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jazz Memphis Slim Live in Paris Maison de la Radio 1962

Maison de la Radio 1962

Memphis Slim Live in Paris Maison de la Radio 1962

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Accompanied only by the drummer Kansas Fields, the great bluesman Memphis Slim begins this 1962 Parisian concert by playing a song his father taught him decades before, "Sun Gonna Shine On My Backdoor Someday." He had moved to the French capital that same year, where he would remain for the rest of his life as an eminent blues musician, movie score composer and actor in French films. And no wonder – the opening shot of this concert, directed by Jean-Christophe Averty, shows his charisma and stage presence: as the camera moves toward the piano, Slim presents himself with the kind of magnetic star power we don't associate with the blues nowadays: "my name is Memphis Slim, born in Memphis, Tennessee, 1915." 

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Cast

  • Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman) | Singer , Pianist
  • Kansas Fields | Drummer

Program

  • Big Bill Broonzy / Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), Sun Gonna Shine On My Backdoor Someday
  • Johnny Dunn / Gus Horsley / Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), Four O’Clock Blues
  • Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport / Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), Cow Cow Blues
  • Lloyd Price / Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), Born With The Blues
  • Lonnie Donegan / Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman) / Ernest Lawler, Diggin' My Potatoes
  • Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), Rockin' The House
  • Big Bill Broonzy / Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), Rocking Chair Blues
  • Big Bill Broonzy, Just A Dream
  • Big Bill Broonzy, Baby Please Come Home
  • Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), HCF Boogie
  • Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), Pigalle's Love
  • Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), Jammin’ The Boogie
  • Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman), Everyday I Have The Blues

Details

  • Directed by:
    • Jean-Christophe Averty
  • Venue: Maison de la Radio (Paris, France)
  • Production date: 1962
  • Duration: 44 min
  • Production: © Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (RTF) - Paris
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