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FOLKWAYS RECORDS

CHICAGO BLUES: BOOGIE WOOGIE AND BLUES

Modern Energetic Playful Nostalgic Dark Piano
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Details

Artist
MEMPHIS SLIM
Format
CD
Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Released
May 30, 2012
Catalog #
FOWY3536.2
UPC
093070353626

About

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.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Boogie Woogie Piano Styles 05:39
    Track
    1
    Title
    Boogie Woogie Piano Styles
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Memphis Slim
    Performer
    Memphis Slim, Armand "Jump" Jackson
  3. 2 Alberta 04:07
    Track
    2
    Title
    Alberta
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Memphis Slim
    Performer
    Memphis Slim, Arbee Stidham, Armand "Jump" Jackson
  4. 3 Scandinavian Boogie 03:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    Scandinavian Boogie
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Memphis Slim
    Performer
    Memphis Slim, Arbee Stidham, Armand "Jump" Jackson
  5. 4 Between Midnight and Dawn 00:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Between Midnight and Dawn
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Memphis Slim
    Performer
    Memphis Slim, Arbee Stidham, Armand "Jump" Jackson
  6. 5 46th Street Boogie (Fast Boogie) 02:47
    Track
    5
    Title
    46th Street Boogie (Fast Boogie)
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Memphis Slim
    Performer
    Memphis Slim, Arbee Stidham, Armand "Jump" Jackson
  7. Disc 2
  8. 1 The Big Race 05:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Big Race
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Memphis Slim
    Performer
    Memphis Slim, Arbee Stidham, Armand "Jump" Jackson
  9. 2 Chicago Rent Party 03:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    Chicago Rent Party
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Memphis Slim
    Performer
    Memphis Slim, Arbee Stidham, Armand "Jump" Jackson
  10. 3 Down South 07:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    Down South
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Memphis Slim
    Performer
    Memphis Slim, Armand "Jump" Jackson