The Primo Collection

~ Release by Professor Longhair (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Looka, No Hair
2:06
2No Buts - No Maybes
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1957-03-18)
baritone saxophone:
Alvin “Red” Tyler (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1957-03-18)
double bass [bass]:
Frank Fields (on 1957-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Charles "Hungry" Williams (1950s US drummer) (on 1957-03-18)
guitar:
Justin Adams (1950s session guitarist) (on 1957-03-18)
piano:
Professor Longhair (on 1957-03-18)
tenor saxophone:
Lee Allen (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1957-03-18)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (on 1957-03-18)
recording of:
No Buts - No Maybes (on 1957-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
2:09
3Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1957-03-18)
baritone saxophone:
Alvin “Red” Tyler (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1957-03-18)
double bass [bass]:
Frank Fields (on 1957-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Charles "Hungry" Williams (1950s US drummer) (on 1957-03-18)
guitar:
Justin Adams (1950s session guitarist) (on 1957-03-18)
piano:
Professor Longhair (on 1957-03-18)
tenor saxophone:
Lee Allen (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1957-03-18)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (on 1957-03-18)
recording of:
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (on 1957-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
2:08
4Cry Pretty Baby
2:18
5Look What You’re Doing to Me
2:28
6Misery
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1957-03-18)
baritone saxophone:
Alvin “Red” Tyler (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1957-03-18)
double bass [bass]:
Frank Fields (on 1957-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Charles "Hungry" Williams (1950s US drummer) (on 1957-03-18)
guitar:
Justin Adams (1950s session guitarist) (on 1957-03-18)
piano:
Professor Longhair (on 1957-03-18)
tenor saxophone:
Lee Allen (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1957-03-18)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (on 1957-03-18)
recording of:
Misery
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
is based on:
Tipitina
1:58
7Tipitina
recorded in and engineered in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1953-11)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Jerry Wexler
baritone saxophone and baritone saxophone [baritone sax]:
Alvin “Red” Tyler (American jazz saxophonist) (in 1953-11)
bass:
Edgar Blanchard (in 1953-11)
drums (drum set) and membranophone:
Earl Palmer (in 1953-11)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1953-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lee Allen (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (in 1953-11)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1953-11)
recording of:
Tipitina (in 1953-01)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
publisher:
Professor Longhair Music
recording of:
Tipitina (in 1953-11)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
publisher:
Professor Longhair Music
2:38
8Ball the Wall
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1953-11)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Jerry Wexler
baritone saxophone:
Alvin “Red” Tyler (American jazz saxophonist) (in 1953-11)
bass:
Edgar Blanchard (in 1953-11)
drums (drum set):
Earl Palmer (in 1953-11)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1953-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lee Allen (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (in 1953-11)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1953-11)
recording of:
Ball the Wall (in 1953-11)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
3:18
9Who’s Been Fooling You
engineered in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1953-11)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Jerry Wexler
baritone saxophone:
Alvin “Red” Tyler (American jazz saxophonist) (in 1953-11)
bass:
Edgar Blanchard (in 1953-11)
drums (drum set):
Earl Palmer (in 1953-11)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1953-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lee Allen (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (in 1953-11)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1953-11)
recording of:
Who's Been Fooling You (in 1953-11)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
2:10
10In the Night
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1953-11)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) and Jerry Wexler
baritone saxophone:
Alvin “Red” Tyler (American jazz saxophonist) (in 1953-11)
bass:
Edgar Blanchard (in 1953-11)
drums (drum set):
Earl Palmer (in 1953-11)
guitar:
Roy Montrell or Walter Nelson ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1953-11)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1953-11)
tenor saxophone:
Lee Allen (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (in 1953-11)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1953-11)
2:32
11Gone So Long
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1951-12-04)
double bass [bass]:
Norman Sinegal (on 1951-12-04)
drums (drum set):
Charles Otis (The Honeyman) (on 1951-12-04)
guitar:
Walter “Papoose” Nelson (guitarist in Fats Domino's band) (on 1951-12-04)
piano:
Professor Longhair (on 1951-12-04)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Burbank (on 1951-12-04)
recording of:
Gone So Long (on 1951-12-04)
composer:
Roy Byrd
2:32
12Curley Haired Baby
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1951-12-04)
double bass [bass]:
Norman Sinegal (on 1951-12-04)
drums (drum set):
Charles Otis (The Honeyman) (on 1951-12-04)
guitar:
Walter “Papoose” Nelson (guitarist in Fats Domino's band) (on 1951-12-04)
piano:
Professor Longhair (on 1951-12-04)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Burbank (on 1951-12-04)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (on 1951-12-04)
2:46
13Rockin’ With Fess
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1951-12-04)
double bass [bass]:
Norman Sinegal (on 1951-12-04)
drums (drum set):
Charles Otis (The Honeyman) (on 1951-12-04)
guitar:
Walter “Papoose” Nelson (guitarist in Fats Domino's band) (on 1951-12-04)
piano:
Professor Longhair (on 1951-12-04)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Burbank (on 1951-12-04)
2:00
14K.C. Blues
2:44
15Boyd’s Bounce
2:46
16East St. Louis Baby
recorded in:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States (in 1950)
drums (drum set):
John Boudreaux (in 1950)
guitar:
Walter “Papoose” Nelson (guitarist in Fats Domino's band) (in 1950)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1950)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1950)
2:44
17Been Foolin’ Around
3:00
18Between the Night and Day
2:42
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Longhair Stomp
2:45
2Hadacol Bounce
3:01
3Byrd’s Blues
2:47
4Her Mind Is Gone
2:38
5Bald Head
producer:
Murray Nash
drums (drum set):
Al Miller (drummer with Professor Longhair) (in 1950-02)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1950-02)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1950-02)
recorded at:
National Recorders (New Orleans, active early 1950s) in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1950-02)
recording of:
Bald Head (in 1950-02)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
2:30
6Hey Now Baby
2:48
7Oh Well
2:26
8Mardi Gras in New Orleans
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1949)
producer:
Herb Abramson and Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer)
alto saxophone:
Robert Parker (American R&B singer and musician) (in 1949)
bass and tenor saxophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1949)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1949)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1949)
recording of:
Mardi Gras in New Orleans (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
publisher:
Don Williams Music Group, Inc. and Professor Longhair Music
2:52
9She Walks Right In
2:50
10Hey Little Girl
3:01
11Willie Mae
2:47
12Professor Longhair Blues
2:28
13Walk Your Blues Away
2:56
14Boogie Woogie
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1949)
producer:
Herb Abramson and Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer)
alto saxophone:
Robert Parker (American R&B singer and musician) (in 1949)
bass and tenor saxophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1949)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1949)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1949)
recording of:
Boogie Woogie (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
2:40
15Longhair’s Blues Rhumba
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (in 1949)
producer:
Herb Abramson and Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer)
alto saxophone:
Robert Parker (American R&B singer and musician) (in 1949)
bass and tenor saxophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1949)
piano:
Professor Longhair (in 1949)
vocals:
Professor Longhair (in 1949)
recording of:
Longhair's Blues-Rhumba (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Roeland Byrd
3:17
16She Ain’t Go No Hair
2:48
17Bye Bye Baby
2:27