Professor Longhair - Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology (1993) 2CD

Artist:Professor Longhair
Title Of Album Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology
Year Of Release: 1993
Label (Catalog#) :Rhino [R2 71502]
Country: USA
Genre: Blues
Quality: FLAC (tracks+cue,log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 60:44+71:03
Total Size: 852Mb(+3%)(covers)

New Orleans' Henry Roeland Byrd wasn't the most polished of all the great R&B pianists of the '40s and '50s, but even Ray Charles and Otis Spann rarely matched his speed. This superb two-disc set repeats the Professor's signature style--a stomping left-hand bass and a right hand that flies all over the place--on classics such as "Tipitina," "Junco Partner," and "Ball the Wall." It begins in the early '50s, when 'Fess called his band Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers, and ends with an incredible, stretched-out live version of "Big Chief" (with Dr. John) and "Boogie Woogie" (with fellow New Orleans pianists Allen Toussaint and Tuts Washington). --Steve Knopper


Tracks:
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Disc: 1
1 Bald Head - Roy Byrd, His Blues Jumpers
2 Hadacol Bounce - Roy Byrd, His Blues Jumpers
3 Tipitina
4 In The Night - Professor Longhair And His Blues Scholars
5 Ball The Wall
6 Who's Been Fooling You
7 Hey Now Baby
8 Hey Little Girl - Roland Byrd
9 Walk Your Blues Away - Professor Longhair And His Blues Scholars
10 She Walks Right In - Roy 'Baldhead' Byrd
11 Willie Mae - Roland Byrd
12 Professor Longhair Blues - Professor Longhair And His Blues Scholars
13 Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand
14 No Buts - No Maybes
15 Misery
16 Looka, No Hair
17 Cuttin' Out
18 Go To The Mardi Gras
19 There Is Something On Your Mind
20 Big Chief - Part 2
21 Hey Little Girl (Live)
22 Hey Now Baby (Live)

Disc: 2
1 Mardi Gras In New Orleans
2 Junco Partner
3 How Long Has That Train Been Gone
4 Stag-O-Lee
5 Meet Me Tomorrow Night
6 (They Call Me) Dr. Professor Longhair
7 Mess Around
8 Cry To Me
9 Whole Lotta Loving
10 Everyday (I Have The Blues)
11 Got My Mojo Working
12 Thank You Pretty Baby
13 Sick And Tired
14 Mean Old World
15 Tipitina (Live)
16 Big Chief (Live)
17 Rum And Coca-Cola (Version Two)
18 Boogie Woogie
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Alto Saxophone – Robert Parker (tracks: 1-10, 1-12)
Art Direction – Geoff Gans
Baritone Saxophone – Alvin "Red" Tyler* (tracks: 1-3 to 1-6, 1-13 to 1-16)
Bass – Edgar Blanchard (tracks: 1-3 to 1-6), Frank Fields (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Julius Farmer (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Congas – Alfred "Uganda" Roberts* (tracks: 1-21 to 2-11, 2-15 to 2-17)
Drums – Al Miller (3) (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-8 to 1-12), Charles Williams (7) (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Earl Palmer (tracks: 1-3 to 1-6), Shiba (3) (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7)
Guitar – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (tracks: 2-1 to 2-7), Justin Adams (2) (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16)
Piano, Vocals – Professor Longhair
Tenor Saxophone – Lee Allen (tracks: 1-3 to 1-6, 1-13 to 1-16)

Recording date: 1949 - January 16, 1980

All thanks to original releaser