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Ralph Sutton
Oh Baby: Solo Piano
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (23) - Disc #1
1. Down Home Rag - Ralph Sutton, Sweatman, Wilbur
2. Harlem Drag - Ralph Sutton, Waters, Benny
3. Jelly Roll Blues - Ralph Sutton, Morton, Jelly Roll
4. Cannon Ball Blues - Ralph Sutton, Morton, Jelly Roll
5. Black Bottom Stomp - Ralph Sutton, Morton, Jelly Roll
6. Cataract Rag - Ralph Sutton, Hampton, Rob
7. Shoe Shine Boy - Ralph Sutton, Cahn, Sammy
8. Christopher Columbus - Ralph Sutton, Berry, Chu
9. Hindustan - Ralph Sutton, Wallace, Oliver G.
10. Villain - Ralph Sutton, Kay
11. Frog Legs Rag - Ralph Sutton, Scott, James [1]
12. Chromatic Rag - Ralph Sutton, Held, Will
13. Grace and Beauty - Ralph Sutton, Scott, James [1]
14. The Cascades - Ralph Sutton, Joplin, Scott
15. Black and White Rag - Ralph Sutton, Botsford, George
16. Three Little Words - Ralph Sutton, Kalmar, Bert
17. No Local Stops - Ralph Sutton, Smith, Willie The L
18. Oh Baby - Ralph Sutton, De Silva, Buddy
19. Concentrating - Ralph Sutton, Smith, Willie The L
20. Drop Me Off in Harlem - Ralph Sutton, Ellington, Duke
21. Morning Air - Ralph Sutton, Smith, Willie The L
22. Blues for Chuck - Ralph Sutton, Sutton, Ralph [Pian
23. African Ripples - Ralph Sutton, Waller, Thomas Fats

CD Details

All Artists: Ralph Sutton
Title: Oh Baby: Solo Piano
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sackville
Release Date: 11/16/2004
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 778132206323

Synopsis

Product Description

These are amongst the earliest of pianist Ralph Sutton's solo recordings. The first fifteen selections come from a session in San Francisco in 1949 originally issued on Down Home Records. Even less known are the final eight tracks recorded in London in 1952 and originally issued on the Lyragon label. At the time, Sutton was performing as a jazz concert artist, but still found time to put down on wax these brief interpretations of material he was to rework through his long career. The highlights include three Willie 'The Lion' Smith compositions - Concentratin' and Morning Air remained staples of Sutton's repertoire, but his version here of No Local Stops may well be its only recorded performance.

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CD Reviews

He got a lot better than this

jive rhapsodist | NYC, NY United States | 07/22/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Even though the recording sounds old, there would be no trouble in recognizing Sutton as a "revivalist" here. Why? So many elements: groove, attack...a certain literalness in the phrasing which evokes the player piano. An absence of anything crazy or quirky - all of the stride greats had this. Such a heavy first beat in the left hand, which is so much more Barrelhouse than Stride. The greats did use this, but only occasionally, for emphasis. Sutton sounds like he never thought about playing for dancers from the Georgia or Carolina Coast - that background is what gives James P. Johnson his special lift. But the Post-War listener to Pre-War Jazz generally is not so involved with this music's more Afro-American elements; they're usually happy enough if there's no traces of Bop or Beyond. More's the pity...But, hey, at least Sutton figured it out, to a large extent; his later playing is a lot groovier! Thus, this issue is really for completists only."