Six blues-roots pianists ; [a thorough guide to early blues piano styles with instruction, historical notes, discography, and complete music transcriptions of boogie woogie, barrelhouse, and ragtime soloes. Based on recordings by six old blues masters].
| Author/creator | Kriss, Eric |
| Format | Musical Score |
| Publication Info | New York : Oak Publications, [1973] |
| Description | 104 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Yancey, Jimmy, 1898-1951. |
| Other author/creator | Dupree, Champion Jack, 1910- |
| Other author/creator | Montgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985. |
| Other author/creator | Speckled Red, 1892-1973. |
| Other author/creator | Sykes, Roosevelt. |
| Other author/creator | Spann, Otis. |
| Contents | How long blues / Carr -- The Yancey special / Razaf & Lewis -- Yancey<U+2019>s bugle call / Yancey -- Mercy on me / Dupree -- A good woman is hard to find / Dupree -- Too evil to cry / Dupree -- Tremblin<U+2019> blues / Montgomery -- Vicksburg blues no. 2 / Montgomery -- Bass key boogie / Montgomery -- The dirty dozens / Perryman -- Cow cow blues / Davenport -- Highway 61 blues / Sykes -- Gulfport boogie / Sykes -- Red-eye Jesse Bell -- Spann<U+2019>s stomp / Spann -- Trouble in mind / Jones -- Don<U+2019>t you know / Spann. |
| General note | In part, with words. |
| General note | Contains works by Jimmy Yancey, Champion Jack Dupree, Little Brother Montgomery, Speckled Red, Roosevelt Sykes, and Otis Spann. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: p. 96-97. |
| Bibliography note | Discography: p. 98-104. |
| Other title | Blues-roots pianists. |
| LCCN | 73083128 |
| ISBN | 0825601444 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | M1670.K75 S6 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |