Tipitina

Professor Longhair · 1953 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Recorded in New Orleans in 1953 by Professor Longhair, this track is considered his signature piece. It was successful locally before inspiring pianists such as Fats Domino, James Booker or Allen Toussaint. It is listed in the National Recording Registry, and its melody derives from a Champion Jack Dupree blues (1941).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to New Orleans. Among the origins and influences of New Orleans: Afro-diasporic roots.

By the same artist

• Mardi Gras in New Orleans (1949)

Sources

• EN: Tipitina

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