by Bman | May 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Janice Harrington born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up within the tradition of Black American Music. In the 60βs,at the peak of the Black Liberation Movement, her career as a Gospel, Blues and Jazz singer began. Her greatest idols, to name a few are Mahalia Jackson and...
by Bman | Apr 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Bobby Marchan (born Oscar James Gibson) (April 30, 1930 in Youngstown Ohio β December 5, 1999) was a well-respected American rhythm and blues bandleader, MC, singer-performer, recording artist, and female impersonator, who initially began performing in New Orleans...
by Bman | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have just received and had the opportunity to review the newest release, Singing In My Soul, by Lisa Biales with Ricky Nye and The Paris Blues Band. You want real wholesome Americana/Blues music, this is it. Opening with A Little Bird Told Me, Biales sings a song so...
by Bman | Apr 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Jimmy Mundy (28 June 1907β24 April 1983) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer, best known for his arrangements for Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Earl Hines. Born James Mundy in Cincinnati, Ohio, and gained his arranging skills in the 1920s...
by Bman | Apr 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
βMany a bluesman paid backbreaking dues chopping cotton in the flat Delta fields of Mississippi and Arkansas. There was no cotton crop to tend to in the grimy rust belt town of Youngstown, Ohio in the 1960βs, but there was grinding, dirty work for some, as human grist...
