James Booker plays "Black Night" Album: New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live !

It contains nine Booker selections that he performed at the 1977 Boogie Woogie & Ragtime Piano Contest held in Zurich. His relentless, driving style, ability to switch from a hard-hitting tune to a light, soft one without skipping a beat, and his wild mix of sizzling keyboard licks and bemused, manic vocals are uniformly impressive. Piano Wizard a bit short for a CD at 37 minutes, but it has so much flamboyant music and singing that it shouldn't be missed.

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His album New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live!, recorded at a boogie-woogie contest in Zurich in 1977, won France's Grand Prix du Disque. On his return home, though, he could not earn a living wage from gigs. Promoter John Parsons gave him a residency at the Maple Leaf, a New Orleans bar. But as Lee Madere, another friend, notes: "Others would book him, shovel cocaine up his noise, feed him Crème de Cacao or Seagrams 7, and make money off his performance. At the Maple Leaf, Booker was often ignored by audiences, who would talk through his songs.

Download James Booker - : 5 - 1978 - 1995, FLAC (tracks+. James Booker 1978 James Booker - New Orleans Piano Wizard Live! (Rounder 2027) 01 On the Sunny Side of the Street. 02 - If You're Lonely. 03 - Warsaw Concerto. 04 - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Solo Piano Alternate Take). 05 - Medley： Tico Tico ／ Papa Was a Rascal ／ So Swell When You're Well. 06 - All Around The World.

JAMES BOOKER - Slowly But Surely, from album: The Piano Prince of New Orleans, 1976. HOUGH LAURIE, DR. HOUSE - Georgia On My Mind, from television serial: "House", episode 21, 5th season. JAMES P. JOHNSON - Mule Walk Stomp, recorded in 1938 (1913). ELLIS LARKINS - Things ain't what they used to be, from concert: Buenos Aires, 1974. MARCUS ROBERTS - Single Petal of a Rose, from album: The Truth Is Spoken Here, 1988. RAY BRYANT - Cubano Chant, from album: Ray Bryant Trio, 1957. DR. JHON - Nearness of you from album: Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, 1981.

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Also known as Booker, J. Booker, J. C. Booker, James Booker And His Organ, James C. Booker, James Carroll Booker. Download release in mp3. Imprint date. New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! 9. mp3. 1981. 4. King Of The New Orleans Keyboard.

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