Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair, amtle: Henry Roeland Byrd (* 19. Dezemba 1918 z Bogalusa, Louisiana; † 30. Jenna 1980 z New Orleans, Louisiana), woa a amerikanischa Blues-Senga und -Pianist. Ea is a wichtiga Musika im friahan Rhythm and Blues, hod owa aa im Jazz a bedeitnde Roin gspuid.
Ea woa nia ned grouss in de Charts, dofia woa sei Musi fia de domoiige Zeid z wuid. Heit is a dafia populeara ois wia z Lebzeidn.
1981 is a in de Blues Hall of Fame afgnumma worn, 1992 in de Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1987 hod a postum an Grammy gwunna.
Diskografie
WerkelnOibm
Werkeln- Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (1977)
- Live on the Queen Mary (1978)
- Crawfish Fiesta (1980)
- The London Concert mid Alfred "Uganda" Roberts (1981) aka The (Complete) London Concert
- The Last Mardi Gras (1982)
- Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Live 1975 Recording (1982) aka Live In Germany
- House Party New Orleans Style: The Lost Sessions 1971-1972 (1987)
- Ball the Wall! Live at Tipitina's 1978 (2004)
Compilations
Werkeln- New Orleans Piano (1972) aka New Orleans Piano: Blues Originals Vol. 2
- Mardi Gras In New Orleans 1949-1957 (1981)
- Mardi Gras in Baton Rouge (1991)
- Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology (1993)
- Fess' Gumbo (1996)
- Collector's Choice (1996) Half an album of hits
- The Chronological Professor Longhair 1949 (2001)
- Tipitina - The Complete 1949-1957 New Orleans Recordings (2008)
- The Primo Collection (2009)
Literatua
Werkeln- Rick Coleman: Blue Monday - Fats Domino and the Last Dawn of Rock’n’Roll, Da Capo Press 2006, ISBN 978-0306814914
- Vladimir Bogdanovic u. a.: All Music Guide to the Blues, Backbeat Books 2003, ISBN 9780879307363