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New Orleans Blues Piano, Part 3 of 6: Professor Longhair, Caribbean Music and “The Junker’s Blues”
Jon Cleary
A native of the UK, blues pianist Jon Cleary has become a respected session player, sideman, and performer in his own right in his adopted home of New Orleans, LA. He has performed with Taj Mahal, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, and records and plays with his own group, the Absolute Monster Gentlemen. |
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Description: Blues pianist and songwriter Jon Cleary continues his discussion of the New Orleans blues piano style by spotlighting the great Professor Longhair and demonstrating how his style was derived in part from the Caribbean music and culture that moved through the Port of New Orleans in the 1930s and 1940s. He also shows how Professor Longhair’s famous tune, “Tipitina” combines a traditional New Orleans blues form with rhythms derived from Cuban music.
Shoot Date: February 2007 |
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