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Resurrection of the Bayou Maharajah | 
 enlarge | Artist: James Booker
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 44156
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 612118
UPC: 011661211827
EAN: 0011661211827
ASIN: B0000002ZS
Release Date: July 22, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | Medley: Slow Down/Bony Maronie/Knock on Wood/I Heard It Through the Gra - James Booker, Williams, Larry | | • | Medley: Tico Tico/Papa Was a Rascal - James Booker, Abreu | | • | Medley: Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Ballad at the Maple Leaf - James Booker, Booker, James | | • | Minute Waltz - James Booker, Chopin, Frederic | | • | All by Myself - James Booker, Bartholomew, Dave | | • | Save Your Love for Me - James Booker, Johnson, Buddy | | • | Junco Partner - James Booker, Shad, Bob | | • | St. James Infirmary - James Booker, Primrose, Joe | | • | Gitanarias - James Booker, Lecuona, Ernesto | | • | Medley: Life/Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee/It Should Have Been Me - James Booker, Touissant, Allan | | • | Medley: Pop's Dilemma/Irene Goodnight - James Booker, Booker, James |
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| Customer Reviews:
A True Original September 22, 2007
J. Mulligan (NYC, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the best musicians under the radar screen of popular recognition you'll ever find; James Booker is the kind of pianist that someone in the know will say "You have to hear this guy play!" And you do. Hearing him the first time is a revelation. Each additional listen adds to the enjoyment of his own eclectic funky New Orleans boogie-woogie blues style, playing like he means it, jumping from one song to the next without breaking pace, only to dissolve into a heart breaking ballad then right back into beakneck speed.
You have to hear this guy play!
very very good April 28, 2007
S J Buck (Kent, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a live club recording of the great James Booker.
The first thing to say about this is that the sound quality is varied and its not a top notch Piano either. These recordings weren't supposed to come out at all.
Booker is erratic, and evidence of this can be found in "All By Myself" which they have had to edit because he probably stopped mid song, being distracted by something or someone. That said "All By Myself" is my favourite track, its a barnstorming performance capturing everything thats great about James Booker.
If you have any interest in New Orleans Piano players, this CD and its sister (Spiders...) are essential purchases. This is what Booker was like when he was just left to play on his own without the constraints of a Band. Nearly all of it is worth having, and quite a lot of it is utterly brilliant.
James Booker at his best "Resurrection Of The Bayou Maharajah" April 2, 2007
JP Muntal (Honolulu,Hi.USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
James Booker is like a centaurian trickster part man part piano. He "plucks" out otherwordly bass notes and conjures up odd meters out of that beat up upright. Don't let some of the non-sensical words fool you. "Papa Was A Rascal" and the all too short "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" are part of some ritual for the initiated only. You know from the first chord of "Slow Down Baby" this is something special. You ain't never heard piano like that or a voice like that. This is sacred jonko music from some shaman. and he's letting you in on it all. Go for the ride 'cause smoke is rising on the bayou and this...is New Orleans.
 A disappointment January 11, 2007
Felix Blatt (East Melbourne, VIC Australia)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
At the outset let me say that I am a great fan of James Booker and wish he had left more recorded material for us to enjoy. It is therefore really disappointing when the talent is overshadowed by the poor quality piano Booker was given for this (and other) series. They must have thought he was a honky tonk player. The left hand of the piano is almost non existent. Just compare the sound here with that on the 'New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live!' Tracks such as Minute Waltz and Gitanarias which showcase his chops and classical background sound amateurish. That he can make a bad piano sound as good as he does is a reflection of the man's genius.
Blown away by Booker January 22, 2005
Head expander (a desert on earth)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I first got turned on to the genuis of the mighty James Booker by a rehearsal tape with which he played with the Jerry garcia Band (1-7-76). Since then I've intended to make a Booker purchase but unfortunatly he's not the easiest performer to find in the cd bins.
Well I finally found one and boy what a find! Words cannot even begin to express the joy I get from listening to James. Genius is all that comes to mind. Definatly one of the all time greats of any genre. If you've never heard him or heard very little this cd will make you a fan for sure. Music of the gods!
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