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Piano Blues
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"Everybody had their own style," Jelly Roll Morton said of blues and jazz piano players. This collection explores the music of famous and less well-known blues pianists in the 1920s "classic blues" era and in the 1930s, when the distinctive boogie-woogie style of piano playing began to emerge.

Track Listing

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Big Mama Walter Roland 2:32  
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102
Dice's Blues Walter Roland 2:46  
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103
Broke Man Blues Sylvester Palmer 3:04  
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104
Skippy Whippy Mississippi Jook Band 2:50  
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105
Fanny Lee Blues Wesley Wallace 3:15  
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106
Number 29 Wesley Wallace 3:13  
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107
Pratt City Blues Jabo Williams 3:19  
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201
M & O Blues #3 Walter Davis 2:52  
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202
Dyin' Rider Blues Romeo Nelson 3:09  
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203
On the Wall Louise Johnson 3:04  
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204
Lost All I Had Blues Roosevelt Sykes 3:20  
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205
The First Time I Met You Little Brother Montgomery 2:55  
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206
Jab Blues Jabo Williams 3:23  
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207
Good Woman Blues Peetie Wheatstraw 2:55  

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FWRBF12, RBF 12, RF 12

Year(s) Released

1966

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

Blues

Country(s)

United States

Culture Group(s)

African American

Instrument(s)

Piano

Credit(s)

Ann Charters - Photographer (Cover)
 Ronald Clyne - Designer
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*This album is unavailable for digital download.

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