terça-feira, 28 de abril de 2009

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues – A Musical Journey – Box Set


Já que eu comentei sobre a série de filmes, nada mais justo que faça o mesmo com esse Box Set lançado pelo diretor norteamericano em 2003, complementando seu projeto sobre as raízes da música de seu país. Esses cinco discos são sem dúvida uma ótima compilação, uma generosa introdução às gravações, estilos e fases do gênero, em ordem cronológica, desde seu início até o blues tocado atualmente. As primeiras divas, os primeiros compositores, guitarristas slide do Delta, pianistas, jazzistas, poetas, o blues acústico e sua conseqüente eletrificação, suas raízes africanas, gênios da guitarra e alguns nomes recentes, está tudo lá. Logicamente também encontramos ausências terríveis. Todo o amante do blues encontrará algum ídolo esquecido, mesmo porque isso depende do gosto de cada um, e este trabalho está baseado no gosto pessoal de Scorsese e no material contido nos filmes produzidos pelo mesmo. Pode-se notar facilmente que muitos dos temas escolhidos foram regravados por bandas de rock´n roll dos sessenta – e vemos isso claramente nos discos 4 e 5 – e suas razões são óbvias, tendo em conta que Scorsese chegou ao blues através delas – como toda a sua geração. Enfim, na opinião desse que os escreve, o simples fato de um dos grandes diretores de cinema da história criar algo que, na pior das hipóteses, serve para projetar o blues a escala mundial e inspirar novos músicos, já é válido. E com esse blog tento fazer minha pequena contribuição para manter o blues vivo. Aqui estão os cinco discos, deleitem-se:

CD1
01 – Othar Turner & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band – Shortnin’ Henduck
02 – Lightning & Group – Long John
03 – Mamie Smith – Crazy Blues
04 – W.C. Handy – St. Louis Blues
05 – Bessie Smith – Muddy Water
06 – Blind Lemon Jefferson – Matchbox Blues
07 – Furry Lewis – Billy Lyons & Stack-O-Lee
08 – Ma Rainey – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
09 – Blind Willie Johnson – Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Gound
10 – Louis Armstrong – Savoy Blues
11 – Frank Stokes – Downtown Blues
12 – Mississippi John Hurt – Frankie
13 – Henry Thomas – Fishing Blues
14 – Leroy Carr – How Long How Long Blues
15 – Tommy Johnson – Canned Heat Blues
16 – Blind Willie McTell – Statesboro Blues
17 – Tampa Red & Georgia Town – It’s Tight Like That
18 – Pine Top Smith – Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie
19 – Lonnie Johnson – Guitar Blues
20 – Charley Patton – Pony Blues
21 – Blind Blake – Diddie Wah Diddie
22 – Memphis Jug Band – K.C. Moan
23 – Jimmie Rodgers – Standin’ On The Corner (Blue Yodel #9)
24 – Mississippi Sheiks – Sittin’ On Top Of The World
25 – Son House – Preachin’ The Blues

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CD2
01 – Skip James – Devil Got My Woman
02 – Leadbelly – C.C. Rider
03 – Big Joe Williams – Baby Please Don`t Go
04 – Roosevelt Skykes – Dirty Mother For You (Don’t You Know)
05 – Billie Holiday – Billie’s Blues
06 – Robert Johnson – Crossroad Blues
07 – Sonny Boy Williamson – Good Mornin’ Little School Girl
08 – Bukka White – Shake ‘Em On Down
09 – Joe Turner & Pete Johnson – Roll ‘Em Pete
10 – Robert Petway – Catfish Blues
11 – Count Basie Orchestra & Jimmy Rushing – Going To Chicago Blues
12 – Big Bill Broonzy – Key To The Highway
13 – Memphis Minnie – Me And My Chauffeur Blues
14 – Big Maceo Merriwaether – Worried Life Blues
15 – Tommy McClennon – Cross Cut Saw Blues
16 – Lionel Hampton Sextet & Dinah Washington – Evil Gal Blues
17 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Strange Things Happening Everyday
18 – Joe Liggins – Honeydripper Pt.1
19 – Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers & Charles Brown – Drifting Blues
20 – Louis Jordan – Let The Good Times Roll
21 – Arthur Big Boy Crudup – That’s All Right Mama
22 – T-Bone Walker – Call It Stormy Monday
23 – Wynonie Harris – Good Rockin’ Tonight
24 – Jimmy Witherspoon – Ain’t Nobody’s Business, Part One
25 – Johnny Otis Quintette With Little Esther & The Robbins – Double Crossing Blues

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CD3
01 – Memphis Slim – Mother Earth
02 – Percy Mayfield – Please Send Me Someone To Love
03 – Jackie Brenston – Rocket 88
04 – Elmore James – Dust My Broom
05 – Rosco Gordon – No More Doggin’
06 – Little Walter – Juke
07 – Big Mama Thornton – Hound Dog
08 – Lowell Fulson – Reconsider Baby
09 – Guitar Slim – The Things That I Used To Do
10 – Professor Longhair – In The Night
11 – Muddy Waters – Hoochie Coochie Man
12 – J.B. Lenoir – Eisenhower Blues
13 – Fats Domino – Blue Monday
14 – Ray Charles – Hard Times
15 – Smiley Lewis – I Hear You Knockin’
16 – Elvis Presley – Mystery Train
17 – Soony Boy Williamson II – Don’t Start Me To Talkin’
18 – Howlin’ Wolf – Smokestack Lightnin’
19 – Bo Diddley – Who Do You Love
20 – Slim Harpo – I’m A King Bee
21 – Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
22 – Bobby Blue Band – Farther Up The Road
23 – Otis Rush – So Many Roads, So Many Trains
24 – Buddy Guy – First Time I Met The Blues
25 – Jimmy Reed – Big Boss Man

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CD4
01 – Freddie King – Hide Away
02 – Junior Parker – Drivin’ Wheel
03 – John Lee Hooker – Boom Boom
04 – Albert Collins – Frosty
05 – Muddy Waters – You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had
06 – Howlin’ Wolf – Killing Floor
07 – Son House – Death Letter Blues
08 – Mississippi Fred McDowell – You Gotta Move
09 – Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
10 – Junior Wells – Hoodoo Man Blues
11 – Koko Taylor – Wang Dang Doodle
12 – John Mayall’s Bluesbrakers – All Your Love
13 – Paul Butterfield Blues Band – I’ve Got A Mind To Give Up Livin’
14 – Jimi Hendrix – Red House
15 – Albert King – Born Under The Bad Sign
16 – Magic Sam – Mama Talk To Your Daughter
17 – Etta James – Tell Mama
18 – The Jeff Beck Group – Ain’t Superstitious
19 – Taj Mahal – She Caught The Katy
20 – Fleetwood Mac – Black Magic Woman
21 – Janis Joplin – One Good Man

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CD5
01 – B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone
02 – Johnny Winter – Dallas
03 – Derek & The Dominos – Have You Ever Loved A Woman
04 – Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers – Give Me Back My Wig
05 – The Allman Brothers Band – One Way Out
06 – Z.Z. Hill – Down Home Blues
07 – Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Pride And Joy
08 – Robert Cray – Smoking Gun
09 – Fabulous Thunderbirds – Tuff Enuff
10 – John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt – I’m In The Mood
11 – Ali Farka Toure – Timbarma
12 – Keb ‘Mo’ – Am I Wrong
13 – Luther Allison – Cherry Red Wine
14 – Peggy Scott-Adams – Bill
15 – Susan Tedeschi – Just Won’t Burn
16 – Los Lobos – Voodoo Music
17 – Bonnie Rait – Round & Round
18 – Cassandra Wilson – Vietnam Blues
19 – Robert Cray & Shemekia Copeland – I Pity The Fool (Live)
20 – Keb ‘Mo’ & Corey Harris – Sweet Home Chicago

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Um comentário:

  1. Salve irmão do blues.

    Sensacional este box "Martin Scorsese".

    Parabéns pelo post.

    Play the blues, man, play the blues...

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