''Otis Spann Is the Blues'' is an album by blues pianist and vocalist
Otis Spann
Otis Spann (March 21, 1924 or 1930April 24, 1970) was an American blues musician, whom many consider to be the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.
Early life
Sources differ over Spann's early years. Some state that he was born in Jackson, Miss ...
recorded in New York in 1960 and released by the
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label.
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reviewer Ron Wynn stated "Spann provided wonderful, imaginative, tasty piano solos and better-than-average vocals, and was arguably the best player whose style was more restrained than animated. Not that he couldn't rock the house, but Spann's forte was making you think as well as making you dance, and the tracks on ''Otis Spann Is the Blues'' will do both".
Track listing
All compositions by Otis Spann except where noted
# "The Hard Way" − 5:02
# "Take a Little Walk with Me" (Robert Lockwood Jr.) − 3:25
# "Otis in the Dark" − 4:32
# "Little Boy Blue" (Lockwood) − 3:38
# "Country Boy" − 4:24
# "Beat-Up Team" − 5:59
# "My Daily Wish" (Lockwood) − 4:26
# "Great Northern Stomp" − 4:15
# "I Got Rumbling On My Mind #2" (Lockwood) − 4:02
# "Worried Life Blues" − 4:20
Personnel
*Otis Spann
Otis Spann (March 21, 1924 or 1930April 24, 1970) was an American blues musician, whom many consider to be the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.
Early life
Sources differ over Spann's early years. Some state that he was born in Jackson, Miss ...
− vocals, piano
*Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr. (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) was an American Delta blues guitarist, who recorded for Chess Records and other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the only guitarist to have learned to play directly fr ...
− guitar, vocals
References
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1960 albums
Otis Spann albums
Candid Records albums