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Allen Toussaint: The Bright Mississippi

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On April 21, 2009, “Nonesuch” label released “The Bright Mississippi”, the tenth Allen Toussaint album. It was recorded in March 2008, and was produced by Joe Henry. 

Personnel:

  • Allen Toussaint – vocals, piano
  • Marc Ribot – acoustic guitar
  • Brad Mehldau – piano
  • David Piltch – upright bass
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, percussion
  • Joshua Redman – tenor saxophone
  • Nicholas Payton – trumpet
  • Don Byron – clarinet

Track listing:

  1. Egyptian Fantasy – Sidney Bechet, John Reid
  2. Dear Old Southland – Raymond Bloch
  3. St. James Infirmary – traditional
  4. Singin’ the Blues – Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson
  5. Whinin’ Boy Blues – Jelly Roll Morton
  6. West End Blues – Joe Oliver, Clarence Williams
  7. Blue Drag – Django Reinhardt
  8. Just a Closer Walk with Thee – traditional
  9. Bright Mississippi – Thelonious Monk
  10. Day Dream – Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  11. Long, Long Journey – Leonard Feather
  12. Solitude – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange

Hot Tuna: Same

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In May 1970, “RCA Victor” label released the self-titled, debut Hot Tuna album. It was recorded in September 1969, at “New Orleans House” in Berkeley, and was produced by Al Schmitt.

Personnel:

  • Jorma Kaukonen – vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Will Scarlett – harmonica
  • Jack Casady – bass guitar
  • Allen Zentz – engineer
  • Pat Leraci – master of the machines
  • Margareta Kaukonen – painting
  • Gut – art direction
  • Mike Frankel – photography

Track listing:

  1. Hesitation Blues – traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
  2. How Long Blues – Leroy Carr
  3. Uncle Sam Blues – traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
  4. Don’t You Leave Me Here – Jelly Roll Morton
  5. Death Don’t Have No Mercy – Reverent Gary Davis
  6. Know Your Rider – traditional, arranged by Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady
  7. Oh Lord, Search My Heart – Reverent Gary Davis
  8. Winin’ Boy Blues – Jelly Roll Morton
  9. New Song (for the Morning) – Jorma Kaukonen
  10. Mann’s Fate – Jorma Kaukonen

John Martyn: The Tumbler

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In October 1968, “Island” label released “The Tumbler”, the second John Martyn album. It was recorded in July 1968, at “Regent Sound” in London, and was produced by Al Stewart.

Personnel:

  • John Martyn – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
  • Paul Wheeler – guitar
  • Harold McNair– flute
  • David Moses – double bass
  • Francine Winham – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by John Martyn except where noted.

  1. Sing A Song of Summer
  2. The River
  3. Goin’ Down to Memphis
  4. The Gardeners – Bill Lyons
  5. A Day at the Sea
  6. Fishin’ Blues – Henry Thomas
  7. Dusty
  8. Hello Train
  9. Winding Boy – Jelly Roll Morton
  10. Fly on Home – John Martyn, Paul Wheeler
  11. Knuckledy Crunch and Slippledee-slee Song
  12. Seven Black Roses

Jelly Roll Morton

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On July 10, 1941, Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe aka Jelly Roll Morton, died aged 60. He was musician (piano), bandleader and composer,  regarded as the pivotal figure in early jazz. His composition “Jelly Roll Blues” was the first published jazz composition, in 1915.  He wrote number of ragtime and early jazz standards such as “King Porter Stomp”, “Wolverine Blues”, “Black Bottom Stomp”, and “I thought I heard Buddy Bolden Say”.