VA - Rockin' The Spirit: Piano Blues Boogie And Spirituals (2005)

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Artist: VA
Title: Rockin' The Spirit: Piano Blues Boogie And Spirituals
Year Of Release: 2005
Label: Chesky
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks) | Mp3 / 320kbps
Total Time: 01:00:22
Total Size: 255 MB | 137 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist
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01 Bob Seeley - St. Louis Blues 6:03
02 Johnny O'Neal - Happy Days Are Here Again / Jitter Bug Waltz 4:29
03 Mark Braun - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 3:24
04 Bob Seeley - Amazing Grace 5:59
05 Mark Braun - My Sunday Best 6:25
06 Eric Reed - You Took Advantage Of Me 2:47
07 Johnny O'Neal - Glory Glory Hallelujah 4:02
08 Monty Alexander - Boogie Woogie Keys 5:34
09 Mark Braun And Bob Seeley - Fourplay Boogie Woogie 3:24
10 Eric Reed - Three Hymns 4:20
11 Monty Alexander - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen / No Woman, No Cry 6:04
12 Johnny O'Neal And Eric Reed - Whisper Not 7:51

After attending an annual boogie-woogie concert organized by Mark Braun (Mr. B.), Monty Alexander headed a recording project that paid tribute to both boogie-woogie and spirituals. Five pianists participated, performing two numbers apiece, with four of the players (all but Alexander) playing a pair of duets. Alexander, Eric Reed, and Johnny O'Neal are better known nationally than Bob Seeley and Mark Braun, but all five pianists fare well, stretching beyond boogie-woogie and spirituals to include a few swing standards and even a bluish duet on Benny Golson's "Whisper Not." Recommended to boogie-woogie fans and the curious.~Rockin' the Spirit: Piano Blues, Boogie & Spirituals Review by Scott Yanow