Big Maybelle – Blues Candy and Big Maybelle (1995)

1. Candy
2. Ring Dang Dilly
3. Blues Early, Early
4. A Little Bird Told Me
5. So Long
6. That's A Pretty Good Love	
7. Tell Me Who
8. Ramblin' Blues
9. Rockhouse	
10. I Don't Want To Cry
11. Pitiful
12. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
13. How It Lies
14. Goin' Home Baby	
15. So Long
16. Say It Isn't So
17. If I Could Be With You	
18. Goodnight Wherever You Are
19. That's A Pretty Good Love
20. White Christmas
21. Silent Night
22. How It Lies
23. Goin' Home Baby	
24. I Ain't Got Nobody
25. I Understand
26. I Got It Bad
27. Some Of These Days
28. Until The Real Thing Comes Along

Credits:
Big Maybelle (Vocals), Gigi Gryce (Sax (Alto)), Hank Jones (Piano), Jerome Richardson (Sax (Tenor)), 
Bobby Donaldson (Drums), Leonard Gaskin (Bass), Frank Rehak (Trombone), Mickey Baker (Guitar), 
Don Abney (Piano), Robert Banks (Organ), George Barrow (Sax (Baritone), Kenny Burrell (Guitar), 
Ernie Wilkins (Sax (Tenor)), Julius Held (Violin), Buddy Lucas (Sax (Tenor)), 
Warren Luckey (Sax (Tenor)), endell Marshall (Bass), Dave McRae (Sax (Alto)), 
Sahib Shihab (Sax (Alto)), Al Lucas (Bass), Felix Orlewitz (Violin), Kelly Owens (Piano), 
Solomon Hall (Drums), Leslie Johnakins (Sax (Baritone)), 
Seymour Miroff (ViolinEd Sneed (Bass), Paul Winter (Violin).

Two vinyl albums of Maybelle's Savoy recordings on one compact disc makes for a nice 28-track retrospective of her prime work. First up is the album originally issued as Blues, Candy and Big Maybelle, a chunk of session work from 1956-1957, with a three-song date from 1959 to round things up. Her takes on "Rockhouse," "Ramblin' Blues," and the title track are the big tickets here. The second anthology, titled simply Big Maybelle, features her recordings from 1956-1959, with the balance of it leaning toward her later output for the label. A 1957 session with Kenny Burrell on guitar yields interesting stabs at "White Christmas" and "Silent Night," while a 1959 session finds her big voice framed with a string section on a great read of "Until the Real Thing Comes Along." A very underrated singer, Big Maybelle is a total delight and deserves a much wider hearing. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

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