Queen Of The Party

<div class='description'><p>From her days singing with the Count Basie band as a replacement for Joe Williams, to her Indian summer of renewed popularity, Irene Reid always lived up to her moniker, the Queen of Uptown Blues. Like Dinah Washington & Esther Phillips, Irene had a church background and never lost that divine intensity or power to convey the emotions in a lyric. Her most notable post-Basie gig was playing the wicked witch on Broadway in "The Whiz." Here is a program featuring Irene, the Charles "Mighty Burner" Earland, Eric Alexander and the rest of the crew doing what Irene did best: The Uptown Blues.</p></div> <br><ul><li>Disc 1, Track: 1 - Million Dollar Secret<li>Disc 1, Track: 2 - I'm Getting Tired<li>Disc 1, Track: 3 - If I Never Get to Heaven<li>Disc 1, Track: 4 - I'm Walkin'<li>Disc 1, Track: 5 - Aiming at Nothing<li>Disc 1, Track: 6 - Once There Lived a Fool<li>Disc 1, Track: 7 - Long John Blues<li>Disc 1, Track: 8 - One Eyed Man<li>Disc 1, Track: 9 - I Took the Backdoor Out<li>Disc 1, Track: 10 - I Ain't Doing Too Bad<li>Disc 1, Track: 11 - I'll Take You Back<li>Disc 1, Track: 12 - Big Fat Daddy</ul>