analog baritone home

as the get right gang always says, you can listen to a certain piece of music you like a hundred times and always enjoy it. but then there’s that one time that it really hits you how great it is. it’s like you’re really hearing it for the first time. it gives you chills. that’s happened to me countless times, and tonight it happened again, so i thought i’d let you join in on the experience. listen:

jimmy witherspoon with ben webster and the vince guaraldi trio (kind of an odd combo - i wonder how vince got thrown in the mix). jimmy has one of those voices that’s deep and powerful, yet soft and smooth, and always full of soul. then there’s ben webster, one of my all time favorite sax players (next to lester young)…pfff, too much soul.