Artist: John ''Broadway'' Tucker
Title Of Album: Impromptu Blue
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Blue Movie
Genre: Blues
Notes:
Oakland/San Francisco-area bluesman Tucker sings in a manner undeniably derivative of Bobby "Blue" Bland, and he stands in this style quite strongly. A horn section adds extra juice, but it is the pianist/organist Bill Heid who really provides the spark that powers this full bodied authentic blues machine. Tucker's repertoire on this CD is well known to all, and quite enjoyably rendered. Most Bland-ish from the get-go is the cool 12 bar swinger "The Woman I Love" and classic ballad anthems "As the Years Go Passing By" and "If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want to Be Right." Heid's piano work is most pronounced on the down home "Lonesome Whistle Blues," and especially upfront for the sweet swinging 12 bar jazz of "Tin Pan Alley." Firing up the B-3, Heid jams out on A.C. Reed's "I'm a Jealous Man," while steadying the band for Latimore's pop funk tune "Straighten It Out." The best overall cuts are the deliberate boogie based, dark & delicious "Help Me," and the swaggering swing of "Sometimey Woman," the period at the end of this solid program. Tucker's a sleeper that only Californian's may be aware of. The rest of the world, take notice before he gets put on a shelf. Recommended. ~ Michael G. Nastos
Tracklist:
1. The Woman I Love
2. As The Years Go Passing By
3. I'm A Jealous Man
4. Straighten It Out
5. Help Me
6. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right
7. Lonesome Whistle Blues
8. Tin Pan Alley
9. Sometimey Woman
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