Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Piano Blues

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Piano Blues is the soundtrack to the documentary film directed by Clint Eastwood. This is the seventh part of the critically acclaimed television documentary series Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues shown on PBS in September 2003. This collection of music represents what Eastwood said "...in my film Piano Blues I'm trying to investigate who influenced everyone, and who the great players were."

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Piano Blues
A smiling man that is playing a piano.
Soundtrack album by
Various
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2003 (2003-09-09)
RecordedDecember 1938 – July 2003
GenreBlues, jazz, stride, boogie-woogie
Length1:15:33
LanguageEnglish
LabelColumbia Records, Legacy Recordings, Sony
ProducerClint Eastwood, Bruce Ricker, Jeffrey Peisch
CompilerClint Eastwood, Bruce Ricker
Professional ratings
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Allmusic [1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."How Long Blues"Leroy CarrJimmy Yancey3:01
2."Boogie Woogie Prayer. Pt. 1"Albert Ammons, Meade Lewis, Pete JohnsonThe Boogie Woogie Boys2:20
3."How Long Blues"CarrCount Basie And His Orchestra3:01
4."Driftin' Blues"Charles Brown, Johnny Moore, Eddie WilliamsJohnny Moore's Three Blazers3:13
5."The Fat Man"Antoine Domino, Dave BartholomewFats Domino2:35
6."Tatum Pole Boogie"Art TatumArt Tatum2:24
7."Tipitina"Henry Roeland ByrdProfessor Longhair2:37
8."What'd I Say, Parts 1 and 2"Ray CharlesRay Charles6:27
9."Good Morning Mr. Blues"Otis SpannOtis Spann3:22
10."Backward Country Boy Blues"Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach6:19
11."Blue Monk"Thelonious MonkThelonious Monk6:14
12."Piney Brown Blues"Big Joe Turner, Pete JohnsonBig Joe Turner, Jay McShann5:24
13."Mission Ranch Blues"Jay McShann, Dave BrubeckJay McShann, Dave Brubeck3:47
14."The Ladder"Joe TurnerBig Joe Turner2:21
15."Honey Dripper"Joe LigginsDr. John3:35
16."World Full Of People"Henry TownsendHenry Townsend4:00
17."Big Chief"Earl KingDr. John2:59
18."Carmel Blues"Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Marcia BallJoe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Marcia Ball2:57
19."Travelin' Blues"Dave BrubeckDave Brubeck3:19
20."How Long Blues"Leroy CarrDr. John, Pete Jolly, Henry Gray5:13

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References

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  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Piano Blues". Allmusic. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  2. ^ PBS: The Songs & The Artists - Piano Blues

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