About the Blues is an album by Julie London that was released in 1957. The album includes two songs written by Bobby Troup, her husband. Miles Davis recorded a version of one of them, "The Meaning of the Blues". The eighteen-piece band was arranged by Russell Garcia.
Track listing Track numberTitleSongwriter(s)Time1"Basin Street Blues"Spencer Williams3:032"I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues"Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler2:563"A Nightingale Can Sing the Blues"Dick Charles, Larry Markes3:084"Get Set for the Blues"Joe Karnes2:425"Invitation to the Blues"Doris Fisher, Arthur Gershwin, Allan Roberts2:486"Bye Bye Blues"Fred Hamm, David Bennett, Bert Lown, Chauncey Gray1:387"Meaning of the Blues"Bobby Troup, Leah Worth2:568"About the Blues"Arthur Hamilton3:059"Sunday Blues"Leonard Adelson, Jeff Clarkson2:5310"The Blues Is All I Ever Had" Troup2:4911"Blues in the Night" Arlen, Johnny Mercer3:3912"Bouquet of Blues" Hamilton2:55 13 "Baby, Baby All the Time" * Troup2:2514 "Shadow Woman" * Hamilton2:3915 "Meaning of the Blues" *Bobby Troup, Leah Worth2:5816 "Dark" *Edwin Greines2:38
Bonus tracks on the CD release
Selected personnel Julie London - vocals Willie Smith - alto saxophone Maynard Ferguson - trumpet Barney Kessel - guitar Shelly Manne - drums Russ Garcia - arranger, conductor
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