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For a man of such talent and influence, New Orleans piano legend James Booker is amazingly under-recorded. This disc and its partner (Spiders on the Keys) offer up some measure of what the folks of the Big Easy might have heard if they caught Booker on one of his "on" nights (he was a known drug user and inconsistent in his playing). He is at his best here (recorded at the Maple Leaf between 1972-1982), focused and intense in his playing, wildly passionate on both keyboards and vocals. Some songs are repeated on the companion disc, but each treatment makes the songs new again, so that even his standards are always fresh and vital. Sheer genius at the keyboards and unrestrained, heartfelt vocals on such highlights as Fats Domino's "All By Myself," "The Fat Man," and "St. James Infirmary."
© Bob Gottlieb /TiVo
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James Booker, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Cropper, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Floyd, ComposerLyricist - LARRY WILLIAMS, ComposerLyricist - Barrett Strong, ComposerLyricist - Norman Whitfield, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Booker, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ervin M. Drake, Author - ALOYSIO DE OLIVEIRA, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - José Gomes de Abreu, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Booker, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lloyd Price, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Booker, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Frederic Chopin, Composer - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Booker, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Antoine Domino, ComposerLyricist - Dave Bartholomew, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Booker, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Buddy Johnson, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Booker, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Shad, ComposerLyricist - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Booker, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Booker, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ernesto Lecuona, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Booker, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Allen Toussaint, Composer - Don Raye, ComposerLyricist - Memphis Curtis, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - J. Mayo Williams, ComposerLyricist - Granville "Sticks" McGhee, ComposerLyricist - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Booker, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Huddie Ledbetter, ComposerLyricist - John Parsons, Producer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
For a man of such talent and influence, New Orleans piano legend James Booker is amazingly under-recorded. This disc and its partner (Spiders on the Keys) offer up some measure of what the folks of the Big Easy might have heard if they caught Booker on one of his "on" nights (he was a known drug user and inconsistent in his playing). He is at his best here (recorded at the Maple Leaf between 1972-1982), focused and intense in his playing, wildly passionate on both keyboards and vocals. Some songs are repeated on the companion disc, but each treatment makes the songs new again, so that even his standards are always fresh and vital. Sheer genius at the keyboards and unrestrained, heartfelt vocals on such highlights as Fats Domino's "All By Myself," "The Fat Man," and "St. James Infirmary."
© Bob Gottlieb /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:58
- Main artists: James Booker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder
- Genre: Jazz
© 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1993 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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