Happy Birthday Professor Longhair

[lesterperkins]

Today woould have been Professor Longhair's birthday.

Lets celebrate like Fess would have wanted.

17 videoplay list.

Enjoy!

http://jazzonthetube.com/videos/professor-longhair/happy-birthday-professor-longhair.html

[AllenLowe]

apropos of this topic, I want to recommend that every American read Dr. John's autobiography - which tells us more about New Orleans and its relationship to American music than 40 showings of episode one of the PBS Jazz documentary -

[jeffcrom]

Today woould have been Professor Longhair's birthday.

Not that I'm attributing this to anything but coincidence, but I woke up this morning with an urge to hear Fess's Atlantic recordings.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Today woould have been Professor Longhair's birthday.

Not that I'm attributing this to anything but coincidence, but I woke up this morning with an urge to hear Fess's Atlantic recordings.

Well, it WAS a coincidence that I was listening to them yesterday

MG

[jostber]

The Professor got that everlasting spirit. His music lives on.

[GA Russell]

I've regretted that I never got to see him when I was growing up in New Orleans. His Big Chief, Part 2 was a hit when I was in high school.

[kenny weir]

One of my most memorable - and one of the few rememberable - dreams ... I dreamed I WAS Professor Longhair, playing sheer magic for an outdoor amphitheatre full of in-the-groove fans.

At least 25 years ago, I'd guess, it was. But I still remember vividly how cool it felt ...

Edited December 20, 2009 by kenny weir

[danasgoodstuff]

Fess & Monk are my fav piano players, personality beats perfection every time...although you could say that they were perfectly themselves.

[jeffcrom]

Fess & Monk are my fav piano players, personality beats perfection every time...although you could say that they were perfectly themselves.

Funny you should say that. There are plenty of sloppy Fess tracks out there, but as I was listening yesterday, I was struck by how perfect every detail of the original "Tipitina" is. Every bass line, piano accent, vocal inflection (including all those nonsense syllables), and that amazing drum groove by Earl Palmer - just right. It's a perfect three minutes of music.

[AllenLowe]

Kenny dreamed he was Professor Longhair - I once dreamed I was Bud Powell - or at least playing like him -

Chewey thinks he's Lou Donaldson -

Ron S think he's Stokowski -

is this an unhappy group of guys, or what?

[kenny weir]

Kenny dreamed he was Professor Longhair - I once dreamed I was Bud Powell - or at least playing like him -

Chewey thinks he's Lou Donaldson -

Ron S think he's Stokowski -

is this an unhappy group of guys, or what?

If so, not on the basis detailed here - IMO.

Now, the dreams concerning my father - 10 years gone the old bugger is, and they still happen, with me waking in a cold sweat - that's anutha matter entirely.