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Genre: Blues Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 10-APR-1992
Genre: Blues Music
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Release Date: 10-APR-1992
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hear it again (exponentially) and feel good,
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This review is from: New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live (Audio CD)
If you love New Orleans jazz, esp. piano songs, you'll love this album. I end up listening to this album almost every day at work -- it's inspirational in the best sense of the word. I bought this CD because I love Prof. Longhair and Dr. John and was looking for new influences; read the above amazon reviews and decided to give it a shot. You should too. James Booker's voice and piano will shake your soul and make you love humanity. It's a feel-good CD, a really-feel-good CD.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Wonderful Gem,
By Asgeir Bjarnason (Reykjavik, Iceland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live (Audio CD)
One of my favorite recordings. Booker is an outstanding pianist and his singing is both touching and powerful. He thrilled me as he obviously also did the audience present during the recording of this album. I have probably listened more often to this album, than any other in my collection.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
James Booker's best,
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This review is from: New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live (Audio CD)
This album was recorded at something called the "Boogie Woogie and Ragtime Piano Contest" in Zuerich, Switzerland. What I want to know is, who were the other contestants? James Booker's best album, and probably one of the most soulful and rhythmically exciting albums ever recorded in this genre. Booker was a musical originator, but also famous for his ability to impersonate a wide variety of players. He seems to borrow heavily from Ray Charles at points on this album, but in my opinion he actually surpasses Charles in certain respects. His singing on this album is both bizarre and tortured and soulful, he has a nasal style here that was de rigeur for funk groups such as The Commodores and Cameo. You know what I'm talking about. The whole album is just Booker and his pyrotechnical piano (check out the amazing crescendo on the last track,) and should serve as a reminder that you don't need a big band or fancy production to be funkier than the rest.
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