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Chicago Blues Piano

Chicago was a great town for blues piano, and two of its finest exponents were Cripple Clarence Lofton (c.1897-1957) and Jimmy Yancey (1894-1951). Geoffrey Smith presents a feast of stomping blues and boogie-woogie by a pair of masters.

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Sun 14 Oct 2018 00:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Meade Lux Lewis

    Yancey Special

    • TOPAZ : 1069.
    • Topaz.
    • 1.

  • Jimmy Yancey

    Yancey Special

    • Complete Recorded Works Vol 3.
    • Document.
    • 4.

  • Jimmy Yancey

    Yancey Stomp

    Performer: Jimmy Yancey.
    • TOPAZ : TPZ1025.
    • TOPAZ.
    • 12.

  • Jimmy Yancey

    Yancey's Bugle Call

    Performer: Jimmy Yancey.
    • BLUEBIRD : ND 88334.
    • BLUEBIRD.
    • 11.

  • Cripple Clarence Lofton

    Streamlined Train

    Performer: Jimmy Yancey.
    • VOGUE : LDE 122.
    • Vogue.
    • 4.

  • Cripple Clarence Lofton

    I Don't Know

    Performer: Cripple Clarence Lofton.
    • VOGUE : LDE 122.
    • Vogue.
    • 5.

  • Jimmy Yancey

    Crying In My Sleep

    • BLUEBIRD : ND 88334.
    • BLUEBIRD.
    • 9.

  • Jimmy Yancey

    At The Window

    • Jazz Immortals No. 2.
    • Vogue.
    • 5.

Chicago Blues Piano

Yancey Special 

Meade Lux Lewis 

Yancey

Topaz 1069

Jimmy Yancey, p.

 

Yancey Special

Jimmy Yancey 

Yancey

Document DOC 5043

Jimmy Yancey, p.

 

The Fives 

Jimmy Yancey 

Yancey

Topaz TPZ 1025 

Jimmy Yancey, p.

 

Yancey Stomp 

Jimmy Yancey 

Yancey

Topaz TPZ 1025 

Jimmy Yancey, p.

 

State Street Special 

Jimmy Yancey 

Yancey

Topaz TPZ 1025 

Jimmy Yancey, p.

 

The Rocks 

Jimmy Yancey  

Yancey

Avid AMSC 553

 Jimmy Yancey, p.

 

Tell ‘Em About Me 

Jimmy Yancey 

Bluebird ND88334

Jimmy Lancey, p.

 

Big Bear Train

Jimmy Yancey 

Yancey

Avid AMSC 1094 

Jimmy Yancey, p.

 

Five O’Clock Blues 

Jimmy Yancey 

Bluebird ND88334

Jimmy Lancey, p.

 

Yancey’s Bugle Call 

Jimmy Yancey 

Bluebird ND88334

Jimmy Lancey, p.

 

Streamlined Train 

Cripple Clarence Lofton 

Lofton

Vogue LDE122

Cripple Clarence Lofton, p.

 

I Don’t Know 

Cripple Clarence Lofton  

Lofton

Vogue LDE122

Cripple Clarence Lofton, p.

 

Crying in My Sleep 

Jimmy Yancey 

Bluebird ND88334

Jimmy Lancey, p.

 

At the Window 

Jimmy Yancey 

Yancey

Vogue LDE166

Jimmy Yancey, p.

 

35th and Dearborn 

Jimmy Yancey 

Bluebird ND88334

Jimmy Lancey, p.

 

Midnight Stomp 

Jimmy Yancey 

Yancey

Document DOCD 5043

Jimmy Yancey, p.

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  • Sun 14 Oct 2018 00:00
    BBC Radio 3

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