Sunnyland Slim - Slim's Shout [1960]

 

You wouldn't think that transporting one of Chicago's reigning piano patriarchs to Englewood Cliffs, NJ would produce such a fine album, but this 1960 set cooks from beginning to end. Sunnyland Slim's swinging New York rhythm section has no trouble following his bedrock piano, and the estimable King Curtis peels off diamond-hard tenor sax solos in the great Texas tradition that also mesh seamlessly. Slim runs through his standards -- "The Devil Is a Busy Man," "Shake It," "It's You Baby" -- in gorgeous stereo, and two unissued bonus cuts (including another of his best-known tunes, "Everytime I Get to Drinking") make the CD reissue of Slim's Shout even more appealing.

1: I'm Prison Bound
2: Slim's Shout
3: Devil's A Busy Man
4: Browskin Woman
5: Shake It
6: Everytime I Get To Drinking
7: Decoration Day
8: Baby How Long
9: Sunnyland Special
10: Harlem Can't Be Heaven
11: It's You Baby
12: Tired Of Clowning