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Summertime - WES MONTGOMERY w/ Pony Poindexter
Norwood "Pony" Poindexter (Feb. 8, 1926, New Orleans, Louisiana - Apr. 14, 1988, Oakland, California) was an American jazz saxophonist. Poindexter began on clarinet and switched to playing alto and tenor sax growing up. In 1940 he studied…
Continue Reading »Summertime - Albert Ayler
Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936 – November 25, 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. Ayler was among the most primal of the free jazz musicians of the 1960s; critic John Litweiler wrote that "never…
Continue Reading »Summertime - Big Brother & The Holding Co.
Had it not been for the melodic and accomplished guitar work of Peter Albin flowing out of an upper story window at 1090 Page Street in the early summer of 1965, there might never have been a Big…
Continue Reading »Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald
I'm posting Ella on Mothers day for my mom who passed this past year. She wanted Ella Played at her funeral. This is for you mom... I know you wanted her to swing though!“Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available…
Continue Reading »Summertime - Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter from Port Arthur, Texas. As a youth Joplin was ridiculed by her fellow students due to her unconventional appearance and personal beliefs,…
Continue Reading »Summertime - Li'l Joe Burton
Joe Burton, born May 4, 1952 and affectionately known as “Lil” Joe from Chicago, is the quintessential Blues instrumentalist in a class of his own.Lil’ Joe’s career began in 1964 with the late, great Junior Wells. Joe’s relationship…
Continue Reading »Summertime - Trombone Shorty feat Cyril Neville
Cyril Neville (born in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 10, 1948), is a percussionist and vocalist who first came to prominence as a member of his brother Art Neville's funky New Orleans-based band, The Meters. He joined Art in…
Continue Reading »Summertime - WALKER, CHARLES
Charles Walker was born in Nashville July 12th, 1940. He was nicknamed 'Wig' by his mother because of his full head of hair as a kid. Like so many others from Charles background his singing began in Church…
Continue Reading »Sumpin' Jumpin - Bumps Blackwell
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell (May 23, 1918 – March 9, 1985) was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles, Quincy Jones,…
Continue Reading »Sumpin' Jumpin - Bumps Blackwell
Robert "Bumps" Blackwell (May 23, 1918 – March 9, 1985) was an American songwriter, arranger, and record producer, best known for his work overseeing the early hits of Little Richard, as well as grooming Ray Charles, Quincy Jones,…
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