Memphis Slim
1915–1988. American pianist. in the Chicago Blues tradition.
Renowned boogie-woogie and blues pianist; known for rollicking piano style and influential live performances in Europe, particularly Paris. African Diaspora tag applies strongly.
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ROCKS
BEAR FAMILY
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Feb 24, 2023
In his lifetime, Memphis Slim was probably the best-known blues singer in the world, moving from Memphis to Chicago and finally to Paris in the early 1960s. But it's no exaggeration to say that Memphis Slim could rock with the best of them - and this CD is here to prove it!-Memphis Slim was born Peter Chatman in Memphis in 1915.
CHICAGO BLUES: BOOGIE WOOGIE AND BLUES
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
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May 30, 2012
The music on this recording is at once far-reaching and intimate. It has a quality enjoyed well beyond contemporary fans of this style of music, and yet this recording gives the listener the sense of being privy to a very precise moment in music history with Memphis Slim (1915-1988) as he plays piano. Slim (born Peter Chatman) grew up listening to his father perform blues in various venues in Memphis, Tennessee. He started performing around town at a young age before moving to Chicago at 25. He is accompanied on this album- the third of his four recordings for Folkways Records - by Arnold "Jump" Jackson (drums) and Arbee Stidham (guitar). The liner notes feature a biography of Slim by music critic Martin Williams.
MEMPHIS SLIM AND THE REAL BOOGIE-WOOGIE
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
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May 30, 2012
Peter Chatman Jr.., aka Memphis Slim, stomps out a "progressive boogie and blues" on the piano. Self-taught in the honky-tonk juke joints of Tennessee, he produced some of the most powerful boogie-woogie out there, with an incessant bass like you wouldn't believe.
