Sam Lazar - I Ain't Mad at You (45 single)

Organist Sam Lazar's I Ain't Mad at You was released as a single on both the Argo and Checker labels in 1962.

What little biographical information there is on Lazar was contained in this previous post where you can hear the "B" of this 45, Camp Meetin'. Neither side of the single made it onto an LP and both tunes remain unavailable in a digital format.

I Ain't Mad at You



One of the members of Sam Lazar's group when he was playing in his native St. Louis was guitarist Grant Green. They played at the Holy Barbarian night club when it opened in December 1959. But within weeks local authorities closed the club after management hired an underage waitress.



Soon after this performance, which is available on CD and as a download, Green departed for New York to begin his recording career with Blue Note.