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After years, finally a brand new recording! This is Barbara's mature hot jazz-blues best, recorded in New Orleans(1988) and in Berkeley (2000). Three revered veterans of the San Francisco '50s jazz revival play on both sessions: Bob Mielke (trombone), Richard Hadlock (soprano & alto sax) and Pete Allen (bass). Two brilliant younger players, Clint Baker (guitar) and Marc Caparone(trumpet) animate the California session. The piano chair is shared by two of the greatest in traditional jazz: Ray Skjelbred and Butch Thompson (of Prairie Home Companion fame).
Here is a rich mixture of classics like Jelly Bean Blues and Black Eye Blues, prohibition-era tunes like the title song and Irving Berlin's "See you in C-U-B-A," an original blues by Barbara dedicated to the old-timers who have inspired her, Yip Harburg's beloved "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", Fats Waller's "How Can You Face Me Now?", and all with a subtext that comments on life in today's uneasy world.
GHB BCD-240....$15.00
CD REISSUES
Coming soon ~ Sound clips!TROUBLE IN MIND
This is Barbara's very first recording, a collector's item since its issue in 1957 when it was said of her: "A voice like this hasn't been heard in 30 years." Jazz critic Philip Elwood says, "an immense voice, remarkably well turned...As a gut-level blues singer she is without compare." Classic blues accompanied by jazz masters Don Ewell, piano; Bob Mielke, trombone; P.T. Stanton, trumpet; Darnell Howard, clarinet; Pops Foster, bass.
Dreadnaught DN-1601....$15.00
ON MY WAY
Classic blues done in new ways, along with songs Barbara sang in man civil rights demonstrations and rallies. A rich slice of what she was doing in the early '60s with her unbeatable partners Kenny Whitson (piano/ cornet genius) and Wellman Braud (former Ellington bassist) plus special guests Billy Strange (guitar), Earl Palmer or Jesse Sailes(drums), Ray Johnson, Rocco Wilson and the Andrews Gospel Singers from Oakland. Includes Dane's radio breakout "I'm On My Way."
Dreadnaught DN-1602....$15.00
LIVING WITH THE BLUES
"The voice is pure, rich... haunting dusky legato ...rare as a 20 carat diamond" said Time Magazine in 1959, about the time this recording was issued. The result of mixing Barbara's blues with jazz men Earl "Fatha" Hines (piano), Benny Carter(trumpet!), Plaz Johnson (sax), Herbie Harper/John Halliburton (trombone), Shelly Manne (drums), and Leroy Vinegar (bass). Includes some of her favorite ballads, "A Hundred Years from Today" and "Porgy."
Dreadnaught DN-1603....$15.00
SOMETIMES I BELIEVE SHE LOVES ME
Spontaneous moments of musical communication between Barbara and the legendary Lightnin' Hopkins captured on Arhoolie records by the inimitable Chris Strachwitz in 1965 at the Cabale in Berkeley, California. Followed by a group of her lifelong favorite folk-style songs, some with the addition of piano giant Ray Skjelbred, including Woody Guthrie's "Deportees" and Malvina Reynolds' "Bury Me in My Overalls." Full notes by Dane.
Arhoolie CD-451....$15.00
ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK SONGS (originally issued on Everest as "WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL")
"Her strong voice and ability to make a traditional folk or blues song her own have made (Barbara) an invaluable influence upon musicians as varied as Janis Joplin and Tracy Chapman." (from the reissue liner notes) This album, recorded in 1959, features guitar and banjo contributions from Tom Paley (of The New Lost City Ramblers). Songs include: Nine Hundred Miles, Turkey Reveille, Gypsy Davy, Danville Girl, Little Maggie, Girl of Constant Sorrow etc.
Tradition/Rykodisc TCD-1062....$10.00 Special!
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