Dearieme presents Cleo Brown

Posted on June 27th, 2012 by Dearieme

A bluesie-woosie chantoosie (as Fats might well have said) was recently drawn to my attention by the memoirs of Kingsley Amis. Here’s Cleo Brown with a piano blues.

I prefer her in jazz mode; “stride” I suppose.

She also plays other piano styles: here she is with the classic Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie.

I wonder whether this was one of Amis’s favourite tracks – he was quite a boozer, after all.

Lastly, it’s rather touching that Dave Brubeck wrote a tribute to Cleo: herewith.

Filed under: Biography & Obituary, Dearieme, Music

2 Responses to “Dearieme presents Cleo Brown”

  1. A K Haart, on June 27th, 2012 at 20:11 Said:

    Yes, Amis was fond of jazz and drinking. Not a bad way to go.


  2. James Higham, on June 27th, 2012 at 20:13 Said:

    Love the Brubeck at the end too.


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