Super Black Blues

Super Black Blues is an album by the Super Black Blues Band featuring Otis Spann, Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker recorded in Los Angeles in 1969 and originally released by the BluesTime label.^[1][2][3]

Super Black Blues
Studio album by Super Black Blues Band featuring Otis Spann, Joe Turner and T-Bone Walker
Released	1969
Recorded	October 17, 1969
Studio	Los Angeles, California
Genre	Blues
Length	37:04
Label	BluesTime BTS-9003
Producer	Bob Thiele
T-Bone Walker chronology
Everyday I Have the Blues (1969) Super Black Blues (1969) Fly Walker Airlines (1972)
Big Joe Turner chronology
The Real Boss of the Blues (1969) Super Black Blues (1969) Turns On the Blues (1970)
Otis Spann chronology
The Biggest Thing Since Colossus (1969) Super Black Blues (1969) Sweet Giant of the Blues (1969)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated "The emphasis on improvisation and long grooves certainly made Super Black Blues different than the original '40s and '50s sides by Walker, Turner, and Spann -- those were restricted by technology and taste -- and it's fun to hear them stretch out ... This does mean Super Black Blues is a bit dated and a bit of an anomaly in the catalogs of Walker, Spann, and Turner, but time has turned this into an amiable detour: not the first record to hear by any of these three by any means, but it's fun to hear the giants find common ground".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by T-Bone Walker except where noted

1. "Paris Blues" − 14:03
2. "Here Am I Broken Hearted" (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) − 3:47
3. "Jot's Blues" − 8:15
4. "Blues Jam" − 10:59^[4]

Personnel

• T-Bone Walker − vocals, guitar
• Joe Turner − vocals
• Otis Spann − vocals, piano
• Ernie Watts − tenor saxophone
• George "Harmonica" Smith − harmonica
• Arthur Wright − guitar
• Ron Brown − bass
• Paul Humphrey – drums