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Memphis Slim , Willie Dixon • In Paris. Baby Please Come Home!

Review
by Richie Unterberger
Recorded live in Paris, this has the two blues legends accompanying each other (Slim on piano, Dixon on bass) and trading lead vocals, backed by drummer Phillipe Combelle. It's not a landmark event in either of the legends' distinguished recording careers, but it's a nice enough outing with a friendly, low-key tone. Slim recorded a lot of LPs in the early '60s, often as a solo pianist/vocalist, and this is frankly more lively than his norm for the era, if for nothing else than the fact that he's playing in a band. The Dixon-sung tracks are interesting inasmuch as he didn't record much during this period, though he's really adequate at best as a singer. When Slim sings, he sticks mostly to self-penned material; the Dixon-fronted cuts may stir some curiosity among blues fans due to the inclusion of some of Willie's more obscure compositions, like the novelty-tinged "African Hunch with a Boogie Beat."
https://www.allmusic.com/album/memphis-slim-willie-dixon-in-paris-mw0000917476

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Reseña
por Richie Unterberger
Grabado en directo en París, las dos leyendas del blues se acompañan mutuamente (Slim al piano, Dixon al bajo) e intercambian las voces principales, respaldados por el batería Phillipe Combelle. No es un hito en la distinguida carrera discográfica de ninguna de las dos leyendas, pero es una salida bastante agradable con un tono amistoso y discreto. Slim grabó muchos LPs a principios de los 60, a menudo como pianista/vocalista solista, y éste es francamente más animado que su norma para la época, aunque sólo sea por el hecho de que está tocando en una banda. Los temas cantados por Dixon son interesantes, ya que no grabó mucho durante este periodo, aunque como cantante es, como mucho, adecuado. Cuando Slim canta, se ciñe sobre todo a material de su propia autoría; los cortes liderados por Dixon pueden despertar cierta curiosidad entre los aficionados al blues debido a la inclusión de algunas de las composiciones más oscuras de Willie, como la novedosa "African Hunch with a Boogie Beat".
https://www.allmusic.com/album/memphis-slim-willie-dixon-in-paris-mw0000917476

Tracks:
1 - Rock And Rolling The House
2 - Baby Please Come Home
3 - How Come You Do Me Like You Do
4 - The Way She Loves A Man
5 - New Way To Love
6 - African Hunch With A Boogie Beat
7 - Shame Pretty Girls
8 - Baby Baby Baby
9 - Do De Do
10 - Cool Blooded
11 - Just You And I
12 - Pigalle Love
13 - All By Myself

Credits:
    Double Bass – Willie Dixon
    Drums – Phillipe Combelle*
    Piano – Memphis Slim
    Remastered By – Phil De Lancie
    Vocals – Memphis Slim (tracks: 1 to 3, 12, 13)
    Vocals, Written-By – Willie Dixon (tracks: 4 to 11)
    Written-By – Peter Chatman (tracks: 1 to 3, 12)

Recorded at The Les Trois Mailletz, Paris; November 1962.

Label:    Battle (2) – OBCCD-582-2, Battle (2) – BM-6122
Series:    Original Blues Classics
Country:    US
Released:    1996
Genre:    Jazz, Blues
Style:    Rock & Roll, Piano Blues
https://www.discogs.com/release/6913222-Memphis-Slim-Willie-Dixon-Memphis-Slim-Willie-Dixon-In-Paris-Baby-Please-Come-Home