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Chuck Higgins
Blows His Wig!
Ace (U.K.)
Year: 2006.
Chuck Higgins was, by his own admission, never much of a sax player. A competent trumpeter who only switched to tenor a couple of years before making his first recordings, he never really developed the skill or technique. Higgins’ saxblasting was, at best, rudimentary. His often off-key honking was never likely to bring sleepless nights to the likes of his Central Avenue contemporaries such as ...
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Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Ain't Got No Home: The Best of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Chess
Year: 1994.
18 really "best of-tracks" by one of New Orleans' R&B giants.
Track listing:
1. Ain't Got No Home
2. Troubles, Troubles
3. Lonely Tramp
4. It Won't Be Long
5. Baby Baby Please
6. I'm In Love
7. (I Don't Know Why) But I Do
8. Just My Baby And Me
9. Your Picture
10. You Always Hurt The One You Love
11. Lonely Street
12. I Love You, Yes I Do
13. Standing In The Need Of Love
14. On ...
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Hadda Brooks
Swingin' the Boogie
Ace (U.K.)
Year: 2003.
The second 'Ace 10 Inch CD' pays tribute to 'The First Lady Of Modern Records', the late Hadda Brooks. This remastered compilation, mostly instrumental, draws it's content from the many invigorating boogie pieces she recorded for Modern between 1945 & 1951 - including, for the first time on a legit CD, both sides of Modern's debut 78rpm release. 19 tracks including one hidden track, Radio KRE ...
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Hadda Brooks
I've Got News for You
Virgin Records
Year: 1999.
Amazon editorial review:
I've Got News for You collects a half-century's worth of sides by Hadda Brooks, who, in her 80s, continues to excel mightily at both boogie piano and cocktail-hour blues and pop. On disc 1 ("Hadda Sings"), classic performances such as "That's My Desire" and "Dream" sit beside new recordings of duets with Charles Brown and ex-Geraldine Fibber Carla Bozulich. The ...
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Larry Williams
Bad Boy of Rock 'n' Roll
Ace (U.K.)
Year: 1999.
Compilation of all of his powerhouse rocking, late '50s tracks for Specialty. All tunes are taken from the original single masters & feature the best R&B and rock'n'roll musicians from Hollywood & New Orleans backing Williams. 24 tracks in all, including the hits 'Short Fat Fannie', 'High School Dance' and 'Bony Morone'. 1999 release.
Track listing:
1. Short Fat Fannie
2. High School ...
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