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New Orleans PianoProfessor Longhair
Release Date: 03/01/1989
Original Release:
1972
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 135419_CD
UPC # 075678141928
Label: Atlantic (USA)
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Performer: Professor Longhair
Distributor: WEA (Distributor) Notes: Professor Longhair is the fountainhead of New Orleans R&B, and NEW ORLEANS PIANO is one of the style's essential documents. It contains recordings 'Fess made for Atlantic in the late 1940s/early '50s, some of his finest sessions. This collection wasn't released until 1972, but it surely had a profound effect on every young pianist who heard it; on Longhair's signature song, "Tipitina," and others, the piano king's loose-limbed, rolling piano lines, organically polyrhythmic second-line grooves, and rough, quirky vocals add up to a jubilant, seamless style that's simultaneously vibrant and unhurried. 'Fess's trademark whistling atop the insistent piano figure of "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" remains one of the most vivid sonic evocations of party time in the Crescent City.
New Orleans pianist Henry Byrd, known to the world at large as Professor Longhair, or just "'Fess," was a vital bridge between jazz, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues in the middle of the 20th century. An interpreter, stylist, and innovator, he's a prime figure in New Orleans's rich musical history. His whooping vocal style and percussive, highly rhythmic piano playing are hallmarks of the New Orleans R&B style, and many of his songs ("Big Chief," "Tipitina") have become standards of the genre.
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Ammons, Albert Blake, Eubie Broussard, Al Cugat, Xavier Hines, Earl Johnson, James P. Joplin, Scott Lofton, Cripple Clarence Morton, Jelly Roll Smith, Willie "The Lion" Waller, Fats Washington, Tuts
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