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(P) 2015
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1. Lazy Woman Blues 2. Lonesome Lovesick Blues 3. Just A Crazy Song / (Hi-Hi-Hi) 4. Sugar Blues 5. I'm Gettin Myself Ready For You 6. Loveless Love 7. It's Right Here For You [...] |
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(P) 2010
 | ... His versatile guitar style and two-octave vocal range, which allowed him to sing in an impossibly high register, makes his style unique among country blues singers. Influencing the likes of Leadbelly (with whom he played [...]
1. Black Snake Moan 2. Match Box Blues 3. Easy Rider Blues 4. Rising High Water Blues 5. Weary Dogs Blues 6. Right Of Way Blues 7. Teddy Bear Blues 8. Black Snake Dream Blues [...] |
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(P) 2010
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1. You Shall 2. It's A Good Thing 3. Sweet To Mama 4. Half Cup Of Tea 5. Beale Town Bound 6. Last Go Round 7. Jazzin' The Blues 8. You Shall 9. It's A Good Thing [...] |
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(P) 2015
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1. Maybe I'm To Blame 2. I Wish I Were Twins 3. I Can't Dance 4. It Had To Be You 5. You Bring Out The Savage In Me 6. Imagination 7. Sing You Sinners 8. Singin' In The Rain [...] |
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(P) 2015
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1. The Soldier's Sweetheart 2. T For Texas, Blue Yodel No. 1 3. Away Out On The Mountain 4. Treasures Untold 5. The Sailor's Plea 6. Never No Mo' Blues 7. Desert Blues [...] |
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(P) 1992 (2011)
   | ... Although Reinhardt played in the jazz idiom, he did not try to mimic his American counterparts, but developed his own distinct style of playing (on an instrument that was not even an accepted jazz solo instrument at the time and with two crippled fingers on his left hand)! His pre-war recordings for HMV and Swing became wildly popular, selling to audiences eager to hear what this new 'European jazz' was [...]
1. Begin The Beguine 2. Blues 3. Swing 41 4. Nuages 5. Pour Vous 6. Fantasie Sur Une Danse Norvegienne 7. Vendredi 8. Liebesfreud 9. Little White Lies 10. Dark Eyes [...]
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(P) 2012
| ... Although Reinhardt played in the jazz idiom, he did not try to mimic his American counterparts, but developed his own distinct style of playing (on an instrument that was not even an accepted jazz solo instrument at the time and with two crippled fingers on his left hand)! His pre-war recordings for HMV and Swing became wildly popular, selling to audiences eager to hear what this new 'European jazz' was [...]
1. You Rascal You 2. Stephen's Blues 3. Sugar 4. Sweet Georgia Brown 5. Tea For Two 6. Stockholm 7. Younger Generation 8. I'll See You In My Dreams 9. Out Of Nowhere [...] |
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(P) 2012
| ... Although Reinhardt played in the jazz idiom, he did not try to mimic his American counterparts, but developed his own distinct style of playing (on an instrument that was not even an accepted jazz solo instrument at the time and with two crippled fingers on his left hand)! His pre-war recordings for HMV and Swing became wildly popular, selling to audiences eager to hear what this new 'European jazz' was [...]
1. A Little Love, A Little Kiss 2. Mystery Pacific 3. In A Sentimental Mood 4. The Sheik Of Araby 5. Alabamy Bound 6. Parfum 7. Bouncin' Around 8. Bricktop 9. Speevey [...]
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(P) 2000 (2011)
| ... Although Reinhardt played in the jazz idiom, he did not try to mimic his American counterparts, but developed his own distinct style of playing (on an instrument that was not even an accepted jazz solo instrument at the time and with two crippled fingers on his left hand)! His pre-war recordings for HMV and Swing became wildly popular, selling to audiences eager to hear what this new 'European jazz' was [...]
1. I'se A Muggin' 2. Are You In The Mood? 3. Oriental Shuffle 4. After You're Gone 5. Georgia On My Mind 6. Shine 7. Exactly Like You 8. Charleston 9. You're Driving Me Crazy [...]
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(P) 2011
| ... Wildly popular, he was one of the first male blues guitar players to achieve national acclaim. His versatile guitar style and two-octave vocal range¦which allowed him to sing in an impossibly high register¦made his style unique among country blues singers. Influencing the [...]
1. Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues 2. 'lectric Chair Blues 3. Lemon's Worried Blues 4. Mean Jumper Blues 5. Balky Mule Blues 6. Change My Luck Blues 7. Prison Cell Blues [...] |
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(P) 2011
| ... Blake¦one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time¦is best known for his development of the "ragtime" guitar style, the sheer complexity of which has baffled would-be imitators for the past eight decades. His mastery of this [...]
1. Poker Woman Blues 2. Doing A Stretch 3. Fightin' The Jug 4. Hookworm Blues 5. Slippery Rag 6. Hastings Street 7. Diddie Wah Diddie 8. Too Tight Blues 9. Chump Man Blues [...] |
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(P) 2011
| ... song about him called "Blind Willie McTell"), to Jack White (who covered his "Southern Can Mama" and "Lord, Send Me An Angel"). Originally recorded for Vocalion (in New York City) and Decca (in [...]
1. East ST. Louis Blues / (Fare You Well) 2. Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian 3. We Got To Meet Death One Day / (Take1) 4. We Got To Meet Death One Day / (Take2) [...] |
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(P) 1928 (2011)
| ... Her 1923 debut single for Columbia Records ("Gulf Coast Blues / Down Hearted Blues") sold 800,000 copies across racial lines, to both black and white audiences. By the time the sides on this LP were recorded in 1928 in NYC, Smith was the highest-paid / [...]
1. Standin' In The Rain 2. It Won't Be You 3. Spider Man Blues 4. Empty Bed Blues - Part 1 5. Empty Bed Blues - Part 2 6. Put It Right In There 7. Yes Indeed He Do Side [...] |
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(P) 1928 (2011)
| ... Blake¦one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time¦is best known for his development of the "ragtime" guitar style, the sheer complexity of which has baffled would-be imitators for the past eight decades. His mastery of this approach was so complete that none have ever come close to being able to imitate him. The [...]
1. Good-Bye Mama Moan 2. Tootie Blues 3. That Lovin' I Crave 4. That Lonesome Rave 5. Terrible Murder Blues 6. Leavin' Gal Blues 7. No Dough Blues 8. Lead Hearted Blues [...] |
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(P) 2011
| ... Although McTell had been busking for change since his early teen years, his official recording career began for Victor in 1927 in Atlanta, Georgia. This 32-track collection of rare sides¦originally [...]
1. Low Rider's Blues 2. Georgia Rag 3. Low Down Blues / Vocal Ruth Mary Willis ) 4. Rollin' Mama Blues / Vocal Ruby Glaze ) 5. Lonesome Day Blues / Vocal Ruby Glaze ) [...] |
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(P) 2011
| ... 1927 was a watershed year for Duke Ellington, not only did he land the prestigious Cotton Club gig (and the nationwide radio broadcast that went along with it), but it was also the year that Ellington signed a lucrative deal with agent [...]
1. Creole Love Call 2. The Blues I Love To Sing 3. Black & Tan Fantasy 4. Washington Wobble 5. What Can A Poor Fellow Do 6. Black & Tan Fantasy 7. Chicago Stomp Down [...] |
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(P) 2011
| ... In her short lifetime (she died in a car accident at age 42), she made close to 200 recordings, teaming up with just about every talented black musician of her day, including Clarence Williams, Charlie Green, Joe Smith, James P. Johnson, Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson, to name just a few. The "Empress [...]
1. Preachin' The Blues 2. Back Water Blues 3. After You've Gone 4. Alexander's Ragtime Band 5. Muddy Water / (Mississippi Moan) 6. There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town T [...] |
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(P) 2010
| ... antithesis of Delta blues. Like many, he played his guitar like a piano but few did it with the talent of this man. Called the "King of Ragtime-blues", no one had fingers as fast as Blind Blake, but [...]
1. Bad Feelin' Blues 2. Dry Bone Shuffle 3. That Will Happen No More 4. Brownskin Mama Blues 5. Hard Road Blues 6. Hey Hey Daddy Blues 7. Sea Board Stomp 8. You Gonna Quit Me Blues [...] |
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(P) 2010
| ... They include the original rare versions of "Walkin' Blues" (later made famous by Robert Johnson) and "Death Letter Blues" (here called "My Black Mama Part II), covered by Jack White of the White Stripes. The remaining 17 tracks on this album are a chance for listeners to hear some lesser [...]
1. My Black Mama - Part 1 / Son House 2. My Black Mama - Part 2 / Son House 3. Preachin' The Blues Part 1 / Son House 4. Preachin' The Blues - Part 2 / Son House [...] |
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(P) 2010
| ... Okeh took the fiddle player's advice and recorded two sessions with Hurt, one in Memphis and one in NYC, of which only a single (Nobody's Dirty Business / Frankie) was ever recorded and promptly forgotten. Hurt spent the next 35 years sharecropping, and working for the railroad (where he learned songs like "Spike [...]
1. Frankie 2. Nobody's Dirty Business 3. Ain't No Tellin' 4. Louis Collins 5. Avalon Blues 6. Big Leg Blues 7. Stack O Lee 8. Candy Man Blues 9. Got The Blues / (Can't Be Satisfied) [...] |
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