Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players (1980)

Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players, subtitled The Original Sessions is an album by pianists Ralph Sutton and Jay McShann that was recorded in 1979 and originally released by the Chaz Jazz label as two LPs (subtitled Two Pianos Vol.

I & II) before being reissued with two additional unreleased tracks by the Chiaroscuro label in 1992.

[1][2] The 1992 CD reissue omitted two tracks from Two Pianos Vol.

II, "I'll Catch The Sun" which was a solo feature for Jay McShann and "Ain't Misbehavin'" which Ralph Sutton played solo.

In Sutton's obituary The Guardian's Peter Vacher noted "In 1979, in an inspired move, he teamed up with keyboard veteran Jay McShann as The Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players, the two men producing some of the most rumbustious and lively music on the planet".