Friday, April 17, 2026

Professor Longhair - Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1949-1957 [Nighthawk, 1981] - notation

I was looking for a version of this to stream but couldn't find it anywhere. I was looking because it got five stars in the Rolling Stone album guide. I generally like Nighthawk releases, and this is a single-disc compilation, so I thought it might be just what I need for him. I thought perhaps all the tracks were cullable from the Fess anthology, but that does not appear to be the case. I then tried to cull it from Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Complete Recordings 1949-1962 [Jasmine, 2013], but too many of the tracks are missing from the version on Spotify. I even went so far as to see if I could just buy a copy sound-unheard, but they are too expensive for that. Oh well. Here's the album cover:

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