Fast Fingers

by Jimmy "Fast Fingers" Dawkins

Fast Fingers cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1970
  • Label: Delmark
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:05
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Winning the prestigious Grand Prix du Disque de Jazz, the debut effort by the Chicago guitarist introduced his aggressive, tension-filled approach to modern blues. Backed by legends such as Eddie Shaw and Lafayette Leake, his highly stylized, rapid-fire picking cuts through the heavy rhythm section with startling clarity. The record cemented his status as a formidable innovator of the West Side blues sound.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, alienation

Tracklist

  1. It Serves Me Right To Suffer (4:10)
  2. I Wonder Why (3:07)
  3. I'm Good For Nothing (5:14)
  4. Triple Trebles (2:45)
  5. I Finally Learned A Lesson (3:44)
  6. You Got To Keep On Trying (4:13)
  7. Night Rock (3:23)
  8. Little Angel Child (4:00)
  9. I Don't Know What Love Is (5:57)
  10. Breaking Down (5:32)

Credits

  • Jimmy Dawkins - primary artist, guitar, vocals
  • Ernest Gatewood - bass
  • Joe Harper - bass
  • Lester Dorsie - drums
  • Mighty Joe Young - guitar
  • Lafayette Leake - piano
  • Eddie Shaw - tenor saxophone

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