Atlantic Blues – Piano (1990)

01. Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special
02. Little Brother Montgomery - Talkin' Boogie
03. Jimmy Yancey - Mournful Blues
04. Jimmy Yancey - Salute to Pinetop
05. Jimmy Yancey - Shave 'Em Dry
06. Jack Dupree - Frankie & Johnny
07. Jack Dupree - TB Blues
08. Jack Dupree - Strollin'
09. Professor Longhair - Tipitina
10. Vann "Piano Man" Walls - Blue Sender
11. Vann "Piano Man" Walls - After Midnight
12. Joe Turner - Roll 'Em Pete
13. Jay McShann - Fore Day Rider
14. Jay McShann - My Chile
15. Meade Lux Lewis - Cow Cow Blues
16. Meade Lux Lewis - Albert's Blues
17. Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
18. Ray Charles - Low Society
19. Floyd Dixon - Hey Bartender
20. Floyd Dixon - Floyd's Blues
21. Texas Johnny Brown - After Hours Blues
22. Doctor John - Junco Partner
23. Willie Mabon - I Don't Know

Sampling treats from such blues hotbeds as Chicago, Kansas City, and New Orleans, this single disc from Atlantic's blues box spotlights the men at the ivories with 23 good-to-excellent sides. Giving due respect to the boogie-woogie heyday of the '30s and '40s, the collection includes four 1972 sides by Jimmy Yancey (cut just prior to his death) and three early-'50s numbers by Meade "Lux" Lewis. Another fine tinkler, Champion Jack Dupree, reveals the rougher side of the boogie craze with some fine, latter-day barrelhouse gems off of his universally lauded Blues From the Gutter album. And not to forget Kansas City and the Crescent City, the disc also includes a true classic by Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson ("Roll 'Em Pete"), a few solid sides by big band veteran and onetime Charlie Parker employer Jay McShann, and a genre-defining bayou classic compliments of Professor Longhair ("Tipitina"). With an intriguing 1953 demo by Ray Charles and an early-'70s funk rambler from Dr. John ("Junco Partner") to top things off, Atlantic Blues: Piano makes for a quality session by the stereo. --- Stephen Cook, Rovi

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