Hear My Blues

Hear My Blues
Hear My Blues
Studio album by Al Smith
Released	1960
Recorded	September 20, 1959
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:35
Label	Bluesville; BVLP 1001
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Al Smith chronology
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis chronology

Released1960

RecordedSeptember 20, 1959

StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

GenreJazz

Hear My Blues (subtitled Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Showcases Al Smith) is the debut album by jazz/blues vocalist Al Smith featuring saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' working group with organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1959 and becoming the first release on the Bluesville label.^[1]^[2]^[3] The album was reissued as Blues Shout! under Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis's name on Prestige in 1964.^[4]

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
DownBeat	^[6]

v t e Shirley Scott
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Great Scott! (Prestige, 1958) Scottie (1958) Shirley's Sounds (1958–60) The Shirley Scott Trio (1958–60) Now's the Time (1958–64) Workin' (1958–61) Scottie Plays the Duke (1959) Soul Searching (1959) Like Cozy (1960) Mucho, Mucho (1960) Soul Sister (1960) Stompin' (1960–61) Blue Seven (1961) Satin Doll (1961) Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver (1961) Happy Talk (1962) Drag 'em Out (1963) For Members Only (1963) Great Scott!! (Impulse!, 1964) Travelin' Light (with Kenny Burrell, 1964) Latin Shadows (1965) On a Clear Day (1966) Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (1966) Soul Duo (and Clark Terry, 1966) Girl Talk (1967) Soul Song (1968) Shirley Scott & the Soul Saxes (1968–69) Something (1970) Mystical Lady (1971) Lean on Me (1972) Superstition (1973) One for Me (1974) Oasis (1989) Blues Everywhere (1991) Skylark (1991) A Walkin' Thing (1992)
With Stanley Turrentine	Hip Soul (1961) Hip Twist (1961) Dearly Beloved (session led by Turrentine, 1962) A Chip off the Old Block (Turrentine, 1963) Never Let Me Go (Turrentine, 1963) Soul Shoutin' (1963) The Soul Is Willing (1963) Blue Flames (joint leaders, 1964) Everybody Loves a Lover (1964) Hustlin' (Turrentine, 1964) Let It Go (Turrentine, 1964–66) Queen of the Organ (1964) Common Touch (Turrentine, 1968)
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis	Count Basie Presents Eddie Davis Trio + Joe Newman (1958) Eddie Davis Trio Featuring Shirley Scott, Organ (Roulette, 1958) Jaws (1958) Smokin' (1958) The Eddie Davis Trio Featuring Shirley Scott (Roulette Roost series, 1958) The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook (1958) The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook, Vol. 2 (1958) The Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Cookbook Volume 3 (1958) Bacalao (1959) Jaws in Orbit (1959) Misty (1959–60) Very Saxy (and Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins, Arnett Cobb, 1959) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis with Shirley Scott (1960)
With others	Hear My Blues (Al Smith, 1959) Person to Person (Mildred Anderson, 1960) Soft Swingin' Jazz (Joe Newman, 1958)

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