Classic piano blues.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Memphis Slim.

Laury, Booker T., 1914-1995.

Speckled Red, 1892-1973.

Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955.

Lewis, Katherine Handy, 1902-1982.

Gillum, Jazz, 1904-1966.

Lewis, Meade, 1905-1964.

Dupree, Champion Jack, -1992.

Ellis, Wilbert, 1914-1977.

Leadbelly, 1885-1949.

Price, Sammy.

Brown, Henry, 1906-1981.

Johnson, Edith.

Dixon, Willie, 1915-1992.

Townsend, Henry.

Spivey, Victoria.

Sykes, Roosevelt.

Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piano music (Blues).

Blues (Music).

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Blues (Music)

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways, [2008]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

Contents:

Dedication to Pete Johnson / Memphis Slim (3:12)

Early in the morning / Booker T. Laury (3:06)

How long blues / Speckled Red (3:20)

Yellow dog blues / James P. Johnson, Katherine Handy Lewis (2:56)

Key to the highway / Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim (2:54)

Medium blues / Meade "Lux" Lewis (2:51)

Black wolf blues / Champion Jack Dupree (2:57)

Dices blues / Big Chief Ellis (4:54)

Big fat woman / Lead Belly (1:10)

Harlem parlor blues / Sammy Price (2:51)

Little drops of water / Henry Brown with Edith North Johnson (3:03)

Pinetop's boogie woogie / Speckled Red (3:26)

Wish me well / Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon (2:10)

All my money's gone / Henry Townsend (2:53)

You're my man / Victoria Spivey (4:33)

On my way to see Moe Asch / Champion Jack Dupree (4:21)

Sweet old Chicago / Roosevelt Sykes (2:56)

No special rider blues / Little Brother Montgomery (3:29)

Hesitation blues / James P. Johnson (3:05).

Participant:

Various performers.

Notes:

Compact disc.

OCLC:

228304140

Publisher Number:

SFW CD 40196 Smithsonian Folkways