Description
Release Date: 2013
Label: Rounder
Track List
- Classified
- If You’re Lonely
- Warsaw Concerto
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy ( solo piano alternate take )
- Medley: Tico Tico / Papa Was A Rascal / So Swell When You’re Well
- All Around The World
- Angel Eyes
- Lonely Avenue
- Professor Longhair Medley: Tipitina / Bald Head
- King Of The Road
- Theme From The Godfather
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- I’m Not Sayin’
- Hound Dog
- All These Things
- Yes Sir, That’s My Baby
- Baby Face
- If You’re Lonely ( solo piano alternate take )
- Madame X
- One For The Highway
- Three Keys
- Amen
Personnel
- James Booker – piano, vocal, hammond B3 organ
- Alvin “Red” Tyler – tenor saxophone
- James Singleton – bass
- Johnny Vidacovich – drums
description
Digitally re-mastered and expanded edition of this 1982 album from the New Orleans pianist whose dizzying technique and mastery of the keyboard was matched only by his imagination and his soulfulness. Classified was one of only two studio albums released during his lifetime, and this remixed and expanded edition offers a poignant and often surprising look at his music. These 22 tracks, which include nine never-before-released performances, range from the pure rhythm and blues of ‘Grits Ain’t Groceries’ to the classical ‘Warsaw Concerto’ and ‘Madame X,’ to his astonishing version of the Jazz standard ‘Angel Eyes’. Whether playing solo or accompanied by saxophonist Alvin Red Tyler, bassist James Singleton and drummer Johnny Vidacovich, Booker ties together a giddy array of musical influences with virtuosity and an often quirky sense of humor.
