The late great blues and barrelhouse pianist Champion Jack Dupree was one of the fortunate ones. When Dupree appeared at the 1990 and 1991 JazzFests and recorded a trio of albums in New Orleans after a three-decade residency in Europe, his “comeback” was universally acclaimed and ultimately helped earn him three W.C. Handy Awards. However all too often, public recognition for artistic achievement is dictated posthumously or by an artist's medical emergencies. Before his death in 1992, Dupree ...