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Music CD: New Orleans Piano
Artist: Professor Longhair
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $7.82
Your Save: $ 4.16 ( 35% )
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Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. In The Night
2. Tipitina
3. Tipitina
4. Ball The Wall
5. Who's Been Fooling You
6. Hey Now Baby
7. Mardi Gras In New Orleans
8. She Walks Right In
9. Hey Little Girl
10. Willie Mae
11. Walk Your Blues Away
12. Professor Longhair Blues
13. Boogie Woogie
14. Longhair's Blues-Rhumba
15. Mardi Gras In New Orleans
16. She Walks Right In
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075678141928
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
Release Date: 1990-10-25
Studio: Atlantic / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: BY FAR HIS BEST
Comment: For me these Atlantic tracks are by far his best recordings.I have the LP but felt I must purchase the CD as well.Backed by Dave Bartholomews best musicians and produced by the excellent Atlantic Records team of Jerry Wexler,Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson it can't get any better!!What an excellent mix!!!These Atlantic greats should have made more trips to New Orleans (sorry Cosimo!)
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Summary: An absolute classic
Comment: These recordings date from 1949 and 1953 and are essential recordings for lovers of New Orleans music. Professor Longhair is the Godfather of modern New Orleans Piano and here he is on top form.
Playing with him is a star-studded collection of New Orleans players, some of the better known are:
Lee Allen - Tenor Sax
Red Tyler - Baritone Sax
Earl Palmer - Drums
The recordings were produced by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler, the kingpins of Atlantic records. Of course what counts is the music and in this department you are guarenteed a good time. Fess is steaming on "Ball the Wall" and Lee Allens tenor sax solo is blisteringly good. There are no weak tracks on this album and all of Fess's best known songs on here. Enjoy...
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Summary: Amazing Artist
Comment: This is a GREAT collection of Professor Longhair's piano-dominated songs.... he is just amazing. I can't believe it took me this long to stumble across his work. This CD is perfection.
Customer Rating:
Summary: sound quality: rebuttal
Comment: To quibble about the sound quality (as a previous reviewer saw fit to) of these classic tracks is perhaps expecting too much from "modern" sound technology. I can only imagine what opinions would be forthcoming on the Delmark live Magic Sam releases! 6 STARS for the man I would consider to be the father of the New Orleans rock and blues sound !!
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Summary: Sound Quality
Comment: I have a copy of this CD from BMG and the sound quality is awful. Not sure if this version is re-mastered but I would not take the chance. I recommend Crawfish Feista and Rock and Roll Gumbo as far better examples of Fess's work.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd was a largely forgotten New Orleans bluesman when this album of his '40s and '50s Atlantic sides appeared in 1972. By decade's end, he was justly celebrated as a thoroughly one-of-a-kind father of rock & roll. These tunes, many initially issued as singles, showcase Longhair's droll vocals and unmatched sense of syncopation. "In the Night," "Tipitina," and "She Walks Right In" are among the hippest things you'll ever hear--no matter what kind of music you like. --Rickey Wright
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