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Tipitina: The Complete 1949-1957 New Orleans Recordings

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Professor Longhair

Release Date April 22, 2008

CD-Charts Position 52
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Alligator Records 35X35

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Various Artists

Release Date April 04, 2006
great retrospective. true blues - soulful, raw & edgy, fun, smooth, heartbreaking - it's all here. highly recommended!

CD-Charts Position 53
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Ethiopiques, Vol. 21: Ethiopia Song

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

Release Date February 14, 2006
Not just Satie, but Art Tatum: she had a similar genius for absorbing multiple disparate musical traditions and synthesizing them into a revelatory blues. Gorgeous.

CD-Charts Position 54
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Dirty Blues

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Various Artists

Release Date August 15, 2000
Not just Satie, but Art Tatum: she had a similar genius for absorbing multiple disparate musical traditions and synthesizing them into a revelatory blues. Gorgeous.

CD-Charts Position 55
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Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Vol. 2

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Various Artists

Release Date September 23, 2003
If you've seen the great PBS/Martin Scorsese Blues series, or read any of the books about the great bluesmen (Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, etc) then this disc gives you the opportunity to hear the old songs that started the blues music revolution recorded by the musicians who were at the start of the movement.

Son House, Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins were all part of the original movement -- the folks that brought the blues to light.

Granted there's a number of modern cuts on this disc (I don't think Lucinda Williams was playing the blues in Chicago or the Mississippi Delta in the 1940's) but that doesn't detract from experience of hearing the old songs sung by the originals.

CD-Charts Position 56
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Forever Blue

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Chuck Leavell

Release Date April 24, 2001
Chuck Leavell has been around the horn for a long time! My introduction to Chuck was as a member of the Allman Bros. on "Brothers and Sisters", particularly the unmistakable sound of "Jessica". Immediately, I asked "who's playing that piano?" Been a big fan ever since. I followed Chuck through his years with "Sea Level", a great band. Then I just lost track of him. I just purchased this CD and if you even remotely like piano music, get this CD! The title "Solo Piano" says enough. A great CD to unwind with, relax with a tall glass of iced tea, under the shade of a big ol' magnolia tree, in your favorite chair, lounge, or better yet a comfy hammock! Do yourself a favor and follow those simple instructions...you will NOT be disappointed.

CD-Charts Position 57
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Joybox

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Mr. B

Release Date August 05, 2008
Chuck Leavell has been around the horn for a long time! My introduction to Chuck was as a member of the Allman Bros. on "Brothers and Sisters", particularly the unmistakable sound of "Jessica". Immediately, I asked "who's playing that piano?" Been a big fan ever since. I followed Chuck through his years with "Sea Level", a great band. Then I just lost track of him. I just purchased this CD and if you even remotely like piano music, get this CD! The title "Solo Piano" says enough. A great CD to unwind with, relax with a tall glass of iced tea, under the shade of a big ol' magnolia tree, in your favorite chair, lounge, or better yet a comfy hammock! Do yourself a favor and follow those simple instructions...you will NOT be disappointed.

CD-Charts Position 58
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Fats Domino - Greatest Hits

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: Fats Domino

Release Date June 16, 1995
I love mostly all types of musice, even tho I didn't grow up in the 50's, I love the sound and beat of that generations music

CD-Charts Position 59
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Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: James Booker

Release Date July 22, 1993
One of the best musicians under the radar screen of popular recognition you'll ever find; James Booker is the kind of pianist that someone in the know will say "You have to hear this guy play!" And you do. Hearing him the first time is a revelation. Each additional listen adds to the enjoyment of his own eclectic funky New Orleans boogie-woogie blues style, playing like he means it, jumping from one song to the next without breaking pace, only to dissolve into a heart breaking ballad then right back into beakneck speed.

You have to hear this guy play!

CD-Charts Position 60
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New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live!

CD-Charts > Music > Piano
by: James Booker

Release Date February 14, 1992
This is just flat-out great music. Booker's best recordings are live, so don't opt for the studio. I think the thing that makes this album great, apart from Booker's virtuoso piano playing and deeply soulful and engaging voice, is the audience. Unfortunately, the vast majority of live Booker recordings sound as if they were performed in front of quite small, and at times seemingly disinterested, crowds. In this European recoding the crowd is attentive and appreciative. I find that Booker fed off that and really belted into these particular tracks. Let Them Talk is a virtual tour-de-force of soul music; vocal expression with a rolling, dynamic piano paving the way. This would probably classify as Booker's best recorded performance. A must have for lovers of ... Read More: