Blues & Ballads

This beautiful album was engineered by Rudy Van Gelder in his Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home studio where so much jazz history was made. It features guitar innovators Lonnie Johnson and Elmer Snowden together for the first time--despite a friendship going back to the 1920s when both appeared on some of the earliest jazz and blues 78s. Johnson, the father of single-note six-string soloing, is in marvelous voice on this selection of blues, ballads, and jazz, crooning the double-entendre "Jelly Roll Baker" and the heartache-laden "Back Water Blues" (a Bessie Smith tune he first cut in 1927) with a marksman's sense of pitch and chilling nuance. Snowden serves mostly as accompanist. But these men play so closely that they seem to be sharing every breath. --Ted Drozdowski more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-15-2008; Yes, He Bakes The Best Jelly Roll In Town; Okay, Okay those of you who have been keeping tabs know that I have spend much of the last year, when not doing political commentary or book or movie reviews, reviewing many of the old time blues artists that were the passion of my...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-18-2008; Guitar Virtuoso; Lonnie Johnson is THE guitar virtuoso. He is the inventor of Jazz guitar, for God's sake! This album is made by the first three songs, which are exquisite. Johnson recorded in the '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s, and '60s, and sounded different...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-02-2007; Recomendo; Todo livro sobre jazz fala sobre blues. A maioria dos escritores, n?o sendo geralmente m?sicos, limita-se a tentar nos enrolar tecendo coment?rios sobre doloridas l?grimas africanas, o sofrimento, a ira e a melancolia da alma n?bia...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-04-2007; Absolutely captivating; Wonderful slow blues. Song selection is great. A very intimate recording that goes far beyond three guys just making music. Some may find fault with the way the recording was mixed, with it's strict left and right channels, but going...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-15-2008; Yes, He Bakes The Best Jelly Roll In Town; Okay, Okay those of you who have been keeping tabs know that I have spend much of the last year, when not doing political commentary or book or movie reviews, reviewing many of the old time blues artists that were the passion of my...; read full review | report as inappropriate