Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol’ Box of New Orleans
Man, does this set go down easy big easy! This gorgeous set features over 80 hits from New Orleans’ most famous-and occasionally obscure-musical sons and daughters, 4 CDs of jazz, blues, Cajun, zydeco and funk all mixed together like a good ‘n’ spicy gumbo. An 84-page book takes you by the hand into the most notorious bars and …
In the summer of 1981, Mac Rebennack, a.k.a. Dr. John, a.k.a. The Night Tripper, walked into a New York City rehearsal studio to record his first solo piano LP. No band, no overdubs, no gris gris, no studio tricks, just Mac at the piano and at his very best. The results of these historic sessions were released on …
The producers of this CD discovered archival reels of Ray Charles and the Count Basie Orchestra performing live on the same bill in 1973. Although the vocals were superior, the remaining elements were of extremely poor quality. They decided to bring the current Count Basie Orchestra into the studio and, using the latest technology, they carefully and painstakingly …
“I’ve recorded with so many amazing artists in my career but never on a duets album of my own. I thought it was time to have some of the friends that I love & the artists that I admire come into my studio & sing with me live, the way we did it in the old days,” explains …
Medium 1You SworeIn The Name Of YouFood For ThotHoldin’ PatternBruha BembeImitation Of LoveNow That You Got MeCreole MoonGeorgiannaMonkey & BaboonTake What I Can GetQueen Of ColdLitenin’One 2 A.M. Too …
Two dozen swingin’ sides of blues, jazz, stomps, shuffles and rags that show why the fiddle became known as the “devil’s box”! Everything from Mississippi string bands to Beale Street blues to South Side jazz is here; includes Ruckus Juice and Chittlin’ Memphis Jug Band; Lazy Lazy River Mississippi Sheiks; Moanin’ and Groanin’ Blues Peg Leg Howell & …
The latest installment in the Road Trips series, now entering its third big year (and ninth release overall) is bound to become a favorite. Road Trips Vol. 3, No. 1 is the complete show from December 28, 1979, part of the sparkling run that has already given us the excellent Dick’s Picks: Vol. 5 (from 12/26/79). You’ll recall …
Review by Cub Koda….
The first volume in the groundbreaking, definitive series Chicago: The Blues Today! contains selections from J.B. Hutto, Junior Wells and Otis Spann. All three contribute stellar performances, but for Hutto it’s truly the place to start, because it doesn’t get much better than this; “Too Much Alcohol,” “Please Help,” “Going Ahead” and “That’s The Truth” …
When Basie reformed his big band in the 1950s, he managed to become entirely new by sticking with what had made him great from the start. And in the process, Basie achieved some of the most extraordinary success of his career. The original reel to reel tapes were the source for most of this release which contains 146 …
89 tracks in their best-ever sound (24-bit mastering) by far, including 19 unreleased radio broadcasts, three rare tracks featuring Billie Holiday and looks at the Basie band in all its permutations, from 1936 small-group recordings to the oft-overlooked octets of 1950. And in between? Only some of the greatest swing ever swung, with One O’Clock Jump; Goin’ to …