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Genre:
Blues
Release Date: 02/14/1992
Run Time: 36:08
While there has suddenly been a flood of CDs featuring masterful New Orleans keyboard wizard and vocalist
James Booker, his best release arguably remains
Classified. The 12-track set was a landmark album, as
Booker displayed every facet of his distinctive style. He did up-tempo
blues, quasi-
classical,
rock and
R&B, making them all sound easy while performing frequently awesome keyboard feats. His
"Professor Longhair Medley: Bald Head/Tipitina" pays homage to a legend while also demonstrating how much farther
Booker's pianistic skills had developed. While his vocals sometimes aren't the equal of his brilliant playing, they're never less than effective and are sometimes almost frightening in their intensity.
~Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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