James Booker - Spiders on the Keys
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Artist: James BookerBrand: BOOKER,JAMES
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1993-09-01
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Papa Was a Rascal
- On the Sunny Side of the Street
- So Swell When You're Well
- Taste of Honey
- He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
- Gonzo's Blue Dream
- Eleanor Rigby
- Malague?a
- Piano Salad
- Little Coquette
- Besame Mucho
- Tico Tico
- Over the Rainbow
Music reviews of Spiders on the Keys
Music Review: Booker on fire
Rating: 5 Stars
This is a solo club recording of the great New Orleans Pianist James Booker. A word of warning, the recordings were originally never planned for release so the Piano sound (and the sound overall) isn't great. The reason for its release though is clear. Booker was erratic and in the studio might or might not be on form that day. Here with the benefit of hours and hours of tapes they have able to put out two volumes of superb solo Piano with Booker unleashed to do his own thing for as long as he liked!
Highlight on this disc for me is the brilliant version of "On the Sunny Side of Street". Booker wasn't really a Jazz Pianist but listen to this performance and you might want to question that statement. This is a better version (except for the sound quality) than on the excellent studio album album Junco partner (Hannibal HNCD 1359). Checkout the great solo, he may not be Jazz Pianist, but he has all the attributes of a Jazz Pianist.
Elsewhere there are stunning versions of some of Bookers own tunes and great covers of many well known tunes like 'Eleanor Rigby', Tico Tico and 'Over the Rainbow'.
You should have this essential New Orleans Piano recording in your collection together with its sister volume 'Ressurection of the Bayou Maharajah'.
Description of Spiders on the Keys
No Description Available.Genre: Blues Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 7-APR-1998
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