New Orleans Piano: Blues Originals 2

Professor Longhair | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic
• ASIN: B000002I6Z
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,233 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #59 in Music > Blues > Regional Blues > New Orleans Blues
  • #67 in Music > Jazz > Dixieland
  • #72 in Music > Jazz > New Orleans Jazz

Track Listings

1. In the Night

2. Tipitina [*]

3. Tipitina [*]

4. Ball the Wall

5. Who's Been Fooling You

6. Hey Now Baby

7. Mardi Gras in New Orleans [#][*]

8. She Walks Right In [#][*]

9. Hey Little Girl

10. Willie Mae

11. Walk Your Blues Away

12. Professor Longhair Blues

13. Boogie Woogie

14. Longhair's Blues-Rhumba

15. Mardi Gras in New Orleans [*]

16. She Walks Right In

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th Century, March 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: New Orleans Piano: Blues Originals 2 (Audio CD)

This is one of the handful of albums from the 20th century in any or all genres of music which deserves the description "masterpiece". It is simply fantastic, and hugely influential on much music which followed. Many cuts on this album hit like a thunderbolt. Longhair was an original and a genius, and this is his best stuff. I cannot say enough enthusiastic things about this album--words fail me. Plus, it's a whole lot of fun! If this music doesn't make you tap your feet, check your pulse.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sound quality: rebuttal, February 20, 2004

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Norman Westbrook (Kamloops, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Orleans Piano: Blues Originals 2 (Audio CD)

To quibble about the sound quality (as a previous reviewer saw fit to) of these classic tracks is perhaps expecting too much from "modern" sound technology. I can only imagine what opinions would be forthcoming on the Delmark live Magic Sam releases! 6 STARS for the man I would consider to be the father of the New Orleans rock and blues sound !!

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars His Complete Atlantic Sessions!, October 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: New Orleans Piano: Blues Originals 2 (Audio CD)

This disc, originally released in the early 1970s, has been remastered and expanded to include the good professor's entire early 1950s recorded output for Atlantic.It's great! Includes the classic tracks "Tipitina", "Ball The Wall", "Mardi Gras In New Orleans", "She Walks Right In" and many others. If you love the New Orleans piano sound, it doesn't get much better than this! A wonderful album by the Mardi Gras king of "N'Orleans" that deserves a place in your CD collection.