Memphis Slim - Memphis Slim and the Real Boogie-Woogie - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The music on this recording is at once far-reaching and intimate. It has a quality enjoyed well beyond contemporary fans of this style of music, and yet this recording gives the listener the sense of being privy to a very precise moment in music history with Memphis Slim (1915-1988) as he plays piano. Slim (born Peter Chatman) grew up listening to his father perform blues in various venues in Memphis, Tennessee. He started performing around town at a young age before moving to Chicago at 25. He is accompanied on this album- the third of his four recordings for Folkways Records - by Arnold InchJumpInch Jackson (drums) and Arbee Stidham (guitar). The liner notes feature a biography of Slim by music critic Martin Williams. Album Tracks 1. Boogie Woogie Piano Styles 2. Alberta 3. Scandinavian Boogie 4. Between Midnight and Dawn 5. 46th Street Boogie (Fast Boogie) 6. The Big Race 7. Chicago Rent Party 8. Down South

Born in the beating heart of Memphis and tempered by the roar of Beale Street and the smoky clubs of Chicago, Peter Chapman emerges here as Memphis Slim, a pianist whose touch rewrote the blues canon long before the world knew his name. From whisky-soaked nights filling in for Roosevelt Sykes to defining his own voice alongside legends, these recordings stand as a testament to a life lived deep in the music that shaped modern American sound. Album Tracks 1. We've Been Together Too Long 2. Sassy Mae 3. The Driving Wheel 4. Life Is Like That 5. All By Myself 6. Next Time You See Me 7. Misery 8. Kansas City 9. The Comeback 10. H.C.F Boogie 11. The Blues Is Everywhere 12. Boogie Jam

Slim is joined by His House Rockers, feat. Matt InchGuitarInch Murphy, feat. 2 instrumentals, 3 songs not available since the 78s & 4 never before released alternate takes. Acrobat. 2001. Album Tracks 1. Chunkin 2. Lonely Nights 3. Walk on 4. Pretending I'm Happy 5. The Natural Fact 6. Blues Universal 7. When I'm Gone 8. Twa 9. Bye Will Be on My Way 10. Letter Home 11. Memphis Slim USA 12. Born with the Blues 13. I Wanna Dance 14. Coco Boogie 15. Fat Cat 16. She's Gone for Twelve Hours 17. My Walking Shoes 18. The Big Dream