

Polityka prywatności
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Blues & Rock/Rythm & Blues
premiera polska: 2008-06-17
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: Jewelcaseowe etui
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All About Jazz; 2007-05
"...Delmark is as much in the business of social history as in that of capturing the present-day Chicago music scene with their DVDs, and this one is no exception.
There's something downright honest about Little Arthur Duncan and the manner in which he puts out the Chicago blues, and the performance documented here makes the point in no uncertain terms. This much is apparent from the outset on his own "Leaving Mississippi," on which he sings with the vigour not of a younger man but of a man acting his age whilst making no effort to suppress his lust for life, his harmonica work exhibiting echoes of Shakey Horton. His band is right there with him, with the guitars of Illinois Slim and Rick Kreher meshing as though they were going for a first take in the Chess studio circa 1955.
Duncan isn't afraid to make himself a hostage to fortune in tackling Howlin' Wolf's "No Place To Go," though comparison between his performance and the composer's would only be facetious. Duncan probably sits down for his rendition, yet that force of life imbues the performance with a vigour all its own. It's enough also to lift his reading of "Got Love If You Want It" to a level where the listener/viewer doesn't doubt the claim for a minute. The band has that tight but loose thing going while Duncan's harmonica tells an earthily trenchant story even as it knows the value of economy before Illinois Slim nods in Hubert Sumlin's direction for the next solo.
Willie Dixon's "Little Red Rooster" gets an outing, and Duncan's bringing something fresh to it is a feat in itself. He's aided in that respect by the membership of his band, for whom a groove is not so much something they have trouble locating as something they have difficulty getting away from.
The continuing validity of the blues as an expressive musical form might just lie with its social and economic relevance, but the likes of Little Arthur Duncan and his band prove that it also comes down to a whole lot more than that, and in their avoidance of histrionics and their devotion to the form they make a potent case..."
[Nic Jones]
www.allaboutjazz.com
Production Notes: 76 minutes.
Recorded August 18 2007 at Rosa's Blues Lounge, Chicago, Illinois.
Extras:
Arthur Duncan Commentary (76 minutes)
Tail Dragger DVD Trailer (1 minute 19 seconds)
Carey Bell DVD Trailer (1 minute 21 seconds)
Jimmy Burns DVD Trailer (1 minute 25 seconds)
Mississippi Heat DVD Trailer (1 minute 27 seconds)
Ad for 'Where The Music Lives' DVDs (1 minute 27 seconds)
Editor's info:
Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Live at Rosa's Blues Lounge You can still find the deep-rooted, hard swinging, rough and tumble blues that has inspired and moved generations of fans and musicians ever since the heyday of Chicago blues. Vocalist / songwriter / bandleader / harmonica player Little Arthur Duncan is one of the 'must see' artists for fans of the true, deep, lowdown blues. The music on this disc is raw and raucous and not very polished, but then Arthur's music has never been about slickness - it's about a good time, a deep blues feel, and above all a strong groove. So don't spend a whole lot of time analyzing it - relax and enjoy good solid traditional Chicago blues played by some of the best in Chicago who still play it. With special guest Little Al Thomas. DVD special feature; Little Arthur commentary. Also available: Singin' With The Sun (Delmark 733).
todayschicagoblues.blogspot.com:
Little Arthur Duncan has been part of the Chicago blues scene, in one way or another, since he arrived in the city from Mississippi in the mid-1950s. He lived in the same building as Little Walter, played on Maxwell Street with Floyd Jones and hung out with Jimmy Reed, Earl Hooker, Hip Linkchain, Magic Sam and Billy Boy Arnold, among others. But unlike many of his contemporaries who went on tour the world, Duncan stayed quietly on the local scene, playing his harp occasionally in small clubs, including two he owned on the west side in the 1980s.
It's this classic, no-frills Chicago blues sound that Little Arthur Duncan brings to Live at Rosa's Blues Lounge, recorded live in 2007 at Rosa's Lounge on the west side. Wearing a beret festooned with jewels and buttons, the 73-year-old harp player plays and sings his way through 17 tunes, including four penned by Duncan himself. On other tracks, Duncan delivers his versions of Howlin' Wolf's "No Place to Go" and "Little Red Rooster," Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "Mean Old Frisco Blues," Roosevelt Sykes' "44 Blues," Jimmy Reed's "Pretty Thing," and Little Walter's "Blues with a Feeling" and "I Got to Go."
Most outstanding are Duncan's performances on the two Slim Harpo tunes, "I Got Love If You Want It" and "Scratch My Back." The affinity Little Arthur feels with these tunes is obvious; his energy becomes palpable and transfers visibly to the crowd, who can't help but get up and dance. The music moves Little Arthur, too. Even when he plays sitting down, he can't help but dance in his chair, his whole body moving from toe to head.
The band is a perfect fit for Duncan's style of blues, as they are well-schooled and experienced in traditional Chicago blues. Guitarists Illinois Slim and Rick Kreher (once of the Muddy Waters band) offer tasty interaction with Duncan's vocals and harp, and bassist Michael Azzi and drummer Twist Turner provide a solid backbone of rhythm.
In addition to recording great blues music and artists, Delmark's DVD series has given the world a peak of what the Chicago blues scene is like. Here Little Arthur Duncan performs at Rosa's Lounge, which has been an active and popular blues club for nearly 25 years. This DVD showcases the intimate and interactive atmosphere of blues clubs, as the cameras pan through the club, giving us glimpses of photos on the wall, waitresses filling pitchers with beer, club-goers dancing in the aisles. Rosa's draws a crowd that's a mixture of ages and races, locals and out-of-towners.
And, on any given night, you're likely to see blues musicians and others in the blues biz hanging out in the crowd. This night, it was Little Al Thomas, who takes the mic as a guest vocalist on Doc Clayton's "I Got to Find My Baby." Little Al Thomas, with his Housewreckers band, still performs occasionally, primarily in Chicago's south suburbs.
Delmark has released Live at Rosa's Blues Lounge as both a CD and a DVD. DVD extras include a voiceover commentary by Little Arthur Duncan and trailers of other available Delmark DVDs.
by Karen Hanson
muzycy:
Little Arthur Duncan: vocals, harmonica
Illinois Slim: guitar
Rick Kreher: guitar
Michael Azzi: bass
Twist Turner: drums
Little Al Thomas: vocal (only on "I Got To Find My Baby")
utwory:
1. Leaving Mississippi
2. Pretty Girls Everywhere
3. No Place To Go
4. Pretty Thing
5. I Got Love If You Want It
6. Mean Old Frisco Blues
7. I Got To Go
8. Little red Rooster
9. Young Fashioned Ways
10. Blues With A Feeling
11. Scratch My Back
12. 44 Blues
13. Bad Reputation
14. Back Door
15. I Got To Find My Baby
16. Blues I Got To Leave You
17. Trackmarks
wydano: 2008
more info: www.delmark.com
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