Live

Live

by Lou RawlsLou Rawls

Overview

Lou Rawls gives a riveting performance on Live!, covering standards from Basie/Rushing's tambourine-jumpin' "Goin' to Chicago" to T-Bone Walker's foot-stompin' "Stormy Monday," and whole lot in between. Each selection is as inviting as the next, featuring Tommy Short on piano solos on some. On finger-snappin' numbers like "In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down" and "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water," the crooning baritone wails his way through the lyric. The only single to chart from this live set was the moderately paced number "The Shadow of Your Smile," the theme from the movie The Sandpiper. But Rawls loses no steam; he romances the lyric with vehemence. It peaked at 33 on the Billboard R&B charts after only two weeks. (It was the first single to ever chart for Rawls.) For soul-stirrin' blues and swingin' jazz numbers, this is an excellent pick.

Product Details

Release Date: 08/16/2005
Label: Blue Note Records
UPC: 0724347755323
catalogNumber: 77553

Tracks

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lou Rawls   Primary Artist,Vocals
Herb Ellis   Guitar,Piano
Earl Palmer   Drums
Jimmy Bond   Bass,Bass Guitar
Tommy Strode   Piano

Technical Credits

Leroy Carr   Composer
Lou Rawls   Composer
Count Basie   Composer
Vinícius de Moraes   Composer
Jimmy Rushing   Composer
David Axelrod   Producer,Audio Production
Oscar Brown   Composer
T-Bone Walker   Composer
Kenny Washington   Liner Notes
Peter Abbott   Engineer
Michael Cuscuna   Reissue Producer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
John D. Loudermilk   Composer
Johnny Mandel   Composer
Ron McMaster   Remixing
Don Raye   Composer
Paul Francis Webster   Composer
Johnny Mangus   Introduction
Patrick Roques   Art Direction
Traditional   Composer
Eddie Miller   Composer
Joe Primrose   Composer

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