert Cray Band: Robert Cray (guitar and vocals), Kevin Hayes (drums), Jim Pugh (keyboard), Richard Cousins ​​(bass), Robert Murray (rhythm guitar) Everybody's Had the Blues - The Boss Talkers: Joe Louis Walker (guitar and vocals), Paul Revelle (drums), Mike Eppley (keyboards), Henry Oden (bass), Jeff Lewis and Tim Devine (horns) You Shook Me - John Lee Hooker (guitar and vocals), Robert Cray (guitar), Roy Rogers ( slide guitar ), Kevin Hayes (drums), Jim Pugh (keyboard), Richard Cousins ​​(bass)

Accompanist Kim Wilson (harmonica) Lee Allen (saxophone solo) Maxine Waters, Julia Tilman Waters, Maxayne Lewis (background singers) Randy Waldman (String Synthesizer) Antoine Salley (percussion) Vasti Jackson (rhythm guitar) Nancy Wright (saxophone) The Memphis Horns Ben Cauley (trumpet) Robert Cray (rhythm guitar) Joe Louis Walker (backing vocals) Mabon Hodges (rhythm guitar) Tony Coleman (percussion) Walter King (baritone saxophone)

Criticism

• "... An instant classic .... The performances are released but sizzling .." - Audio Magazine (11/93, p.110)
  ("... A classic from the beginning ... The performances are relaxed but seething ... ")
• "King comes close to equaling his past triumphs on small independent labels in the '50s and' 60s" - All Music Guide , Review by Ron Wynn ("King comes close to the past triumphs of the 1950s and 1960s on independent labels." )
• "... probably his finest album of the 1990s." - CD Universe Review (... probably his best album of the 1990s.)
• "... a lot of spontaneous interaction in the studio, the way records ought to be made. This is quite simply the best BB King album in 20 years .... “- Down Beat (11/93, p.37) (... a lot of spontaneous interaction in the studio, the way recordings should be made. That is simply the best BB King album in 20 years.)
• "... though the formula seems hackneyed - duets with damn near every blues great still drawing breath." - Musician (9/93, p.76) ("Although the formula seems trite, duets with almost every blues size still take the breath.")

Web links

• BB King and Ruth Brown Blues Summit 1993

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Andy McKaie: Liner Notes on Blues Summit
2. ↑ Andy McKaie: Liner Notes on Blues Summit
3. ^ All Music Guide Charts and Awards
4. ↑ CD booklet
5. ↑ All Music Guide Review
6. ^ CD Universe Review
7. ↑ Audio Magazine, Down Beat and Musician cited from CD Universe Review