Live in Kansas City [Import, Live]

B.B. King | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Blues Factory
• ASIN: B00004THHZ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #344,299 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction

2. The Thrill Is Gone

3. Sweet Little Angel

4. Nobody Loves Me But My Mother

5. Guess Who

6. King's Shuffle

7. Outside Help

8. I've Got A Mind To Give Up Living

9. Ain't Nobody Home

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars B.B. King Live (1972), August 22, 2000

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Robert Vangundy (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live in Kansas City (Audio CD)

B.B. King's live recordings generally are much more satisfying than his studio releases, and he's overdue for a concert disc. Despite the recent photo on the cover, however, this isn't it. "Live in Kansas City" -- recorded in 1972 -- catches King in roughly the same period as "Live at the Regal" and "Live at Cook County Jail."

What distinguishes this CD from those, though, is the exceptional recording quality, especially impressive given that it's a nightclub performance captured 30 years ago. The mix is spot-on and instrument voicings are clear on up-tempo numbers (like the Introduction and King's Shuffle) as well as the numerous slow blues tracks.

The selections, in fact, are mostly slow 12-bar tunes, which give King the opportunity to stretch out in his playing. Here you'll find beautiful fluid runs that for the most part have been missing in the last 10 years or so, as well as the jazz-influenced phrasing and extraordinary use of dynamics that make his playing instantly recognizable. The introduction to Sweet Little Angel is nothing short of inspirational.

Other comments: As you might expect from an import CD, some room exists for improvement. Track 8 has been mis-titled; it's actually "All Over Again." And the fade out/fade in between songs breaks the live mood a bit. But those are minor complaints. This is a very good CD that captures one of the most influential artists in his prime.

5.0 out of 5 stars Prime B.B. King live!What else do you want?, January 4, 2007

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Candis P. Berens "Amateur hour" (Everywhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live in Kansas City (Audio CD)

This cd captures B.B. King at the height of his tremendous powers.Both his singing and backing band are superb but it's"the man's"smoking guitar playing that sets this one a blaze.The sound quality is surprisingly good.If you dig the blues,get this.