Alberta Hunter, Lucille Hegamin, Victoria Spivey - 1961 - Songs

Alberta Hunter, Lucille Hegamin, Victoria Spivey - 1961 - Songs We Taught Your Mother (1992)

Although Alberta Hunter, who had briefly come out of retirement, gets first billing on this CD reissue, in reality she shares the spotlight with two other veterans of the 1920s: Lucille Hegamin and Victoria Spivey. Each of the singers is featured on four songs apiece while backed by such top players as clarinetist Buster Bailey, trombonist J.C. Higginbottham, and Cliff Jackson or Willie "The Lion" Smith on piano. Hunter is in superior form on such numbers as "You Gotta Reap Just What You Sow" and "I Got a Mind to Ramble," although she would soon be out of music for another 15 years, continuing her work as a nurse. Hegamin (who had not recorded since 1932) was having a brief last hurrah, despite sounding good, and Spivey, reviving her "Black Snake Blues," would soon be launching her own Spivey label. This is a historic and enjoyable set recommended to both classic jazz and blues collectors. (AllMusic)

Track list:
01 - Alberta Hunter - I Got Myself a Workin' Man
02 - Lucille Hegamin - St. Louis Blues
03 - Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues
04 - Alberta Hunter - I Got a Mind to Ramble
05 - Lucille Hegamin - You'll Want My Love
06 - Victoria Spivey - Going Blues
07 - Alberta Hunter - You Gotta Reap What You Sow
08 - Lucille Hegamin - Arkansas Blues
09 - Victoria Spivey - Got the Blues So Bad
10 - Alberta Hunter - Chirpin' the Blues
11 - Lucille Hegamin - Has Anybody Seen My Corine
12 - Victoria Spivey - Let Him Beat Me

Personnel:
ALBERTA HUNTER and
VICTORIA SPIVEY are accompanied by:
SIDNEY De PARIS - tuba
J.C. HIGGINBOTHAM - trombone
BUSTER BAILEY - clarinet
CLIFF JACKSON - piano
(replaced by Spivey on #3 and 6)
ZUTTY SINGLETON - drums
LUCILLE HEGAMIN is accompanied by:
HENRY GOODWIN - trumpet
CECIL SCOTT - clarinet
WILLIE “THE LION” SMITH - piano
GENE BROOKS - drums

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