This is wonderful. And everyone here should play the clip of this same performance with the live video. It’s even more moving to watch. His body, shoulders, the way he leans into the piano. The overwhelming expressiveness on his somewhat wrecked and beautiful face, his haunted eyes, his shyness and gratitude at the audience’s roaring response.
For anyone curious about the history of this song by Louis Cottrell, Don Albert, and Lloyd Glenn (which has the actual title "You Don't Love Me"), listen to the recordings of it from 1936, the original by Don Albert and His Orchestra, and another by Frank Tanner & The Rhythm Kings. (All the recordings mentioned here are on youtube as of the time I'm posting this comment.) If you heard these performances without knowing about the James Booker recording, you'd probably never guess the song could be as moving as Booker makes it. The 1947 version by Paul Gayten And His Trio is the performance that Booker and other New Orleans musicians were clearly inspired by (It's also the version where the word "True" was added to the title). Gayten's vocal and tempo are very much in the Charles Brown "uptown blues" idiom. Gayten inspired a 1948 cover by Little Miss Cornshucks and The Blenders, and a 1961 doo wop cover by The Spiders, both of which may have reached Booker's ears as well, but I think its safe to say we have Gayten to thank for making this a song people are still talking about 85 years after it was written. It's not a masterpiece of songwriting, but it's one of those tunes that in the hands of someone like Billie Holliday (or James Booker) can be transformed into a masterpiece.
Luscious, painful, true. If you ever lost someone, had your heart broken, this is the sound of it. Pure and true, always brings me to tears, James, what a gift you brought us, thank you. The one and only you. Gorgeous.
Astonishing. "True" is the best example of why the lengendary pianist Artur Rubenstein called James Booker the best pianist in the world. Bravo, Little Jimmy. TY for the audio, my friend.
Shivers down my spine, goosebumps all over, whenever hearing this incredible and rare performance. And I am listening to it frequently, often sitting at my own keyboard in parallel. Being into piano 'Blues' and 'Boogie' for decades I never came across ANY other composition with so much depth, so much tragedy, so much perfect arrangement of blues riffs, licks and chord changes, glissandi, stride moves, gospel sprinkles. Even the BBC dedicated an ENTIRE broadcast to this single piece of music, trying to analyze just how this "wizard on the keyboard" was managing his full handed masterpiece with such drama and ease. I am working my guts out just to play the solo sections myself, deciphering the enormous bass lines and 'string of pearls' on the right. Hopeless and tragic, just like the tune and life of this genius at the keyboard, who was so miserably underrated during his lifetime. So "true"..
Howdy Mr. Blues Piano Sheets... :) Nothing better to start the New Year with. Thank you kindly, as always. He's STILL missed. Badly. Thank you for posting it. From somewhere in Southern Yurrope... p.s.: if you have the time, pls drop me an email? There is news...
Hi, unfortunately it's not on any album, they made this album but for some reason it never made it to large scale production. ua-cam.com/video/y62-D3A4Q_g/v-deo.html
@@BluesPianoSheets And I just bought the one Live at Montreux album of his (for the asking price on discogs...)... and it's not this recording. Same song, and I don't know that it's recorded anywhere else, but the version on the CD is different than this one.
@@andrewpeplinski1160 I also own the CD "Live at Montreux: The James Booker Session", and to my ears, it's the identical performance. The track times are different because this video post has 19 seconds of audience applause before Booker begins playing, but you can compare equivalent sections of the performance (particularly the vocals at 1:12 on the CD and 1:32 in this video), and his vibrato, phrasing, timing of his singing...it all matches up. The CD is on the "Montreux Sounds SA" label, catalog # 1967-30001, released in 1997.
This to me goes down as the greatest blues piano playing/singing combo ever filmed. Incredibly emotional performance. A true legend was Booker.
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This is wonderful. And everyone here should play the clip of this same performance with the live video. It’s even more moving to watch. His body, shoulders, the way he leans into the piano. The overwhelming expressiveness on his somewhat wrecked and beautiful face, his haunted eyes, his shyness and gratitude at the audience’s roaring response.
For anyone curious about the history of this song by Louis Cottrell, Don Albert, and Lloyd Glenn (which has the actual title "You Don't Love Me"), listen to the recordings of it from 1936, the original by Don Albert and His Orchestra, and another by Frank Tanner & The Rhythm Kings. (All the recordings mentioned here are on youtube as of the time I'm posting this comment.) If you heard these performances without knowing about the James Booker recording, you'd probably never guess the song could be as moving as Booker makes it. The 1947 version by Paul Gayten And His Trio is the performance that Booker and other New Orleans musicians were clearly inspired by (It's also the version where the word "True" was added to the title). Gayten's vocal and tempo are very much in the Charles Brown "uptown blues" idiom. Gayten inspired a 1948 cover by Little Miss Cornshucks and The Blenders, and a 1961 doo wop cover by The Spiders, both of which may have reached Booker's ears as well, but I think its safe to say we have Gayten to thank for making this a song people are still talking about 85 years after it was written. It's not a masterpiece of songwriting, but it's one of those tunes that in the hands of someone like Billie Holliday (or James Booker) can be transformed into a masterpiece.
I checked Frank Tanner version. Booker made a whole new song out of it, amazing performer!
Luscious, painful, true. If you ever lost someone, had your heart broken, this is the sound of it. Pure and true, always brings me to tears, James, what a gift you brought us, thank you. The one and only you. Gorgeous.
Astonishing. "True" is the best example of why the lengendary pianist Artur Rubenstein called James Booker the best pianist in the world. Bravo, Little Jimmy. TY for the audio, my friend.
dear god. he was amazing. so much soul. so much.......
Shivers down my spine, goosebumps all over, whenever hearing this incredible and rare performance. And I am listening to it frequently, often sitting at my own keyboard in parallel.
Being into piano 'Blues' and 'Boogie' for decades I never came across ANY other composition with so much depth, so much tragedy, so much perfect arrangement of blues riffs, licks and chord changes, glissandi, stride moves, gospel sprinkles. Even the BBC dedicated an ENTIRE broadcast to this single piece of music, trying to analyze just how this "wizard on the keyboard" was managing his full handed masterpiece with such drama and ease. I am working my guts out just to play the solo sections myself, deciphering the enormous bass lines and 'string of pearls' on the right. Hopeless and tragic, just like the tune and life of this genius at the keyboard, who was so miserably underrated during his lifetime. So "true"..
@@DomPipkinAndTheIkos how does he play like this?
So.Much.Soul. #RIP James
Howdy Mr. Blues Piano Sheets... :)
Nothing better to start the New Year with. Thank you kindly, as always. He's STILL missed. Badly. Thank you for posting it.
From somewhere in Southern Yurrope...
p.s.: if you have the time, pls drop me an email? There is news...
What album can this version be found on??? Amazing! 💙
Hi, unfortunately it's not on any album, they made this album but for some reason it never made it to large scale production. ua-cam.com/video/y62-D3A4Q_g/v-deo.html
@@BluesPianoSheets And I just bought the one Live at Montreux album of his (for the asking price on discogs...)... and it's not this recording. Same song, and I don't know that it's recorded anywhere else, but the version on the CD is different than this one.
@@andrewpeplinski1160 That's interesting
@@andrewpeplinski1160 I also own the CD "Live at Montreux: The James Booker Session", and to my ears, it's the identical performance. The track times are different because this video post has 19 seconds of audience applause before Booker begins playing, but you can compare equivalent sections of the performance (particularly the vocals at 1:12 on the CD and 1:32 in this video), and his vibrato, phrasing, timing of his singing...it all matches up. The CD is on the "Montreux Sounds SA" label, catalog # 1967-30001, released in 1997.
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