Irene Reid - The Queen Of The Party (CD)

From her days singing with the Count Basie band as a replacement for Joe Williams, to her Indian summer of renewed popularity, Irene Reid always lived up to her moniker, the Queen of Uptown Blues. Like Dinah Washington & Esther Phillips, Irene had a church background and never lost that divine intensity or power to convey the emotions in a lyric. Her most notable post-Basie gig was playing the wicked witch on Broadway in "The Whiz." Here is a program featuring Irene, the Charles "Mighty Burner" Earland, Eric Alexander and the rest of the crew doing what Irene did best: The Uptown Blues.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Million Dollar Secret
2. I'm Getting Tired
3. If I Never Get to Heaven
4. I'm Walkin'
5. Aiming at Nothing
6. Once There Lived a Fool
7. Long John Blues
8. One Eyed Man
9. I Took the Backdoor Out
10. I Ain't Doing Too Bad
11. I'll Take You Back
12. Big Fat Daddy