Format Details:
Release Date: 06 May 2016
Label: The Orchard Select O Hits / Select O Hits
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0723265291517
Genres: Blues
Release Date: 27 October 2023
Label: Orleans Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 723265291531
Genres: Blues
Description
Professor Longhair emerged as a force in the New Orleans musical community with his initial recordings for the Star Talent label out of Houston and his series of 78's for Mercury, Atlantic and Federal Records issued between 1949 and 1953.
This recording is the result of Longhair's appearance at the Chicago Folk Festival in early 1976 that was recorded by a local radio station and mixed under the supervision of Billy Gregory, who kept his copy of the tape for about 35 years before presenting it to Carlo Ditta at Orleans Records for a listen.
There have been any number of official and semi-official 'live' Professor Longhair recordings issued since the pianist's untimely passing in 1980, but this record offers incontrovertible evidence of the power and drive of the mid-70's edition of Fess's band with Billy Gregory featured prominently on the guitar.
"One of the most revered rhythm and blues musicians in the legacy of New Orleans music" - Jazz FM
"There's everyone else and then there's Professor Longhair" - Allen Toussaint
"Essential music of uplift for people suffering from the human condition" - Rolling Stone
"Created of a deceptively relaxed style that seamlessly blended rhumba and other carribean forms into a bluesy Crescent City boogie" - Wondering Magazine
Description
Professor Longhair emerged as a force in the New Orleans musical community with his initial recordings for the Star Talent label out of Houston, and his series of 78s for Mercury, Atlantic, and Federal Records issued between 1949 and 1953. This recording is the result of Longhair's appearance at the Chicago Folk Festival in early 1976. It was recorded by a local radio station and mixed under the supervision of Billy Gregory, who kept his copy of the tape for about 35 years before presenting it to Carlo Ditta at Orleans Records for a listen.
"There have been any number of official and semi-official "live" Professor Longhair recordings issued since the pianist's untimely passing in 1980, but this record offers incontrovertible evidence of the power and drive of the mid-70s edition of Fess's band with Billy Gregory featured prominently on guitar." - John Sinclair
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Professor Longhair
Guitar Slim Jr.
Carlo Ditto
Little Freddie King
Various Artists
Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
