Peggy Lee - Blues Cross Country (1962)

Year: 1962 (CD 1999)
Label: Capitol Jazz (U.S.), 7243 5 20088 2 7
Style: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Country: Jamestown, North Dakota, U.S. (May 26, 1920 - January 21, 2002)
Time: 36:31
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 232 Mb

Blues Cross Country is a 1962 studio album by Peggy Lee, principally arranged by Quincy Jones, with some arrangements by Benny Carter. The album can be described as a concept album, consisting of a musical journey across the United States through swinging blues songs, many of which were written by Lee with other contributors.

Blues Cross Country was the second of Lee's two albums featuring arrangements by Jones. He had also arranged her previous studio album, If You Go (1961).

Blues Cross Country received good reviews at the time of its release from both Billboard magazine in March 1962, and Time magazine in May 1962. Billboard wrote that "Peggy's back, and this time in a blues mood - with sad blues, happy blues and swinging blues. She sings them in her own delightful style aided muchly by the fine arrangements of ork [sic] leader Quincy Jones. .. The album's a gas".

The Allmusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album four stars and commented that "Though Jones' arrangements are often a touch brassier than the blues standards can handle, Lee contributes just the right blend of vigor and feeling to the songs".

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Cross_Country)

01. Kansas City (02:29)
02. Basin Street Blues (03:04)
03. Los Angeles Blues (02:38)
04. I Left My Sugar (In Salt Lake City) (02:53)
05. The Grain Belt Blues (01:52)
06. New York City Blues (03:21)
07. Goin' To Chicago Blues (02:37)
08. San Francisco Blues (02:37)
09. Fisherman's Wharf (03:11)
10. Boston Beans (02:05)
11. The Train Blues (02:42)
12. St. Louis Blues (02:15)
13. Hey! Look Me Over (01:55)
14. The Shining Sea (02:45)

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