Jon Hendricks

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

• FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!!!!

Presented here, for the first time ever on CD, is the complete original Jon Hendricks LP Fast Livin’ Blues (Columbia CS-8605), which showcases the singer backed by a small group including such stars as Joe Newman, Pony Poindexter, Billy Mitchell, and Al Grey. The song “Don’t Mess Around with My Love”, which completes the album’s sessions but was only issued on a long out of print LP compilation of various artists, has been added here as a bonus, along with a complete performance from the same period that features Hendricks live in California backed by a small group.

PERSONNEL:

• JON HENDRICKS, vocals
• JOE NEWMAN, trumpet
• AL GREY, trombone
• BILLY MITCHELL, tenor sax
• PONY POINDEXTER, soprano & tenor sax
• GILDO MAHONES, piano
• IKE ISAACS, bass
• STU MARTIN, drums.

New York, September 6, 18 & 27, 1961.

• Note: “Don’t Mess Around with My Love” completes the Fast Livin’ Blues sessions but wasn’t included on the original LP. Instead, it appeared on the compilation LP of various artists titled Singin’ Till the Girls Come Home (Columbia FC-38508).

• (*) BONUS ALBUM: JON HENDRCKS RECORDED IN PERSON AT THE TRIDENT
• JON HENDRICKS, vocals; NOEL JEWKES, tenor sax; FLIP NUNEZ, piano;
• FRED MARSHALL, bass; JERRY GRANELLI, drums.
• Live at the Trident Club, Sausalito, California, late 1962.

TRACKS:

• 01 WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
• 02 FAST LIVIN’ BLUES
• 03 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY
• 04 DO YOU CALL THAT A BUDDY
• 05 I’LL DIE HAPPY
• 06 ANOTHER GET TOGETHER
• 07 GOOD OLD LADY
• 08 CONTEMPORARY BLUES
• 09 STOP AND GO BLUES
• 10 I NEVER GET ENOUGH OF YOU
• 11 DON’T MESS AROUND WITH MY LOVE
• 12 THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG (*)
• 13 WATERMELON MAN (*)
• 14 OLD FOLKS (*)
• 15 GIMME THAT WINE (*)
• 16 ONE ROSE (*)
• 17 CLOUDBURST (*)
• 18 SHINY STOCKINGS (*)
• 19 YEH! YEH! (*)
• 20 I WONDER WHAT’S BECOME OF SALLY (*)
• 21 STOCKHOLM SWEETNIN’ (*)
• 22 JON’S MUMBLES (*)

• TOTAL TIME: 76:56 Min

• TRACKS 1-11 APPEAR ON CD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!!