Professor Longhair does a mad scat (?) solo in this version of Fats Domino’s “Whole Lotta Lovin’” backed by the Meters.
Tag Archives: Professor Longhair
YouTube du Jour: “Junker Blues”
January 2, 2010 – 9:25 am
Tuts Washington and Professor Longhair demonstrate how the former’s “Junker Blues” became “Tipitina.” Allen Toussaint helps in a killer suit.
Onward Brass Band, The Tradition Continues (OBB)
December 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Before you dismiss this as “Just another traditional brass band album,” understand that the Onward Brass Band was performing at functions in New Orleans 30 years before jazz in any form was recorded (obviously, not with this lineup). So let’s not go comparing this album with the latest Thom Yorke release. That said, the point [...]
Lawrence Sieberth, New New Orleans (Musikbloc)
September 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Larry Sieberth has been an ace sideman on the local modern jazz scene for decades, rarely drawing attention to himself despite consistently tasty work. In recent years he’s been plumbing traditional jazz waters, most notably with banjoist Don Vappie, and now we have this album of traditional solo piano. All cuts here are from the [...]
Perfect Balance: Allen Toussaint
June 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Allen Toussaint finally looks comfortable. We’ve finished talking and during the conversation, he expressed concern that he wasn’t a good interview. He was gentlemanly as you’d expect, forthright, and though he wasn’t unhappy, it didn’t seem like he enjoyed the interview experience. But when he sat down at the piano while the photographer snapped test [...]
Royce Osborn, All on a Mardi Gras Day (Spyboy DVD)
February 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
From the beginning moments of Mardi Gras Indians parading, Skull and Bones groups eerily taunting, and Baby Dolls shaking their moneymakers over the immortal Carnival music of Professor Longhair that opens All on a Mardi Gras Day, producer Royce Osborn’s fantastic documentary about Black Carnival, there is a tone set of both fun times and [...]
Jon Cleary, Mo Hippa (FHQ)
August 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
You know exactly what to expect whenever anyone strikes up the opening riff to Professor Longhair’s “Go to the Mardi Gras,” right? Not quite. That riff opens Jon Cleary’s first live CD, and what follows is anything but a traditional version of the song. Instead of charging into the familiar groove, his Absolute Monster Gentlemen [...]
Classic Songs of Louisiana: “Big Chief” by Professor Longhair
February 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
“Me big chief, me got ’em tribe. Got my squaw right by my side, My flag boy just went by, My spy boy he full of fire. My whole tribe is having fun, We gonna dance ‘till morning come.”—Earl King Closely identified with Carnival, “Big Chief” was recorded by Professor Longhair and produced by [...]
Bars Fill with Mardi Gras Indians; Legendary Drummer Smokey Johnson Saluted
February 1, 1994 – 12:01 am
Happy Mardi Gras, everybody! The nation’s greatest free party will be in full swing as this issue of OffBeat hits the streets, with plenty of music and merriment for all. And there’s still time to enjoy a couple of rounds of Wild Indian practice before Fat Tuesday brings our beautiful warriors out into the open, [...]
