Piano Rolls: Blues and Rags 1917-1921
by Eubie Blake
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 1 January 1973
- Label: Biograph
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:00
- Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
These performances were cut as piano rolls between 1917 and 1921, the years when Eubie Blake first recorded for Path茅 and Ampico and composed 'Charleston Rag'. Issued during the ragtime revival that followed Blake's 1969 Columbia comeback album, the LP preserves his touch exactly as the rolls captured it, with no studio session in between.
Genres
Descriptors: piano, virtuosic, retro, rhythmic, instrumental
Tracklist
- The Good Fellow Blues (3:13)
- Don't Tell Your Monkey Man (3:35)
- Boll Weevil Blues (4:41)
- If You Don't Want Me Blues (3:23)
- Negro Spirituals (4:46)
- Wang-Wang Blues (2:37)
- Roumania (3:29)
- Memphis Blues (2:57)
- Dangerous Blues (3:50)
- Arkansas Blues (3:11)
- The Down Home Blues (3:18)
Credits
- Eubie Blake - primary artist, piano
- Steve Nicastro - art direction
- David Hancock - mastered by
- Rik Hill - photography by
- Arnold S. Caplin - producer