Personnel: Irma Thomas (vocals); Charles Chalmers (vocals, tenor saxophone); Jeanie Green, Eleanor Rigby, Donna Rhoden, Sandra Rhodes, Sabrina Wilson (vocals); Jesse Carr, Duane Allman, Jimmy Johnson, Alan Schwartz (guitar); Philadelphia Sy...
Personnel includes: Irma Thomas (vocals); Roy Montrell (guitar); Red Tyler, Nat Perrilliat (tenor saxophone); Allen Toussaint (piano); Chuck Badie (bass); John Boudreaux (drums).Producers include: Allen Toussaint, Eddie Ray, Jerry Ragavo...
22 tracks originally released in the late 40s and early 50s by the Imperial and Aladdin labels.Twenty-three sides representing the cream of Irma Thomas's brilliant Minit/Liberty years (1961-1966), when her reputation as "The Soul Queen o...
Liner Note Author: Jeff Hannusch.For a half century, Irma Thomas has been firmly established as the undisputed queen of New Orleans soul, and over the years has issued several standout recordings for the Rounder label. This collection fe...
New Orleans soul queen Irma Thomas tackles the duet-album concept with a difference on SIMPLY GRAND. The shockingly vibrant voice of the 67-year-old R&B belter is blissfully uncrowded by the presence of guest vocalists; instead, these duets...
Liner Note Author: Tony Rounce.Recording information: 1970-2005.Irma Thomas had already established herself as one of R&B's finest vocalists in the 1960s, a decade that saw the artist's most artistically (if not commercially) successf...
This two-fer CD includes the pair of long-players that Irma Thomas issued during her brief yet significant stint on Imperial Records. When they were first released, 1964's Wish Someone Would Care and 1966's Take a Look didn't garner the att...
Personnel includes: Irma Thomas (vocals); Dan Penn, Michael Toles, Renard Poche, Guillermo Ladut, Leroy Aych (guitar); Bill "Foots" Samuel, Joe Saulsbury, Jr., Alvin "Red" Tyler, Amadee Castenell (saxophone); Terry Tullos, Laurence J. Weber...
Personnel: Irma Thomas (vocals); Charles Elam, III (vocals, tenor saxophone); Michael Toles (acoustic & electric guitars, guitar); Dan Penn (acoustic guitar); Bill Samuel (tenor & baritone saxophones); Jack Williams (trumpet, valve trombone...
During R&B's glory years -- the 1950s, '60s and '70s -- the African-American church provided one great singer after another. Church choirs served as a magnificent training ground for so many of the great soul shouters, and it clearly had a ...
In its original LP incarnation circa 1983, Kent's Time Is on My Side was a solid 16-track compilation of Irma Thomas material from the mid-'60s, most of it duplicated by the more extensive CDs on EMI and Razor & Tie. By the time of its CD r...
Personnel: Irma Thomas (vocals); Freddy Wall, Joey Mucia (guitar); Harold Cowart (strings, bass); Rod Antoon, Art Riffel (strings); Pete Verbois (saxophone); Randy Jackson (bass); Mike Thomas, Stan Kemper (drums); Cora Jefferson, Alice Jack...
Personnel: Irma Thomas (vocals); Michael Toles (acoustic & electric guitars); Jim Spake (soprano & tenor saxophones); Scott Thompson (trumpet); Howard Lamb (trombone); Bobby Emmons (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, tambourine); Carson Whitse...
Irma Thomas has long been an institution in New Orleans-based R&B. This live CD is both a strong introduction to her powerful voice and a summation of her career up to 1990, mixing together remakes of some of her mid-'60s recordings with mo...