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 

 Oibm 

 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 

 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 

 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

 Im Netz 

 Professorlonghair.com
Longhair-Links bei yahoo

Kategorie:Blues-Musiker
Kategorie:Pianist
Kategorie:Pseudonym
Kategorie:US-amerikanischer Musiker
Kategorie:Geboren 1918
Kategorie:Mann