Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4 (1928-29)
Lonnie Johnson
Victoria Spivey, Eddie Lang
Producer: Johnny Parth
Document (USA), 2002
1 CD
Catalogue #: 5066
EAN: 0714298506624
UPC: 714298506624
You save: 20%
Personnel includes: Lonnie Johnson (vocals, guitar); Victoria Spivey (vocals, piano); Hoagy Carmichael, Spencer Williams, Jimmy Foster (vocals); Blind Willie Dunn [Eddie Lang] (guitar); King Oliver (cornet); J.C. Johnson (piano).
Recorded in San Antonio, Texas and New York, New York in 1928-29. Includes liner notes by Chris Smith.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Tracklist
Lonnie Johnson
In contrast to such contemporary country blues musicians as Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charley Patton, guitarist Lonnie Johnson performed a sophisticated, jazz-inflected blues. Active throughout most of the 20th century, he left a profound imprint on blues history, influencing such diverse giants as Robert Johnson, T-Bone Walker, Charlie Christian, and B.B. King.
Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey rose to fame in the 1920s and 1930s with other first-generation blues stars like Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Sippie Wallace. She performed her own witty, often lewdly suggestive compositions to the accompaniment of a piano (which she played well) or guitar (a frequent accompanist was guitar legend Lonnie Johnson).
Eddie Lang
Lang's playing appeared on more recordings than any other single guitarist in the 1920s. His fluid style was dazzlingly inventive and can be traced through the history of the electric guitar, with players like T-Bone Walker and Jimi Hendrix owing him a debt. Who knows what the groundbreaking guitarist might have accomplished had he not perished during a routine operation in 1933 at age 30.
