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1	Chess Blues (1992) more music like this by Various Artists Chess Blues is a superlative four-CD box set featuring important tracks by all the main stars of the label (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson), as well as much previously unreleased material. A well-done retrospective of Chicago blues in its heyday, as recorded by America's greatest blues label, Chess. Cub Koda, All ... see all copies from $24.00! new only from $52.64!
2	Walking the Blues (1972) more music like this by Otis Spann Walking the Blues is arguably the finest record Otis Spann ever cut, boasting 11 cuts of astounding blues piano. On several numbers, Spann is supported by guitarist Robert Jr. Lockwood and their interaction is sympathetic, warm, and utterly inviting. Spann relies on originals here, from "Half Ain't Been Told" to "Walking the Blues," but he also ... see all copies from $9.59! new only from $9.59!
3	The Best of Chicago Blues [Vanguard CD] (1997) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $6.24! new only from $15.29!
4	The Great Blues Men (1972) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $15.00! new only from $15.29!
5	Putumayo Presents: Blues Around the World (2006) more music like this by Various Artists What happens when Putumayo, a label built entirely on the realm of world music, takes on a genre known as one of the few purely American musics? The answer: they find performers worldwide with their own regional twists on the blues, and present a surprisingly coherent collection. Well beyond the spread up Highway 61 decades ago, Putumayo Presents: ... see all copies from $4.29! new only from $13.37!
6	Otis Spann Is the Blues (1960) more music like this by Otis Spann Otis Spann may not have been the blues, but he was sure close to being the blues pianist . Spann provided wonderful, imaginative, tasty piano solos and better-than-average vocals, and was arguably the best player whose style was more restrained than animated. Not that he couldn't rock the house, but Spann's forte was making you think as well as ... see all copies from $9.59! new only from $9.59!
7	Blues Piano Orgy (1972) more music like this by Various Artists Thanks in part to the luridly alluring title and the enthusiastically informative liner notes by Bob Koester, this solid collection was many a young musician's introduction to the men who pioneered blues piano in the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt Sykes is the best represented artist here, and his leering vocals are hard to resist: ... see all copies from $10.28! new only from $10.28!
8	The Essential Blues [House of Blues] (1995) more music like this by Various Artists Essential Blues is an attempt to trace the evolution of the music from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago and other modern, urban cities. It does a fairly good job in providing a brief history, but the main strength of the collection simply comes from the music. Featuring cuts from Lightnin' Hopkins, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Slim Harpo, Junior ... see all copies from $6.98! new only from $19.99!
9	Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2006) more music like this by Otis Spann see all copies from $10.04! new only from $10.04!
10	Every Day I Have the Blues [Goldies Box] (2000) more music like this by Various Artists This three-disc set features a total of 42 classic blues recordings, some going back to the 1920s. There's no rhyme or reason to the set, except that all of the tracks are classic recordings from Bessie Smith's "St. Louis Blues" and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads," "Hellhound on My Trail," and "Kindhearted Woman Blues" to Etta James' "At Last" and B ... see all copies from $7.11! new only from $7.11!
11	Live the Life (1997) more music like this by Otis Spann & Muddy Waters This release includes 16 rare and previously unissued Otis Spann tracks recorded between 1964 and 1969. Featuring the blues piano genius in both a solo context and supporting a bevy of Chicago artists in a variety of settings, this plows through Pete Welding's old Testament tape vaults to uncover new treasures by the carload. Muddy Waters is ... see all copies from $10.39! new only from $10.39!
12 view cover	Last Call: Live at Boston Tea Party, April 2, 1970 (2000) more music like this by Otis Spann Essential primarily as a historical document, this album's tapes -- recorded in 1970 only three weeks before the pianist's death from liver cancer -- were thought to have been destroyed until they were found in a warehouse in 1999. Otis Spann, the classic Chicago bluesman whose work is revered and studied by almost every blues pianist who followed ... see all copies from $23.34! new only from $23.34!
13 view cover	Rare Chicago Blues (1993) more music like this by Various Artists Recorded between 1962 and 1968 by Norman Dayron, Rare Chicago Blues is an enthralling collection of rare blues from artists like Otis Spann, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Joe Williams, Robert Pete Williams, as well as several others. Captured live in clubs and on the street, these tracks give a good taste of what real, gritty urban blues sounded ... see all copies from $8.48! new only from $10.98!
14 view cover	The Best of the Vanguard Years (1999) more music like this by Otis Spann Most of the 18 songs on this fine, if slightly lackluster, compilation come near the end of Spann's 15-year run with Muddy Waters, placing them in the mid- to late '60s. There's plenty of talent here and some of the songs are among the best of Spann's solo efforts, but too much of it seems overly polished compared with the raw, stellar session ... see all copies from $15.29! new only from $15.29!
15 view cover	Chicago/The Blues/Today!, Vol. 1 (1966) more music like this by Various Artists The first volume in the groundbreaking, definitive series Chicago: The Blues Today! contains selections from J.B. Hutto, Junior Wells and Otis Spann. All three contribute stellar performances, but for Hutto it's truly the place to start, because it doesn't get much better than this; "Too Much Alcohol," "Please Help," "Going Ahead" and "That's The ... see all copies from $7.98! new only from $9.52!
16 view cover	Route 50: Driving New Roots for Fifty Years (2000) more music like this by Various Artists This 50th anniversary sampler ("sampler," not "best-of" or something like that, is the term used on the sleeve) commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Vanguard label. Vanguard has recorded some important music, particularly in the folk, blues, and folk-rock fields in the 1960s. This is not the best way to get acquainted with its catalog, due ... see all copies from $3.84! new only from $10.55!
17 view cover	Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 8: 15 Piano Blues & Boogie Classics (1997) more music like this by Various Artists For Volume Eight of its American Masters budget series, Arhoolie tackles the "blues piano" theme, with a crushing emphasis on the boogie-woogie styles of various Chicago, Kansas City, Texas, Louisiana, and Delta players. The pacing of this album does get predictable after a while (fast boogie, slow blues, fast boogie, slow blues...), but there's ... see all copies from $3.42! new only from $6.27!
18 view cover	Vanguard Blues Sampler (1996) more music like this by Various Artists A dozen-plus-one tracks drawn from Vanguard Records' '60s-era rediscovery blues catalog, this sampler is OK as far as it goes, but it isn't anything special, save for Skip James' delicate version of his "I'm So Glad," Mississippi John Hurt's gentle and mellow take on "Corrina, Corrina," and Otis Spann's piano workout on "Spann's Stomp." Steve ... see all copies from $10.55! new only from $10.55!
19 view cover	Blues Jam in Chicago, Vol. 1 [Bonus Tracks] (2004) more music like this by Fleetwood Mac & Otis Spann see all copies from $6.70! new only from $10.87!
20 view cover	HMG Blues Sampler (1997) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $1.99!
21 view cover	Cryin' Time (1970) more music like this by Otis Spann While the Muddy Waters sideman is best known for piano, his soulful organ steals the show on this late-'60s release. His singing is serviceable, helped by wife Lucille Spann on two cuts. Country Joe & the Fish co-founder Barry Melton plays lead guitar, with Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson taking the second chair. Mark Allan, All Music Guide see all copies from $10.55! new only from $10.55!
22 view cover	Fun Time Jazz [2 Disc] (2000) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $6.75! new only from $8.04!
23 view cover	Blues Summit (1998) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $1.99!
24 view cover	Collaboration (1995) more music like this by Muddy Waters & Otis Spann This is the same package as one earlier released in England. It's Muddy with Otis Spann, playing England's Manchester Free Trade Hall in 1958 with the Chris Barber Jazz Band backing them. The Tomato version adds "Long Distance Call" and "Baby Please Don't Go" to the original ten-song lineup; overall, the sound is still rough, taken from the ... see all copies from $5.85! new only from $5.85!
25 view cover	The Story of the Blues [CBS/Columbia] (1995) more music like this by Various Artists When writer and blues scholar Paul Oliver first came along, the genre he specialized in was something of a mystery to the music audience. Young listeners hearing the Rolling Stones do an old Delta blues number on the group's very first record usually thought this was some kind of original concept, not a tribute to a great Afro-American art form ... see all copies from $14.07! new only from $18.07!

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