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| 1. | Cow Cow Blues x 2
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| 2. | Pine Top's Boogie
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| 3. | Boogie Woogie Stomp
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| 4. | St. Louis Blues x 2
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| 5. | Going Down Slow
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| 6. | Just a Closer Walk with Thee
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| 7. | Little Brother
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| 8. | Seeley's Boogie
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| 9. | My Sunday Best
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| 10. | Bumble Boogie
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| 11. | Honk Tonk Train Blues
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| 12. | Check to Cheek Boogie
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Mr. B - piano
Bob Seely - piano
This is a full concert in a small auditorium in Austin, Texas, by two legendary pianists specializing in Boogie Woogie. They give interesting history of the form in their introductions to the 14 tunes they play, and the contrasting styles of the two piano ticklers adds interest to the proceedings. Although it's possible that viewers who are not as into Boogie Woogie as this Austin audience obviously was may find that the program is a bit too long, or long in the tooth, for them. I was a bit disappointed that there were actually few tracks in which both pianists performed together on the two pianos. And there's not much effort to place the left piano in the left channel and the right in the right channel.
The opening Cow Cow Blues is interesting since it is played twice - once by each of the pianists. Later Braun plays his version of the St. Louis Blues, followed by Seeley at the other piano doing Earl Hines arrangement, Boogie Woogie on the St. Louis Blues. The final number is a piano-three-hands duet at the same keyboard by B. and Seeley, on the appropriately-named Cheek to Cheek Boogie - which brings down the house.
The sound is good and the 16:9 image welcome, though sometimes shots are a bit loose or out of focus. The closeups of the finger work are appreciated.
Mr. B
Active Decades: '80s and '90s
Genre: Blues
Styles: Piano Blues, Boogie-Woogie
A superior blues and boogie-woogie pianist, Mr. B. (aka Mark Braun) has recorded several excellent sets that find him revitalizing the vintage style. He started playing piano when he was 15 and, although he had heard much of the pop and rock music of the era, when his father brought home a record by Jimmy Yancey, it convinced him of the musical path he should take. Braun was fortunate enough to visit Chicago on several occasions, seeing, talking to and drawing inspiration from Little Brother Montgomery, Blind John Davis and Sunnyland Slim. He also heard Boogie Woogie Red play at the Blind Pig club in Detroit every Monday night for 11 years. By the mid-'70s, Mr. B. was playing with regional bands and gaining a strong reputation.
Because he chose to stay in Ann Arbor, Mr. B. is not as well-known as he should be, but he has recorded excellent sets for Blind Pig: 1987's Shining the Pearls which features J.C. Heard and Marcus Belgrave and 1988's Partners in Time which also features Heard. In 1991 he released My Sunday Best for Ann Arbor label Schoolkids and followed it up with a big band record, Hallelujah Train in 1994. This record also came out on Schoolkids and features Ann Arbor's stalwart big band the Bird of Paradise Orchestra. Mr. B. can be found every year at the Ann Arbor Art Fair pounding out some boogie for the enthralled hordes of tourists or on the mound at Vet's Park pitching his amateur baseball team to another victory.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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