Some reviews write themselves and this is one of them. The good people at Delmark have recently acquired the master tapes to Paul Affeldt's Euphonic Sound label and any amount of work that might have taken is more than justified by the quality of the music. The majority of these sides, no longer hidden from history, were recorded in Chicago in 1938 or '39. The six by Cripple Clarence Lofton are amongst...
I've been tagged by the lovely Mum at The Mad House for the equally lovely Fraught Mummy 's Stories and Songs Meme. Music is an enormous part of my life. One of my earliest memories is of playing singles on Mum and Dad's record player. It must have been the Christmas when I was three that I played Wizzard's 'I wish it could be Christmas every day' over and over again. I still love that song, although...
Back from the wet west! A damp summer so far... Anyhow – the more perceptive will have noticed that I haven't been posting any mp3s for ummm – some time. Got caught up in other activities, I'm afraid and have been only blogging reviews. But I have had several requests for re-ups so here is the first batch – who knows, it might kick-start the old mp3 fandango... I had a few problems...
THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BOYS: The Complete Library Of Congress Recordings 1938 plus Film Soundtrack 1941 In Chronological Order, Bonus Tracks: Alternate Takes 1936-1939 [Document] One more classic algum of Boogie Woogie Bues... Tracklisting MEADE ''LUX'' LEWIS 1.Honky Tonk Train 2.Honky Tonk Train 3.Honky Tonk Trayn (incl. Whistling Blues) ALBERT AMMONS 4.Boogie Woogie (Boogie Woogie Stomp) 5.Blues (Suitcase...
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Early in 1939, a jazz-loving German immigrant named Alfred Lion took a big chance on starting a small record label. He recruited two great boogie-woogie pianists, Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons, and recorded a joyously loose session.
Today Blue Note Records celebrates its 70th birthday. The label was born on January 6, 1939 when a young jazz fan named Alfred Lion recorded two of his favorite boogie-woogie pianists at a New York studio. That first session (Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis - The First Day) proved to be the start of an illustrious history that continues to this day. Over the course of its seven decades in business,...
Today Blue Note Records celebrates its 70th birthday. The label was born on January 6, 1939 when a young jazz fan named Alfred Lion recorded two of his favorite boogie-woogie pianists at a New York studio. That first session (Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis - The First Day) proved to be the start of an illustrious history that continues to this day...
I’ve been trying to track down a piece I heard years ago and think I’m getting warm. It was a boogie piano trio, recorded live in concert. They did a version of Swannee River. Right, so, by playing around on the net I’ve come to the conclusion that this was in fact Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis and [...]
Boogie Woogie became an international craze through the work of Giants like Albert Ammons, Jimmy Yancey, Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis. By the end of World War II the boogie craze had died down, but its fire was rekindled by white performers in the form of Country Boogie, here is the story of the Hillbilly Boogie Boys. Just some of the legendary characters on this 100 track set are: Spade Cooley,...
"One of the most complex and creative forms of instrumental blues..." - Dan Morgenstern, liner notes The Unmitigated Joy Of Boogie Woogie When it comes to boogie woogie, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Jimmy Yancey are the innovative pantheon and some of their finest performances are represented here. Later interpreters like Freddie Slack, Kenny Kersey, Teddy Wilson, and...
The label began life in 1939, founded by two men in their early thirties, both born in Germany, Alfred Lion who had moved to New York City in 1938 and Francis Wolff who made the move as World War 2 began. The name derives from the emblematic ‘blue note’ of jazz and the blues. The first Blue Note recording session, was supervised by Lion, was at WMGM Studio in New York City on Friday 6th...
John Mayall was born 29th of November 1933 in Macclesfield, a small English village near the industrial hub of Manchester--a far cry at that time from the black American blues culture we are familiar with today. The eldest of three from humble working class origins, and in the shadow of WWII, this skinny English lad grew up listening to his guitarist father's extensive jazz record collection and felt...
The music on this CD is comprised mostly of instrumentals, with Bruce Katz sticking primarily to piano, performing just a few numbers on the organ, the instrument for which he is best known. Katz's style ranges from Albert Ammons and Jimmy Smith to the flash of Jerry Lee Lewis. The selections include straight blues, a few stomps, some solo boogie-woogie, a couple of more advanced jazz tunes, and vocals...
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