A great mix of jazz and blues from Joe Turner – a set that seems to draw from his Kansas City roots, yet also inflect the sound with some of the blues changes of the 70s! Joe's got two key soloists here – Sonny Stitt on tenor and alto, and PeeWeeCrayton on guitar – and the vamping piano lines of JD Nicholson ensure some very timely rhythms for the record, maybe tipping things a bit more towards the blues side of the spectrum overall. Titles include a very long take on "Lucille", the nine-minute "Martin Luther King Southside", which is a laidback blues with plenty of solo room – and the cuts "Everyday I Have The Blues", "Shake Rattle & Roll", and "Piney Brown". LP, Vinyl record album
Recorded with a hip group that includes Lloyd Glenn on piano, PeeWeeCrayton on guitar, Joe Banks on trumpet, and Hollis Gilmore and Bill Clark on tenor. LP, Vinyl record album
Tiny Grimes is one of the most unique guitarists in jazz – a player with a force and power that's clearly rooted in the blues – given that he can hit the strings like T Bone Walker or PeeWeeCrayton – but a style that's clearly jazz overall, and delivered with a heck of a lot of punch! Features Lloyd Glenn on piano, and Panama Francis on drums. LP, Vinyl record album
Recordings from 1946 through 1950 – with sidemen that include Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams, Ernie Royal, PeeWeeCrayton, Tyree Glenn, Russell Procope, Oscar Pettiford, Wendell Marshall, and others! CD
Joe Turner on vocals – with Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Harry "Sweets" Edison, and Clark Terry all on trumpet – plus PeeWeeCrayton on guitar, Jimmy Robins on piano, Charles Norris on bass, and Washington Rucker on drums. CD