Blues Piano Blues The Piano Blues Vol. 6 - 'Take Your Big Legs Off' Walter Roland 1933-1935 (1978)
The Piano Blues Vol. 6 - 'Take Your Big Legs Off' Walter Roland 1933-1935 (1978)
The Piano Blues Vol. 6 - 'Take Your Big Legs Off' Walter Roland 1933-1935 (1978)
1 –Jolly Jivers Piano Stomp
Piano – Walter Roland
Voice [Speech], Percussion [Tapping] – Sonny Scott
2 –Walter Roland Early This Morning ('Bout Break Of Day)
Vocals, Piano – Walter Roland
3 –Lucille Bogan Changed Ways Blues
Piano – Walter Roland
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
4 –Walter Roland Back Door Blues
Vocals, Piano – Walter Roland
5 –Walter Roland Big Mama
Vocals, Piano – Walter Roland
6 –Walter Roland Red Cross Blues
Vocals, Piano – Walter Roland
7 –Lucille Bogan B.D. Woman's Blues
Piano – Walter Roland
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
8 –Jolly Jivers Jookit Jookit
Piano – Walter Roland
Voice [Speech] – Sonny Scott
9 –Walter Roland House Lady Blues
Vocals, Piano – Walter Roland
10 –Walter Roland Every Morning Blues
Vocals, Piano – Walter Roland
11 –Walter Roland Collector Man Blues
Vocals, Piano – Walter Roland
12 –Lucille Bogan Down In Boogie Alley
Piano – Walter Roland
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
13 –Jolly Jivers Watch Gonna Do
Vocals – Lucille Bogan, Sonny Scott
Vocals, Piano – Walter Roland
14 –Walter Roland Bad Dream Blues
Vocals, Piano – Walter Roland
15 –Lucille Bogan Stew Meat Blues
Piano – Walter Roland
Vocals – Lucille Bogan
16 –Jolly Jivers Hungry Man's Scuffle
Piano – Walter Roland
Voice [Speech] – Lucille Bogan
Voice [Speech], Percussion [Tapping] – Sonny Scott
Despite a relatively prolific recording career which yielded upwards of 40 solo sides in addition to a series of celebrated collaborations with vocalist Lucille Bogan, pianist/singer Walter Roland remains one of the blues' most elusive and mysterious figures. Likely born in or around Birmingham, AL, circa 1900, he first emerged on the city's blues circuit during the 1920s, presumably running in the same circles as the equally enigmatic pianist Jabo Williams; a skilled, versatile pianist whose repertoire ran the gamut from slow, gut-wrenching blues to exuberant boogie-woogies, Roland was also a persuasive vocalist and even a fine guitarist. He went to New York City three times between 1933 and 1935 to record for ARC; during this same period he also accompanied Bogan (by now calling herself Bessie Jackson), additionally recording with Sonny Scott and Josh White. After 1935, however, Roland seems to have dropped off the face of the earth -- his subsequent activities and ultimate fate remain unknown. ---Jason Ankeny, Roi
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