Memories of You

by Eubie Blake

Overview

A link to 19th-century ragtime who was still at the keys 75 years after the composition of his "Charleston Rag" (1899), Eubie Blake lived on yet longer thanks to his piano-roll recordings, including the 15 heard here. Most date from the 1910s -- though they've often been replayed for subsequently updated masterings -- and reflect one of the most buoyant piano styles of any in recorded jazz. Opening with "The Charleston Rag," Memories of You consists mostly of blues, though there's an ebullience and character in effect here that has little to do with the variety of blues heard during the late '20s, whether from acoustic Delta guitarists or Tin Pan Alley pianists. Blake's rendition of W.C. Handy's "The Memphis Blues" has a rollicking, syncopated charm, while "Boll Weevil Blues" is perhaps his best recording. One of the chestnuts, "I'm Just Wild About Harry," was actually recorded by Blake in 1973, more than 50 years after its first brush with popularity. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	05/13/2003
Label:	Shout! Factory
UPC:	0826663014624
Rank:	125040

Tracks

1. Charleston Rag
2. Chevy Chase
3. Mirandy
4. Fizz Water
5. Crazy Blues
6. Memphis Blues
7. Dangerous Blues
8. Arkansas Blues
9. The Down Home Blues
10. The Good Fellow Blues
11. Don't Tell Your Monkey Man
12. Boll Weevil Blues
13. If You Don't Want Me Blues
14. I'm Just Wild About Harry
15. Memories of You

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Eubie Blake   Primary Artist,Piano,Rolls
Gertrude Baum   Primary Artist,Piano,Rolls
Steve Williams   Rolls
Steve "Syco Steve" Williams   Piano
Noble Sissle   Vocals

Technical Credits

Luki Johnson   Composer
Anton Lada   Composer
Lawrence Boylan   Liner Notes
L. Johnson   Composer
Steve Williams   Piano Rolls
Gertrude Baum   Piano Rolls
George Norton   Composer
Felix Klempka   Engineer
Spencer Williams   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Billie Brown   Composer
Europe   Composer
W.C. Handy   Composer
Toby Mountain   Engineer,Digital Engineer
Eubie Blake   Composer,Piano Rolls
Perry Bradford   Composer
Vernon Dalhart   Composer
Noble Sissle   Composer
Mike Montgomery   Liner Notes
Arnold S. Caplin   Producer
Tom Delaney   Composer
Alan Caplin   Art Direction
Gid Tanner   Composer
Mamie Smith   Composer
Ted Koehler   Composer
B. Brown   Composer