You wouldn't think that transporting one of Chicago's reigning piano patriarchs to Englewood Cliffs, NJ would produce such a fine album, but this 1960 set cooks from beginning to end.
Sunnyland Slim's swinging New York rhythm section has no trouble following his bedrock piano, and the estimable
King Curtis peels off diamond-hard tenor sax solos in the great Texas tradition that also mesh seamlessly.
Slim runs through his standards -- "The Devil Is a Busy Man," "Shake It," "It's You Baby" -- in gorgeous stereo, and two unissued bonus cuts (including another of his best-known tunes, "Everytime I Get to Drinking") make the CD reissue of
Slim's Shout even more appealing. ~ Bill Dahl