Professor Longhair – The Last Mardi Gras (2-LP Vinyl)
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$ 44.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Henry Roeland Byrd, the man New Orleans called Professor Longhair, was the foundational architect of everything the city's piano tradition became, the rolling left-hand bass and Caribbean-inflected rhythms that shaped Fats Domino, Dr. John, and Allen Toussaint before any of them cut a record. Captured just a few years before his celebrated comeback at the 1974 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, these sessions document Fink at a moment when the wider world had largely forgotten him, making the music inside all the more urgent and alive.
Studio recordings from Baton Rouge and Memphis from 1971 and 1972. Unreleased until 1991, this is the album's first appearance on LP.
UPC: 081227805487
Label: Rhino
Release Date: 4.18.26
Format: LP Vinyl
Tracklist
Side A
1. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (2:57)
2. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (2:11)
3. Since I Met You Baby (5:11)
4. Her Mind Is Gone (4:27)
5. Cry To Me (3:55)
Side B
1. Meet Me Tomorrow Night (2:57)
2. She Ain't Got No Hair (3:11)
3. Tipitina (Alternate Version) (3:23)
4. Mean Old World (2:41)
Side C
1. Sick And Tired (3:14)
2. Hey Now Baby (5:00)
3. There Is Something On Your Mind (2:49)
4. Doin' It (3:55)
Side D
1. Rum And Coca-Cola (3:03)
2. Whole Lotta Loving (2:47)
3. Gone So Long (5:13)
4. How Long Has That Train Been Gone (3:24)