Memphis Slim - All Kinds Of Blues

Album: All Kinds Of Blues
Size: 105,2 MB
Time: 45:30
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1963/1990
Styles: Blues, piano blues
Art: Full

1. Blues Is Troubles (3:25)
2. Grinder Man Blues (4:36)
3. Three-In-One Boogie (4:28)
4. Letter Home (3:39)
5. Churnin' Man Blues (6:32)
6. Two Of A Kind (4:16)
7. The Blacks (5:10)
8. If You See Kay (4:29)
9. Frankie And Johnny Boogie (4:09)
10. Mother Earth (4:42)

This early-'60s date was the second - and one of the best - of Memphis Slim's many top-notch Bluesville recordings. Featuring Slim accompanying himself on the piano, All Kinds of Blues is a vintage set of mellow yet deep blues by one of the music's most urbane performers. Whether reveling in his considerable boogie-woogie chops ("Three-in-One-Boogie") or tossing off a wryly sexual romp ("Grinder Man Blues"), Slim always seems to be totally at ease and in command. And while newcomers are advised to start out with one of his early-'50s sets on Chess, this will be one collection no Memphis Slim fan will want to overlook. /Stephen Cook, AllMusic

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VA - The Unissued 1963 Blues Festival

Size: 224 MB
Time: 40:37
File: Flac
Released: 1963
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

01 - Memphis Slim – Wish Me Well
02 - Memphis Slim – I Wrote This Song
03 - Memphis Slim – All By Myself
04 - Sonny Boy Williamson II – 99
05 - Sonny Boy Williamson II – Bye Bye Bird
06 - Memphis Slim – In The Evening
07 - Matt 'Guitar' Murphy – Groovin' On Bounce
08 - Matt 'Guitar' Murphy – Taking Off
09 - Sonny Boy Williamson II – All My Love In Vain
10 - Sonny Boy Williamson II – Your Funeral And My Trial
11 - Sonny Boy Williamson II – Don't Start Me To Talkin'

Now the music on this album is being played by what can only be described as an “all-star lineup band”. Sonny Boy Williamson [II] – Harmonica & vocals Matt “guitar” Murphy – Guitar Memphis Slim – Piano & vocals Willie Dixon – Bass Billy Stepney – Drums So just how did all this come together? The 1963 American Folk Blues Festival toured across Europe and the music from this tour was released originally on the Fontana label. However the concert played at Oberhausen, located in what was then West Germany, remained largely unheard, except for bootleg tracks played on a small French radio station in 1985. cream of the crate: album review # 174 - various artists: the unissued 1963 blues festival Willie Nixon, Memphis Slim, Matt Murphy & Billie Stepney: European Tour – [CLICK to enlarge] I’m uncertain as to why it took some 23 years for this album to be released, but that performance at Oberhausen is captured on this album. The one distracting thing is the “hum” on various tracks. According to the liner notes this hum was recorded along with the music and was due to a faulty microphone lead. I ran the tracks through some cleaning software and it has removed some of it, but anymore and it would have seriously compromised the recording, so we grin and cope with it because the music is worthwhile.

The Unissued 1963 Blues Festival FLAC

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Memphis Slim - Bluesville Presents

Album: Bluesville Presents
Size: 113,1 MB
Time: 48:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2024
Styles: Blues, piano blues
Art: Front

1. Let The Good Times Roll Creole (2:33)
2. Frankie And Johnny Boogie (4:06)
3. Lonesome Traveler (2:46)
4. Wish Me Well (2:43)
5. Rock Me Baby (2:45)
6. I'll Just Keep On Singin' The Blues (2:41)
7. Steppin' Out (2:03)
8. Mother Earth (4:42)
9. Cold Blooded Woman (3:41)
10. One Man's Mad (2:52)
11. Grinder Man Blues (4:32)
12. Three-in-one-boogie (4:25)
13. The Comeback (2:21)
14. Steady Rolling Blues (4:32)
15. I'm Lost Without You (2:01)

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. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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Memphis Slim - London, Brussels, Paris, Baden Baden (Live 1964)

Size: 120,2 MB
Time: 52:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2021
Styles: Piano blues
Art: Front

1. I'm Lost Without You (London May 23rd 1964) (2:39)
2. I'll Just Keep Singing The Blues (London May 23rd 1964) (3:24)
3. El Capitan (London May 23rd 1964) (2:38)
4. This Is A Good Time To Write A Song (London May 23rd 1964) (5:26)
5. Big Bertha (London May 23rd 1964) (2:22)
6. Train Has Gone (London May 23rd 1964) (2:43)
7. Going Down Slow (London May 23rd 1964) (4:11)
8. All About Myself (London May 23rd 1964) (1:39)
9. The Blues Is Everywhere (Brussels February 2nd 1964) (2:28)
10. All By Myself (Brussels February 2nd 1964) (2:07)
11. My Gal Keeps Me Crying (Brussels February 2nd 1964) (3:23)
12. Matt's Guitar Boogie (Brussels February 2nd 1964) (2:51)
13. I'm Lost Without You (Brussels February 2nd 1964) (2:47)
14. Wish Me Well (Brussels February 2nd 1964) (3:18)
15. It's Too Late (Paris 1964) (2:17)
16. I'll Just Keep Singing The Blues (Baden Baden September 29th 1963) (3:38)
17. Just A Dream (Manchester October 21st 1962) (4:04)

When Memphis Slim first visited Europe in 1960, he was already a twenty year veteran recording artist, with many US 78 rpm releases behind him and a very solid reputation leading small bands in the 1940s and ‘50s. It’s no wonder that he was able to captivate an entirely new kind of audience when he crossed the Atlantic, first as a visitor, then as a permanent resident, settling in Paris from 1962. The studios and concert halls of Europe were very different from the juke joints of the South or the nightclubs of Chicago, but it was all the same to Memphis Slim, who could grab and hold his listeners’ attention wherever he played.

Throughout the remainder of his life – he died in Paris in 1988, and was buried back home in Memphis – Slim made a great many albums, in all sorts of company, from duetting with Sonny Boy Williamson, to fronting big bands, or French beat groups, or Nashville session musicians. There were so many that the quality inevitably suffered. A blandness crept in, the performances sometimes seeming routine and even perfunctory, and his stock fell among many diehard blues fans. This is a great shame, as he deserves to be numbered among the true greats of the blues.

Recordings such as the ones on this disc should help to restore him to his rightful place, as they capture him at the very start of that new era of his career, still sounding fresh, his rich and expressive voice still in its prime, still full of enthusiasm for sharing his own personal heritage of blues and boogie piano. /Ray Templeton

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Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon - Songs Of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon + At The Village Gate (Remastered)

Size: 172.6 MB
Time: 73:06
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Piano Blues
Art: Full

01. Joggie Boogie (3:28)
02. Stewball (3:36)
03. John Henry (2:28)
04. Kansas City No1, 2 & 3 (7:50)
05. Have You Ever Been To Nashville Pen? (2:32)
06. Roll And Tumble (2:58)
07. Beer Drinking Woman (2:33)
08. Chicago House Rent Party (5:00)
09. 44 Blues (2:36)
10. Unlucky (2:46)
11. Crazy For My Baby (2:42)
12. My Baby Don't Stand No Cheating (3:26)
13. Stewball (Feat. Pete Seeger) (3:24)
14. Slop Boogie (2:53)
15. Misery Falls Like Rain (2:07)
16. Wish Me Well (2:13)
17. T For Texas (Feat. Pete Seeger) (4:24)
18. I Just Want To Make Love To You (4:07)
19. I'll Try To Find My Baby (3:25)
20. One Mor Time (2:59)
21. Nobody Loves Me (2:24)
22. We Are Going To Rock (3:07)

Combining powerful vocals with their considerable instrumental skills on piano and double bass, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon made a formidable duo. These two albums were made for Folkways, thus presenting them to a white audience who were enthusiastically discovering the blues. The second LP was a live session from Greenwich Village s famous venue The Village Gate where they were joined on two songs by Pete Seeger.

Definitive remastered CD edition. Detailed booklet with rare photos.

Songs Of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon + At The Village Gate (Remastered) MP3
Songs Of Memphis Slim & Willie Dixon + At The Village Gate (Remastered) FLAC

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Memphis Slim - Parisian Blues (Feat. Roosevelt Sykes, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells)

Size: 174,2 MB
Time: 74:24
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1988
Styles: Piano Blues
Art: Full

01. Introducing The Grinder Man And The Honey Dripper (0:38)
02. Mr Sykes Blues (4:28)
03. Eagle Rock (3:20)
04. Miss Ida Bee (4:28)
05. Going Down Slow (4:02)
06. 44 Blues (3:04)
07. Soft And Mellow (1:43)
08. The Churning Man (2:33)
09. 47Th Street Boogie (2:09)
10. Mno Blues (3:40)
11. Roosevelt Daddy's Blues (2:07)
12. When Buddy Comes To Town (6:30)
13. How Long Blues (2:35)
14. Good Time Charlie (3:11)
15. You Called Me At Last (7:40)
16. Ain't Nothing But A Texas Boogie On A Harpsichord (1:59)
17. You're The One (3:27)
18. No (5:37)
19. Help Me Some (4:16)
20. Rolling And Tumbling (6:02)
21. Ain't Nothing But A New Orleans Boogie On The Same Harpsichord (0:50)

Personnel:
Bass – Ernest Johnson* (tracks: 12 to 21)
Drums – Roosevelt Shaw (tracks: 12 to 21)
Guitar, Vocals – Buddy Guy (tracks: 12 to 21)
Harmonica – Junior Wells (tracks: 12 to 21)
Piano – Memphis Slim (tracks: 1 to 11 on the left channel), Roosevelt Sykes (tracks: 1 to 11 on the right channel)
Piano, Vocals – Memphis Slim (tracks: 12 to 21)
Rhythm Guitar – Phil Guy (tracks: 12 to 21)
Tenor Saxophone – A.C. Reed (tracks: 12 to 21)
Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Jimmy Conley* (tracks: 12 to 21)
Vocals – Memphis Slim (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 8, 10), Roosevelt Sykes (tracks: 3, 7, 9, 11)

Tracks 1 to 11 recorded at Barclay studio, Paris December 1970.
Tracks 12 to 21 recorded at Michel Magne studio, Hérouville, France, September 17 and 18, 1970 during the Rolling Stones European tour.

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. ~Bill Dahl

Parisian Blues (Feat. Roosevelt Sykes, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells) MP3
Parisian Blues (Feat. Roosevelt Sykes, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells) FLAC

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VA - The Ultimate Black History Collection

Size: 564 MB
Time: 4:00:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2008
Styles: Blues, R&B, Rock, Soul, Pop
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Ray Charles - I'm Movin' On (3:09)
02 Barack Obama - We Are The Ones We Are Waiting For (0:46)
03 Baby Washington - Nobody Cares (2:11)
04 Memphis Slim - Blue & Disgusted (3:00)
05 Paul Robeson - American Crusade Against Lynching (0:58)
06 Percy Sledge - When Man Loves A Woman (Re-Recorded Version) (3:42)
07 John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (Re-Recorded Version) (2:31)
08 Charles Brown - Black Night (Re-Recorded Version) (3:06)
09 Ralph Bunche - First Afican American To Receive Noble Peace Prize (0:56)
10 Chic - Good Times (7:17)
11 Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (2:48)
12 Dionne Warwick - Walk On By (2:21)
13 The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New (5:52)
14 Ohio Players - A Thing Called Love (Re-Recorded Version) (3:15)
15 Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand (2:59)
16 Magic Johnson - Retires After Testing Positive For HIV Virus (0:44)
17 Dinah Washington - Unforgettable (Re-Recorded Version) (2:43)
18 Al Wilson - Show & Tell (Re-Recorded Version) (3:25)
19 Ray Charles - What'd I Say (Re-Recorded Version) (2:22)
20 Count Basie - Tarrersfield Stomp (2:33)
21 B.B. King - Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss (2:37)
22 Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (3:02)
23 Big Maybelle - I Won't Cry Anymore (2:54)
24 Louis Armstrong - Interview (0:42)
25 Joe Simon - The Chokin' Kind (Re-Recorded Version) (2:43)
26 The Miracles - You've Really Got A Hold On Me (Re-Recorded Version) (3:09)
27 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (Re-Recorded Version) (3:30)
28 Ben E. King - Stand By Me (Re-Recorded Version) (2:53)
29 Martin Luther King, Jr. - Mountain Top (0:57)
30 Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Re-Recorded Version) (3:29)
31 Tiger Woods - Interview (0:55)
32 General Colin Powell - Declines Bid For Presidency (1:26)
33 Muhammad Ali - On His Foreman Fight (0:43)
34 Gladys Kinight & The Pips - Every Beat Of My Heart (Re-Recorded Version) (2:05)

CD 2:
01 Big Joe Williams - Goin' Away, Won't Be Back Till Fall (1:55)
02 Radio Broadcast - Little Rock School Integration (0:48)
03 Fats Domino - I Want To Walk You Home (Re-Recorded Version) (2:38)
04 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 3 (0:15)
05 Percy Sledge - When Man Loves A Woman (Re-Recorded Version) (3:42)
06 Mahalia Jackson - Tell It, Sing It, Shout It (2:37)
07 Jackie Robinson - Speaks Of Racist Heckling (0:47)
08 Memphis Slim - 44 Blues (3:32)
09 Buddy Guy - Blue Monday (5:02)
10 Cassius Clay - Clay On His Fight With Liston - Took Him In 7 (0:56)
11 Lloyd Price - I'm Gonna Get Married (Re-Recorded Version) (2:41)
12 Venus Williams - Venus Williams Wins Wimbledon (0:56)
13 The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (Re-Recorded Version) (4:46)
14 Malcolm X - Speech (0:26)
15 Sly Stone - Life Of Fortune And Fame (3:21)
16 Ike & Tina Turner - In The Morning Blues (2:45)
17 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Unknown Blues (4:09)
18 Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues (3:08)
19 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (2:16)
20 Booker T. Washington - Speech Against Slavery (0:45)
21 The Drifters - This Magic Moment (Re-Recorded Version) (2:39)
22 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 1 (0:20)
23 A. Philp Randolph - March On Washington Speech (0:48)
24 The Commodores - I Know I'm Losing You (3:09)
25 Brook Benton - Rainy Night In Georgia (Re-Recorded Version) (4:01)
26 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. - First Black Congressman From New York (0:31)
27 Robert Kenndey - Martin Luther King, Jr., Assassination (0:49)
28 Wilson Pickett - It's Too Late (3:09)
29 Leadbelly - The Bourgoeis Blues (3:03)
30 Martin Luther King, Jr. - We're Marching By (0:31)
31 Arthur Ashe - Remains The Only African American Men's Single Champion (0:51)
32 The Marvelettes - Don't Mess With Bill (Re-Recorded Version) (3:42)
33 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (4:45)

CD 3:
01 Serena Williams - Interview (0:47)
02 Martin Luther King, Jr. - Nobel Prize (0:45)
03 Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is (Re-Recorded Version) (3:04)
04 The Spinners - I'll Be Around (3:08)
05 Muhammad Ali - Interview (0:23)
06 The Miracles - I Second That Emotion (Re-Recorded Version) (2:44)
07 Radio Broadcast - Rodney King - Radio Broadcast Of The Verdict (0:50)
08 James Brown - It's A Man's, Man's Man's World (4:12)
09 Bob Marley - Soul Rebel (3:19)
10 Shiley Chisholm - First African American Woman Elected To Congress (0:33)
11 Ike & Tina Turner - Poor Fool (2:45)
12 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (Re-Recorded Version) (3:04)
13 Nat King Cole & The King Cole Trio - My Lips Remember Your Kisses (3:07)
14 Miles Davis - Out Of Nowhere (4:05)
15 Radio Broadcast - Barry Bonds Breaks Home Run Record (0:55)
16 B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get (3:24)
17 Buddy Guy - No Use Cryin' (3:02)
18 Big Maybelle - Don't Let Him See You Cry (2:44)
19 Jessie Jackson - Speech (0:57)
20 Sam & Dave - Land Of 1,000 Dances (Re-Recorded Version) (2:30)
21 Wilson Pickett - I Can't Stop (2:31)
22 James Baldwin - Interview (0:54)
23 Billie Holiday - Lover Man (3:17)
24 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 4 (0:10)
25 Ray Charles - Blues Is My Middle Name (3:11)
26 Mississippi Fred Mcdowell - Big Fat Mama (3:22)
27 Sam & Dave - Soul Man (Re-Recorded Version) (2:55)
28 Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have A Dream (0:58)
29 Bo Diddley - Walin' And Talkin' (2:38)
30 Reggie Jackson - Death Threat (0:33)
31 Black Panther Member - Black Panther Dialog 2 (0:06)
32 Lightnin' Hopkins - Last Night (5:09)
33 Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door (Re-Recorded Version) (4:40)


The Ultimate Black History Collection MP3
The Ultimate Black History Collection Part 1 FLAC
The Ultimate Black History Collection Part 2 FLAC

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Memphis Slim - The King Of Jump Blues (Remastered)

Size: 164,2 MB
Time: 69:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2020
Styles: Jump Blues, Piano Blues
Art: Front

01. Blue And Lonesome (Remastered) ( 2:36)
02. Messin' Around - Remastered ( 2:50)
03. Rockin' The Blues (Remastered) ( 2:07)
04. I Feel So Good (Remastered) ( 3:24)
05. Mother Earth (Remastered) ( 2:41)
06. Blues In London (Remastered) (10:04)
07. My Gal Keeps Me Crying (Remastered) ( 2:37)
08. Help Me Some (Remastered) ( 2:20)
09. Really Got The Blues (Remastered) ( 2:38)
10. Train Is Comin (Remastered) ( 2:44)
11. Frisco Bay (Remastered) ( 2:49)
12. Angel Child (Remastered) ( 2:51)
13. No Mail Blues (Remastered) ( 2:43)
14. The Girl That I Love (Remastered) ( 2:42)
15. The Question (Remastered) ( 2:53)
16. Nobody Loves Me (Remastered) ( 2:48)
17. Slim's Blues (Remastered) ( 3:07)
18. Fattening Frogs For Snakes (Remastered) ( 2:25)
19. Midnight Jump (Remastered) ( 2:42)
20. Gonna Need My Help Some Day (Remastered) ( 2:48)
21. The Comeback (Remastered) ( 2:42)
22. Wish Me Well (Remastered) ( 2:41)
23. Steppin' Out (Remastered) ( 2:00)

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. ~Bill Dahl.

The King Of Jump Blues

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Memphis Slim - Now I Got The Blues + Blue And Lonesome (Remastered)

Size: 163,9 MB
Time: 70:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Piano Blues
Art: Front

01. Now I Got The Blues (Remastered) (2:40)
02. Don't Ration My Love (Remastered) (2:46)
03. Mistake In Life (Remastered) (2:48)
04. Grinder Man Blues (Remastered) (3:08)
05. Slim's Boogie (Remastered) (2:43)
06. Little Mary (Remastered) (3:11)
07. Cheatin' Around (Remastered) (2:53)
08. A Letter Home (Remastered) (2:36)
09. Kilroy Has Been Here (Remastered) (2:48)
10. Rockin' This House (Remastered) (2:47)
11. Lend Me Your Love (Remastered) (2:58)
12. Darling I Miss You (Remastered) (3:07)
13. Pacemaker Boogie (Remastered) (2:47)
14. (Sometimes I Feel Like A) Motherless Child (Remastered) (2:54)
15. Harlem Bound (Remastered) (2:43)
16. Life Is Like That (Remastered) (2:55)
17. Nobody Loves Me (Remastered) (2:49)
18. Believe I'll Settle Down (Remastered) (2:46)
19. Throw This Poor Dog A Bone (Remastered) (2:55)
20. Help Me Some (Remastered) (2:24)
21. Country Girl (Remastered) (2:50)
22. Blue And Lonesome (Remastered) (2:39)
23. Angel Child (Remastered) (2:55)
24. Midnight Jump (Remastered) (2:50)
25. Messin' Around (Remastered) (2:52)

Memphis Slim (3 September, 1915 in Memphis, Tennessee – 24 February, 1988 in Paris, France) was a blues pianist and singer. His birth name was John Len Chatman although he himself claimed to be born Peter Chatman (the name he gave himself in honour of his father Peter Chatman Sr. when he first recorded for Okeh in 1940). He composed the blues standards "Every Day I Have the Blues" and "Mother Earth". Memphis Slim got his start playing the blues at the Midway Café, at 357 Beale Street (southeast corner of Fourth and Beale Streets) in Memphis in 1931. Two years before his death, Memphis Slim was named a Commander in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of France. Memphis Slim died on 24 February, 1988 in Paris, France at the age of 72. During his lifetime, he cut over 500 recordings and influenced blues pianists that followed him for decades.

Now I Got The Blues + Blue And Lonesome

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VA - Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1959

Size: 172,9+178,5 MB
Time: 72:59+75:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Floyd Dixon - Let's Go Smitty (2:23)
02 Bo Diddley - Mumblin' Guitar (2:47)
03 Tommy Ridgley - Real Gone Jam (2:18)
04 The Gondoliers - Knocked Out (2:39)
05 The Carter Bros - Pacoima Stomp (2:16)
06 Gus Jenkins - Cutting Out (2:48)
07 Paul Gayten - Hot Cross Buns (2:30)
08 Mary Lou Williams Trio - Chunk-A-Lunk Jug, Pt. 1 (2:13)
09 Mary Lou Williams Trio - Chunk-A-Lunk Jug, Pt. 2 (2:15)
10 James Brown - Mashed Potatoes (3:15)
11 Nat Kendrick & The Swans - Mashed Potatoes, Pt. 2 (1:49)
12 The Swinging Earls - Yum Yum (2:45)
13 Garland Davis - Sweet Meats (2:49)
14 Herb Hardesty & The Rhythm Rollers - Perdido Street (2:33)
15 Mac Rebennack - Storm Warning (3:19)
16 Royal Earl & The Swingin' Kools - Royal Earl Shuffle (2:21)
17 Spot Barnett - Boney Shuffle (2:21)
18 King Curtis - Soul Groove, Pt. 1 (2:18)
19 King Curtis - Soul Groove, Pt. 2 (2:39)
20 Lefty Bates - Rock Alley (2:35)
21 The Bim Bam Boos - Can't Sit Down (2:37)
22 Sam Price & His All Stars - Boogie Cha Cha (2:37)
23 Cozy Cole - Cozy's Mambo (2:30)
24 Ernie Freeman - Live It Up (1:54)
25 Doc Starkes & His Nite Riders - Talk To Me Baby (2:20)
26 Buddy Johnson - Down Yonder (3:10)
27 Jimmy Nolen - Swingin' Peter Gunn, Pt. 1 (1:42)
28 Jimmy Nolen - Swingin' Peter Gunn, Pt. 2 (2:05)
29 Gene Redd & The Globe Trotters - Zeen Beat (2:59)

CD 2:
01 Memphis Slim - Steppin' Out (2:00)
02 Buster Brown - The Madison Shuffle (2:33)
03 The Carter Bros - Voodoo Cha Cha (1:51)
04 Doc Starkes & His Nite Riders - Night Ridin' (2:25)
05 Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim - Slim's Thing (3:26)
06 Ike Turner - Ho Ho (2:29)
07 Howlin' Wolf - Wolf In The Mood (2:18)
08 Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Swingin' The Gate (2:47)
09 Chuck Berry - Blue On Blue (3:02)
10 Elmore James - Bobby's Rock (2:11)
11 Little Boyd - Harmonica Rock (1:51)
12 Bo Diddley - Diddling (2:13)
13 Gus Jenkins - Spanky (2:41)
14 Royal Earl & The Swinging Kools - Talkin' Guitar, Pt. 2 (Edit) (2:06)
15 Cliff Davis & The Turbo-Jets - Let It Roll, Pt. 1 (2:13)
16 Cliff Davis & The Turbo-Jets - Let It Roll, Pt. 2 (2:32)
17 Jimmy Nolen - Blues After Hours (2:36)
18 Lefty Bates - E N A (2:30)
19 (Eddie) Clear Waters - A-Minor Cha-Cha (3:05)
20 Jerry McCain - Steady (2:03)
21 Nick & The Jaguars - Cool And Crazy (2:14)
22 Ernie Freeman - Night Sounds (2:19)
23 Herb Hardesty - Beatin' And Blowin' (2:14)
24 Sammy Price & Rock Band - Honky Tonk Caboose (2:47)
25 Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers - Rollin' Home (2:21)
26 Bill Doggett - Backwards, Pt. 1 (3:17)
27 Bill Doggett - Backwards, Pt. 2 (3:28)
28 Harmonica George - Sputnik Music (2:15)
29 Walter J. Westbrook & His Phantom 5 - Midnight Jump (2:29)
30 Paul Gayten - The Hunch (2:49)

1960 may have been the big year for Instrumentals, but back in 1959, several white instrumentals acts were already making a dent in the pop charts, among them the Virtues, the Rebels, the Rock-A-Teens and the Fireballs. Duane Eddy had broken through in 58 but in 1959 he had no less than seven singles on the Hot 100. Johnny & the Hurricanes had their first success this year with three big hits. Black artists, however, had less mainstream success. Jimmy Beck sneaked in at #82 for two weeks with Pipe Dreams, Larry Kerrin s The Hunch was a hit for both Paul Gayten and the Bobby Peterson Quintet; Bill Doggett had three discs in the R&B charts but apart from a couple of organ hits for Preston Epps and Dave Baby Cortez, that was it for R&B instrumentals chart-wise. If you re knocked out by what you hear from 1959, just wait till you find out what was on offer in 1960 and 1961.

Mighty Instrumentals R&B Style 1959

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Memphis Slim - Memphis Slim + This Is A Good Time (To Write A Song) (Remastered)

Size: 150,5 MB
Time: 65:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Piano Blues
Art: Front

01. I Guess I'm A Fool (3:03)
02. Rockin' The Pad (2:40)
03. Havin' Fun (2:23)
04. Marack (2:33)
05. Mother Earth (2:41)
06. Really Got The Blues (2:38)
07. Tia Juana (2:53)
08. I'm Crying (3:17)
09. Reverend Bounce (2:38)
10. Slim's Blues (3:00)
11. Blues For My Baby (2:41)
12. El Capitan (2:34)
13. This Is A Good Time (To Write A Song) (3:36)
14. I'm So All Alone (2:36)
15. True Love (2:42)
16. Two Of A Kind (3:03)
17. Big City Girl (1:58)
18. Three And One Boogie (1:42)
19. Bertha May (6:33)
20. Celeste Boogie (6:21)
21. Three Women Blues (3:29)

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. ~Bill Dahl

Memphis Slim + This Is A Good Time (To Write A Song)

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Memphis Slim - Just Blues & Tribute To Big Bill Broonzy (Remastered)

Size: 190,9 MB
Time: 82:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Piano Blues
Art: Front

01. Beer Drinking Woman (3:27)
02. Teasing The Blues (3:42)
03. The I.C. Blues (2:51)
04. Baby Doll (2:08)
05. Just Blues (3:34)
06. Blue And Disgusted (2:31)
07. Blue Brew (4:24)
08. Rack 'em Back Jack (2:30)
09. Motherless Child (3:03)
10. Brenda (3:46)
11. When Your Dough Roller Is Gone (2:40)
12. Hey Slim (4:13)
13. I Feel So Good (3:20)
14. Rockin' Chair Blues (3:20)
15. Baby Gone (3:40)
16. Cow Cow Blues (3:52)
17. Miss Ida B. (4:48)
18. Forty-Four Blues (3:58)
19. Trouble In Mind (3:33)
20. Worried Life Blues (3:20)
21. Don't Want My Rooster Crowin' After The Sun Goes Down (2:38)
22. Lonesome In My Bedroom (4:54)
23. Diggin' My Potatoes (2:25)
24. In The Evening (3:58)

Just Blues (1961):
Cut during one session in November of 1960, Memphis Slim's Just Blues features the urbane singer both alone at the piano and backed by guitarist Lafayette Thomas and jazz bassist Wendell Marshall; harp player "Harpie" Brown joins the party for two cuts. One of a handful of stellar albums Slim cut for Prestige's Bluesville label, the 12-track set offers a particularly pleasant way to check out the pianist's tasty keyboard work and wide-ranging topical bent: From booze drinking and sexual innuendo to real lowdown blues, Slim tackles the varied terrain with aplomb. Also part of a Prestige two-fer that includes the album No Strain. ~Stephen Cook

Memphis Slim's Tribute to Big Bill Broonzy, Leroy Carr, Cow Cow Davenport, Curtis Jones, Jazz Gillum (1961):
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. ~Steve Leggett

Just Blues & Tribute To Big Bill Broonzy

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Memphis Slim - All Kind Of Blues + Willie's Blues (Remastered)

Size: 194,5 MB
Time: 84:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Piano Blues
Art: Front

01. Blues Is Troubles (3:18)
02. Grinder Man Blues (4:34)
03. Three-In-One Boogie (4:26)
04. Letter Home (3:37)
05. Churnin' Man Blues (6:30)
06. Two Of A Kind (4:14)
07. The Blacks (5:08)
08. If You See Kay (4:27)
09. Frankie And Johnny Boogie (4:07)
10. Mother Earth (4:44)
11. Nervous (3:14)
12. Good Understanding (2:14)
13. That's My Baby (3:21)
14. Slim's Thing (3:22)
15. That's All I Want Baby (2:15)
16. Don't You Tell Nobody (2:05)
17. Youth To You (3:22)
18. Sittin' And Cryin' The Blues (3:21)
19. Built For Comfort (2:32)
20. I Got A Razor (4:16)
21. Go Easy (5:49)
22. Move Me (3:19)

All Kinds Of Blues (1963):
This early-'60s date was the second -- and one of the best -- of Memphis Slim's many top-notch Bluesville recordings. Featuring Slim accompanying himself on the piano, All Kinds of Blues is a vintage set of mellow yet deep blues by one of the music's most urbane performers. Whether reveling in his considerable boogie-woogie chops ("Three-in-One-Boogie") or tossing off a wryly sexual romp ("Grinder Man Blues"), Slim always seems to be totally at ease and in command. And while newcomers are advised to start out with one of his early-'50s sets on Chess, this will be one collection no Memphis Slim fan will want to overlook. ~Stephen Cook

Willie's Blues (1959):
According to the original liner notes, this 1959 Willie Dixon session was cut during a two hour span in between flights. This certainly explains the relaxed, jam session feel of the recordings. Unfortunately, the songs come out sounding sluggish and stilted at times; this is partly due, no doubt, to the makeshift nature of the date, but also, more surprisingly, because of drummer Gus Johnson's overly slick and formalized playing. On top of this, one has to contend with Dixon's less-then-inspired vocals -- it's Dixon's writing talents and A&R savvy in the blues world that warrant him a place in the pantheon, not his skills at the microphone. That all said, this still is an enjoyable disc to listen to, not least of all because of the quality of Dixon's many originals and the freshness of pianist Memphis Slim's playing. And while the vaudevillian comedy of a song like "Built for Comfort" can be traced to Dixon's earlier pop R&B work with the Big Three Trio, rougher blues standouts like "Go Easy" and "Move Me" lead back to the Chicago blues world Dixon shared with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Not a first disc for curious listeners, but certainly a pleasant enough addition to the blues lover's collection. ~Stephen Cook

All Kind Of Blues + Willie's Blues

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Memphis Slim - Broken Soul Blues + U.S.A. (Remastered)

Size: 193,3 MB
Time: 83:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Piano Blues, Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. John Henry (Vocal) (3:02)
02. Rock Me Baby (3:14)
03. Stackalee (3:58)
04. How Long Blues (2:19)
05. All This Piano Boogie (1:25)
06. Bye Bye Baby (4:15)
07. Love My Baby (2:49)
08. When The Sun Goes Down (3:35)
09. Sunrise Blues (2:57)
10. Someday Blues (3:00)
11. Slim's Slow Blues (1:43)
12. Gee, Ain't It Hard To Find Somebody (4:13)
13. Memphis Slim, U.S.A. (2:55)
14. Harlem Bound (3:07)
15. Blue And Disgusted (3:38)
16. New Key To The Highway (2:43)
17. Born With The Blues (3:33)
18. Red Haired Boogie (4:21)
19. Bad Luck And Troubles (3:46)
20. I Believe I'll Settle Down (3:51)
21. John Henry (Instrumental) (2:17)
22. Late Afternoon Blues (4:38)
23. El Capitan (2:57)
24. I'd Take Her To Chicago (1:59)
25. I Just Landed In Your Town (3:43)
26. Just Let Me Be (3:40)

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. ~Bill Dahl

Broken Soul Blues + U.S.A.

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Memphis Slim - The World's Foremost Blues Singer + Alone With My Friends (Remastered)

Size: 164,8 MB
Time: 71:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Piano Blues, Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Lonesome (Blue Blues) (2:31)
02. Cold Blooded Woman (3:39)
03. One Man's Mad (2:54)
04. Good Time Roll Creole (2:39)
05. What Is Mare-Back (3:02)
06. Pigalle Love (2:24)
07. Four Walls (2:47)
08. It's Been Too Long (2:45)
09. Big Bertha (2:10)
10. I'm Lost Without You (2:20)
11. I'll Just Keep Singing The Blues (2:41)
12. True Love (2:54)
13. Highway 51 Blues (4:17)
14. I Feel So Bad (2:49)
15. Rock Me, Momma (3:53)
16. Goin' Down Slow (3:44)
17. Sittin' On Top Of The World (3:39)
18. Sunnyland Train (3:58)
19. Goin' Down The River (3:04)
20. I Just Want To Make Love To You (3:59)
21. I Can Hear My Name A-Ringin' (4:07)
22. Going Back To My Plow (4:44)

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. ~

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.

The World's Foremost Blues Singer + Alone With My Friends (Remastered)

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Memphis Slim - The Real Honky Tonk + The Blues Every Which Way (Remastered)

Size: 177,6 MB
Time: 76:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Piano Blues
Art: Front

01. The Bells (2:36)
02. The Lord Have Mercy On Me (2:49)
03. My Baby Don't Love Me Anymore (3:19)
04. I Left That Town; Harlem Bound (2:18)
05. Boogie After Midnight (3:26)
06. The Train Is Gone (3:34)
07. Pinetop Boogie (4:11)
08. Whiskey Drinking Blues (3:14)
09. San Juan Blues (2:22)
10. In The Evening (3:01)
11. How Long Blues (2:02)
12. Sail On Little Girl (3:12)
13. John Henry (Solo) (3:28)
14. Choo Choo (With Willie Dixon) (3:01)
15. 4 O'Clock Boogie (With Willie Dixon) (3:17)
16. Rub My Root (With Willie Dixon) (4:12)
17. C Rocker (With Willie Dixon) (3:18)
18. Home To Mama (With Willie Dixon) (4:57)
19. Shakey (With Willie Dixon) (3:36)
20. After Hours (With Willie Dixon) (3:48)
21. One More Time (With Willie Dixon) (2:47)
22. John Henry (Duo) (With Willie Dixon) (2:32)
23. Now Howdy (With Willie Dixon) (5:51)

Personnel:
Memphis Slim: Vocals, Piano
Willie Dixon: Vocals, Bass

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. ~Bill Dahl

The Real Honky Tonk + The Blues Every Which Way

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Memphis Slim - The Real Boogie Woogie

Size: 97,0 MB
Time: 41:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1959/2012
Styles: Piano Blues
Art: Front

01. Walkin' The Boogie (3:25)
02. Cow Cow Blues (3:36)
03. Jefferson County Blues (3:05)
04. Four O'Clock Blues (2:38)
05. Mister Freddie (2:40)
06. Trouble In Mind (3:10)
07. 44 Blues (3:36)
08. 88 Boogie (3:19)
09. Sail On Blues (2:34)
10. Down Home Blues (2:33)
11. Down That Big Road (2:17)
12. Roll And Tumble (2:11)
13. Crowing Rooster (Vocal) (2:49)
14. Woman Blues Boogie (Vocal) (3:10)

Peter Chatman Jr., aka Memphis Slim, stomps out a "progressive boogie and blues" on the piano. Self-taught in the honky-tonk juke joints of Tennessee, he produced some of the most powerful boogie-woogie out there, with an incessant bass like you wouldn't believe.

The Real Boogie Woogie

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Memphis Slim - The International Playboy Of The Blues 1948-1960: From Chicago To London, All The Hits And More

Size: 177,3 MB
Time: 74:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Blues, R&B
Art: Front

01. Messin' Around ( 2:50)
02. Midnight Jump ( 2:42)
03. Frisco Bay ( 2:49)
04. Blue And Lonesome ( 2:36)
05. Help Me Some ( 2:20)
06. Angel Child ( 2:51)
07. Nobody Loves Me ( 2:48)
08. The Girl I Love ( 2:43)
09. Mother Earth ( 2:42)
10. Really Got The Blues ( 2:38)
11. Train Is Comin' ( 2:44)
12. The Question ( 2:53)
13. No Mail Blues ( 2:43)
14. Gonna Need My Help Some Day ( 2:48)
15. The Comeback ( 2:43)
16. Steppin' Out ( 2:00)
17. My Gal Keeps Me Crying ( 2:38)
18. Slim's Blues ( 3:08)
19. The Comeback (Alternate Version) ( 2:18)
20. Wish Me Well ( 2:41)
21. Rockin' The Blues ( 2:08)
22. Fattenin' Frogs For Snakes ( 2:26)
23. I Feel So Good ( 3:24)
24. Blues In London, Pt. 1 & 2 (10:05)
25. Rockin' The House ( 2:52)

Embracing the white college market like so many of his contemporaries Memphis Slim stepping into the international market and became a very famous ambassador for the blues around the world. This 25 track set is littered with hits and classic songs including "Messin' Around", "Frisco Bay", "Blue And Lonesome", "Help Me Some", "Angel Child", "Mother Earth" and "The Comeback". Also featured here is "Nobody Loves Me" and although not a hit for Memphis, it went on to be recorded by Lowell Fulson and B.B. King as "Every Day I Have The Blues" eventually becoming a hit and a blues standard. This modest selection of titles from the vast recorded legacy of Memphis Slim presents a vivid picture of the career path he followed from the juke joints of the South to the sophisticated bars of Paris, France and is a must for blues fans.

The International Playboy Of The Blues 1948-1960

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Memphis Slim & Danny Adler - Live In London: Danny Adler Legacy 37

Size: 109,8 MB
Time: 47:14
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2018
Styles: Electric Blues, Piano Blues
Art: Front

01. Health Shakin' (Live) (2:21)
02. Mother Earth (Live) (4:45)
03. Rockhouse Boogie (Live) (3:30)
04. I Feel So Good (Live) (3:54)
05. Baby Talk (Live) (6:25)
06. Two Slims Boogie (Live) (5:03)
07. How Long Blues (Live) (6:33)
08. 400 Years (Live) (5:04)
09. World Blues (Live) (3:51)
10. Bye Bye Blues (Live) (2:40)
11. If You See Kay (Live) (3:13)

No info about this concert.

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. ~by Bill Dahl

Live In London

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Memphis Slim - At The Gate Of Horn

Year: 1959
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:49
Size: 76,6 MB
Styles: Blues, piano blues
Scans: Front, back (LP replica)

1. The Come Back (2:19)
2. Steppin' Out (2:00)
3. Blue And Lonesome (3:09)
4. Rockin' The House (2:06)
5. Slim's Blues (3:07)
6. Gotta Find My Baby (2:18)
7. Messin' Around (3:04)
8. Wish Me Well (2:40)
9. My Gal Keep Me Crying (2:36)
10. Lend Me Your Love (3:12)
11. Sassy Mae (2:43)
12. Mother Earth (3:30)

Only this disc's short length (34 minutes) qualifies as something worthy of complaint; otherwise, this is seminal blues piano, performed by a great player and singer, Memphis Slim. This 1959 session had everything: super piano solos, a strong lineup of horn players, clever, well-written and sung lyrics, and a seamless pace that kept things moving briskly from beginning to end. Other than Slim, instrumental honors go to guitarist Matt Murphy, a marvelous accompanist who was able to blend sophistication, technique, and earthiness into one dynamic package. Even at its bargain-basement length, At the Gate of Horn belongs in any blues fan's library. /Ron Wynn, AllMusic

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