Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players (1980)

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Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players
Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players Original Sessions.jpg
Studio album by
Ralph Sutton and Jay McShann
Released1992
RecordedDecember 15 & 16, 1979
StudioPremier Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length69:59
LabelChiaroscuro
CR(D)206
ProducerCharles Baron
Ralph Sutton chronology

(1977) 		Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players
(1992)
(1980)
Jay McShann chronology
The Big Apple Bash
(1979) 		Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players
(1980)
(1980)
Two Pianos Vol. I Cover
The Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players 1.jpg
Two Pianos Vol. II Cover
The Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players 2.jpg

Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players, subtitled The Original Sessions is an album by pianists Ralph Sutton and Jay McShann that was recorded in 1979 and originally released by the Chaz Jazz label as two LPs (subtitled Two Pianos Vol. I & II) before being reissued with two additional unreleased tracks by the Chiaroscuro label in 1992.[1][2] The 1992 CD reissue omitted two tracks from Two Pianos Vol. II, "I'll Catch The Sun" which was a solo feature for Jay McShann and "Ain't Misbehavin'" which Ralph Sutton played solo.[3] Another CD of 1989 recordings by the same group with the same title was released by Chiaroscuro on CD as Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings3/4 stars[5]

In Sutton's obituary The Guardian's Peter Vacher noted "In 1979, in an inspired move, he teamed up with keyboard veteran Jay McShann as The Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players, the two men producing some of the most rumbustious and lively music on the planet".[6]

Track listing[]

  1. "Little Rock Getaway" (Joe Sullivan) – 5:08 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. I
  2. "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) – 6:33 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. I
  3. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 4:26 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. I
  4. "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Meade "Lux" Lewis) – 4:30 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. I
  5. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) – 4:43 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. I
  6. "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 5:12 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. I
  7. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sam H. Stept, Sidney Clare) – 4:25 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. I
  8. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) – 6:00 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. II
  9. "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:50 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. II
  10. "Dog Ass Blues" (Jay McShann, Ralph Sutton) – 5:16 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. II
  11. "Hootie's Ignorant Oil" (McShann, Walter Brown) – 2:19 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. II
  12. "Truckin'" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:12 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. II
  13. "After You've Gone" (Turner Layton, Henry Creamer) – 5:34 Originally released on Two Pianos Vol. II
  14. "I Ain't Got Nobody" (Spencer Williams, Roger Graham, Dave Peyton) – 3:40 Previously unreleased
  15. "Variations on a Weeping Willow" (McShann, Sutton) – 4:11 Previously unreleased

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Chiaroscuro Label Discography. Retrieved April 3, 2019
  2. ^ Encyclopedia del Jazz: Ralph Sutton. Retrieved April 3, 2019
  3. ^ Morgenstern, D., Liner notes to Two Pianos Vol. II
  4. ^ Ralph Sutton: Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players: The Original Sessions – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 987. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Vacher, P. Ralph Sutton: 60 Years in the Footsteps of Fats Waller, The Guardian, January 3, 2002
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