J.D. Short - A Last Legacy Of Blues From A Pioneer Delta Singer (2005)

Gifted with a striking and almost immediately identifable vocal
style characterized by an amazing vibrato, J.D. Short was also a
very versatile musician. He played piano, saxophone, guitar,
harmonica, clarinet and drums. Growing up in the Mississippi Delta,
Short learned guitar and piano. He was a frequent performer at house
parties before he moved to St. Louis in the '20s.

Short played with the Neckbones, Henry Spaulding, Honeyboy Edwards,
Douglas Williams, and Big Joe Williams from the '30s until the early
'60s. He recorded for Vocalion, Delmark, Folkways, and Sonet. Short
was in the 1963 documentary The Blues, but died before it was
released.

Produced by Samuel Charters.
Recorded in St. Louis in 1961-1962.
Remastered by Claes Persson at CRP Recording.