Crescent City Bounce - New Orleans R&B 1950-1958 CD

Crescent City Bounce - New Orleans R&B 1950-1958 CD

This unique collection examines the recordings of three legendary New Orleans piano-players, Archibald, Salvador Doucette and James Booker, each of whom had surprisingly short discographies.
John Leon 'Archibald' Gross registered a massive hit with his first record, Stack-A-Lee, which made the national R&B Top 10 in 1950, while follow-ups like Shake Shake Baby, Ballin' With Archie and Crescent City Bounce also enjoyed significant regional success.
Salvador Doucette appears here as a sideman on eight cuts by vocalist Sonny Jones which have attained huge reputations among record collectors over the decades.
One-time child prodigy James Carroll Booker, described by the mighty Dr. John as 'a genius', was only fourteen when he cut his first 45, Thinkin' Bout My Baby/Doing The Ham Bone (both included here, on which he was billed as Little Booker in 1954.