Signifyin'

• Artist: Fred Kaplan
• Rating:
• Release Date: November 25, 1997
• Total Time: 59:17
• Genre: Blues

Review

What's puzzling is why it's taken years for Kaplan to release a solo challenge. After all, he is a member of the Hollywood Fats Band, and has supported some of the cream of the crop of the Southern California blues scene -- James Harman, William Clarke, Junior Watson, and Robert Lucas. Could it be he shies away from front stage glory, and instead uses his hands to speak on the ivories? Even with the generous solo space granted on this release, he remains humble and prefers to praise his mentor, Lloyd Glenn and the Almighty. No meat by-products and cereal fillers here -- great rib-stickin, ' back-to-basics piano blues are featured here. ~ Char Ham, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Side Pocket	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(3:20)
Chocolate Drop	Lloyd Glenn	Fred Kaplan	(4:04)
Fou Thirty-One A.M. Blues	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(4:14)
Droppin' In	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(3:18)
My Help Is on the Way	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(2:13)
Bigfoot Swing	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(2:13)
Roadhouse Special	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(2:58)
Lock Down	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(4:41)
Royal Biltmore Boogie	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(3:30)
Fred's Blues	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(5:07)
Sunnyland Special	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(3:20)
The Honeydripper	Roosevelt Sykes	Fred Kaplan	(4:28)
Slow Freight	Ray Bryant	Fred Kaplan	(4:52)
L.G. Boogie	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(2:59)
Signifyin'	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(4:54)
Gumbo Grinder	Fred Kaplan	Fred Kaplan	(3:06)

Credits

Joe Bellamy (Sax (Alto)), Dorothy Dobson (Art Direction), Joe Bellamy (Engineer), Fred Kaplan (Piano), Fred Kaplan (Producer), Fred Kaplan (Graphic Design), Richard Innes (Drums), Dorothy Dobson (Graphic Design), Markus Cuff (Photography), Dorothy Dobson (Concept), Jean-Pierre Stassin (Photography), Larry Taylor (Bass), Fred Kaplan (Concept), V.S. Hampton (Liner Notes)