''Kidney Stew Is Fine'' is an album by the American saxophonist/vocalist

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (born Edward L. Vinson Jr.; December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988) was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter. He was nicknamed Cleanhead after an incident in which his hair was ...

recorded in France in 1969, and originally released by the French Black & Blue label as ''Wee Baby Blues'', before being re-released by the Delmark label in the United States.Both Sides Now: Discography of the Delmar(k) Label
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Reception

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reviewer Scott Yanow stated " the relatively brief set is the only recording that exists of Vinson, pianist Jay McShann, and guitarist T-Bone Walker playing together ... Vinson, whether singing ... or taking boppish alto solos, is the main star throughout this album, a date that helped launch Vinson's commercial comeback".

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson except where noted # "Somebody's Gotta Go" (

Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Broonzy (born Lee Conley Bradley; June 26, 1903 – August 14, 1958) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s, when he played country music to mostly African American audiences. In the 1930s ...

) − 3:17 # "Old Kidney Stew is Fine" − 3:00 # "I'm in an Awful Mood" (T-Bone Walker) − 3:16 # " Please Send Me Someone to Love" ( Percy Mayfield) − 4:08 # "

Things Ain't What They Used to Be "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" is a 1942 jazz standard with music by Mercer Ellington and lyrics by Ted Persons. Background In 1941 there was a strike against the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, of which Duke Elling ...

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Mercer Ellington Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996) was an American musician, composer, and arranger. His father was Duke Ellington, whose band Mercer led for 20 years after his father's death. Biography Early life and education Ellin ...

, Ted Persons) − 4:46 # "Old Maid Boogie" − 3:45 # "Just a Dream" (Broonzy) − 3:46 # "Wait a Minute Baby" − 3:12 # "Wee Baby Blues" ( Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner) − 3:17 # "Juice Head Baby" − 4:32

Personnel

− alto saxophone, vocals *

Hal Singer Harold Joseph Singer (October 8, 1919 – August 18, 2020), also known as Hal "Cornbread" Singer, was an American Rhythm and blues, R&B and jazz bandleader and saxophonist. Early life Harold Joseph Singer was born in Greenwood District, Tul ...

− tenor saxophone *

T-Bone Walker Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 ''R ...

− guitar *

Jay McShann James Columbus "Jay" McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and bandleader. He led bands in Kansas City, Missouri, that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and B ...

− piano *Jackie Sampson − bass *Paul Gunther – drums

References

{{Authority control 1969 albums Eddie Vinson albums Albums produced by Bob Koester Delmark Records albums Black & Blue Records albums