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Released July 21, 1998

After leaving RCA Victor Records in 1966, Joe Williams began performing with the recently formed Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, which had some of the rhythmic impetus he had enjoyed with Count Basie. Contracted to Solid State Records, they cut two albums, a blues collection called Presenting Joe Williams And The Jazz Orchestra (1967) and a ballad set, Something Old, New And Blue (1968). This budget-priced compilation selects a mere four tracks from the former and 11 of the 12 tracks from the latter (the missing one is "Everybody Loves My Baby"). While a more complete collection might have been hoped for, the music is still impressive, as Williams re-lives the kind of sound he achieved with Basie and the Jones-Lewis organization proves itself an effective neo-swing unit. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

TRACKS

1. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
2. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
3. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
4. Evil Man Blues
5. Young Man on the Way Up
6. Hurry on Down
7. When I Take My Sugar to Tea
8. Honeysuckle Rose
9. Did I Really Live
10. Loneliness, Sorrow and Grief
11. Imagination
12. One More for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
13. Everyone Wants to Be Loved (By Someone)
14. Everybody Loves My Baby
15. If I Were a Bell

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