Professor Longhair • New Orleans Piano

 

Review by Bill Dahl
All 16 of Professor Longhair's Atlantic sides from 1949 and 1953 (including a handful of alternate takes) are here on one glorious disc. Longhair's work for the label was famously marvelous -- this version of "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" reeks of revelry in the streets of the French Quarter, "She Walks Right In" and "Walk Your Blues Away" ride a bedrock boogie, and "In the Night" bounces atop a parade-beat shuffle groove and hard-charging saxes.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-orleans-piano-mw0000198829

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Reseña de Bill Dahl
Los 16 temas de Professor Longhair para Atlantic de 1949 y 1953 (incluyendo un puñado de tomas alternativas) están aquí en un disco glorioso. El trabajo de Longhair para la discográfica fue famoso por su maravilla: esta versión de "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" apesta a juerga en las calles del Barrio Francés, "She Walks Right In" y "Walk Your Blues Away" se mueven en un boogie de fondo, y "In the Night" rebota sobre un ritmo de desfile y saxos de gran carga.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/new-orleans-piano-mw0000198829

Tracklist
1 - In The Night - 2:23
2 - Tipitina - 2:40
3 - Tipitina - 2:29
4 - Ball The Wall - 3:09
5 - Who's Been Fooling You - 2:03
6 - Hey Now Baby - 2:47
7 - Mardi Gras In New Orleans - 2:54
8 - She Walks Right In - 3:09
9 - Hey Little Girl - 2:52
10 - Willie Mae - 2:38
11 - Walk Your Blues Away - 2:46
12 - Professor Longhair Blues - 2:19
13 - Boogie Woogie - 2:31
14 - Longhair's Blues-Rhumba - 3:02
15 - Mardi Gras In New Orleans - 2:42
16 - She Walks Right In - 2:40


Credits:
    Alto Saxophone – Robert Parker (tracks: 6 to 16)
    Baritone Saxophone – Red Tyler* (tracks: 1 to 5)
    Bass – Edgar Blanchard (tracks: 1 to 5), Unknown Artist
    Compiled By – Ilhan Mimaroglu, Jerry Wexler
    Concept By [Series] – Pete Lowry
    Design – Stanislaw Zagorski
    Drums – Al Miller (3) (tracks: 6 to 16), Earl Palmer (tracks: 1 to 5), John Woodrow (tracks: 6 to 16)
    Liner Notes – Mike Leadbitter
    Mastered By – Stephen Innocenzi
    Photography By – James Larocca
    Piano – Roy Byrd*
    Producer – Ahmet Ertegun (tracks: 1 to 16), Herb Abramson (tracks: 6 to 16), Jerry Wexler (tracks: 1 to 5)
    Reissue Producer – Bob Porter
    Tenor Saxophone – Charles Burbeck, Lee Allen (tracks: 1 to 5)
    Vocals – Roy Byrd*
    Written-By – Roy Byrd*

Notes
Tracks 1 to 5 recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana in November 1953. Personnel as listed above.
Tracks 6 to 16 recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1949. Personnel is: Roy Byrd, vocal & piano; Robert Parker, alto sax; Al Miller or John Woodrow, drums. The tenor sax and bass players are unknown. The tenor sax player is thought to be Charles Burbeck.
Tracks 2, 7 & 8 bonus tracks.

Label: Atlantic Jazz – 7225-2
Released: 1989
Genre: Funk / Soul, Blues
Style: Piano Blues
https://www.discogs.com/Professor-Longhair-New-Orleans-Piano/release/2185807

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