(Blues) [WEB] Memphis Slim - Memphis Slim's Tribute To Big Bill Broonzy Etc. - 1961/1989, FLAC (tracks), lossless

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Analyzed: Memphis Slim / Memphis Slim's Tribute To Big Bill Broonzy Etc.
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR14      -5.86 dB   -24.60 dB      3:20 01-I Feel so Good
DR15      -5.60 dB   -26.07 dB      3:20 02-Rockin' Chair Blues
DR14      -7.95 dB   -28.21 dB      3:41 03-Baby Gone
DR12     -12.12 dB   -27.88 dB      3:52 04-Cow Cow Blues
DR16      -5.94 dB   -27.82 dB      4:49 05-Miss Ida B
DR15      -7.65 dB   -28.56 dB      3:59 06-Fourty-Four Blues
DR15      -7.07 dB   -28.30 dB      3:33 07-Trouble in Mind
DR15      -7.41 dB   -27.46 dB      3:21 08-Worried Life Blues
DR15      -9.36 dB   -28.65 dB      2:39 09-I Don't Want My Rooster Crowin' After the Sun Goes Down
DR16      -7.35 dB   -29.18 dB      4:54 10-Lonesome in My Bedroom
DR14      -6.27 dB   -24.45 dB      2:25 11-Diggin' My Potatoes
DR14      -7.10 dB   -27.76 dB      3:59 12-In the Evenin'
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Number of tracks:  12
Official DR value: DR15
Samplerate:        44100 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   16
Bitrate:           697 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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Biography by Bill Dahl
An amazingly prolific artist who brought a brisk air of urban sophistication to his frequently stunning presentation, John "Peter" Chatman -- better known as Memphis Slim -- assuredly ranks with the greatest blues pianists of all time. He was smart enough to take Big Bill Broonzy's early advice about developing a style to call his own to heart, instead of imitating that of his idol, Roosevelt Sykes. Soon enough, other 88s pounders were copying Slim rather than the other way around; his thundering ivories attack set him apart from most of his contemporaries, while his deeply burnished voice possessed a commanding authority.
As befits his stage name, John "Peter" Chatman was born and raised in Memphis; a great place to commit to a career as a bluesman. Sometime in the late '30s, he resettled in Chicago and began recording as a leader in 1939 for OKeh, then switched over to Bluebird the next year. Around the same time, Slim joined forces with Broonzy, then the dominant force on the local blues scene. After serving as Broonzy's invaluable accompanist for a few years, Slim emerged as his own man in 1944.
After the close of World War II, Slim joined Hy-Tone Records, cutting eight tracks that were later picked up by King. Lee Egalnick's Miracle label reeled in the pianist in 1947; backed by his jumping band, the House Rockers (its members usually included saxists Alex Atkins and Ernest Cotton), Slim recorded his classic "Lend Me Your Love" and "Rockin' the House." The next year brought the landmark "Nobody Loves Me" (better known via subsequent covers by Lowell Fulson, Joe Williams, and B.B. King as "Everyday I Have the Blues") and the heartbroken "Messin' Around (With the Blues)."
The pianist kept on label-hopping, moving from Miracle to Peacock to Premium (where he waxed the first version of his uncommonly wise down-tempo blues "Mother Earth") to Chess to Mercury before staying put at Chicago's United Records from 1952 to 1954. This was a particularly fertile period for the pianist; he recruited his first permanent guitarist, the estimable Matt Murphy, who added some serious fret fire to "The Come Back," "Sassy Mae," and "Memphis Slim U.S.A."
Before the decade was through, the pianist landed at Vee-Jay Records, where he cut definitive versions of his best-known songs with Murphy and a stellar combo in gorgeously sympathetic support (Murphy was nothing short of spectacular throughout).
Slim exhibited his perpetually independent mindset by leaving the country for good in 1962. A tour of Europe in partnership with bassist Willie Dixon a couple of years earlier had so intrigued the pianist that he permanently moved to Paris, where recording and touring possibilities seemed limitless and the veteran pianist was treated with the respect too often denied even African-American blues stars at home back then. He remained there until his 1988 death, enjoying his stature as expatriate blues royalty.

Blues pianist Memphis Slim, harmonica wizard Jazz Gillum, and guitarist Arbee Stidham assembled in a New York City recording studio on January 16, 1961, under the supervision of Nat Hentoff to track an album session for Candid Records. That they did, but what began to emerge was a loose, musical "trialogue" on departed blues artists that the trio had either known or been influenced by, a list that included Big Bill Broonzy, Leroy Carr, Cow Cow Davenport, Curtis Jones, Walter Davis, Roosevelt Sykes, Blind Blake, Washboard Sam, and Big Maceo, each of whom is given a tip of the hat in one song or another. Slim's piano is a bit out of tune throughout the proceedings, as is Stidham's guitar, which makes this less than a perfect recording, but the respect and reverence and wonderfully loose, intimate, and ragged delight these three veteran blues performers bring to these tracks offset the technical defects. Highlights include a sparkling and upbeat version of Cow Cow Davenport's "Cow Cow Blues," a crisp take on Roosevelt Sykes' "Forty-Four Blues," and a vigorous tip of the hat to Blind Blake on "Diggin' My Potatoes." The end result isn't a perfect album, mostly due to the tuning problems, but it has a very real intimacy to it, and it unwinds like an easy musical reminiscence between three old friends. This tribute from Slim, Jazz, and Arbee may not be essential, but it sure is honest, and true to the name of the record label, it is indeed candid. There's something to be said for that.
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For this Candid date, Memphis Slim was asked by producer Nat Hentoff to bring his own men. He showed up with William 'Jazz' Gillum, the searing harmonica player who hadn't recorded in many years and whom Memphis had found in glum poverty. Also in the entourage was the sonorous Arbee Stidham, a guitarist and singer for whom Slim had also been a major source of encouragement. Memphis Slim's performance was described as ''an exciting glimpse of the submerged seven-eights of the jazz iceberg - the kind of rolling barrelhouse piano that has been played, in the colored ghettos for the past 50 years. A tough, rough but subtly intricate music that has grown directly from the life in the slum tenements.''

Vocals, Guitar – Arbee Stidham
Vocals, Harmonica – Jazz Gillum
Vocals, Piano – Memphis Slim