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Driftin & Driftin - Jerome Arnold w/ The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Jerome Arnold is an American bassist, known for his work with Howlin' Wolf and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the 1960s. His playing appears on the albums The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and East-West. He was a…
Continue Reading »Dogs Life - Tommy Schneller
Er hat sich ein paar Jahre Zeit gelassen mit einer neuen CD. Doch das Warten hat sich gelohnt: Tommy Schneller macht seinem Namen alle Ehre mit der neuen CD „Smiling For A Reason“. 2010 bekam Schneller das Angebot…
Continue Reading »Enrico Crivellaro
It is hardly a surprise that his two latest albums, "Freewheelin" and "Mojo Zone", are often found in music stores next to Chet Atkins and Eric Clapton on the "guitar hero" shelf. Showcasing a mighty sounding guitar that…
Continue Reading »She Knocks Me Out - Harold Burrage
Harold Burrage (March 30, 1931, Chicago - November 26, 1966, Chicago) was an American blues and soul musician. Burrage did session work as a pianist in the 1950s and 1960s as well as recording under his own name.…
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 »Willie "The Lion" Smith
William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith (23 November 1893 – 18 April 1973), a.k.a. "The Lion", was an American jazz pianist and one of the masters of the stride style, usually grouped with James P. Johnson and Thomas…
Continue Reading »When a Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
Percy Sledge (born November 25, 1941, Leighton, Alabama) is an American R&B and soul performer who recorded the hit "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1966. Percy Sledge worked in a series of blue-collar jobs in the…
Continue Reading »Jerry Portnoy & Guitar Ray
Jerry Portnoy was born in 1943 and grew up in the blues-rich atmosphere of Chicago's famous Maxwell Street Market during the golden age of Chicago Blues. He began his professional career in the late 60s and since that…
Continue Reading »Crazy He Calls Me - Etta Jones
Etta Jones (November 25, 1928 - October 16, 2001) was an American jazz singer. She is not to be confused with the more popular singer Etta James nor her namesake, a member of the Dandridge Sisters, who recorded…
Continue Reading »AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY- JIMMY JOHNSON BLUES BAND
Chicago guitarist Jimmy Johnson didn't release his first full domestic album until he was 50 years old. He's determinedly made up for lost time ever since, establishing himself as one of the Windy City's premier blues artists with…
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