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10 greatest blues pianists - jazzboCR - 18-11-2014 I hope it's coloring within the lines to quote another's blog entry entire--this one is spot-on and I'll flesh it out with tunes: http://inabluemood.blogspot.com/2009/09/personal-list-of-ten-great-blues.html Cow Cow Davenport: Modern cover/re-doings/wholesale thefts of his stuff abound https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCJVt8cg_uE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4wnuoRouRg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh1BjmrufeM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0fvsdc7XEU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJhLNyk86Q0 "Little Brother" Montgomery: Self-taught, he started playing back-country bars and turpentine camps when he was 11. Contributed to 2 Spanky and Our Gang recordings... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX0pBncpHJA Then and recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_KYbizxhg8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXcWyKWopUg << less than 40 years ago is "recently" to me. YMMV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZFytMt3IWM << Know you're gonna love a tune with this title... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNQTYId-5vo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNpuc6GSOek Roosevelt Sykes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNHsv9pjCAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KYjdtWRF5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GmRba-g9tA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrVjF6SHUqQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE7zAL8t8a4 >> see what his friend Magic Slim does with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ObntfzJEw << different war, same scenarios and emotions.... 10 greatest blues pianists - jazzboCR - 18-11-2014 Next up: Charlie Spand, another old-time player/pace-setter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8MLl16C7xE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUmhapz1vZ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yYtdQwCym4 << these recordings are 95 years old--there's only so much you can do to clean them up--a couple of joy pops of your favorite and it won't matter << sorry how that cut off so quick... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tHfpAzfIOY << as a commenter says, this theme has been re-worked all manner of ways 10 greatest blues pianists - jazzboCR - 18-11-2014 Pete Johnson Tough to pick the best boogie-woogie pianist with so many great ones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApEdXNkHxZw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5VKyQhTs5w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKibLyPRT3c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48321Epf7SY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_X0WcCmnxw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcvvUWhckww << 2 by 2 of the best https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9X6xMkc6s8 10 greatest blues pianists - jazzboCR - 18-11-2014 Jimmy Yancey Throughout his career, he held on to his job as a groundskeeper for the Chicago White Sox baseball team. Always ended his tunes in the key of E-flat, no matter what key the rest of the song was played in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4eQbeuX2Y0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddmb7i7vipg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2jmPL_pjvE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw9tMRhKEak << with his wife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HeXy_rfbBE Amos Milburn The most familiar of those thus far presented, prolly 'cuz his stuff had a lot of upbeat romps about drinking and partying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY6_6H9aNlU << his playing if only via record helped a lot of folks in the UK get over the grim, dour post-war years << that statement directly attributable to Bill Wyman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDPPvsErNQY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEpzqLPwG7Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBhiiRsMSic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63kfu0c8K7k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWZWHqu9S10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlzMCsDaUjA 10 greatest blues pianists - R_burke - 19-11-2014 Here's one of my favorites: Pinetop Perkins [video=youtube;DXp07iI774o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXp07iI774o[/video] 10 greatest blues pianists - jazzboCR - 19-11-2014 Great clip of the "How Long Blues", R_burke. I didn't have it in mind that my list was definitive (indeed, the author picks one from a group of contemporaries). Mr. Perkins was inexplicably omitted so here's more from earlier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kb3s5QvKqI << from a showcase disc by Telarc Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-LX6TrGuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVZ4fP7jDL4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd7UMtvUees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmDQzWusJZ0 << with his boss for 11 years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmo_WqKioLk BONUS: Mr. Perkins with an all-star band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-sTlqU5GxA << Love to have been at this one Actively soliciting other names/perfs from anybody wanting to contribute. 10 greatest blues pianists - jazzboCR - 19-11-2014 Special Bonus: 2 current boogie-woogie artistes. Not gonna claim either as one of the 10 greatest and neither is an innovator--but you can hear this great stuff today. Silvan Zingg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvan_Zingg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QQzbCmlZM4 << with 2 terrif dancers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THBucj4bnrQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3_J1ARdmGI << Pretty hip duo, yes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcBweg9wpm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2YyhI8BzrU << get your season started with a bang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbnzzUgk89M << not just boogie-woogie Next time you're in Switzerland, slide by and catch a perf....: http://www.silvanzingg.com/ Stephanie Trick She's 27--great future ahead.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Trick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_esHyqvbPY << magic in both hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHCqYo6Ws3A << long been one of my fave tunes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvTYiXChgqs << all righty now, let's get busy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yo_5tR0EbI <<Nifty duo with another master https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGbFgg-JOc8 << Have your local keyboard rave fave try this one... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCgbs70c5GI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NilIxoszh5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAwabgWimq8 << For all our Canadian bros and sistahs (yes, I know it was written by an American....) She tours extensively and records frequently--her newest is with her husband (lucky man!): http://stephanietrick.com/ 10 greatest blues pianists - jazzboCR - 20-11-2014 OK, now back to the main vein: Whistling Alex Moore Not to be confused by that young'un woman singer.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_kBhMOMlJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flZJtbZVlnc << hope the Sistahs here aren't suffering these... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OhS0QNIGek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDtQgR2tg9s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBLbwHMVjzM BONUS: An hour + of Mr. Moore--be the 112th to listen (shocking, no?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbHXcOkvsOY << some included in the above selections. Camille Howard Plenty of women bangin' the 88's--this is the one he chose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_yqYpqgX0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBSWZ9wmxSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XcwuyG0nQM << Archie Shepp re-worked this song in an extended, wonderful way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blmrfwPzy_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXlOa-88yiY 10 greatest blues pianists - jazzboCR - 20-11-2014 Otis Spann Such a giant, he deserves his own post and extended linking. Died of liver cancer at age 40--the mind boggles at what he could have done... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApvQgSE7Kk8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N6G90E_GVE << superb sideman to the best--a lot of children born 9 months after a night in a club listening to this kinda stuff...just sayin'.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pui2zoH2VlI << Standards change, but if nobody suffers mightily at others hands, this is an eternal truth--absent the shotgun, natch. And she can leave that ice pick in the drawer too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7jTG3VarjQ << At Newport 54 years ago << Nobody in the audience is even breaking sweat much less hot boppin' to this--what can I tell you about an Old-Money, "Too cool for school" Newport crowd? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a29PEkEUD_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuTFQWrTAUo << what commenter 9mej says.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a7SI5zlqkE << Peter Green was a bluesman to the bone--this is not a vanity project; it's an homage. From this album: http://www.allmusic.com/album/super-black-blues-mw0000457307 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2BlxoEHpBo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYTvO9a9E-U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1saqXI4cUY << Excellent question posed here. BONUS: An hour of this good stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd1yfrTVJs8