Best of Blues Piano by Todd Lowry

This book/CD is a guide to various styles and techniques used by several great blues pianists. The fourteen pianists presented here represent a broad spectrum of piano blues from its early origins to its modern form.

14 songs are covered: Big Chief (Professor Longhair) • Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino) • (The Original 'Pinetop') Boogie Woogie (Pinetop Smith) • Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head So Hard?) (Pinetop Perkins) • Confessin' the Blues (Jay McShann) • Cow Cow Blues (Cow Cow Davenport) • Cryin' in My Sleep (Jimmy Yancey) • Diving Duck (Otis Spann) • Everyday I Have the Blues (Memphis Slim) • Honky Tonk Train Blues (Meade 'Lux' Lewis) • The Pearls (Jelly Roll Morton) • Roll 'Em Pete (Pete Johnson) • Route 66 (Charles Brown) • Tipitina (Dr. John).

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