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Dixieland Blues | 
 enlarge | Artist: Johnny Maddox
Label: Crazy Otto Music
Category: Music
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 141101
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 679791101021
EAN: 0679791101021
ASIN: B0009299B0
Release Date: October 17, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Bluin' the Blues | | • | Strut Miss Lizzie | | • | Beale Street Blues | | • | Wolverine Blues | | • | Memphis Blues | | • | Royal Garden Blues | | • | St. Louis Blues | | • | Friday Night Blues | | • | Bow Wow Blues | | • | Jelly Roll | | • | Basin Street Blues | | • | Tishomingo Blues | | • | Yellow Dog Blues |
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Product Description
Johnny Maddox's DIXIELAND BLUES is being reissued for the first time on compact disc by Crazy Otto Music, a label devoted to ragtime, dixieland and early American music. This 1959 classic is the first reissue of any of Johnny Maddox's original Dot Records recordings and is backed by enhanced multi-media features including pictures of the original sheet music covers for the songs, Johnny's audio commentary on each piece, and a video clip of Johnny performing "Friday Night Stomp". Johnny Maddox is one of the leading ragtime piano players of all time. He was America's number one jukebox artist in 1955 when he recorded the first all-piano record in history, "The Crazy Otto Medley". This reissue celebrates the 50th anniversary of that legendary recording which spent 14 weeks at the top of the charts, and became the first ragtime record to sell more than 1,000,000 copies, eventually selling more than 2,000,000. Johnny was the first artist of Dot Records, and his instant success helped build the label into one of the most successful labels in the 50's. During his tenure with Dot, he racked up 9 gold singles with total record sales of over 11,000,000. Johnny even has his own star on Hollywood Boulevard. DIXIELAND BLUES is Johnny's favorite record of his 50 plus year (and over 80 records) career and is the lone Dixieland recording his rich catalog. The musicians on DIXIELAND BLUES are a who's who of jazz greats from the 1930's and 1950's including Matty Matlock (clarinet), Mannie Klien (trumpet), Moe Schneider (trombone), Nappy LaMare (banjo), Nick Fatool (drums), Red Callender (tuba) and Bobby Hammack (rhythm piano). Matlock, Schneider and Fatool can all be seen in the 1955 motion picture: PETE KELLYS BLUES, starring Jack Webb and they are also on the great soundtrack album. Dot House engineer Tom Mack recorded the album with arrangements by Matlock and Beasley Smith (Louis Armstrong, Roy Acuff, Beach Boys). Tracks include standards such as W.C. Handy's Beale Street Blues, and St. Louis Blues and Spencer Williams' Basin Street Blues as well as some great pieces such as Tishomingo Blues, Wolverine Blues and Bow Wow Blues.
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Patty Boyte June 1, 2006
Patricia A. Boyte (Grass Valley, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wow, I can't believe I found this! When I was in high school my dad use to play this album. It was one of his favorites, I still have the album. As a CD is is also fantastic! It is awesome blues, Johnny Maddox is one of the best. A real treasure to find this. If you like blues you will not be disappointed. Yellow Dog Blues is the best!
Great Dixieland Music!!! September 3, 2005
Kurt Schulenburg (Lake Zurich, Illinois United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Although this was recorded in the 1950's and is thus part of the Dixieland Revival rather than the authentic stuff of the teens and 20's, it is so well done that it is fast becoming my favorite Dixieland recording. The recording is superb, everything is crystal clear. The players, many of whom were around and recording back in the 20's!, are on top of their games and together craft an extremely listenable collection of tunes. There are some standards here as well as some that are nearly unknown, but all are well done, with plenty of musical precision coupled with that indefinable freedom that makes for exciting Dixieland jazz. If you're not sure of the role the piano takes in a Dixie setting, this recording will set you straight. Yes, there are banjos here, but the piano(s) not only help with motion of the harmony, they really spice up the fills, take over on the melody and provide some quite tasty rides here and there. That said, at no point is it "too much"; everything mixes well and these great arrangements truly allow this band to create what must be seen as a reference work for these tunes. Well done!
The best Dixieland album since The Preservation Hall Jazz July 19, 2005
Chuck the Moderator (Arlington, VA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I owned this album as a teenager (the 50's)and it was my favorite then. The remastered CD is a work of art with the original analog warmth very present. Perfect sound, great performances and very nostalgic for me. It should be in everyone's collection who even casually likes Dixieland.
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