Jimmy Witherspoon
A quintessential blues shouter in the tradition of Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Witherspoon got his start like many urban blues singers, fronting for jump blues and swing bands in the 1940s. By the late '50s, Witherspoon had started collaborating with more straightforward jazz musicians such as Richard "Groove" Holmes, Earl Hines, and Roy Eldridge. This combination of blues grit and jazz sophistication resulted in a highly influential hybrid embraced by many soul vocalists that emerged after Witherspoon. He succumbed to throat cancer in 1997 at the age of 77.
Live At the 1972 Monterey Jazz Festival
Jimmy Witherspoon
Concord Records (USA), 2008
1 CD
Live at the Renaissance
Jimmy Witherspoon
Acrobat (USA), 2008
1 CD
Going to Kansas City Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon
Mosaic Singles, 2007
1 CD
Urban Blues Singing Legend
Jimmy Witherspoon
JSP (UK), 2006
4 CD
Very Best of Jimmy Witherspoon: Miss Miss Mistreater
Jimmy Witherspoon
Collectables Records, 2006
1 CD
Hey, Mrs. Jones
Jimmy Witherspoon
Collectables Records, 2006
1 CD
Roots
Jimmy Witherspoon
Collectables Records, 2006
1 CD
Ain't Nobody's Business (Snapper)
Jimmy Witherspoon
Snapper, 2006
1 CD
