Jump Blues & Piano Blues: Best Sellers

In keeping with his jazz/pop crossover ambitions, Ray Charles decided to record a concept album of sorts with a dozen songs devoted to various parts of the U.S. -- "Alabamy [more]

An enigmatic pianist and vocalist whose hip-shaking, Caribbean-influenced sound in many ways served as the archetype for the entire New Orleans R&B genre, Professor Longhair [more]

Founded in 1945 in Nashville by Jim Bulliet, Wally Fowler, and C.V. Hitchcock, Bullet Records was one of the most successful independent record labels in the [more]

A European import slab of vinyl offering an overview of Hunter's 1947-1952 pre-Atlantic days. Emphasis on jump entries ("Are You Hep?," "Old Man's Boogie") is a welcome [more]

This CD has the final 20 recordings by the good-time hokum/blues singer Lil Johnson, including eight performances that were [more]

When Document's first volume devoted to Barrelhouse Piano Blues and Stomps was released in 1994, the producers made the bizarre decision to [more]

{Boogie Woogie & Barrelhouse Piano, Vol. 1 (1928-1932)} contains a selection of material from the classic early blues pianists Pine Top Smith, [more]

The second volume drawn from Mose Allison's January 2000 run at London's Pizza Express presents the artist in a professional, if relaxed, form. Volume one was [more]

Memphis Slim bridged the gap between rural juke joint barrelhouse piano and the emerging uptown blues styles of the late '40s. This fine collection of 78s, [more]