Alberta Hunter - Chicago: The Living Legends '1961; 1984

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       This CD reissue is notable for two main reasons. It finds Alberta Hunter
(who had retired from music in 1954 to become a nurse and who in the interim had
only recorded once, two weeks earlier) in peak form on such numbers as "St.
Louis Blues," "Downhearted Blues" and "You Better Change." In addition, it was
pianist Lovie Austin's first recording in a couple decades; she was nearly 74 at
the time and working as pianist at a Chicago dancing school. Austin's "Blues
Serenaders" (a quintet also including trombonist Jimmy Archey, clarinetist
Darnell Howard, bassist Pops Foster and drummer Jasper Taylor) has some concise
solo space on the vocal pieces and takes three numbers (including Austin's
"Gallion Stomp") as instrumentals. A well-conceived and historic set.

1.01 - Alberta Hunter - St. Louis Blues (Album Version) (2:25)
1.02 - Alberta Hunter - Moanin' Low (Album Version) (4:43)
1.03 - Alberta Hunter - Downhearted Blues (Album Version) (2:55)
1.04 - Alberta Hunter - Now I'm Satisfied (Album Version) (2:44)
1.05 - Alberta Hunter - Sweet Georgia Brown (Album Version) (6:33)
1.06 - Alberta Hunter - You Better Change (Album Version) (5:34)
1.07 - Alberta Hunter - C-Jam Blues (Album Version) (2:53)
1.08 - Alberta Hunter - Streets Paved With Gold (Album Version) (3:02)
1.09 - Alberta Hunter - Gallon Stomp (Album Version) (3:06)
1.10 - Alberta Hunter - I Will Always Be In Love With You (Album Version) (3:26)

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