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Jimmy Beasley
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Jimmy Beasley was an R&B/Rock N Roll pianist from Kansas City. His popularity peaked in New Orleans in the mid-to-late 1950s. He's nobody's idea of a household name, but mention Jimmy Beasley to most 50s R&B and rock'n'roll collectors and you'll immediately meet with a warm smile of recognition, and a surge of admiration for the man's recordings of the mid-to-late 1950s. Cherished completely by New Orleans collectors for his fine Fats Domino-influenced sides (some actually recorded in New Orleans with Fats' band, others recorded with an equally stellar line up of LA session greats including Beasley himself on piano), Jimmy didn't really record often enough to elevate his reputation into that of a superstar, but his half-dozen-plus singles and sole album are as important a rockin' legacy as are those of just about any acknowledged leader of the rockin' pack. Jimmy's House Party marks the first time that his most excellent Modern recordings have been comprehensively and legally anthologised for compact disc. Born in Kansas City but resident in Los Angeles from a relatively early age, Jimmy Beasley was in his 20s when he went to work for the Bihari brothers - initially as a songwriter and session pianist - under the supervision of the great tenor player/arranger Maxwell Davis. It was Davis who hipped Joe and Jules to the fact that Jimmy could sing as well as he wrote, and they signed him to an artist contract that lasted, on and off, for almost a decade. Jimmy came to Modern a
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R&B Classics Of The '50s
Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence Of New Orleans R&B
The Fabulous Jimmy Beasley
Jimmy's House Party
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Heavy Sugar Second Spoonful: More Pure Essence Of New Orleans R&B
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Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence Of New Orleans R&B [Part 1]
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The Cosimo Matassa Story
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Rockin' R&B Classics
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Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence Of New Orleans R&B [Disc 1]
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The Cosimo Matassa Story - [Disc 4] - Rockin' At Cosimo's 1956
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Heavy Sugar: The Pure Essence Of New Orleans R&B [Disc 2]
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Mambo 3:Jungle Dreams