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Professor Longhair is noteworthy for having been active in two distinct periods, both in the heyday of early rhythm and blues, and in the resurgence of interest in traditional jazz after the founding of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe journalist Tony Russell, in his book The Blues – From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated \"The vivacious rhumba-rhythmed piano blues and choked singing typical of Fess were too weird to sell millions of records; he had to be content with siring musical offspring who were simple enough to manage that, like Fats Domino or Huey \"Piano\" Smith. But he is also acknowledged as a father figure by subtler players like Allen Toussaint and Dr. John.\"\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Professor+Longhair","playStationPath":"/stations/113490011/play","stationId":113490011,"bioPath":"/music/Professor+Longhair/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Lonnie+Johnson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/100/1005c6ce4605c7a04f5b8a4310907592_md.jpg","artistName":"Lonnie Johnson","artistId":5160,"station_id":113322800},{"musicPath":"/music/Big+Mama+Thornton","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/812/812b7de598a1df1c9cd54d36e20a98c0_md.jpg","artistName":"Big Mama Thornton","artistId":5193,"station_id":113391127},{"musicPath":"/music/Charles+Brown","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/eea/eea2110b3997cc6ea096977ff4e8cd26_md.jpg","artistName":"Charles Brown","artistId":8638,"station_id":114292684},{"musicPath":"/music/Louis+Jordan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d1b/d1b94cfbd0c232f0c0735a93f496c1c9_md.jpg","artistName":"Louis Jordan","artistId":5181,"station_id":113529289},{"musicPath":"/music/Albert+Collins","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/11c/11caa0b7d11e96854ba0a62df2d491c8_md.jpg","artistName":"Albert Collins","artistId":5210,"station_id":113618648},{"musicPath":"/music/Dr+John","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/53a/53a7ab662f87001bf3f310c21f49188a_md.jpg","artistName":"Dr. John","artistId":1025,"station_id":113304862},{"musicPath":"/music/Solomon+Burke","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9eb/9ebe4e3586ba6a8c0f51b0ece7e48eaf_md.jpg","artistName":"Solomon Burke","artistId":682,"station_id":113285898},{"musicPath":"/music/Duke+Ellington","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/82f/82fa97ad388f4b084fc9e6d026e8e814_md.jpg","artistName":"Duke Ellington","artistId":1034,"station_id":113444533},{"musicPath":"/music/Mose+Allison","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/341/34125faa387be5ae8470c704baa5f3cf_md.jpg","artistName":"Mose Allison","artistId":1151,"station_id":113509626},{"musicPath":"/music/Joe+Tex","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/daa/daa1d8b7fe414b35a59be02456ed2a02_md.jpg","artistName":"Joe Tex","artistId":4828,"station_id":113475402},{"musicPath":"/music/Freddie+King","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/299/299bfe90e656ce0f41cc1baf592f7358_md.jpg","artistName":"Freddie King","artistId":5212,"station_id":113314074},{"musicPath":"/music/Ruth+Brown","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/808/808a76137375ede3f98f98ee43d367be_md.jpg","artistName":"Ruth Brown","artistId":8075,"station_id":113326169},{"musicPath":"/music/Aaron+Neville","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/904/9041fe06a3b413a186fbfabc0782fa61_md.jpg","artistName":"Aaron Neville","artistId":3913,"station_id":113285357},{"musicPath":"/music/Etta+James","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1c3/1c314845df12c5dc392d6711210d0ade_md.jpg","artistName":"Etta James","artistId":5211,"station_id":113266312},{"musicPath":"/music/Ray+Charles","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e53/e531d06a0711a693714c37f485a9ab7a_md.jpg","artistName":"Ray Charles","artistId":631,"station_id":113264719},{"musicPath":"/music/Bessie+Smith","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8f2/8f2860f8e597854a0865e8ec9f5880c0_md.jpg","artistName":"Bessie Smith","artistId":158,"station_id":113311911},{"musicPath":"/music/Wilson+Pickett","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/171/171c17dfa0a293ece17d2882b8efd31a_md.jpg","artistName":"Wilson Pickett","artistId":2366,"station_id":113292887},{"musicPath":"/music/Jimmy+Smith","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b3c/b3c40318179f2cbfc1b8aeb16d876068_md.jpg","artistName":"Jimmy Smith","artistId":4236,"station_id":113468149}]}