Tell Me Pretty Baby

by Big Joe Turner

Overview

Lusty, romping jump blues and boogies from 1947-1949 that team Big Joe Turner with his longtime piano partner Pete Johnson and a coterie of solid L.A. sessioneers. The two dozen entries include party rockers like "Wine-O-Baby Boogie," "Christmas Date Boogie," "I Don't Dig It," and an incredibly raunchy two-part "Around the Clock Blues" (where Turner spends his time in a by-the-hour sexual tryst). ~ Bill Dahl

Product Details

Release Date:	12/01/1993
Label:	Arhoolie
UPC:	0096297033326
Rank:	121554

Tracks

1. Wine-O-Baby Boogie
2. B & O Blues
3. Rocket Boogie 88, Pt. 1
4. Old Piney Brown's Gone
5. Baby, Won't You Marry Me
6. Skid Row Boogie
7. Christmas Date Boogie
8. Radar Blues
9. Tell Me Pretty Baby
10. Rocket Boogie 88, Pt. 2
11. Trouble Blues
12. Half Tight Boogie
13. Mardi Gras Boogie
14. My Heart Belongs to You
15. So Many Women Blues
16. Messin' Around
17. I Don't Dig It
18. Rainy Weather Blues
19. Boogie Woogie Baby
20. Married Woman
21. Feelin' So Sad
22. Moody Baby
23. Around the Clock Blues, Pt. 1
24. Around the Clock Blues, Pt. 2

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Big Joe Turner   Primary Artist,Vocals
Milburn Newman   Sax (Baritone)
Kirkland Bradford   Sax (Alto)
James Ross   Trumpet
Pete Peterson   Sax (Tenor)
Frank Sleet   Sax (Alto)
Jewell L. Grant   Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Herman Mitchell   Guitar (Baritone)
Robert Brady   Drums,Drums (Snare)
Herman Burell Mitchell   Guitar
Ralph Hamilton   Bass
Jesse Sailes   Drums,Drums (Snare)
Pete Johnson   Piano
Maxwell Davis   Sax (Tenor)
Joe Grant   Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Art Farmer   Trumpet
Addison Farmer   Bass

Technical Credits

Florence Cadrez   Composer
George Morrow   Restoration
Buddy Tate   Composer
Chris Strachwitz   Editing,Producer,Reissue Producer
Clarence Williams   Composer
Luther Williams   Composer
Lou Willie Turner   Composer
Arbee Stidham   Composer
Wynonie Harris   Composer
Wayne Pope   Artwork
Andre Williams   Composer
Big Joe Turner   Composer
Bill Jackson   Composer
Jack Lauderdale   Producer
John Cadrey   Composer
Floyd Hunt   Composer
Joe Turner   Composer
Horace Owens   Composer
Pete Johnson   Composer