Every Day I Have the Blues - Joe Williams, Chatman, Peter
Teach Me Tonight - Joe Williams, Cahn, Sammy
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) - Joe Williams, Carr, Leroy
My Baby Upsets Me - Joe Williams, Williams, Joe [Voca
Please Send Me Someone to Love - Joe Williams, Mayfield, Percy
Too Close for Comfort - Joe Williams, Bock, Jerry
Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Joe Williams, Bloom, Rube
Party Blues - Joe Williams, Basie, Count
Stop, Pretty Baby - Joe Williams, Lovett, Milton
I'm Beginning to See the Light - Joe Williams, Ellington, Duke
A Fine Romance - Joe Williams, Fields, Dorothy
I Don't Like You No More - Joe Williams, Colacrai, Cirino
There Will Never Be Another You - Joe Williams, Gordon, Mack
Come Rain or Come Shine - Joe Williams, Arlen, Harold
Alright, Okay, You Win - Joe Williams, Watts, Mayme
The Come Back - Joe Williams, Frazier, Charles
Roll 'Em Pete - Joe Williams, Johnson, Pete [Pian
Smack Dab in the Middle - Joe Williams, Calhoun, Chuck
Track Listings (13) - Disc #2
Every Night - Joe Williams,
Sometimes I'm Happy - Joe Williams, Caesar, Irving
Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know) - Joe Williams, David, Mack
Who She Do - Joe Williams, Williams, Joe [Voca
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? - Joe Williams, Austin, Bill
Winter Wonderland - Joe Williams, Bernard, Felix
I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues - Joe Williams, Ellington, Duke
Too Good to Be True - Joe Williams, Anderson, Paul [ten
Too Marvelous for Words - Joe Williams, Mercer, Johnny
Jimmy's Blues - Joe Williams, Rushing, Jimmy
I Want a Little Girl - Joe Williams, Mencher, Murray
Ev'ry Day - Joe Williams, Fain, Sammy
Every Day I Have the Blues/All Blues - Joe Williams, Chatman, Peter
Joe Williams has had something of a roller-coaster career. Even though he was singing with Coleman Hawkins, Lionel Hampton, and Andy Kirk in the '40s, he didn't really become a star until he recorded "Every Day I Have the ... more »Blues" with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1955. After several more hit singles, Williams left Basie in 1961 and enjoyed a comfortable if low-key career until 1987, when Verve Records raised his profile with a series of bestselling jazz albums in much the same way they resuscitated Shirley Horn's career. These two high points in the Williams catalog are mined for this delightful two-CD package. --Geoffrey Himes« less
Joe Williams has had something of a roller-coaster career. Even though he was singing with Coleman Hawkins, Lionel Hampton, and Andy Kirk in the '40s, he didn't really become a star until he recorded "Every Day I Have the Blues" with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1955. After several more hit singles, Williams left Basie in 1961 and enjoyed a comfortable if low-key career until 1987, when Verve Records raised his profile with a series of bestselling jazz albums in much the same way they resuscitated Shirley Horn's career. These two high points in the Williams catalog are mined for this delightful two-CD package. --Geoffrey Himes
"If I could sing like anyone who has recorded in the last 100 years, I would choose Joe Williams. Lou Rawls felt pretty much the same way, admitting that early in his career he patterned his style after that of Mr. Williams. The first of these discs reprises his career with the Count Basie Orchestra while the second is a collection of songs from his "revival" period in the 80s and is live tracks with a small group. Both are superb examples of a master. If you're not familiar with Joe Williams, this is an excellent introductory set. If you are, get it anyway, you won't regret it."