Clarence Profit: All the Solo and Trio Sides Complete plus Tracks by Washboard Serenaders and the Georgia Washboard Stompers (Memoir, enr. 1930-1940; publ. 1993)

 

Memoir CD MOIR 504 (1993)

Clarence Profit Trio

Clarence Profit (piano), Billy Moore (guitare), Ben Brown (contrebasse). New York, 15 février 1939. 

1. Don't Leave Me (Wilder/Profit) 2:54
2. There'll Be Some Changes Made (Higgins/Overstreet) 2:35
3. I Got Rhythm (G & I Gershwin) 2:48
4. Down Home (Profit) 2:50
5. Tropical Nights (Profit?) 2:44
6. Tea for Two (Youmans/Caesar/Harbach) 3:18

Clarence Profit (piano solo). New York, 29 novembre 1939. 

7. Body and Soul (Green/Heyman) 3:07
8. The Blues (Profit) 3:01

Clarence Profit Trio

Clarence Profit (piano), Billy Moore (guitare), Ben Brown (contrebasse). New York, 5 janvier 1940. 

9. Body and Soul (Green/Heyman) 3:22
10. Body and Soul (Green/Heyman) 3:21
11. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Rodgers/Hart) 3:21
12. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Rodgers/Hart) 3:16

Les mêmes; Jimmy Shirley (guitare) remplace Moore. New York, 11 septembre 1940. 

13. Dark Eyes (trad) 3:06
14. Times Square Blues (Profit) 2:55
15. Hot and Bothered (Ellington) 3:17
16. Azure (Ellington) 3:29

Washboard Serenaders

Harold Randolph (kazoo), Clarence Profit (piano), Teddy Bunn (guitare), Bruce Johnson (washboard, chant), Gladys Bentley (chant). New York, 24 mars 1930. 

17. Kazoo Moan (Johnson/Bunn) 2:54
18. Washboards Get Together (Washboard Serenaders) 3:07

Georgia Washboard Stompers

Taft Jordan ?, Dave Page (trompette), Ben Smith ? (clarinette, saxo alto), Carl Wade (saxo ténor), Clarence Profit (piano), Steve Washington (banjo, guitare), Ghost Howell (contrebasse), Jake Fenderson (washboard, chant), Eddie Foster (chant). New York, 3 juillet 1935. 

19. In the Middle of a Kiss (Coslow) 2:42; chant par Fenderson ou Jordan
20. Every Little Moment (McHugh/Fields) 2:45; chant par Fenderson ou Jordan

Notes du livret: Pat Hawes

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