Original Soundtrack - Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Piano Blues

Title: Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Piano Blues Artist: Original Soundtrack Release Date: 9/9/2003 Label: Columbia Album Type(s): soundtrack UPC: 827969049228 Genre: Blues Styles: Piano Blues, Boogie-Woogie, West Coast Blues, Urban Blues, Swing, New Orleans R&B, Jazz Blues, Regional Blues Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. How Long Blues :: Jimmy Yancey
2. Boogie Woogie Prayer, Pt. 1 :: The Boogie Woogie Boys
3. How Long Blues :: Count Basie Orchestra
4. Driftin' Blues :: Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
5. The Fat Man :: Fats Domino
6. Tatum Pole Boogie :: Art Tatum
7. Tipitina :: Professor Longhair
8. What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 :: Ray Charles
9. Good Morning Mr. Blues :: Otis Spann
10. Backward Country Boy Blues :: Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach
11. Blue Monk :: Thelonious Monk
12. Piney Brown Blues :: Jay McShann, Big Joe Turner
13. Mission Ranch Blues :: Dave Brubeck, Jay McShann
14. The Ladder :: Big Joe Turner
15. Honey Dripper :: Dr. John
16. World Full of People :: Henry Townsend
17. Big Chief :: Dr. John
18. Carmel Blues :: Marcia Ball, Pinetop Perkins
19. Travelin' Blues :: Dave Brubeck
20. How Long Blues :: Dr. John, Henry Gray, Pete Jolly

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Columbia 90492

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Clint Eastwood's chapter in Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues centers around the piano's role in the development of the blues. In typical Eastwood fashion, he goes not for the easy or common associations of the instrument with the music, but looks expansively at how the restricted sonics of the piano as a melodic instrument and its possibilities as a percussion instrument created a spiralling and deep-rooted bottom for the music in all genres of popular music as it developed in the 20th century. Here is Jimmy Yancey's primitive and profound version of "How Long Blues" juxtaposed against the harmonically sophisticated read of the song by Count Basie and his orchestra. The new orleans blues are celebrated in their modern incarnations -- as they contributed to the architecture of rock & roll by the inclusion of Fats Domino's "Fat Man" and Joe Turner's "The Ladder." The blues as exemplified in soul music as it came from r&b are revealed by Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" -- both parts -- and as they informed modern jazz in the glorious trio recording of "Backwards Country Boy Blues" by Max Roach, Charles Mingus, and Duke Ellington, and in Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk." What Eastwood is trying to show in the film and on the soundtrack is how the 12-bar blues was not only a platform, but a devil's playground for experimentation, rhythmic invention, and harmonic extrapolation. And he succeeds in this aural document by creating the most provocative of the series' soundtracks. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Adam Owett Art Direction Adam Traum Photography Ahmet Ertegun Producer Alan Douglas Producer Albert Ammons Piano Alex Gibney Producer, Series Producer, A&R Alvin "Red" Tyler Sax (Baritone) Andreas Meyer Sonic Restoration Andy McKaie A&R, Producer Art Tatum Piano Benny Morton Trombone Billy Byers Trombone Bob Brookmeyer Trombone (Valve) Bobby Bryant Trumpet Bruce Ricker Producer, Compilation Producer Buck Clayton Trumpet Buddy Tate Sax (Tenor) Charles Brown Vocals, Piano Charles Mingus Bass Charlie Rouse Saxophone Christopher Austopchuk Art Direction Clarence Hall Sax (Tenor) Clint Eastwood Compilation Producer, Producer Conte Candoli Trumpet Count Basie Piano, Leader Dan Luskin Production Assistant, Photo Research Dan Minor Trombone Darcy Proper Mastering Darren Salmieri Artist Coordination Dave Bartholomew Producer, Trumpet Dave Brubeck Piano David "Fathead" Newman Sax (Tenor), Sax (Alto) Dicky Wells Trombone Didier C. Deutsch Producer Dr. John Vocals, Piano Duke Ellington Piano Earl Palmer Drums Earle Warren Sax (Alto) Ed Lewis Trumpet Eddie Durham Arranger Eddie Williams Bass Edgar Willis Bass Ellen Nygaard Icon Ernest McLean Guitar Ernie Small Saxophone Ernie Watts Saxophone Fats Domino Vocals, Piano Frank Driggs Photography Frank Fields Bass Fred Hill Trumpet Freddie Green Guitar Geary Chansley Photo Research Gene Cipriano Saxophone Gene Norman Producer Hank Crawford Sax (Baritone) Hank O'Neal Photography, Producer Harry "Sweets" Edison Trumpet Henry Townsend Piano, Vocals Herbert Hardesty Sax (Tenor) Howard Fritzson Art Direction Howard Roberts Guitar Jack Washington Sax (Baritone), Sax (Alto) Jay McShann Piano Jeff Jones Executive Producer Jeffrey Peisch Series Producer Jerry Rappaport A&R Jerry Wexler Producer Jimmy Rushing Vocals Jimmy Yancey Soloist, Piano Jo Hay Design Jo Jones Drums Jody Patton Executive Producer John Christiana Packaging Manager John Guerin Percussion John Paul Hunt Trumpet Johnny Moore Band Guitar Johnny Otis Drums Ken Robertson Sonic Restoration Larry Gales Bass Lester Young Sax (Tenor) Marcia Ball Piano Marcus Belgrave Trumpet Margaret Bodde Producer Margery Greenspan Design Martin Scorsese Liner Notes, Executive Producer Max Roach Drums Meade "Lux" Lewis Piano Michael Wimberly Trombone Michele Horie Project Coordinator Milt Turner Drums Nat Hentoff Liner Notes Oliver Nelson Arranger, Conductor Otis Spann Vocals, Piano Pat Lawrence Executive Producer Patti Matheny Artist Coordination Paul "PDA" Allen Executive Producer Paul Brissman Photography Pete Johnson Piano Pete Jolly Piano Ray Charles Vocals, Piano (Electric) Ray Flerlage Photography Rhonda Shields Project Manager Richard Hutton Producer Robert Barnett Project Consultant Robert Edwards Slide Guitar Ryan Null Photo Research Salimah El Amin Photo Research Shad Collins Trumpet Sho Komiya Bass Steven Berkowitz A&R, Producer Teo Macero Producer The Raelettes Vocals (Background) Thelonious Monk Piano Thomas Scott Saxophone Tom Piazza A&R Ulrich Felsburg Executive Producer Vartan Art Direction Walter Page Bass Wayne Knight Photography