Champion Jack Dupree - Blues Pianist Of New Orleans Vol. 01- 03 [2019] (3 x CD's)

 

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Champion Jack Dupree - Blues Pianist Of New Orleans Vol. 01- 03 [2019] (3 x CD's)

'Champion Jack' was not a great piano virtuoso, a stunning singer or a prolific songwriter, but he could play a huge variety of piano Blues styles and he took them around the world, thrilling audiences wherever he went.  His affable stage presence and endless supply of funny stories made him a great entertainer and a favourite on the Festival circuit.

A native of New Orleans, Jack was orphaned as a baby when, in about 1911, both parents were killed in a house fire. Jack grew up in the same Colored Waifs home as Louis Armstrong and learned to play piano while hanging round the cat-houses in the Storyville neighborhood. His mentor was Willie 'Drive 'Em Down' Hall, who taught him to pound out rough barrelhouse Blues. By 1930, Jack had moved to Chicago, but after a year of playing at the Continental Cafe and bootlegging whisky, he left town for Detroit. When Joe Louis saw Jack at the gym, he encouraged him to take up boxing and he was soon fighting professionally out of Indianapolis, becoming lightweight Champion of Illinois and fighting over 100 bouts.

This 3-CD box set of recordings made by blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree in Denmark, during his years spent in Europe from 1959 through to the '70s. He always spoke very highly of the time he spent in Denmark, playing and recording with bands like Papa Bue's Viking Jazz Band and Fessor's Big City Band, and later the Kenn Lending Blues Band. He recorded for Storyville Records every time he was in Copenhagen, especially in the sixties. The music in this box set is from these great recordings. (Amazon)

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Track lists

Vol. 01

01 Champion Jack Dupree Gravier Street Rag 2:10

02 Champion Jack Dupree New Vicksburg Blues 3:03

03 Champion Jack Dupree Old Woman Blues 2:40

04 Champion Jack Dupree Lonesome Bedroom Blues 3:12

05 Champion Jack Dupree I'm A Gamblin' Man 4:14

06 Champion Jack Dupree Shake Baby, Shake 2:22

07 Champion Jack Dupree Whiskey Head Woman 2:21

08 Champion Jack Dupree Shirley May 2:59

09 Champion Jack Dupree In The Evening 3:54

10 Champion Jack Dupree Number Nine 3:11

11 Champion Jack Dupree 41 Highway 2:27

12 Champion Jack Dupree How Long Blues 2:43

13 Champion Jack Dupree Blues Before Sunrise 3:56

14 Champion Jack Dupree Midnight Hour Blues 3:55

15 Champion Jack Dupree My Baby's Gone 2:58

16 Champion Jack Dupree My Mother Is Gone 4:28

17 Champion Jack Dupree Drive 'em Down Special 2:46

18 Champion Jack Dupree I Just Want To Be Free 4:23

19 Champion Jack Dupree Drivin' Me Mad 4:08

20 Champion Jack Dupree Back Door Special 3:48

21 Champion Jack Dupree Keep Your Big Mouth Shout 2:28

22 Champion Jack Dupree I Hate To Be Alone 2:59

23 Champion Jack Dupree T.V. Mama 4:15

Vol. 02

01 Champion Jack Dupree Storybook 5:46

02 Champion Jack Dupree Careless Love 4:46

03 Champion Jack Dupree Mama Don't Allow 3:51

04 Champion Jack Dupree See See Rider 4:31

05 Champion Jack Dupree Woodpecker 2:40

06 Champion Jack Dupree You Can Make It 4:38

07 Champion Jack Dupree Sometimes I Feel Like A 4:17

08 Champion Jack Dupree Unborn Child 3:44

09 Champion Jack Dupree When I Left Home 2:56

10 Champion Jack Dupree Cross Eyed Woman 2:40

11 Champion Jack Dupree I Lost A Good Woman 2:20

12 Champion Jack Dupree Things I Used To Do 4:43

13 Champion Jack Dupree Self Pity 4:43

14 Champion Jack Dupree Ain't That A Hard Pillow 4:36

15 Champion Jack Dupree Have You Ever Been Alone 3:31

Vol. 03

01 Champion Jack Dupree Automobile Blues 4:55

02 Champion Jack Dupree Alberta 2:01

03 Champion Jack Dupree Rocky Mountain Blues 3:55

04 Champion Jack Dupree Deep Sea River 3:57

05 Champion Jack Dupree Rock Me Mama 2:38

06 Champion Jack Dupree Big Fat Mama 2:54

07 Champion Jack Dupree Cryin' Woman Blues 4:09

08 Champion Jack Dupree Schoolday Blues 4:25

09 Champion Jack Dupree Free And Equal 5:10

10 Champion Jack Dupree My Heart Beat For You 4:02

11 Champion Jack Dupree Trouble, Trouble 3:32

12 Champion Jack Dupree I Ain't Got To Be Your Lowdown Dog 2:30

13 Champion Jack Dupree Daybreak Blues 4:07

14 Champion Jack Dupree Calcutta Blues 3:56

15 Champion Jack Dupree Please Don't Dog Your Wo 4:29

16 Champion Jack Dupree Tee-Na-Nee-Na 3:08

17 Champion Jack Dupree Bad Dog Blues 2:09

18 Champion Jack Dupree Bus Station 2:58

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