I Just Want to Sing

by Joe Williams

Overview

For this session, Joe Williams is backed by such master jazzmen as trumpeter Thad Jones, the contrasting tenors of Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Benny Golson and guitarist John Collins. The material varies from the dated humor of "It's Not Easy Being White" to classic versions of "Until I Met You" and "I Got It Bad." Joe Williams is in prime form, and this is one of his better sessions from his later years. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	12/14/1992
Label:	Delos
UPC:	0013491400426
Rank:	240959

Tracks

1. Corner Pocket: Until I Met You
2. After You've Gone
3. Fat and Forty
4. War No More
5. It's Not Easy Being White
6. Dimples
7. Young and Foolish
8. I Was a Fool
9. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
10. What a Difference a Day Made
11. Sawmill Blues
12. It's Later Than You Think
13. All the Things You Are

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Joe Williams   Primary Artist,Vocals
Thad Jones   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Benny Golson   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
John Collins   Guitar
John Heard   Bass
Jerry Peters   Keyboards
Norman Simmons   Piano

Technical Credits

W. Wilson   Composer
Phyllis Bernard   Producer
Mary Ellen Webster   Photography
Devra Hall   Liner Notes
John Levy   Producer
Turner Layton   Composer
Amelia S. Haygood   Coordination
Jerome Kern   Composer
Steve MacMillan   Engineer
Bob Loftus   Engineer
Duke Ellington   Composer
James C. Bracken   Composer
Freddie Green   Composer
Johnny Pate   Composer,Producer
Joe Williams   Composer,Producer
Billy Strayhorn   Composer
Don Wolf   Composer
Al Hibbler   Composer
Albert Hague   Composer
Henry Creamer   Composer
Stanley Adams   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
John Eargle   Engineer
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Maria Mendez Grever   Composer
Jerry Peters   Arranger
Catherine Jaap   Producer
Jerome Stine   Assistant Engineer
Arnold B. Horwitt   Composer