The Paramount Masters (2004) more music like this

by Various Artists

Paramount Records didn't know it at the time, but they created one of the most valuable catalogs of early American blues and jazz music ever assembled. Formed by a furniture company called the Wisconsin Chair Company in the mid-teens to facilitate sales for their new phonograph cabinets, Paramount Records (along with its subsidiary labels Broadway ...

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It's All About the Blues [Box] (2002) more music like this

by Various Artists

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Juke Joint Saturday Night: Classic Piano Blues Rags & Stomps (2000) more music like this

by Various Artists

Capable of producing music at a sufficient volume, the piano was a widely popular instrument in African-American entertainment spots across the south in the 1920s and 1930s. Like the guitar, its ability to combine harmony and melody simultaneously also made it very versatile for both solo performance and group accompaniment. Juke Joint Saturday ...

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Paramount Piano Blues, Vol. 2 (1927-1932) (1994) more music like this

by Various Artists

An excellent set of early piano blues on this famous label from the late '20s and early '30s. This 20 track set rounds up classic performances off of ultra rare 78s from Meade Lux Lewis, Barrel House Welch, James Wiggins and Blind Leroy Garnett, Charley Taylor, Louise Johnson, Jabo Williams, and guitarist Skip James. This set sports an almost ...

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Picking the Blues: Boogie Woogie Pioneers (2006) more music like this

by Various Artists

British musician, bandleader, and blues historian John Mayall was tapped by the excellent jazz and blues archival label Document to dig through his record collection and present the best of the boogie-woogie pioneers. Not only did Mayall select the 22 songs for the disc, but he also wrote the liner notes in which he recalls his life-altering ...

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Piano Blues: The Essential (2001) more music like this

by Various Artists

Although blues is often thought of as a predominately guitar-based genre (thanks largely to the early record labels that seemed to prefer recording solo guitarists), the piano has had a large part in its development. The polyrhythmic possibility of blues patterns was easier to accomplish on piano, and indeed, many guitarists found that adapting ...

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Piano Blues All Stars (2008) more music like this

by Various Artists

Solo piano blues from the '20s and '30s can be hard to find past the big-name artists of stride and boogie-woogie. These 12 cuts were chosen from recordings for the Paramount label between 1927 and 1932, for sure the predawn age of recorded African-American music expressionism. You get classic material from the immortal Meade "Lux" Lewis and Cow ...

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Boogie Woogie Piano [Fremeaux & Associes] (1950) more music like this

by Various Artists

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