"Cool Papa" Sadler

Haskell Robert Sadler

b. April 6th, 1935 in Denver (Colorado)

d. May 6th, 1994 in Berkeley (California)

JERICHO ALLEY BLUES FLASH

Diving Duck

P-Vine

June 1955

En 1954, Cool Papa quitte sa ville natale Denver pour rejoindre Los Angeles en Californie. Il ne tarde pas à rencontrer l'harmoniciste Sidney Maiden avec lequel il enregistre plusieurs bons titres pour le producteur J.R. Fulbright : "Do right mind" et "Gone for good" en leader et deux autres morceaux le même jour de juin 1955 en tant qu'accompagnateur de Sidney Maiden. Fulbright revendra ces plages au label Flash.

In 1954, Cool Papa left his hometown Denver to join Los Angeles, California. He was soon to meet harmonica player Sidney Maiden with whom he recorded several good titles for the producer J.R. Fulbright : "Do right mind" and "Gone for good" as a leader and two other pieces the same day of june 1955 as Sidney Maiden's sideman. Fulbright sold these tracks to the Flash label.

HOUSE ROCKIN' 1950'S RHYTHM & BLUES vol.4

Red Devil

1961

Pour le label Melodia, Cool Papa enregistre avec son groupe The Mellotones deux titres dont l'excellent "Bald headed woman" et "You can't take it out of this world" (chanté par Herman Odom). Dans ces deux morceaux, son jeu de guitare fluide et aérien est parfaitement mis en exergue.

For the Melodia label, Cool Papa records with The Mellotones band two titles including the excellent "Bald headed woman" and "You can't take it out of this world" (sung by Herman Odom). In these two pieces, his fluid and aerial guitar playing is perfectly highlighted.

COOL PAPA & THE ALL STAR BAND

TJ

1982

Après un divorce, il quitte Los Angeles pour Las Vegas puis revient à Denver. Il forme un nouveau groupe Fatt Twice Together puis retourne finalement vivre en Californie en 1970. Cet album gravé pour le label T.J. Records - produit par Tom Boyd - est son seul véritable album studio. Un opus de blues brut et goûteux dominé par le chant rugueux et la superbe guitare de Cool Papa. Derrière lui, on trouve Kenney Herrera (saxophone), Big Bob Deance (guitare), Connell Page (basse) et Sam Myers (batterie). On peut retenir dans cette set-list parfois bancale : "Draw in your lips", "Hard times", "What I have done", "I had a woman".

After a divorce, he leaves Los Angeles for Las Vegas and returns to Denver. He formed a new group Fatt Twice Together and finally returned to live in California in 1970. This album recorded for the label T.J. Records - produced by Tom Boyd - is his only real studio album. A raw and tasty blues album dominated by the rough vocals and superb guitar of Cool Papa. Behind him are Kenney Herrera (saxophone), Big Bob Deance (guitar), Connell Page (bass) and Sam Myers (drums). We can point out in this sometimes wobbly set-list : "Draw in your lips", "Hard times", "What I have done", "I had a woman".

LEGENDS LIVE

Real Talent (only on cassette)

1992