Blues

Little Brother Montgomery - Bajez Copper Station (1993)

2019-06-05T13:44:45Z

Little Brother Montgomery - Bajez Copper Station (1993)


1 	Pinetop 's Boogie	5:18
2 	Cow Cow Blues 	4:16
3 	Doctor, Write Me A Prescription For The Blues	4:33
4 	Farrish Street Jive 	2:48
5 	Vicksbury Blues 	5:13
6 	Up The Country	3:49
7 	Big Fat Boogie 	3:47
8 	Conny Vaughn Tremblin Blues 	06:28
9 	No Special Ride Blues 	04:36
10 	Make Me Down A Pallet On The Floor	04:38
11 	Keep On Drinkin 	04:02

Piano, Vocals – Little Brother Montgomery 

Recorded live October 7th, 1972, at the Bajes Club in Amsterdam.

A notable influence on the likes of Sunnyland Slim and Otis Spann, pianist Little Brother Montgomery's lengthy career spanned both the earliest years of blues history and the electrified Chicago scene of the 1950s. By age 11, Montgomery had given up on attending school to instead play in Louisiana juke joints. He came to Chicago as early as 1926 and made his first 78s in 1930 for Paramount, including two enduring signature items, "Vicksburg Blues" and "No Special Rider," recorded in Grafton, WI. Bluebird recorded Montgomery more prolifically in 1935-1936 in New Orleans.

In 1942, Little Brother Montgomery settled down to a life of steady club gigs in Chicago, his repertoire alternating between blues and traditional jazz (he played Carnegie Hall with Kid Ory's Dixieland band in 1949). Otis Rush benefited from his sensitive accompaniment on several of his 1957-1958 Cobra dates, while Buddy Guy recruited him for similar duties when he nailed Montgomery's "First Time I Met the Blues" in a supercharged revival for Chess in 1960. That same year, Montgomery cut a fine album for Bluesville with guitarist Lafayette "Thing" Thomas that remains one of his most satisfying sets.

With his second wife, Janet Floberg, Montgomery formed his own little record company, FM, in 1969. The first 45 on the logo, fittingly enough, was a reprise of "Vicksburg Blues," with a vocal by Chicago chanteuse Jeanne Carroll (her daughter Karen followed in her footsteps around the Windy City). ---Bill Dahl, allmusic.com

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Little Brother Montgomery's State Street Swingers - Goodbye Mister Blues (1993)

2018-07-29T14:24:02Z

Little Brother Montgomery's State Street Swingers - Goodbye Mister Blues (1993)


1 	Goodbye Mr. Blues 	5:58
2 	South Rampart St. Parade 	4:37
3 	Tishomingo Blues 	6:20
4 	I Must Get Mine In Front 	2:45
5 	Struttin' With Some Barbecue 	4:14
6 	Boy In The Boat 	4:37
7 	Riverside Blues 	3:51
8 	Old Maid Blues 	4:08
9 	Saturday Night Function 	7:38
10 	Glitsy's Blues 	2:53
11 	Wailing Blues 	2:19
12 	Goodbye Mr. Blues Alternate 	6:18
13 	Panama Rag 	4:34

Little Brother Montgomery – piano, vocal on 4, 8
Leon Scott – trumpet
Preston Jackson – trombone, vocal on 1, 12
Oliver Alcorn – clarinet, tenor & soprano saxes
Ikey Robinson – 4-string guitar, banjo
Truck Parham – bass
Red Saunders – drums
Leroi Nabors – trumpet
Franz Jackson – clarinet, tenor & soprano saxes
Ed Wilkinson – bass on 7

While Eurreal "Little Brother" Montgomery was among blues' greatest barrelhouse and boogie pianists, he was also well versed in traditional jazz. This disc's 13 cuts feature him working with The State Street Swingers, an early jazz unit, doing faithful recreations of such chestnuts as "South Rampart St. Parade," "Riverside Blues" and "Panama Rag." Montgomery's vocals were stately, yet exuberant, while his piano solos were loose and firmly in the spirit, showing the link between early jazz and blues. While the emphasis is more on interaction and ensemble playing than individual voices, players expertly maximized their solo time. This is a fine example of a vintage style. ---Ron Wynn, AllMusic Review

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Little Brother Montgomery - Tasty Blues (1960)

2015-05-10T15:59:37Z

Little Brother Montgomery - Tasty Blues (1960)


01. Taty Blues (4:43)
02. Santa Fe (2:39)
03. How Long, Brother? (3:39)
04. Pleading Blues (3:36)
05. No Special Rider (2:25)
06. Brother's Boogie (2:58)
07. Sneaky Pete Blues (4:22)
08. Something Keeps WorryingMe (4:06)
09. Cry, Cry Baby (3:04)
10. Satellite Blues (3:58)
11. Deep Fried (3:59)
12. Vicksburg Blues (3:14)

Little Brother Montgomery - Piano, Vocals
Lafayette Thomas – Guitar
Julian Euell – Bass

rec. July 1, 1960 in New York City

Here's a very attractive example of a pianist with roots dug deep in pre-war tradition updating his style just enough to sound contemporary for 1960. With a little help from bassist Julian Euell and Lafayette Thomas (better-known as Jimmy McCracklin's guitarist), Montgomery swoops through his seminal "Vicksburg Blues" and "No Special Rider" with enthusiasm and élan. ---Bill Dahl, allmusic.com

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Little Brother Montgomery – Chicago: The Living Legend (1961)

2014-11-25T16:51:15Z

Little Brother Montgomery – Chicago: The Living Legend (1961)


A1 	Home Again Blues	4:01
A2 	Up The Country Blues	4:38
A3 	Saturday Night Function	4:57
A4 	Michigan Water Blues	3:37
A5 	Sweet Daddy (Your Mama's Done Gone Mad) 	3:08
B1 	Prescription For The Blues	3:42
B2 	44 Vicksburg	2:15
B3 	Trouble In Mind	3:32
B4 	Riverside Boogie	2:32
B5 	Oh, Daddy	3:25
B6 	Somethin' Keep Worryin' Me Blues	5:34

    Banjo – Mike McKendrick (A2 to A5, B5)
    Clarinet – Bob Gordon (A2 to A4, B3)
    Cornet – Ted Butterman (A2 to A4, B3, B5, B6)
    Piano – Little Brother Montgomery
    Tenor Saxophone – Rufus Brown (A3)
    Vocals – Elaine McFarland (B5), Little Brother Montgomery (A2, A4, B1, B3, B6)

Chicago: The Living Legends was recorded live at the Birdhouse in Chicago. Much of the record is performed by Montgomery solo, although there's a handful of wonderful cuts that feature him with a small group of traditional jazz musicians. Most of the album is devoted to classic songs from the likes of Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton, yet there are a couple of originals thrown in the mix as well. It's all distinguished by Montgomery's wonderful, laidback performances, which make this a little gem. ---Thomas Owen, Rovi

Louisiana-born pianist-singer Eurreal “Little Brother” Montgomery was one of those rare musicians as adept at playing rhythm ‘n’ blues as he was at traditional jazz. For this 1961 session in Riverside’s Chicago: The Living Legends series, producer Chris Albertson recorded him both as a soloist and with a combo of Windy City traditional jazz veterans. The material includes numbers of his own composing, as well as classics from the pens of Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, and others. Especially charming are Montgomery’s four unaccompanied piano solos. ---concordmusicgroup.com

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Little Brother Montgomery - Home Again, Chicago (1972)

2014-11-20T17:48:35Z

Little Brother Montgomery - Home Again, Chicago (1972)

SIDE A. 
1. Lonesome Mama Blues. 
2. Tremblin´Blues. 
3. Aggravatin´Papa. 
4. No Spezial Boogie. 
5. Jan. 
6. St. Louis Blues.

SIDE B.
1. Home Again Blues. 
2. Dangerous Blues. 
3. Up The Country. 
4. I Was So In Love with You. 
5. History Of Little Brother. 
6. After You´ve Gone.

Little Brother Montgomery – piano, vocals
Jan Montgomery – vocals (A3, B2, B4, B6)

Little Brother Montgomery (1906-1985), a major presence on south Mississippi's blues and jazz scene during much of the pre-World War II era, was famed for his trembling vocals and masterful piano playing. The Montgomery family, including his brothers Joe and Tollie, also pianists, once lived in Norfield, a sawmill town thirteen miles south of Brookhaven. Montgomery was popular at sawmills and lumber camps, and played cafes and dances in Vicksburg, Jackson, Brookhaven, McComb, and other towns.

Little Brother Montgomery is often associated with his native Kentwood, Louisiana, or with Chicago, where he spent the majority of his long career, but he was also once the most prominent blues pianist in Mississippi. He inspired a young Willie Dixon in Vicksburg, mentored Otis Spann and Little Johnnie Jones in Jackson, and influenced Skip James, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Sunnyland Slim, and many others. Born Eurreal Wilford Montgomery on April 18, 1906 (or possibly a year or two later according to some documents), he took to piano as a child. His parents and siblings all played music and his father, Harper Montgomery, ran a juke joint where pianists entertained local lumber workers. Montgomery said he left home at age eleven to play piano on the road, but he continued to use the family home as a base during his travels. In the 1920s the family relocated to Norfield, where Harper Montgomery worked for the Denkmann Lumber Company. His daughter Aris, whose son Paul Gayten became a renowned New Orleans pianist and producer, also moved with her husband to Norfield. Sawmills often stayed in a location only until the surrounding timber supply was exhausted, then moved to a forested area to resume operations. In 1931 Denkmann abandoned Norfield and reassembled its machinery in Canton; the Montgomerys and many other workers' families followed.

Sawmill communities and lumber, turpentine, and levee camps provided employment for many blues musicians, including Little Brother Montgomery. But he also performed at nightspots during stays in Vicksburg, Canton, Gulfport, and New Orleans, traveled with dance bands, and tried living in Chicago for a few years. Montgomery recorded his signature tune, "Vicksburg Blues," in 1930. Returning to Mississippi in 1931, he led his own Jackson-based Southland Troubadors, sometimes broadcasting on local stations such as WCOC in Meridian, to advertise the band's appearances. The group, which also toured several states billed as the Collegiate Ramblers, never recorded, but as a solo pianist or with only one accompanist, Montgomery cut twenty-two blues sides, all released on singles on the Bluebird label, in 1935-36.

Montgomery, hailed in Down Beat magazine in 1940 as "the greatest piano man that ever invaded Dixie," spent time in Yazoo City, Hattiesburg, and Beaumont, Texas, before permanently settling in Chicago in 1942. There, as in Mississippi, he became a respected figure, dividing his time between performing with bands and as a solo blues artist. He was a key participant in the city's traditional jazz scene as well as a standard-bearer of blues piano. Montgomery accompanied Memphis Minnie, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Buddy Guy, and others on recording sessions as well as cutting numerous albums of his own in the U.S., Europe, and Japan until his death on September 6, 1985. --- msbluestrail.org

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