The James Cotton Blues Band (1967)

[Bloomers]

The James Cotton Blues Band (LP-Verve 1967)

James Cotton : Harmonica, Vocals
Mike Bloomfield : Guitar & Co-Producer
Luther Tucker : Guitar
Alberto Gianguinto : Piano
Robert Anderson : Bass
Sam Lay : Drums
James F. Barge : Tenor Sax
Paul Serrano : Trumpet
John M. Watson : Trombone
Delbert L. Hill : Baritone Sax
McKinley Easton : Baritone Sax
Louis E. Satterfield : Trombone

Side 1
01. Good Time Charlie
02. Turn On Your Lovelight
03. There's Something On Your Mind
04. Don't Start Me Talkin'
05. Jelly, Jelly

Side 2
01. Off The Wall
02. Feelin' Good
03. Sweet Sixteen (5.35)
04. Knock on Wood
05. Oh Why (2.15)
06. Blues In My Sleep (5.20)

Recorded 24 march 1967 in New York City
Producers : Barry Goldberg, Mike Bloomfield & Norman Dayron

CD - The James Cotton Blues Band (lilith records 2007)

Les premiers pas de Bloomfield dans la production...pour le premier album solo de James Cotton, un des plus célèbres harmonicistes de Muddy Waters...
Il y a quelques bons titres comme la reprise de "Sweet Sixteen", mais dans l'ensemble je trouve ce 33 tours trop surchargé de cuivres, l'harmonica déjà omniprésent de Cotton suffisait amplement...