Memphis Slim - Chicago Blues: Boogie Woogie and BluesThe music on this recording is at once far reaching and intimate. It has a quality enjoyed well beyond contemporary fans of this style of music, and yet this recording gives the listener the sense of being privy to a very precise moment in music history with Memphis Slim (1915 1988) as he plays piano. Slim (born Peter Chatman) grew up listening to his father perform blues in various venues in Memphis, Tennessee. He started performing around town at a

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Side A features upbeat songs to get the whole family dancing like 'The Claw' and 'Taxi'

and was the subject of heated debates

Their recordings are still amongst my favorites

Henry told Larkins that he could make lots of money producing this type of music

a delicious deep dive into techno's nether regions

ten years earlier

John Bentley

Supreme/Swing Time

I wanted to achieve a brighter and more crystal atmosphere than before

The album is compiled by well-known Dee Jay and face on the music scene Mark Armstrong

David Robertson