Mississippi Number One

Rating

Album: Mississippi Number One
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Mississippi Flatland Blues
2)	He'll Do the Same Thing to You
3)	Darkness on the Delta
4)	Love Me 'Til Dawn
5)	Fried Chicken
6)	Mississippi Number One
7)	Man I Love, The
8)	Careless Love
9)	Meet You Anywhere
10)	Why Don't You Do Right
11)	Afraid to Let Go
12)	Close the Door
13)	All Over Me
14)	Trouble in Mind
15)	Until I Die

Album: Mississippi Number One
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Mississippi Flatland Blues
2)	He'll Do the Same Thing to You
3)	Darkness on the Delta
4)	Love Me 'Til Dawn
5)	Fried Chicken
6)	Mississippi Number One
7)	Man I Love, The
8)	Careless Love
9)	Meet You Anywhere
10)	Why Don't You Do Right
11)	Afraid to Let Go
12)	Close the Door
13)	All Over Me
14)	Trouble in Mind
15)	Until I Die

Performer Notes

Personnel: Eden Brent (vocals, piano); Jackie Johnson (vocals); Ricky Chancey (guitar, harmonica); Jack Holder (guitar); Jim Spake (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Marc Franklin (trumpet); Rick Steff (organ); Sam Shoup (double bass).
Audio Mixer: Dawn Hopkins.
Recording information: Sounds Unreel Studio, Memphis, TN.
Dubbed "Little Boogaloo" by her late mentor, Abie "Boogaloo" Ames, Eden Brent had more than two decades of singing the blues under her belt by the time of 2008's MISSISSIPPI NUMBER ONE, her first widely released record. Born in the heart of the Magnolia State in Greenville, Brent's passionate voice is cut by a subtly dark sultriness. She wields it with remarkable versatility as the mood shifts from jazz torch ("Love Me `Til Dawn") to straight delta blues ("Careless Love") to boogie-woogie both fast ("Meet You Anywhere") and slow ("Why Don't You Do Right"). Brent's debut is an earnest yet scorching introduction to a new old voice from the South.

Professional Reviews

Down Beat (p.74) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Her singing has character and style, something like Lavern Baker and Annie Laurie's in the 1950s, and she has learned her blues and boogie-woogie piano lessons well from the late Boogaloo Ames."

Dirty Linen (p.44) - "Brent is truly an original whose songscape offers a great deal of promise. She can rock, she can swing, she can croon. She's the real thing."

Living Blues (p.76) - "Brent's raucous vocal style is jubilant adn unforced, and her boogie-laced piano style...is both propulsive and melodically rich..."