Saturday, February 16, 2013

Album List: Blues, New Orleans

Blues
·         Adele – British Aretha Franklin with a tenderness of relationship hurt that has captured the Globe, the hurt is the blues part and that is what makes Adele transcend pop [19 (2008),  21 (2011)]

·         Alabama Shakes – Brittany Howard has an amazing voice and great southern Ameriana blues[ Boys & Girls (2012)]

·         Amy Winehouse – Hints of Sinatra-rat pack era blues with punk-self destruction jazz [Back To Black (2006), Frank (2007)]

·         Andre Williams – A dirtier James Brown, who can sing raw sex with authentic musicianship better than anyone I have ever heard [Silky (1998), Red Dirt (1999), The Black Godfather (2000), Hollad Shuffle: Live At The Green Hornet (2003), Rib Tips and Pig Snoots (2006), Can You Deal With It? (2008)]

·         B.B. King – Virtuoso blues guitarist who can shake you [B.B. King Madacy Discs (2002)]

·         The Black Keys – Auerbach is a Hendrix level guitarist, when he plays you know who it is, 2 piece band that just God damn rocks and makes you ache. [The Big Come Up (2002), thickfreakness (2003), Rubber Factory (2004), LenArt (2004), The Moan (2004), Chulahoma (2006), Magic Potion (2006), Your Touch (2006), The Live EP (2007), Attack & Release (2008), Brothers (2010), El Camino (2011)]

·         Bobby Bland – classic blues [Two Steps From The Blues (2001)]

·         Buddy Guy – Influential Blues Guitarist with amazing rhythm [20th Century Masters: The Best of Buddy Guy (2001), Buddy’s Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy (2009)]

·         Dan Auerbach – solo album of Black Keys front man [Keep It Hid (2009)]

·         Etta James – greatest female blues singer of all time who could equally belt an Ella Fitzgerald love song [At Last (1961), The Definitive Collection  (2006)]

·         J.D. McPherson – throwback Chuck Berry shake it rock/blues [Signs and Signifiers (2012)]

·         Jack White – outstanding guitarist who breaks boundaries but a bit quirky [Blunderbuss (2012)]

·         John Lee Hooker – straight you know he lived it blues [The Definitive Collection (2006), Boom Boom 80 Essential Tracks (2011)]

·         Lead Belly – older than old school blues [Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy Vol 1 (1996)]

·         Muddy Waters – Southern authentic foundational make you howl blues [The Definitive Collection (2006)]

·         Nick Waterhouse – throwback smoky club like Amy Winehouse but more big band, old school saxaphone [Time’s All Gone (2012)]

·         Ray Charles – icon of blues, rock, soul, country if he wanted shake it with the darkness [The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years (1994), The Genius Sings The Blues (2005), Genius: The Ultimate Collection (2009), Modern Soundish Country and Western Music, Vols 1 & 2 (2009), Ray Charles Fifty Favorites (2010)]

·         The White Stripes – Jack White’s former band, not a huge fan but they can rock [Elephant (2003), Icky Thump (2007), Under Great White Northern Lights (2010)] 

New Orleans 

(This is its own category, because although most of these groups could be placed in other categories an in severable part of New Orleans lives in them.  New Orleans is a gumbo and the collection of this music heard together explains that very well.) 

·         Cowboy Mouth – New Orleans rock music that will grasp your soul and make you want to kick yourself in the ass for ever thinking life wasn’t worth living [All You Need Is Live (2000)]

·         The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – Classic New Orleans Brass Band music with a trumpeter that can play two trumpets at once [Medicated Magic (2002)]

·         Dr. John – voodoo master piano/funk icon with Yat/blues lyrics [The Ultimate Dr. John (1997), Mercenary (2006), City That Care Forgot (2008), Locked Down (2012)]

·         Fats Domino – world-stage piano shake icon, who put the baby steps of rock n roll to a new level [Greatest Hits: Walking to New Orleans (2007)]

·         Flaming Arrows – Afro-Indian tribal Congo Square Bamboula rhythm New Orleans music [Here Come The Indians (1997)]

·         Galactic – New Orleans funk/rock icons that will make you shake all night [Ya-Ka-May (2010), Carnivale Electricos (2012)]

·         Harry Connick Jr. – A new Frank Sinatra with New Orleans Blues and a Marsalis’ trained pedigree piano chops [20 (1988), Blue Light, Red Light (1991), Come By Me (1999)]

·         Henry Butler – New Orleans’ blind piano playing soul singer [Pianola Live (2008)]

·         Irvin Mayfield – world class trumpeter and a pillar of modern jazz [Love Songs, Ballads, and Standards w/ Ellis Marsalis (2008), A Love Letter To New Orleans (2011)]

·         John Boutte – New Orleans’ Sam Cooke [Jambalaya (2008]

·         Kermit Ruffins – Modern Louis Armstrong and New Orleans ambassador with a humble keeping it real style [Throwback (2005), Live At Vaughn’s (2007), Happy Talk (2010)]

·         Los Hombres Calientes – Latino rhythm jazz side project of Irvin Mayfield [Vol 5 Carnival (2009)]

·         Louis Armstrong – The icon of New Orleans jazz and trumpet virtuoso [Platinum Classics: The Very Best of Louis Armstrong (2005), The Definitive Collection (2006)]

·         The Marsalis Family – from poverty to the New Orleans modern jazz family, their jazz influence is global [A Jazz Celebration (2009). Music Redeems (2010)]

·         The Meters – The foundation of New Orleans funk and house party good times music, with George Porter’s world-class bass guitar [The Meters Anthology (1995), The Very Best of the Meters (2005)]

·         Professor Longhair – definition of New Orleans piano-based music this record is a document [Rock ‘n Roll Gumbo (1977)]

·         Rebirth Brass Band – New Orleans brass band music at its best, make you dance with a drink in your hand all night [The Main Event: Live at the Maple Leaf (2008), Rebirth of New Orleans (2011)]

·         Trombone Shorty – young torch-bearer of New Orleans pop-brass to the Globe [Backatown (2010), For True (2011)]
 
Compilations

·         City of Dreams: A Collection of New Orleans Music (2007)
·         Treme – The Sound of New Orleans
·         Treme II – More Classic Sounds From New Orleans
·         Basin Street Sampler (2012) – Basin Street Records
·         Louisiana Blues, Best of New Orleans Blues 

{All of these comps are a mix of Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Al Hirt, Louis Prima, Pete Fountain, and lesser known artists to the world like Al Johnson, Walter Washington, Eddie Bo, Paul Lenart, Tab Benoit, and Professor Longhair, who are super stars in New Orleans that are worth checking out}

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