Bright Moments Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Wow!!! recorded in 1962 lou was only 21 years old, but boy oh boy could he belt 'em out! and les on piano kickin' !!! this one's special!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Agreed, nice session! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 A classic in certain circles around these parts. That one, and Live! too. Heard both albums regularly for decades on the AM jazz stations down here from the late 60s on. The FM jazz stations never seemed to be hip to it. Par for the course, that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Fuddy-duddy me preferes the original cover however... Wasn't really that green, though/// Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I never understood why Cuscuna with his usual quest for authenticity did not use the original cover for the CD. I like that photo of the band on the parking lot at night ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Cool, but parts of it leave me cold. Maybe it's Lou's insistence on pronouncing everything so well. Anyway, this thread made me seek Stormy Monday out. Following a brief, profanity-laced temper tantrum I found it filed under Les McCann. I prefer the original artwork too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted November 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Anyway, this thread made me seek Stormy Monday out. Following a brief, profanity-laced temper tantrum I found it filed under Les McCann. ← i SO know what you mean!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted January 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 RIP Lou! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 There was quite a large obituary of Lou Rawls in yesterday's Raleigh News & Observer. Its headline referred to him as "R&B Crooner". I had never thought of him as R&B, because I think of R&B as music aimed at high schoolers; i.e., Fats Domino and The Supremes. Even when he had hits on the radio in the 60s, I thought of Lou Rawls as aiming for an adult audience. I haven't heard this album with Les McCann, but I remember it in the stores. I suppose it's a good example of what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 I had never thought of him as R&B, because I think of R&B as music aimed at high schoolers; i.e., Fats Domino and The Supremes. Even when he had hits on the radio in the 60s, I thought of Lou Rawls as aiming for an adult audience. Overall, I think the media coverage of Lou's death has been pretty revealing of how square the media really is. It happens everytime somebody hip dies...and I guess it shows by negative example the true meaning of hip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Wow!!! recorded in 1962 lou was only 21 years old, but boy oh boy could he belt 'em out! and les on piano kickin' !!! BM, I think you're off by ten years. Rawls was born in 1932, I think, so that would make him 30 years old when he cut that record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 According to ABC News. . . Louis Allen Rawls was born on the south side of Chicago in 1935 So he was 27 or so. Man. . . hard to believe he's gone. . .he was a few years younger than my dad. ARGH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Lon, the obit in the other thread has him at 72, which would make his birth year 1933. That would make him 29 in 1962. It's not uncommon for entertainers to take two years off their age, and your ABC citation was probably based upon PR-sourced information. Singer Lou Rawls Dies at 72 Email this Story Jan 6, 10:57 AM (ET) LOS ANGELES (AP) - Grammy Award-winning singer Lou Rawls has died of lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was 72. The velvet-voiced singer started as a church choir boy and went on to sell more than 40 million albums. He won three Grammy Awards in a career that spanned nearly five decades and a range of genres. Rawls died this morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was hospitalized last month. http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060106/D8EV971O0.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 There was quite a large obituary of Lou Rawls in yesterday's Raleigh News & Observer. Its headline referred to him as "R&B Crooner". I had never thought of him as R&B, because I think of R&B as music aimed at high schoolers; i.e., Fats Domino and The Supremes. Even when he had hits on the radio in the 60s, I thought of Lou Rawls as aiming for an adult audience. R&B is a very broad musical category. It includes a lot of adult music. On the other hand, we already loved Lou Rawls when we were kids. His music is for all ages, and for the ages themselves. You'll never find...another voice like his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 There was quite a large obituary of Lou Rawls in yesterday's Raleigh News & Observer. Its headline referred to him as "R&B Crooner". I had never thought of him as R&B, because I think of R&B as music aimed at high schoolers; i.e., Fats Domino and The Supremes. Even when he had hits on the radio in the 60s, I thought of Lou Rawls as aiming for an adult audience. R&B is a very broad musical category. It includes a lot of adult music. On the other hand, we already loved Lou Rawls when we were kids. His music is for all ages, and for the ages themselves. You'll never find...another voice like his. Ray Charles always said that R&B was adult music, as distinct from Rock & Roll, or Soul, which he said were for kids. (I suspect he was thinking mor eof Motown than Aretha when he said that.) Anyway, I've always thought of Lou as a Soul Jazz singer. And Soul Jazz, according to Bob Porter, is definitely entertainment for black adults. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 It was the ABC obit so who knows? In either case he was not 21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted January 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 According to ABC News. . . Louis Allen Rawls was born on the south side of Chicago in 1935 So he was 27 or so. Man. . . hard to believe he's gone. . .he was a few years younger than my dad. ARGH! my bad. -_- great cd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 My wife and I went to see Lou Rawls at a little jazz club in San Diego called Ward's Jazzville in 1964. Lou sang many songs from the "Stormy Monday" album. I owned the album and knew it by heart. That night on piano was someone that I didn't recognize. I knew it wasn't Les McCann, but McCann's parts were played perfectly. At the end of the set Lou introduced the band. When he announced that Johnny "Guitar" Watson was on piano, I just about fell out of my chair. I had been listening to Johnny "Guitar' Watson's blues records for many years. However, I didn't know he played piano or jazz. This was one of my most memorable nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 My wife and I went to see Lou Rawls at a little jazz club in San Diego called Ward's Jazzville in 1964. Lou sang many songs from the "Stormy Monday" album. I owned the album and knew it by heart. That night on piano was someone that I didn't recognize. I knew it wasn't Les McCann, but McCann's parts were played perfectly. At the end of the set Lou introduced the band. When he announced that Johnny "Guitar" Watson was on piano, I just about fell out of my chair. I had been listening to Johnny "Guitar' Watson's blues records for many years. However, I didn't know he played piano or jazz. This was one of my most memorable nights. thanks for sharing that mike and welcome to the board!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 (edited) My wife and I went to see Lou Rawls at a little jazz club in San Diego called Ward's Jazzville in 1964. Lou sang many songs from the "Stormy Monday" album. I owned the album and knew it by heart. That night on piano was someone that I didn't recognize. I knew it wasn't Les McCann, but McCann's parts were played perfectly. At the end of the set Lou introduced the band. When he announced that Johnny "Guitar" Watson was on piano, I just about fell out of my chair. I had been listening to Johnny "Guitar' Watson's blues records for many years. However, I didn't know he played piano or jazz. This was one of my most memorable nights. Watson started his career as a pianist and did a whole album of jazz standards as a pianist for Cadet in the 1960's - I Cried For You (reissued under other titles) - be warned of his vocals! But his piano playing is pretty fine on that one, and his groove is great! Edited January 17, 2006 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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