''Live at the Apollo'' is a
blues
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album by
B.B. King and the Phillip Morris "Super Band" recorded at the famous
Apollo Theater
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in
Harlem,
New York
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* '' ...
. It was awarded the 1992
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
Track listing
;Side one
#"
When Love Comes to Town" (
Paul David Hewson
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Born and raised in Dublin, he ...
/ U2) - 4:40
#"Sweet Sixteen" (B. B. King, Joe Josea) - 7:25
#"
The Thrill Is Gone
"The Thrill Is Gone" is a slow minor-key blues song written by West Coast blues musician Roy Hawkins and Rick Darnell in 1951. Hawkins's recording of the song reached number six in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. In 1970, "The Thrill Is Gon ...
" (Ravon Darnell,
Roy Hawkins
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) - 3:33
#"
Ain't Nobody's Bizness" (
,
Porter Grainger) - 2:43
#"Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" (B. B. King) - 2:30
;Side two
#"All over Again" (
Carl B. Adams, B. B. King) - 7:33
#"Nightlife" (
Willie Nelson) - 4:03
#"
Since I Met You Baby" (
Ivory Joe Hunter) - 3:55
#"Guess Who" (Jo Ann Belvin) - 5:03
#"Peace to the World" (Trade Marvin) - 2:51
Personnel
*B.B. King - lead guitar, vocals
*
Jeff Clayton - alto saxophone
*
Jerry Dodgion - alto saxophone
*
Plas Johnson - tenor saxophone
*
Gary Smulyan
Gary Smulyan (born April 4, 1956) is a jazz musician who plays baritone saxophone. He studied at Hofstra University before working with Woody Herman. He leads a trio with bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Kenny Washington (musician), Kenny Washi ...
- tenor saxophone
*
Ralph Moore - tenor saxophone
*
Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpet
*
James Morrison - trumpet
*Joe Mosello - trumpet
*
Robin Eubanks
Robin Eubanks (born October 25, 1955) is an American jazz and jazz fusion slide trombonist, the brother of guitarist Kevin Eubanks and trumpeter Duane Eubanks. His uncles are jazz pianist Ray Bryant and bassist Tommy Bryant. His mother, Vera Eub ...
- trombone
*
George Bohanon - trombone
*Paul Faulise - trombone
*
Urbie Green - trombone
*
Ray Brown - bass
*
Kenny Burrell - guitar
*Harold Jones - drums
*
Gene Harris - piano, conductor
References
B.B. King live albums
1991 live albums
Albums recorded at the Apollo Theater
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album
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