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Dickie's Dream - Count Basie , Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan
Gerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonists in jazz history – playing the…
Continue Reading »Buckeye Blues - Bill Hardman Quintet
William Franklin Hardman, Jr. (April 6, 1933, Cleveland, Ohio – December 5, 1990, Paris, France) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist who chiefly played hard bop. While in high school in Cleveland he appeared with Tadd Dameron,…
Continue Reading »Limehouse Blues - Roy Smeck
Roy Smeck (born Leroy Smeck, 6 February 1900 – 5 April 1994) was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, steel guitar, and especially the ukulele earned him the nickname "Wizard of the Strings." Born in…
Continue Reading »Weary Blues - Louis Nelson
Louis Hall Nelson (September 17, 1902 – April 5, 1990) was a New Orleans jazz trombonist. Louis Nelson was born on September 17, 1902 at 1419-21 Touro St. in New Orleans, LA. His father, Dr. George Harry Nelson,…
Continue Reading »Got My Mojo Working - Pinetop Perkins with Rick Harvey & The Texcellorators
If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, - ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying…
Continue Reading »Sugar - Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District into a musical family. His father,…
Continue Reading »Big Bill's Guitar - Hans Theessink
After more than 40 years “on the road” and with 25 albums, an instruction video, a songbook and a DVD to his name, Hans Theessink has become a roots and blues institution. With his sonorous baritone voice and…
Continue Reading »My in Laws Made An Outlaw Out Of Me - LOU MILLET
Louis Millet (April 1926, Baton Rouge, La) was an American rockabilly and honky tonk guitarist and singer. Lou Millet was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His musical career started a bit later than some people might do in…
Continue Reading »"Moonshine & Mojo Hands" — first blues music reality show!
Award-Winning Film and Music Producers Set to Launch First Blues Music Reality Show This Fall (CLARKSDALE, MS) – The creators of the award-winning documentaries “M For Mississippi” and “We Juke Up in Here” return in 2013 with “Moonshine…
Continue Reading »Chicago-Based Roots Goliath Frank Bang & the Secret Stash Set to Unleash New "Double Dare" CD on May 21 from Blue Hoss Records
Chicago-Based Roots Goliath Frank Bang & the Secret Stash Set to Unleash New Double Dare CD on May 21 from Blue Hoss Records Former Buddy Guy Band Guitarist Spreads His Gospel of Musical Truths on Eclectic Fifth Album…
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