Tuts Washington
New Orleans Piano Professor

Listening notes

Rounder Records issued Tuts Washington’s New Orleans Piano Professor in 1983 as a vinyl release, catalog number 2041. The album is categorized under Blues and Piano Blues. It presents 15 selections distributed across two sides, with New Orleans referenced explicitly in both the album title and in the song title Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans.

Side A opens with Arkansas Blues (3:08) and continues with Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (2:43), Honky Tonk (3:20), and On The Sunny Side Of The Street (2:26). The side also includes Wolverine Blues, Mr. Freddie Blues, and Papa Yellow Blues. Side B begins with Frankie And Johnny (2:18) and proceeds with Georgia On My Mind (2:20), Tee Nah Nah (1:54), Santa Fe Blues, I Cover The Waterfront, Forty-Four Blues (1:59), Tin Roof Blues, and concludes with When The Saints Go Marching In.

Track times are provided for eight of the selections: Arkansas Blues, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans, Honky Tonk, On The Sunny Side Of The Street, Frankie And Johnny, Georgia On My Mind, Tee Nah Nah, and Forty-Four Blues. The remaining titles are listed without durations in the available documentation.

The program includes titles associated with blues and popular song traditions alongside pieces explicitly labeled as blues, aligning with the album’s placement in Blues and Piano Blues. The sequence places several brief cuts on Side B—Tee Nah Nah at 1:54 and Forty-Four Blues at 1:59—while Side A includes multiple tracks in the two-to-three minute range. The set closes with When The Saints Go Marching In, following Tin Roof Blues, as listed.

All details above reflect the information provided for this Rounder Records release: artist (Tuts Washington), title (New Orleans Piano Professor), format (Vinyl), year (1983), catalog number (2041), genres (Blues, Piano Blues), and the complete track listing with available timings.