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New Orleans Piano

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Released
  
1972

Artist
  
Professor Longhair

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
43:04

Release date
  
1972

Genre
  
Blues

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Recorded
  
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. November 1953 (Tracks 1–5) November 1949 (Tracks 6–16)

New Orleans Piano (1972)
  
Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge (1991)

Producers
  
Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Herb Abramson

Similar
  
Professor Longhair albums, Blues albums

New Orleans Piano is a 1972 album by Professor Longhair. It consists of material previously released by Atlantic Records recorded in 1949 and 1953 plus alternate takes.

Contents

The 1953 recording of "Tipitina" was added to the US National Recording Registry in 2011.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 220 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track listing

All songs written by Roy Byrd

  1. "In the Night" – 2:33
  2. "Tipitina" – 2:39
  3. "Tipitina [*]" – 2:24
  4. "Ball the Wall" – 3:20
  5. "Who's Been Fooling You" – 2:12
  6. "Hey Now Baby" – 2:57
  7. "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" – 2:55
  8. "She Walks Right In [*]" – 3:09
  9. "Hey Little Girl" – 3:03
  10. "Willie Mae" – 2:49
  11. "Walk Your Blues Away" – 2:57
  12. "Professor Longhair Blues" – 2:29
  13. "Boogie Woogie" – 2:41
  14. "Longhair's Blues-Rhumba" – 3:14
  15. "Mardi Gras in New Orleans [*]" – 2:53
  16. "She Walks Right In" – 2:48

Tracks 1–5

  • Lee Allen – tenor saxophone
  • Edgar Blanchard – bass
  • Roy Byrd – vocals, piano
  • Earl Palmer – drums
  • Red Tyler – baritone saxophone

    • Tracks 6–16

  • Roy Byrd – vocals, piano
  • Robert Parker – alto saxophone
  • Al Miller or John Woodrow – drums
  • Unknown – bass
  • Unknown (thought to be Charles Brubeck) – tenor saxophone

    • Songs

    1In the Night2:32
    2Tipitina2:25
    3Hey Now Baby2:57

    References

    New Orleans Piano Wikipedia
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