Sonntag, 3. April 2016

03.04. Adam Gussow, Leopold von Knobelsdorff, Rusty Zinn, James Harrell „Jimmy“ McGriff, John Mooney, Mitch Woods * Big Bad Smitty, Big Daddy Kinsey, Sarah Vaughan +








1932 Leopold von Knobelsdorff*
1936 James Harrell „Jimmy“ McGriff*
1951 Mitch Woods*
1955 John Mooney*
1958 Adam Gussow*
1970 Rusty Zinn*
1990 Sarah Vaughan+
2001 Big Daddy Kinsey+
2002 Big Bad Smitty aka John H. Smith+ *1940



Happy Birthday

 

Adam Gussow  *03.04.1958

 



Adam Gussow (* 3. April 1958 in New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Wissenschaftler und Mundharmonikaspieler. Sein Spiel beschreibt ein Kritiker so: „technische Meisterschaft und innovative Brillanz, die es in einer Generation nur einmal gibt“ (technical mastery and innovative brilliance that comes along but once in a generation.
Seine Jugend verbrachte er im New Yorker Vorort Congers. Ausgebildet wurde er in der Princeton University (B.A. 1979, englische und amerikanische Literatur; Ph.D. 2000, englische Literatur) und an der Columbia University (M.A. 1983, englische und vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft).[2] Für einen Bluesmusiker hat er damit einen untypischen Lebensweg.
Seine musikalische Leidenschaft wurde von Nat Riddles geweckt, einem Harmonikaspieler aus der Bronx.[3] Mit dem aus Mississippi stammenden Bluesmusiker Sterling Magee bildete er 1986 das Duo Satan und Adam. Gemeinsam traten sie an der Ecke Seventh Avenue und 125th Street auf, wo sie bald eine große Zuhörerschaft erreichten.[4] 1996 wurde dem Duo eine Coverstory im Living Blues Magazine gewidmet; Gussow wurde damit zum ersten weißen Musiker, dem diese Ehre zuteilwurde.[5] Bis zu ihrer Trennung 1998 nahmen sie Alben auf und spielten regelmäßig auf der Straße. Das Duo trennte sich, da Magee nach Lynchburg, Virginia zog. Im selben Jahr veröffentlichte Gussow das Buch „Mister Satan’s Apprentice“, in dem er die Zusammenarbeit mit Magee schilderte. Neben Büchern erschienen zahlreiche Artikel in verschiedenen Publikationen wie zum Beispiel American Literature, African American Review, Southern Cultures und boundary 2. Seit 2002 ist Gussow außerordentlicher Professor an der University of Mississippi für English and Southern Studies. 2007 begann er mit einer Serie von Tutorials auf You Tube, in denen er Harmonika lehrt. Inzwischen besteht die Serie aus etwa 150 Episoden.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gussow 

Adam Gussow (born April 3, 1958) is an American scholar, memoirist, and blues harmonica player. He is currently an associate professor of English and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
Life and career
Gussow spent twelve years (1986–1998) working the streets of Harlem and the international club and festival circuit with Mississippi-born bluesman Sterling Magee as a duo called Satan and Adam. Along with Canadian harmonicist Carlos del Junco, Gussow was one of the first amplified blues players, in the late 1980s, to make overblows a key element of his stylistic approach, adapting Howard Levy's innovations in a way that helped usher in a new generation of overblow masters such as Jason Ricci and Chris Michalek. According to a reviewer for American Harmonica Newsletter, Gussow's playing is characterized by "[t]echnical mastery and innovative brilliance that comes along but once in a generation."[1] When Satan and Adam were honored with a cover story in Living Blues magazine in 1996, Gussow was, according to the editor, "the first white blues musician to be so prominently spotlighted in the magazine’s 26-year history."(David Nelson (1996-09-10), Living Blues, #129)
Raised in suburban Congers, New York, educated at Princeton University (B.A. 1979, Ph.D. 2000) and Columbia University (M.A. 1983), Gussow is the son of Alan Gussow, an artist/environmentalist, and Joan Dye Gussow, an author, nutrition educator, and organic farmer. He has an atypical pedigree for a blues musician. In Mister Satan’s Apprentice: A Blues Memoir (1998), he credits his career to the mentorship of two older African American performers: Nat Riddles, a Bronx-born harmonica player who had worked with Odetta, Larry Johnson, and others; and Magee, a guitarist/percussionist with whom Gussow teamed up after a chance afternoon jam session on Harlem’s 125th Street. As Satan and Adam, Magee and Gussow recorded three albums during their years as a touring act: Harlem Blues (1991), which was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award as "Traditional Blues Album of the Year"; Mother Mojo (1993); and Living on the River (1996). A brief extract of Magee and Gussow performing on 125th Street was included in U2's Rattle and Hum documentary. Gussow has produced or co-produced two additional Satan and Adam albums: Word on the Street (2008) [2] and Back in the Game (2011).[3] In August 2010, Gussow released his first album under his own name, Kick And Stomp. Recorded in Oxford, Mississippi, it features Gussow in a one-man band setting—singing, blowing amplified harmonica, stomping on a foot drum, and clanking on a tambourine pedal.[4]
Gussow's other musical credits include five months with the bus-and-truck tour of Big River; commercials for Coca-Cola, Nestea, and Swatch; and two decades as a harmonica instructor at the Guitar Study Center in New York and Jon Gindick's harmonica jam camps. In 2010,2011 & 2012, Gussow (along with business partner & entrepreneur Jeff Silverman) organized and produced Hill Country Harmonica, a teaching-intensive event at Foxfire Ranch in Waterford, Mississippi with an evening concert component.[5] Blues harmonica players and teachers at the first two events have included Billy Branch, Sugar Blue, Jason Ricci, Mitch Kashmar, Phil Wiggins, Annie Raines, Jumpin' Johnny Sansone, Charlie Sayles, Billy Gibson, Jimi Lee, and many others.
In addition to Mister Satan's Apprentice, which received the "Keeping the Blues Alive" Award from the Blues Foundation in Memphis, Gussow is the author of Seems Like Murder Here: Southern Violence and the Blues Tradition (2002) and Journeyman's Road: Modern Blues Lives from Faulkner’s Mississippi to Post-9/11 New York (2007). Gussow’s essays and reviews have appeared in Southern Cultures, African American Review, Harper's, The Village Voice, American Literature, and many other publications.
As of February 22, 2007 Gussow has been running YouTube tutorials aimed at passing on his proficiency and knowledge in the harmonica to those who are interested in learning to play blues harmonica. Gussow from his first lesson says, "I'm tired of this mystification, I'm going to teach you all I know." As of February 2011 Gussow has uploaded 302 videos.

Adam Gussow, "Crossroads Blues" (2010) 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeMis-B7f58 









Leopold von Knobelsdorff  *03.04.1932

 



Leopold von Knobelsdorff war bis 2013 Deutschlands dienstältester Boogie Woogie Pianist. Er war u.a. lange Jahre Pianist der Boogie Woogie Company Cologne, die er 1964 gründete und die heute noch besteht.
Das amerikanische Radio AFN aus München brachte ihn nach dem 2. Weltkrieg mit dem Boogie Woogie in Kontakt. Hauptberuflich war von Knobelsdorff Tontechniker beim WDR, und so verwundert es nicht, dass er bei jedem Konzertbesuch ein Aufnahmengerät mitführte und dadurch ein gewaltiges Aufnahmenarchiv sein eigen nannte. In den WDR-Studios kam er in Kontakt mit mannigfaltigen Größen des Jazz und Blues. Bis zu seinem Tode gab er - meist als Special Guest - bei Konzertevents eine Kostprobe seines ganz eigenen Stils.
Im Oktober 2011 wurde der Altmeister des Boogie Woogie in die Hall of Fame des deutschen Boogie Woogie aufgenommen - bei der Preisverleihung der Geman Boogie Woogie Awards "Pinetop" in Bremen nahm von Knobelsdorff den Preis selbst in Empfang und ließ es sich natürlich nicht nehmen, selbst in die Tasten zu greifen.
Leopold von Knobelsdorff verstarb im Februar 2013 nach kurzer schwerer Krankheit.





Rusty Zinn  *03.04.1970

 


Rusty Zinn (* 1970 in Long Beach, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Bluesgitarrist.
Er wurde von seinem Bruder mit dem Blues bekannt gemacht, der ihm, als er fünfzehn Jahre alt war, Platten von Muddy Waters und Howlin Wolf vorspielte. Aber auch schon früher hörte er Platten aus der Rhythm and Bluessammlung seiner Mutter.[1]Mit siebzehn Jahren begann Rusty Zinn mit dem Gitarrespiel, wobei ihn der Stil von Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Robert Lockwood junior und Luther Tucker beeinflussten. Tucker wurde eine zentrale Figur für seine Karriere, als er Zinn einlud, mit ihm bei einem Auftritt in Santa Cruz zu jammen. Tucker war so beeindruckt von Zinns Enthusiasmus und Intensität, dass er ihn unter seine Fittiche nahm.[2]
Zinn machte sich bald einen Namen als Mitglied von verschiedenen Bluesbands aus der Bay Area. Er spielte wegen seines wachsenden Rufs auch für tourende Bluesgrößen wie Snooky Pryor und Jimmy Rogers. Später spielte er mit Mark Hummel, dem Mundharmonikaspieler. Bei einem der zahlreichen Auftritte lernte er Kim Wilson kennen, der ihn einlud in Austin bei den Aufnahmen zu seiner CD "Tigerman" dabei zu sein. Zinn wurde auch Gitarrist der Band, die Wilson zusammenstellte und beeindruckte ihn durch die Reife, die Zinn schon in frühen Jahren erreicht hatte.[1] 1996 brachte Wilson Zinn zu Black Top Records, für die er zwei von der Kritik und dem Publikum gefeierte Alben aufnahm. Seither tourt er sehr viel und ist bei wichtigen Bluesfestivals wie z. B. The Monterey Jazz Festival, The Long Beach Blues Festival, Blues by the Bay und The Russian River Blues Festival aufgetreten. Heute treibt er seine musikalische Entwicklung immer weiter, gelenkt von seiner Liebe zu Soul, R&B, Blues, Reggae und Rock. 
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Zinn

Rusty Zinn (born April 3, 1970 in Long Beach, California) is an American electric blues and reggae guitarist and singer-songwriter.[1][2] Zinn released six albums between 1996 and 2009, on Black Top, Alligator, Bad Daddy, and 9 Above Records. He has worked with Mark Hummel, Kim Wilson, Larry Taylor, and Sly Dunbar.
Biography
Zinn was raised in Northern California, and was introduced to music via both his mother's and brother's record collections. He bought blues recordings himself, intrigued by guitar players such as Robert Lockwood, Jr., Eddie Taylor, and Jimmy Rogers. Having practised the drums as a youngster, Zinn purchased his first guitar at the age of seventeen, and then witnessed Luther Tucker perform in concert with Rogers. Within twelve months, Tucker invited Zinn onstage and gave him some guitar playing advice.[1] By the late 1980s, Zinn was playing in several Bay Area bands, and had backed both Rogers and Snooky Pryor.[2]
A spell in Mark Hummel's backing band The Blues Survivors followed, and he later met Kim Wilson at the 1992 San Francisco Blues Festival. Subsequently, Zinn joined Wilson's band, alongside the former Canned Heat bassist, Larry Taylor, and played on Wilson's 1993 album Tigerman.[1] He also toured, and played on Wilson's 1994 effort, That's Life.[3]
In 1996, Zinn released his solo debut album, Sittin' & Waitin' , on Black Top Records, which saw Wilson act as both accompanist and record producer.[1] It earned Zinn a Blues Music Award nomination as 'Best New Blues Artist'.[2] Confessin' was issued by Zinn in 1999, and then The Chill (2000), featuring Elvin Bishop on slide guitar. Zinn's more recent issues included Zinfidelity, Vol. 1 (2005) and Reggaeblue (2007).[1] The latter fused blues, reggae and soul stylings.[2]
In 2009, Zinn released Manifestation, which was recorded in Jamaica, and included contributions from Sly Dunbar, Robbie Lynn, Boris Gardiner and Scully Simms.

Rusty Zinn with Mark Hummel - "How Long" 11 19 08 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htXt_gi07Bc 







James Harrell „Jimmy“ McGriff  *03.04.1936 

 




James Harrell „Jimmy“ McGriff (* 3. April 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; † 24. Mai 2008 ebenda[1]) war ein amerikanischer Blues-, Soul- und Jazz-Organist (Hammond-Orgel)[2], der aber auch zeitweise Rhythm and Blues, Disco, Funk und anderen Stilen nachging.
McGriff stammt aus einer musikalischen Familie, beide Eltern spielten Klavier (und Benny Golson ist ein Vetter von ihm). Er lernte zunächst ab 5 Jahren Klavier und dann Altsaxophon und Bass (sowie Schlagzeug und Vibraphon), den er auch als Jugendlicher in einem Klaviertrio spielte (u.a. begleitete er die Sängerin Big Maybelle). Danach war er einige Zeit als Militärpolizist in Korea und begann nach seiner Rückkehr zunächst in Philadelphia bei der Polizei. Die Erfolge seines Jugendfreundes, des Organisten Jimmy Smith sowie der Einfluss von Richard „Groove“ Holmes (den er auf der Hochzeit seiner Schwester hörte), seinem Lehrer und späteren Freund, brachten ihn wieder der Musik näher.
Er studierte Orgel am Combe College of Music in Philadelphia, an der New Yorker Juilliard School of Music, bei Milt Buckner und beim klassischen Organisten Sonny Gatewood. 1960 wurde er professioneller Musiker, der in der Umgebung von Philadelphia mit eigener Combo auftrat und durchreisende Musiker wie Carmen McRae begleitete. 1961 machte sein Trio erste eigene Aufnahmen (Hit mit I´ve got a woman von Ray Charles), gefolgt von einem Album 1962 beim Label „Sue“ mit seinem Hit All about my girl. Nach dem Album Blues for Mr. Jimmy 1965 wechselte er zu „Solid State Record“, wo ihn Produzent Sonny Lester als einen der Hauptmusiker des Labels herausbrachte (The Worm 1968). McGriff zog nach Newark in New Jersey, wo er auch einen eigenen Club eröffnete. Ab 1969 spielte er regelmäßig mit der Bigband von Buddy Rich, mit dem er auch zwei Jahre Mitte der 1970er Jahre tourte (Album The last blues album vol. 1, 1974).
1972 zog er sich vorübergehend aus dem Musikgeschäft zurück, um Pferdezucht in Connecticut zu betreiben, kehrte aber schon ein Jahr später zurück. Er nahm für „Groove Merchant“ (das Label war ebenfalls von Lester) auf. In den 1980er Jahren erlebte seine Musik in der Sampler-Szene ein Comeback. Ab 1986 spielte er viel mit Hank Crawford (Soul Survivors, 1987; Road tested, 1997) und tourt mit einem eigenen Quartett.
Er selbst bezeichnet sich „eher als Bluesmusiker“ (statt als Jazz-Musiker). Neben den erwähnten Labels nahm er auch ab den 1980er Jahren für Milestone (Produzent Bob Porter) und schon ab 1969 („Electric Funk“) gelegentlich für Blue Note Records auf. Insgesamt handelt es sich um mehr als 50 Tonträger unter eigenem Namen. Unter anderen nahm er mit George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Frank Foster, David "Fathead" Newman, J. J. Johnson, mit Richard „Groove“ Holmes (im Orgel-Duo) und mit dem Organisten Dr. Lonnie Smith („McGriff´s House Party“ 2000) auf. Er spielte u.a. mit Count Basie, Wynton Marsalis, Lou Donaldson und Dizzy Gillespie.
McGriff konnte bedingt durch eine Erkrankung an Multipler Sklerose seit 2007 nicht mehr auftreten und lebte in einem Pflegeheim in Voorhees (New Jersey).
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff 
James Harrell McGriff (April 3, 1936 – May 24, 2008)[1] was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who developed a distinctive style of playing the Hammond B-3 organ.
Biography
Early years and influences
Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, McGriff started playing piano at the age of five and by his teens had also learned to play vibes, alto sax, drums and upright bass.[2] His first group was as bassist in a piano trio. When he joined the United States Army, McGriff served as an MP during the Korean War and he later became a police officer in Philadelphia for two years.[1]
Music kept drawing McGriff's attention away from the police force. His childhood friend, organist Jimmy Smith, had begun earning a substantial reputation in jazz for his Blue Note records (the two played together once in 1967) and McGriff became entranced by the organ sound while Richard "Groove" Holmes played at his sister's wedding. Holmes went on to become McGriff's teacher and friend and they recorded together on two occasions in 1973 for two Groove Merchant records.
McGriff bought his first Hammond B-3 organ in 1956, spent six months learning the instrument, then studied at New York's Juilliard School. He also studied privately with Milt Buckner, Jimmy Smith, and Sonny Gatewood. He was influenced by the energy and dynamics of organist Milt Buckner and the diplomatic aplomb of Count Basie, and by local organists such as Howard "The Demon" Whaley and Austin Mitchell.
1960s: First combos
McGriff formed a combo that played around Philadelphia and often featured tenor saxophonist Charles Earland (who soon switched permanently to organ, and became one of the instrument's renowned performers). During this time, McGriff also accompanied such artists as Don Gardner, Arthur Prysock, Candido and Carmen McRae, who came through town for local club dates.[1]
In 1961, McGriff's trio was offered the chance to record an instrumental version of Ray Charles' hit "I've Got a Woman" by Joe Lederman's Jell Records, a small independent label. When the record received substantial local airplay, Juggy Murray's Sue label picked it up and recorded a full album of McGriff's trio, released in 1962. The album also turned out another huge hit in McGriff's "All About My Girl",[2] establishing McGriff's credentials as a fiery blues-based organist, well-versed in gospel, soul and "fatback groove".
McGriff recorded a series of popular albums for the Sue label between 1962 and 1965, ending with what still stands as one of his finest examples of blues-based jazz, Blues for Mister Jimmy. When producer Sonny Lester started his Solid State record label in 1966, he recruited McGriff to be his star attraction. Lester framed McGriff in many different groups, performing a wide variety of styles and giving the organist nearly unlimited opportunities to record. McGriff was heard everywhere from an all-star tribute to Count Basie; The Big Band, a series of organ and blues band records such as A Thing to Come By (1969), pop hits ("Cherry", "The Way You Look Tonight") and funk classics (Electric Funk and singles such as "The Worm" and "Step 1").
During this time, McGriff performed at clubs and concert halls worldwide. He settled in Newark, New Jersey, and eventually opened his own supper club, the Golden Slipper - where he recorded Black Pearl and a live album, Love Ain’t Nothin’ But A Business Goin’ On with Junior Parker in 1971. Beginning in 1969, he also performed regularly with Buddy Rich's band, though the two were only recorded once together in 1974 on The Last Blues Album Volume 1.
1970s–1980s
McGriff "retired" from the music industry in 1972 to start a horse farm in Connecticut. But Sonny Lester's new record company, Groove Merchant, kept issuing McGriff records at a rate of three or four a year. By 1973, McGriff was touring relentlessly and actively recording again. Around this time, disco was gaining a hold in jazz music and McGriff's flexibility proved infallible.[2] He produced some of his best music during this period: Stump Juice (1975), Red Beans (1976) and Outside Looking In (1978). These albums still stand out today as excellent documents of McGriff's organ playing.[1]
By 1980, McGriff broke away from Sonny Lester and began working actively with producer Bob Porter (and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder). McGriff began a long relationship with Fantasy Records' Milestone label, collaborating with Rusty Bryant, Al Grey, Red Holloway, David "Fathead" Newman, Frank Wess and Eric Alexander.
In 1986, McGriff started a popular partnership with alto saxophone player Hank Crawford. Their partnership yielded 1987's Soul Survivors and 1997's Road Tested. But it was only during their brief period at Telarc in the mid-1990s that McGriff's name headlined the popular club and cruise ship attraction.
1990s–2000s
Between 1994 and 1998, McGriff also experimented with the Hammond XB-3, an organ synthesizer that increased the organ's capabilities with MIDI enhancements.[2] This gave McGriff an unnatural synthesized sound, which probably explains his retreat from the instrument on late recordings such as 2000's McGriff's House Party (featuring fellow organist Lonnie Smith). House Party did include the use of the XB-3; however, he did not use the MIDI functions.
McGriff was one of the first B3 players to add MIDI to the upper keyboard his personal B3 to add and extend "his sound" beyond just the drawbar sound of the B3. He incorporated synthesizers in his live performances as he liked vibes, piano, string, brass and other sounds that could only be created by a synthesizer and which the classic B3 cannot provide. Jimmy purchased the XB-3 as he had more control over the MIDI functions, and the XB-3 weighs about half of the classic B3, which made it easier to move.
Jimmy, as well as Groove Holmes, spent a great deal of time experimenting and modifying their B3's and Leslie speakers over the years. Some of these modifications made their way into products manufactured by both Hammond and Leslie, for which they did not always receive credit.
Along with the soul-jazz sound, McGriff experienced renewed popularity in the mid-1990s, forming The Dream Team group, which featured David "Fathead" Newman (a longtime saxophonist with Ray Charles) and drummer Bernard Purdie, and recording the Straight Up (1998), McGriff's House Party (2000), Feelin' It (2001), and McGriff Avenue (2002) albums.
On March 29, 2008, McGriff was given a last private concert by "Mr. B3" Bill Dilks and Grant Macavoy in his honor in Voorhees, New Jersey. Dilks brought his B3 and played for McGriff his wife Margaret, their guests, and the folks at Genesis HealthCare. As Dilks said, "The Hammond reaches its players far beyond where the conscious mind lives".
A resident of Voorhees Township, New Jersey, McGriff died there at age 72 on May 24, 2008, due to complications of multiple sclerosis.
Jimmy McGriff 2001 Wiggins Park Video 7 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjea-KE7Vrs 






John Mooney  *03.05.1955

 



John Mooney (born April 3, 1955) is an American blues guitarist and singer based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has developed a unique music style by combining Delta blues,[1] with the funky second line beat of New Orleans. As a guitarist, he is especially known for his slide guitar work.
Early life
John Mooney was born in East Orange, NJ and raised in Rochester, New York, United States, and he left home when he was 15. The following year, he met Son House, a Mississippi bluesman who became a huge musical influence on him.[2]
Musical career
In 1976, Mooney moved to New Orleans, and soon he was playing with host of musicians in the New Orleans R&B circuit including Earl King, The Meters, Snooks Eaglin and Professor Longhair.
He released his first album Comin' Your Way on Blind Pig Records in 1979. In 1981, he formed his own band Bluesiana with whom he has been recording and touring since. He has released albums from several different labels including Against the Wall on nationally distributed House of Blues label in the U.S., and also others from German labels CrossCut and Ruf. In 2000, he returned to Blind Pig to release Gone to Hell which featured Dr. John as a special guest. All I Want followed two years later on the label.
His latest release Big Ol' Fiya was nominated for Blues Music Awards' "Contemporary Blues Album of the Year" in 2006.
Family life
John Mooney has three children, Zachea, Sienna, and Devon Mooney. His eldest son, Zack, was once ranked third in the nation in Yu-Gi-Oh. Sienna, an aspiring photographer, is attending University of Central Florida, focusing on a major in Cinema Studies with a minor in French, and makes videos on YouTube.


John Mooney: Country Boy Down In New Orleans 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0JFbuElYPU 






Mitch Woods  *03.04.1951

 



Mitch Woods (born April 3, 1951, Brooklyn, New York, United States[2]) is an American modern day boogie-woogie,[1] jump blues and jazz pianist and singer.[1] Since the early 1980s he has been touring and recording with his band, the Rocket 88s.[3] Woods calls his music, "rock-a-boogie," and with his backing band has retrospectively provided a 1940s and 1950s jump blues style.
Woods got his start playing clubs near the State University of New York Buffalo campus. He moved to San Francisco in 1971.[4]
Originally a student of jazz and classical music, on relocation to the West Coast, Woods started playing jump and rhythm and blues. Upon hearing Louis Jordan's jive, Woods played throughout the 1970s as a soloist at local clubs. In 1984, Blind Pig released the debut album of the Rocket 88s, the band he had formed with HiTide Harris four years earlier. Steady Date with Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s led to a national concert tour, including the San Francisco Blues Festival in 1985, as well as several European engagements. In 1988, they issued their second LP, Mr. Boogie's Back in Town.[2]
In 1991 their third album, Solid Gold Cadillac, was released, followed by Shakin' the Shack (1993).[2] Woods, capable in four styles of piano playing, Chicago blues, Kansas City boogie-woogie, West Coast jump blues and the poly-rhythmic accents of New Orleans, got the opportunity to play with some of his musical heroes, when he recorded his 1996 Viceroy album, Keeper of the Flame.[5] Their next album, Jump for Joy, appeared in 2001.[2]
The 2006 release, Big Easy Boogie featured veteran New Orleans musicians backing Woods.[6] In 2007 Woods was nominated for the Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year Award at the Blues Awards in Memphis, Tennessee, presented by the Blues Foundation.[7]
Latterly he and his band toured with the Efes Pilsen Blues Festival.[8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Woods



Mitch Woods' Boogie Woogie Blowout featuring Pinetop Perkins 







R.I.P.

 

Big Bad Smitty aka John H. Smith 

* 11.02.1940  +03.04.2002

 


Big Bad Smitty aka John H. Smith (1940 – April 3, 2002) was an American blues guitar player and singer. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he started learning guitar at the age of ten. He would play his older brother Nelson's guitar when nobody was around.[1]
When he was in his 20's he worked as a truck driver. Johnny Vincent of Ace Records had recorded him and two of his songs, "Smokestack Lightnin'" and "How Many More Years" appeared on the Genuine Mississippi Blues anthology on the Ace label in 1970.[2]
He recorded the Mean Disposition album in 1991 which was released on the Black Magic label in Europe and the GENES label in the United States.[3] He recorded three albums and appeared at European blues festivals, performing for large crowds.[4]
He died in Jackson, Mississippi on April 3, 2002, as a result of diabetes. His funeral was held on Saturday, April 13 at the Alpha Omega Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi.[5]
A benefit concert was held for the family of Big Bad Smitty at BB's in St Louis.







Big Daddy Kinsey  +03.04.2001

 


Lester „Big Daddy“ Kinsey (* 18. März 1927 in Pleasant Grove, Mississippi; † 3. April 2001 in Gary, Indiana) war ein US-amerikanischer Bluesgitarrist, Mundharmonikaspieler und Sänger.
In seiner Jugend spielte er Gospelmusik mit Gitarrenbegleitung. In späterer Jugendzeit spielte er auf Partys, doch sein Vater, der Pastor der Gary’s Chase Street Church of God, mochte das nicht. 1944 übersiedelte er nach Gary, Indiana, wo er 1947 heiratete. Er arbeitete dort in einem Stahlwerk. 1957 gründete er eine Familienband (Big Daddy Kinsey and His Fabulous Sons), die bis 1972 bestand. Um seine Familie zu ernähren blieb er längere Zeit von der Musikszene fern, erst am Ende der 1960er-Jahre spielte er wieder Blues mit einer Gruppe namens The Soul Brothers.[1]
Seine musikalischen Wurzeln lagen sowohl in der Tradition des Deltas als auch im Chicago Blues der Nachkriegszeit. Seine Söhne Donald, Ralph und Kenneth sowie Ron Price formierten sich 1984 als The Kinsey Report und begleiteten ihren Vater bis zu dessen Tod 2001. Ihre musikalische Bandbreite reicht bis zu Bluesrock mit Einflüssen von Funk und sogar Reggae. 1993 veröffentlichten sie das Album „I Am the Blues“ [2], einem Tributalbum für Muddy Waters, auf dem sie mit Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Billy Branch, Sugar Blue und Pinetop Perkins zusammenarbeiteten.[3]
Big Daddy Kinsey starb 2001 im Alter von 71 Jahren an Prostatakrebs in Gary, Indiana.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Daddy_Kinsey

Big Daddy Kinsey (March 18, 1927 — April 3, 2001)[1] was an American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player.



Big Daddy Kinsey & Sons ~ ''Howlin' Wolf'' 1990 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6HXIewO1ps  








Sarah Vaughan   +03.04.1990

 



Sarah Lois Vaughan (* 27. März 1924 in Newark, New Jersey; † 3. April 1990 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war eine US-amerikanische Jazz-Sängerin und Pianistin. Sie gilt neben Billie Holiday und Ella Fitzgerald als eine der bedeutendsten Vokalistinnen des Jazz.
weiter:http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan 

Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer, described by music critic Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."[1]
Nicknamed "Sassy", "The Divine One" and "Sailor" (for her salty speech),[2] Sarah Vaughan was a Grammy Award winner.[3] The National Endowment for the Arts bestowed upon her its "highest honor in jazz", the NEA Jazz Masters Award, in 1989.




INNER CITY BLUES- sarah Vaughan 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0hQ2vuUiFc 


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