Barrelhouse Piano Blues & Boogie

Champion Jack Dupree

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 6, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Culture Press
• ASIN: B00000IJIQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #937,432 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Another lost to Europe, April 20, 2007

By	M. J. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Dupree is a barrelhouse pianist par excellent - thick chords in a pounding rhythm, ornamentation in the right hand adding depth to the basic chording of the style. Add a straightfoward vocals of a unsophisticated style. What do you get? Not a run-of-the-mill traditional barrelhouse blues - a superb stylist who knows exactly how to squeeze every bit of emotion and art possible out of the genre. So naturally, he ends up in Europe from 1959 until his death. Despite recording with the (now) better known Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry and Little Willie John, he found greater acceptance and recognition in Europe. Just give "Cabbage Greens No. 1" a listen - think of a contemporary performer, say Marcia Ball, and try to tell me that Dupree isn't an early master of a living tradition.

There is nothing particularly special about this collection - others showcase him as well. But if you have any interest in barrelhouse blues you MUST have some Champion Jack Dupree in your collection - preferable an anthology like this recorded primarily in the 1940's.