These Blues of Mine is the second album by jazz organist Trudy Pitts, recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.Prestige Records discography accessed May 8, 2013
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating "Better than expected soul-jazz interpretations of contemporary rock and pop songs stand alongside jazz originals... It works best when they cut to straight, burning soul-jazz groovers".Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 8, 2013
Track listing All compositions by Bill Carney except as noted "Organology" – 4:00 "The House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional) – 3:39 "Just Us Two" – 5:05 "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:51 "Count Nine" (Trudy Pitts) – 4:15 "Man and a Woman" (Chuck Calhoun) – 4:20 "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher) – 3:10 "Teddy Makes Three" – 3:03 "These Blues of Mine" (Bill Carney, Sonny Truitt) – 5:25 "What the World Needs Now" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:23
Personnel Trudy Pitts – organ, vocals Pat Martino – guitar Bill Carney – drums
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