An early concept album from the great Jon Hendricks – one that tells the story of blues through jazz – all put together as a flowing story in music! Jon speaks and sings the whole tale – but also gets some help on vocals from Big Miller, Hanna Dean, and
Jimmy Witherspoon – as well as great musical backing from the core Ike Isaac Trio,
with solos by Pony Poindexter and
Ben Webster! The music is mostly rooted in blues, but
with a hipper jazz sensibility – almost in the way that Oscar Brown Jr and others were going back to the roots, but updating them for the 60s. Titles include "WPA Blues", "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child", "New Orleans", "I Had My Share", "Jumpin
With Symphony Sid", and "Please Send Me Someone To Love".