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Blue Spoon
Studio album by Jimmy Witherspoon
Released	1964
Recorded	February 20, 1964
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Blues
Length	39:25
Label	Prestige PRLP 7327
Producer	Ozzie Cadena
Jimmy Witherspoon chronology
Blues Around the Clock (1963) Blue Spoon (1964) Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues (1964)

Blue Spoon is an album by blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon which was recorded in 1964 and released on the Prestige label.

Reception

Professional ratings

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Source	Rating
Allmusic

Richie Unterberger, in his review for Allmusic, says "Blue Spoon was one of Witherspoon's jazzier sessions, still retaining his characteristic jazz-blues blend, but lighter on the soul, pop, and shouting R&B elements of some of his other releases".

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Witherspoon except where noted.

1. "I Wonder" (Cecil Gant, Raymond Leveen) – 2:19
2. "It's Only a Low Down Dirty Shame" (Ollie Shepard) – 2:25
3. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Jimmy Cox) – 2:19
4. "Back to New Orleans" (Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry) – 1:47
5. "It's All in the Game" (Charles Dawes, Carl Sigman) – 2:54
6. "Blues in the Morning" (Kenny Burrell) – 5:08
7. "I'll Never Be Free" (Bennie Benjamin, George Weiss) – 4:11
8. "Once There Lived a Fool" (Jessie Mae Robinson) – 2:32
9. "For Old Time's Sake" – 2:15
10. "The Time Has Come" – 2:46

Personnel

• Jimmy Witherspoon – vocals
• Gildo Mahones – piano
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Eddie Khan – bass
• Roy Haynes – drums

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 14, 2013
2. ^ Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 14, 2013

• Jimmy Witherspoon albums
• 1964 albums
• Prestige Records albums
• Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio
• Albums produced by Ozzie Cadena