Product details
- Label Capitol Records
- Artist Professor Longhair
- Format 1LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2019
- Genre Blues
- Sealed Yes
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Live On The Queen Mary by Professor Longhair.
Few piano players ever conjured the rolling, syncopated joy of New Orleans quite like Professor Longhair, and this live set captures him doing what he did best: turning a room into a rhythm machine. "Live On The Queen Mary" is a document of Fess in his element, working through a program that stretches from tender blues to full tilt Crescent City celebration.
Side A opens with "Tell Me Pretty Baby," easing you into the groove before "Mess Around" picks up the tempo and lets the piano really strut. From there comes "Every Day I Have The Blues," a chance to hear Longhair lean into the slower, aching side of the tradition, before the side closes with "Tipitina," perhaps the most beloved tune in his catalog and a piece so central to his legacy that a legendary New Orleans club took its name from it.
Flip to Side B and the party opens wide. "I'm Movin' On" kicks things off with momentum, and then "Mardi Grass In New Orleans" arrives like the centerpiece it is, a rolling, second line anthem that puts Longhair's signature rhumba boogie front and center. This is the sound of Carnival distilled into a single performance, the kind of track that makes a live recording feel like an invitation rather than a document.
The back half of the record keeps the energy varied and generous. "Cry To Me" brings the emotional temperature back down for a moment, giving the set some welcome contrast, while "Gone So Long" carries its own weathered charm. The album closes with "Stagger Lee," that endlessly retold ballad of bad men and bad luck, delivered here with the swagger and swing only Professor Longhair could bring to it.
What makes this record such a rewarding listen is the pacing across its nine tracks. The sequencing moves easily between uptempo celebration and slow burning blues, so the whole thing plays like a real evening unfolding rather than a collection of takes. You hear the ease of a performer completely at home behind the keys, playing to a live audience and feeding off the room.
For collectors and newcomers alike, this is an ideal way to meet Professor Longhair on his own terms, in front of an audience, working the piano with that unmistakable rolling touch. It belongs on the shelf of anyone who loves New Orleans piano, the deep well of American blues, or simply a great live album that never stops moving. Drop the needle and let the good times roll.
Pressing Details:
Track Listing:
A1. Tell Me Pretty Baby
A2. Mess Around
A3. Every Day I Have The Blues
A4. Tipitina
B1. I'm Movin' On
B2. Mardi Grass In New Orleans
B3. Cry To Me
B4. Gone So Long
B5. Stagger Lee
Artist: Professor Longhair
Format: 1LP
Genre: Blues
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog Number: 7728485
Release Year: 2019
Country: United States
Condition: Sealed (New)
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