Classified (James Booker album)
Classified is a studio album by the New Orleans pianist James Booker, released in 1982.[7][8] It was reissued in an expanded edition in 2013.[9] ProductionThe album was produced by Scott Billington, who recorded several sessions with Booker in 1982.[2] The sessions were at times interrupted by Booker's odd behavior or his stints in jail.[10] Classified captures both solo and quartet recordings; Booker's Maple Leaf Bar band included bassist James Singleton, saxophonist Alvin Tyler, and drummer Johnny Vidacovich.[9][11][12] The Professor Longhair medley came to an abrupt end when Booker left mid-song in order to cash a check.[6] Critical receptionRobert Christgau wrote that "in general there's too much reliance on the left hand, with the consequent loss of dynamic subtlety compounded by a klutzy drum mix."[1] The Philadelphia Daily News praised Booker's "great stomping piano, [which is] not quite as fervent as Fats Domino or as idiosyncratic as Professor Longhair, but mightily infectious all the same."[13] AllMusic called the album "one of the great blues albums of the early '80s."[2] Track listing
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