Albums, chansons, révélations, concerts… Voici ce qui a le plus marqué les membres de notre rédaction en 2017. Quatrième partie.

Jacques Périn

Nouveautés

–Dee Dee Bridgewater / “Memphis… Yes, I'm Ready” (OKeh)
–Ronnie Baker Brooks / “Times Have Changed” (Provogue)
–Don Bryant / “Don't Give Up On Love” (Fat Possum)
–The Como Mamas / “Move Upstairs” (Daptone)
–Thornetta Davis / “Honest Woman” (Sweet Mama Music)
–Stanton Moore / “With You In Mind” (Cool Green)
–Sugaray Rayford / “The World That We Live In” (Blind Faith)
–Mighty Mo Rodgers & Baba Sissoko / “Griot Blues” (One Root Music)
–Lizz Wright / “Grace” (Concord)

Révélations

–Son Little / “New Magic” (Anti-)
–Southern Avenue / “Southern Avenue” (Stax)

Rééditions

–Luther Allison / “A Legend Never Dies” (Ruf)
–Eddie Bo & Chris Barber / “The 1991 Sea-Saint Sessions” (The Last Music)
–Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown / “Boogie Uproar” (Jasmine)
–The Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio / “Moving Up” (Gospel Friend)
–Johnny Guitar Watson / “At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall” (NDR Info)

Blue Planet
–Benoit Blue Boy with Nico Duportal / “À Boire et à Manger à St Germain des Prés” (Tempo)
–Arnaud Fradin & The Roots Combo / “Steady Rollin' Man” (Mojo Hand)
–Lenny Lafargue / “Un Ange” (Le Bon Temps Rouler)

Livres
–The Soul Survivor (Al Green) par Jimmy McDonough
–Charlie n'est pas mort en vain par Daniel Léon

DVD
–Bayou Maharajah (James Booker)
–Champion Jack Dupree / “Live at Rockpalast”

Concerts
–Bay-Car Festival (pour John Németh et Marquise Knox)
–Porretta Soul Festival (pour Wee Willie Walker, Carla & Vaneese Thomas et Anthony Paule Orch.)
–The Como Mamas, Pan Piper, Paris

Hugues Marly

Nouveautés

-Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings / “Soul Of A Woman” (Daptone)
-Valerie June / “The Order Of Time” (Caroline)
-Don Bryant / “Don't Give Up On Love” (Fat Possum)
-Robert Finley / “Goin' Platinum!” (Easy Eye)
-Dee Dee Bridgewater / “Memphis… Yes, I'm Ready” (OKeh)
-Watermelon Slim / “Golden Boy” (Dixiefrog)
-El Michels Affair / “Return To The 37th Chamber” (Big Crown)
-Sugaray Rayford / “The World That We Live In” (Blind Faith)

Titres marquants
-Surefire / John Legend
-Home / Illa J
-Mad about you / Son Little

Révélations

–Rohey
-Hannah Williams
–Jamila Woods

Rééditions

-Jackie Shane / “Any Other Way” (Numero Group)
-Sunny & Sunliners / “Mr. Brown Eyed Soul” (Bog Crown)
-Leroy Hutson / “Anthology 1972-84” (Acid Jazz)
-Booker T & The MG's / “Hip Hug-Her”

Livres
–Hip-Hop Family Tree Vol.3 de Ed Piksor (Papa Guédé)
–Isaac Hayes, l'esprit soul de David Desvérité (Castor music)
–Blues et féminisme noire d’Angela Davis (Libertalia)

DVD
–Soundbreaking

Concerts
–Hot 8 Brass Band à Jazz à Sète
–Valerie June aux Nuits de Fourvière (Lyon)
–Lee Fields au Bikini (Toulouse)

Jean-Pierre Bruneau

Nouveautés

-The Como Mamas / “Move Upstairs” (Daptone)
-Eric Bibb / “Migration Blues” (Dixiefrog)
-Hurray For The Riff Raff / “The Navigator” (ATO)
-Ibeyi / “Ash” (XL/Beggars)
-Mavis Staples / “If All I Was Was Black” (Anti-)
-Preservation Hall Jazz Band / “So it Is” (Legacy)
-Rhiannon Giddens / “Freedom Highway” (Nonesuch)
-Valerie June / “The Order of Time” (Caroline)

Titres marquants
-Sell my soul / Cory Seznec
-New magic / Son Little
-With a dolla’ in my pocket / Eric Bibb

Révélations
–King James & the Special Men

Rééditions

-Clifton Chenier / “King Of Zydeco – The Rhythm & Blues Years 1954-1960” (Frémeaux & Associés)
-Dr John / “The Atco Albums Collection” (Warner)
-Fats Domino / “The Indispensable 1949-1962” (Frémeaux & Associés)
-New Orleans Funk Vol. 4 / “Voodoo Fire In New Orleans 1951-77” (Soul Jazz)
-Washington Phillips / “And His Manzarene Dreams” (Dust to Digital)

Blue Planet
–Rosedale / “Long Way To Go” (Borderline Blues-Dixiefrog)
-Beauty and the Beast / “Something New” (Quart de Lune)
-Nico Wayne Toussaint / “Plays James Cotton” (Dixiefrog)

Livres
–Slim Harpo – Blues King Bee Of Baton Rouge (Martin Hawkins, LSU Press)

DVD
–Bayou Maharajah – The Life And Music Of New Orleans Piano Legend James Booker (Cadiz Music)
–Mavis! A Film About Mavis Staples & The Staple Singers (Dogwoof)

Concerts

–Trombone Shorty, Olympia, Paris.
–Boubacar Traoré avec Vincent Bucher, Cedric Watson, Corey Harris, New Morning, Paris.