Chicago Blues: Boogie Woogie and Blues Played and Sung by Memphis Slim

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.

Track Listing

101	Boogie Woogie Piano Styles	Memphis Slim	05:39
102	Alberta	Memphis Slim	04:07
103	Scandinavian Boogie	Memphis Slim	03:12
104	Between Midnight and Dawn	Memphis Slim	00:31
105	46th Street Boogie (Fast Boogie)	Memphis Slim	02:47
201	The Big Race	Memphis Slim	05:51
202	Chicago Rent Party	Memphis Slim	03:54
203	Down South	Memphis Slim	07:16