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18-11-2014, 02:12
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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
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A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
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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
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Here's one of my favorites: Pinetop Perkins
[video=youtube;DXp07iI774o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXp07iI774o[/video]
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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.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
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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/
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
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20-11-2014, 03:13
(This post was last modified: 20-11-2014, 03:28 by jazzboCR.)
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
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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-blac...0000457307 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
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
