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

Memphis Slim
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

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