Fourteen Black Pattis, the most ever found in a single place, now sat in a neat stack in front of Joe Bussard. "Some man gave 'em to my sister back in 1927," the old man was explaining. "We played 'em once, but we don't care much for blues and such, so we packed 'em away and they've been there ever since - Joe Bussard, story by Eddie Dean, washingtoncitypaper.com
This isn't exactly country blues, nor is my approach to it. Maybe some of you'll enjoy it anyway. I hesitated between posting to "performance corner" and "other musical interests" myself, so if moderators want to move it, please do so. Anyway, here's a little instrumental take on the tune:
Nice Pan, such a beautiful melody. I've become more and more interested in the "concert spiritual" repertoire in the past several years. Love listening to Paul Robeson & Marion Anderson etc. Been messing with a version of Josha fit the battle of Jericho myself on and off.
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My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977)
Hi all, For any of you who enjoy beautifully done renditions of spirituals, there was a great CD put out around the mid-90s, a duo of Charlie Haden on bass and the late Hank Jones on piano, called "Steal Away", on Verve, the program of which, apart from a couple of originals, is all spirituals. It is a terrific CD I would recommend very highly. I'm pretty sure you'd get a kick out of it, Pan. All best, Johnm
Thanks for the tip, John. I'll check it out. This reminded me that I have an Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan record called "Going Home", with their versions of the spirituals. I had completely forgotten about it! I'll have to check their version of the tune as well! They made a (jazz-)blues album called "Trouble in Mind" which I have and like too.