by Bman | Oct 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
I just received the new release (October 15, 2013) from James Booker and it's a total dictionary on New Orleans piano. Opening with title track, Classified, Booker hammers out a rhythmic chant on the piano clearing the path for the real authentic New Orleans vocal...
by Bman | Aug 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
JAMES BOOKER’S CLASSIFIED: REMIXED AND EXPANDED PROVIDES DEFINITIVE GLIMPSE OF NEW ORLEANS PIANO LEGEND’S LATER CAREER Package, available as CD and double-LP vinyl on Rounder Records on October 15, coincides with festival screenings of Lily...
by Bman | Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 – November 8, 1983) was a New Orleans rhythm and blues musician born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Booker's unique style combined rhythm and blues with jazz standards. Booker was the son and grandson of Baptist...
by Bman | Dec 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
James Carroll Booker III (December 17, 1939 - November 8, 1983) was a jazz, New Orleans rhythm and blues and soul musician born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.Booker was the son and grandson of Baptist ministers, both of whom played the piano. He spent most...
