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Dr. John - Live at Montreux 1995

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Dr. John

Release Date October 04, 2005
No mater how you slice it, Dr. John was made to perform live. His brand of New Orleans jazz/Funk is both ear catching and spellbinding. The good Dr. performs here with an outstanding 7 piece band and a kick-butt horn section led by Ronnie Cuber. The highlights here include "Iko,Iko", "Big Bass Drum" and of course his signature song "Right Place, Wrong Time". Call it Mardi-gras in Switzerland if you will, but the crowd is loving every minute of this show as well as the band. I have always considered Dr. John a great live performer as seen in his previous live releases. He gives the audience what they came for, and that is some good old fashion Nu-Orlins gumbo funk/jazz that is designed to lift your spirits and get your fanny out of the ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 152
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The Specialty Story

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Various Artists

Release Date March 25, 1994
Maybe it's just me but I found the first three discs pretty
dull.Too much 12 bar blues and very little of it particularly inspired.There ARE some gems on these first 3...and the 4th and 5th discs are wonderful and so is the booklet...but I would only recommend it with reservations.The Chess Story and The Atlantic
Rythm & Blues Box Set are more interesting and varied overviews
of this this fantastic time and music.

CD-Charts Position 153
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Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Dr. John

Release Date October 02, 1989
As Bill Evans entrances you with his solo piano albums, as Art Tatum floors you with his mastery on his solo recordings.....Dr. John will slay you with the pianistic mastery of his genre. He is a treasure, an encyclopedic connection with Americas musical past.

I lived and breathed this record for almost 6 months transcribing almost all of it. My growth as a player took a quantum leap and I am indebted to the Doctor.

The joy of this recording are the wonderful new discoveries with each listen....the inner voices within his incredibly challenging chordal voicings, the bewildering time keeping in the left hand, the syncopation, the octave work, the emotional sensitivity....I could go on and on...

The Doctor takes ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 154
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Five Long Years

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Eddie Boyd

Release Date September 20, 1994
As Bill Evans entrances you with his solo piano albums, as Art Tatum floors you with his mastery on his solo recordings.....Dr. John will slay you with the pianistic mastery of his genre. He is a treasure, an encyclopedic connection with Americas musical past.

I lived and breathed this record for almost 6 months transcribing almost all of it. My growth as a player took a quantum leap and I am indebted to the Doctor.

The joy of this recording are the wonderful new discoveries with each listen....the inner voices within his incredibly challenging chordal voicings, the bewildering time keeping in the left hand, the syncopation, the octave work, the emotional sensitivity....I could go on and on...

The Doctor takes ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 155
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Careless Love

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Erwin Helfer

Release Date September 25, 2005
Steven Dolins of THE SIREN RECORDS has added another jewel to his cd-editions by recording Erwin Helfer's Trio's CARELESS LOVE featuring the Chicago boogie veteran Erwin Helfer with John Whitfield on bass and Avreeayl Ra on drums. Ra has backed up other famous musicians from Prof. Longhair to Sun Ra and masters the steady beat of the blues as well as any jazzy or eclectic pattern. He grooves along with Whitfield, a well-known bassist who is comfortable with all traditional and contemporary styles , playing with cats like Jodie Christian, Barry Harris and Earma Thompson. Erwin Helfer and The Sirens dedicated this recording to the memory of their friend Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams jr.

As we know from Helfer's former recordings "I'm Not ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 156
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Today!

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Skip James

Release Date November 26, 1991
Skip James was one of the great musicians of his generation and he knew it. His bitterness at his lack of recognition did not prevent him from leaving this artistic last will and testament. Each song displays his remarkable creative range and his originality along with his drive towards artistic perfection. This is music of extraordinary emotional depth and intellectual acuity. It is beautiful and moving and, like all great works of art, allows you to see the world in new ways. Get it!

CD-Charts Position 157
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Rock 'n Roll Gumbo

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Professor Longhair

Release Date August 01, 2006
After seeing Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint support their "River in Reverse" CD, I had to step back to Professor Longhair. It's the real thing.

CD-Charts Position 158
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Fats Domino Rock and Rollin'/This Is Fats

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Fats Domino

Release Date August 11, 1998
Sure, Elvis and Chuck and Buddy were great, but it would be a crime to forget about Fats Domino's contributions to early rock `n' roll. His music was a sumptuous (and supremely danceable) mixture of New Orleans R&B and chugging r `n' r, complete with pounding piano runs and forceful (yet surprisingly sensual) vocals. This collection brings together two of his finest albums- Fats Domino Rock And Rollin' (his second album, and not to be confused with its follow-up, Rock And Rollin' With Fats Domino) and This Is Fats Domino (his fourth album, not to be confused with a later record entitled This Is Fats). These albums feature some of the greatest songs of the rock `n' roll era, from the jazzy swing of "My Blue Heaven" and "Careless Love" on the Rock And Rollin' ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 159
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Otis Spann's Chicago Blues

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Otis Spann

Release Date September 25, 1994
You can look through any singles charts - both pop and R&B - and you won't find the name Otis Spann accredited to any listed hit. But when you see hits by the likes of Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Boy Williamson, and a powerful rolling piano is featured, chances are it was our Mr. Spann.

And that is especially true when it comes to most of the hit singles by the great Muddy Waters, with whom Otis forged a 20-year association, in light of the fact they were half-brothers. What a magical combination. He also worked towards the end of his short life [he died in 1970 at age 40] with Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton,and Jimmy Page in the U.K. In 1980 the Blues Hall Of Fame was founded, and among the initial 20 inductees were ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 160
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Gimcracks and Gewgaws

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Mose Allison

Release Date January 27, 1998
His nasal, staccato vocals and way obtuse lyricshaving now influenced several generations of jazz, blues, and rock groups, Mose Allison is back with "Gimcracks And Gewgaws"(both words describe a showy trinket of little value) another marvelous, quirky set of songs. With a well chosen group consisting of Ratzo Harris on bass,Mark Shim on tenor sax,guitarist Russell Malone and stalwart drummer Paul Motian, Allison has one of his finest sets yet. The icebreaker "MJA Jr. is a demented little ditty about his name. It's followed by the title cut with thumping bass, powerful sax lines and off the wall cluster chords on the piano. He gets more serious with the otherworldly ballad "Numbers On Paper" with it's bleak outlook on bureaucracy. ... Read More: