Track Listing 1. Brother Trying to Catch a Cab (On the East Side) Blues 2. B.B.'s Blues 3. Rib Tip Johnson 4. Mabel 5. Sidney in da Haus 6. Berta, Berta 7. Stretto From the Ghetto 8. Dance of the Hei Gui 9. Road You Choose, The 10. Simi Valley Blues
| Details | | Playing Time: | 69 min. | | Contributing Artists: | B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Linda Hopkins, Wynton Marsalis | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | DDD |
Album Notes Personnel: Branford Marsalis (vocals, soprano, alto & tenor saxophones); B.B. King, John Lee Hooker (vocals, guitar); Linda Hopkins, Thomas Hollis, Roscoe Carroll, Carl Gordon, Charles Dutton (vocals); Wessel Anderson (alto saxophone); Wynton Marsalis, Earl Gardner (trumpet); Defeayo Marsalis, David Sagher (trombone); Kenny Kirkland (piano); Russel Malone, Joe Louis Walker, T-Blade (guitar); Robert Hurst, Reginald Veal (bass); Jeff "Tain" Watts, Bernard Purdie, Herlin "Homey" Riley (drums). Producers: Delfeayo Marsalis, Branford Marsalis. Includes liner notes by Delfeayo Marsalis.
Editorial Reviews ...mixes vernacular roadhouse blues with sophisticated harmonies and rhythms...celebrates the rural and anarchic... New York Times (09/16/1992)
3.5 Stars - Good Plus - ...show[s] an eclectic jazzman at work...His adaptation of Sidney Bechet on Rib Tip Johnson is as solid as anything he has recorded on soprano...[these performances] are stirring, sincere, and non-exploitative... Down Beat (11/01/1992)
...Branford Marsalis is one of the most self-assured, natural, progressive artists in jazz today, producing the best combo album I have heard all year... Option (11/01/1992)
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