Artist: Juanita Hall
Album: Juanita Hall Sings The Blues
Genre: Blues
Release Date: 2021
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 37:41
Total Tracks: 12
Total Size: 430 MB

Tracklist:

1-1. Juanita Hall – Hold That Train (Remastered) (03:05)
1-2. Juanita Hall – You’ve Been A Good Old Wagon (Remastered) (03:25)
1-3. Juanita Hall – After You’re Gone (Remastered) (02:41)
1-4. Juanita Hall – Nobody Want You When You’re Down and Out (Remastered) (03:43)
1-5. Juanita Hall – I Don’t Want It Second Hand (Remastered) (02:47)
1-6. Juanita Hall – A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Remastered) (03:56)
1-7. Juanita Hall – Baby Won’t You Please Come Home? (Remastered) (02:24)
1-8. Juanita Hall – Gulf Coast Blues (Remastered) (03:14)
1-9. Juanita Hall – Second Fiddle (Remastered) (02:32)
1-10. Juanita Hall – Downhearted Blues (Remastered) (03:44)
1-11. Juanita Hall – Gimme A Pigfoot (Remastered) (03:28)
1-12. Juanita Hall – Lovin’ Sam From Alabam (Remastered) (02:36)

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Juanita Hall is best-known for being a stage actress, playing Bloody Mary in South Pacific. However on this 1958 set for Counterpoint (which has been reissued on CD by Fresh Sound), she shows that she could effectively sing blues. Mostly sticking to songs from the Bessie Smith songbook (including “You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon,” “Gimme a Pigfoot” and “Nobody Wants You When You’re Down and Out”), Hall’s extroverted and shouting style fit the music quite well. Pianist Claude Hopkins arranged for the sextet and gathered quite an all-star backup group that includes tenor-saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, clarinetist Buster Bailey and trumpeter Doc Cheatham. Well worth getting.