Professor Longhair : Rolling Stone

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Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology

Crescent City singer Ernie K-Doe -- Number One in 1961 with "Mother-in-Law" -- once said, "I'm not sure, but I'm almost positive, that all music came from New Orleans." He's probably right. And all of that music -- blues, traditional jazz, R&B and early rock & roll -- came together best in the robus...

1993 RS: 5of 5 Stars

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Professor Longhair originated one of the classic styles of rock & roll piano playing, a New Orleans potpourri - ragtime, jazz, Delta blues, zydeco, West Indian, and Afro-Cuban dances - distilled into boogie-woogie bass lines in the left hand and rolling arpeggios in the right. It was the style popularized by Fats Domino, Huey "Piano" Smith, Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, and scores of others.

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