1936 Buddy Guy*
1940 Big Jack Johnson*
1945 David Sanborn*
1957 Michael Burks*
1965 Roberto Morbioli*
1984 Otis Taylor*
1990 Balázs Dániel*
2013 Sharon Mosby+
Wolfgang Döhr (Smoking Wolf)*
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Big Jack Johnson *30.07.1940
Big Jack Johnson (* 30. Juli 1940 in Lambert (Mississippi); † 14. März 2011 in Memphis (Tennessee)) war ein afroamerikanischer Bluesmusiker und Songwriter. Bekannt ist er als Gitarrist und Sänger, aber er spielte auch Bass und Mandoline.[1] Seinen Spitznamen „Oil Man“ bekam er, weil das Heizölausfahren sein Broterwerb war.
Johnson begann seine musikalische Karriere mit 13 Jahren als Gitarrist bei seinem Vater, einem Blues- und Country-Musiker. Mit 18 Jahren wechselte er zur elektrischen Gitarre. Ab 1962 trat er mit Frank Frost und Sam Carr als Trio auf, zunächst als „The Nighthawks“, später als „The Jelly Roll Kings“. 1979 erschien ihr Album Rockinʼ the Juke Joint Down, Johnsons erste Aufnahmen als Sänger. 1987 löste sich das Trio auf. 1997 kamen sie noch einmal zusammen, um das Album Off Yonder Wall aufzunehmen. Beide Alben waren für Handy Awards nominiert.[1]
1987 veröffentlichte Johnson sein erstes Soloalbum The Oil Man; insbesondere seine Version des Catfish Blues gilt als herausragend.[3] Für sein Album The Memphis Bar-B-Que Sessions von 2002 – aufgenommen mit Blueskollegen wie Pinetop Perkins und Kim Wilson – bekam Johnson den Handy Award in der Kategorie „Acustic Blues Album of the Year“. Im Laufe seiner Karriere wurde Johnson vielfach ausgezeichnet.[1][2]
Big Jack Johnson starb 2011 im Alter von 70 Jahren nach längerer Krankheit.
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Big Jack Johnson (July 30, 1940 – March 14, 2011) was an American electric blues musician.
One commentator noted that Johnson, along with R. L. Burnside, Paul "Wine" Jones, Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes and James "Super Chikan" Johnson, were "present-day exponents of an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues sound."[1]
Biography
Johnson was born in Lambert, Mississippi in 1940.[2] His father was a country and blues musician. Johnson started playing with him, but in his teens shifted to an electric guitar. In 1962, Johnson joined with Sam Carr and Frank Frost to form The Jelly Roll Kings and The Nighthawks.[3] Johnson's first recordings as a vocalist appeared on the 1979 album Rockin' the Juke Joint Down, on Earwig Music. With Frost as the bandleader, they performed and recorded together for 15 years.[4]
He has recorded both solo and as a member of the blues groups the Jelly Roll Kings[2] and Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers (with poet/musician Dick Lourie). Johnson's album for Earwig, The Oil Man (1987), includes "Catfish Blues."[4]
He performed and wrote "Jack's Blues" and performed "Catfish Medley" with Samuel L. Jackson on the Black Snake Moan film soundtrack.[5] Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home? (1990) presents social concerns.[4]
More recently, Big Jack Johnson played and recorded with his band The Cornlickers, with Dale Wise on drums, Dave Groninger on guitar, Tony Ryder on bass, and Bobby Gentilo on guitar. Together they recorded the CDs "Katrina" (2009) and "Big Jack's Way"(2012).
Johnson died from an undisclosed illness on March 14, 2011.[6] According to family members, he had struggled with health issues in his final years, worsening to the point that there were erroneous reports of his death several times in the weeks prior to his death.
One commentator noted that Johnson, along with R. L. Burnside, Paul "Wine" Jones, Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes and James "Super Chikan" Johnson, were "present-day exponents of an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues sound."[1]
Biography
Johnson was born in Lambert, Mississippi in 1940.[2] His father was a country and blues musician. Johnson started playing with him, but in his teens shifted to an electric guitar. In 1962, Johnson joined with Sam Carr and Frank Frost to form The Jelly Roll Kings and The Nighthawks.[3] Johnson's first recordings as a vocalist appeared on the 1979 album Rockin' the Juke Joint Down, on Earwig Music. With Frost as the bandleader, they performed and recorded together for 15 years.[4]
He has recorded both solo and as a member of the blues groups the Jelly Roll Kings[2] and Big Jack Johnson and the Oilers (with poet/musician Dick Lourie). Johnson's album for Earwig, The Oil Man (1987), includes "Catfish Blues."[4]
He performed and wrote "Jack's Blues" and performed "Catfish Medley" with Samuel L. Jackson on the Black Snake Moan film soundtrack.[5] Daddy, When Is Mama Comin Home? (1990) presents social concerns.[4]
More recently, Big Jack Johnson played and recorded with his band The Cornlickers, with Dale Wise on drums, Dave Groninger on guitar, Tony Ryder on bass, and Bobby Gentilo on guitar. Together they recorded the CDs "Katrina" (2009) and "Big Jack's Way"(2012).
Johnson died from an undisclosed illness on March 14, 2011.[6] According to family members, he had struggled with health issues in his final years, worsening to the point that there were erroneous reports of his death several times in the weeks prior to his death.
Big Jack Johnson-Daddy When Is Mama Coming Home
Buddy Guy *30.7.1936
Buddy Guy (* 30. Juli 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana) ist ein US-amerikanischer Bluesmusiker und mehrfacher Grammy-Preisträger.Guy begann im Alter von 13 Jahren Gitarre zu spielen. Er brachte sich das Spielen anhand einer Aufnahme von John Lee Hooker selber bei. Bald darauf trat er mit verschiedenen Bands in der Umgebung der Stadt Baton Rouge auf. Nach kurzer Zeit hatte er sich ein größeres Repertoire zugelegt, war allerdings zu schüchtern, es jemandem vorzuspielen. Nachdem ihn ein Freund von der High School hatte spielen hören, überredete dieser ihn, einen Schoolboy-Whiskey zu trinken. In angetrunkenem Zustand spielte er in einem Club vor und bekam einen Vertrag.
1957 zog er nach Chicago. Dort trat er in diversen Clubs auf, unter anderem im 708 Club und im Blue Flame Club, wo er sich im Wettstreit gegen Otis Rush, Magic Sam und Junior Wells durchsetzte. Zunächst spielte er unter der Aufsicht von Willie Dixon ein paar Stücke bei einer kleinen Plattenfirma ein und wechselte 1960 zu Chess Records. Dort nahm er unter anderem die Stücke First Time I Met the Blues, Broken Hearted Blues und Ten Years Ago auf.
Den Durchbruch schaffte er 1964 mit dem Album Folk Festival of the Blues. Auf dieser Platte ist er mit Musikern wie Muddy Waters und Howlin’ Wolf zu hören. Richtungsweisend war die Aufnahme Don’t Know Which Way to Go. Ein Jahr später trat er in Großbritannien beim American Folk Blues Festival auf.
1967 verließ Guy Chess Records. Er nahm danach die beiden Alben A Man and the Blues und Hold That Plane auf. Gegen Ende der 1960er-Jahre entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit Junior Wells und Junior Mance das Album Buddy and the Juniors. Auf diesem Album zeichnete sich der Stil ab, den Buddy Guy und Junior Wells in den kommenden Jahren spielten. In den 1970er-Jahren spielten die beiden noch einige Alben ein und trennten sich am Ende des Jahrzehnts in Freundschaft. Buddy Guy hat in Chicago seinen eigenen Club, in dem er immer noch auftritt (Buddy Guy’s Legends, S. Wabash, Chicago, Il 60605). Er ist Vater der Rapperin Shawnna.
Am 14. April 2007 entdeckte Buddy Guy bei einem Konzert in New Bedford, Massachusetts den damals achtjährigen Quinn Sullivan. Er entschied, das Talent zu fördern. Es folgten gemeinsame Konzerttouren, die im Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 von Eric Clapton und dem Jazzfestival von Montreux gipfelten. Auf seinem Grammy-nominierten Album Skin Deep ließ er Quinn den Solopart in Who's Gonna Fill Those Shoes spielen.
Guy wurde 1985 in die Blues Hall of Fame und 2005 in die Rock and Roll Hall of Fame aufgenommen. Im Jahr 1990 erschien ein ihm gewidmetes E-Gitarren-Sondermodell, die Buddy Guy Fender Stratocaster.
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936[2]) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is an exponent of Chicago blues and has influenced guitarists including Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, John Mayer and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In the 1960s, Guy played with Muddy Waters as a house guitarist at Chess Records and began a musical partnership with harmonica player Junior Wells.Guy was ranked 30th in Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.[3] His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked 78th in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.[4] Clapton once described him as "the best guitar player alive".[5]
Guy's autobiography, When I Left Home: My Story, was published in 2012.[6]
Early life
Guy was born and raised in Lettsworth, Louisiana.[1] Guy began learning guitar on a two-string diddley bow he made. Later he was given a Harmony acoustic guitar, which, decades later in Guy's lengthy career was donated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Career
In the early 1950s Guy began performing with bands in Baton Rouge. While living in Baton Rouge, Guy worked as a custodian at Louisiana State University.[1]
Soon after moving to Chicago on September 25, 1957,[1] Guy fell under the influence of Muddy Waters. In 1958, a competition with West Side guitarists Magic Sam and Otis Rush gave Guy a record contract. Soon afterwards he recorded for Cobra Records. He recorded sessions with Junior Wells for Delmark Records under the pseudonym Friendly Chap in 1965 and 1966.[7]
Guy’s early career was impeded by both conservative business choices made by his record company (Chess Records) and "the scorn, diminishments and petty subterfuge from a few jealous rivals"[citation needed]. Chess, Guy’s record label from 1959 to 1968, refused to record Buddy Guy’s novel style that was similar to his live shows. Leonard Chess, Chess Records founder, denounced Guy’s playing as "noise". In the early 1960s, Chess tried recording Guy as a solo artist with R&B ballads, jazz instrumentals, soul and novelty dance tunes, but none was released as a single. Guy’s only Chess album, Left My Blues in San Francisco, was finally issued in 1967. Most of the songs belong stylistically to the era's soul boom, with orchestrations by Gene Barge and Charlie Stepney. Chess used Guy mainly as a session guitarist to back Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Koko Taylor and others.
In 1965 Guy participated in the European tour American Folk Blues Festival.
He appeared onstage at the March 1969 Supershow at Staines, England, that also included Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Jack Bruce, Stephen Stills, Buddy Miles, Glenn Campbell, Roland Kirk, Jon Hiseman, and The Misunderstood. But by the late 1960s, Guy's star was in decline.
Guy's career finally took off during the blues revival period of the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was sparked by Clapton's request that Guy be part of the 24 Nights all-star blues guitar lineup at London's Royal Albert Hall and Guy's subsequent signing with Silvertone Records.
Guy performs an annual residency at his Chicago blues club Buddy Guy's Legends each January.[8]
Music
While Guy's music is often labelled Chicago blues, his style is unique and separate. His music can vary from the most traditional, deepest blues to a creative, unpredictable and radical gumbo of the blues, avant rock, soul and free jazz that morphs at each night’s performance.
As New York Times music critic Jon Pareles noted in 2004:
Mr. Guy, 68, mingles anarchy, virtuosity, deep blues and hammy shtick in ways that keep all eyes on him.... [Guy] loves extremes: sudden drops from loud to soft, or a sweet, sustained guitar solo followed by a jolt of speed, or a high, imploring vocal cut off with a rasp.... Whether he's singing with gentle menace or bending new curves into a blue note, he is a master of tension and release, and his every wayward impulse was riveting.
In an interview taped April 14, 2000, for the Cleveland college station WRUW-FM, Guy said:
The purpose of me trying to play the kind of rocky stuff is to get airplay...I find myself kind of searching, hoping I'll hit the right notes, say the right things, maybe they'll put me on one of these big stations, what they call 'classic'...if you get Eric Clapton to play a Muddy Waters song, they call it classic, and they will put it on that station, but you'll never hear Muddy Waters.
Influence
For almost 50 years, Guy has performed flamboyant live concerts of energetic blues and blues rock, predating the 1960s blues rockers. As a musician, he had a fundamental impact on the blues and on rock and roll, influencing a new generation of artists.
Buddy Guy has been called the bridge between the blues and rock and roll. He is one of the historic links between Chicago electric blues pioneers Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf and popular musicians like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page as well as later revivalists like Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan stated that, "Without Buddy Guy, there would be no Stevie Ray Vaughan." Guitarist magazine observed:
Without Buddy Guy, the blues, not to mention rock as we know it, might be a heckuva lot less interesting today. Take the blues out of contemporary rock music—or pop, jazz and funk for that matter—and what you have left is a wholly spineless affair. A tasteless stew. Makes you shudder to think about it ...[where?]
In addition, Guy's pathfinding guitar techniques also contributed greatly to rock and roll music. His guitar playing was loud and aggressive; used pioneering distortion and feedback techniques; employed longer solos; had shifts of volume and texture; and was driven by emotion and impulse. These lessons were eagerly learned and applied by the new wave of 1960s British artists and later became basic attributes of blues-rock music and its offspring, hard rock and heavy metal music. Jeff Beck realized in the early 1960s: "I didn't know a Strat could sound like that—until I heard Buddy's tracks on the Blues From Big Bill's Copa Cabana album" (reissue of 1963 Folk Festival Of The Blues album) and "It was the total manic abandon in Buddy's solos. They broke all boundaries. I just thought, this is more like it! Also, his solos weren't restricted to a three-minute pop format; they were long and really developed."[citation needed]
Clapton has stated that he got the idea for a blues-rock power trio while watching Buddy Guy's trio perform in England in 1965. Clapton later formed the rock band Cream, which was "the first rock supergroup to become superstars" and was also "the first top group to truly exploit the power-trio format, in the process laying the foundation for much blues-rock and hard rock of the 1960s and 1970s."[where?]
Eric Clapton said "Buddy Guy was to me what Elvis was for others." Clapton said in a 1985 Musician magazine article that "Buddy Guy is by far and without a doubt the best guitar player alive...if you see him in person, the way he plays is beyond anyone. Total freedom of spirit, I guess. He really changed the course of rock and roll blues." While inducting Buddy into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Eric Clapton said "No matter how great the song, or performance, my ear would always find him out. He stood out in the mix. Simply by virtue of the originality and vitality of his playing." [9]
Buddy Guy performing in 1999
Recalls Guy: "Eric Clapton and I are the best of friends and I like the tune "Strange Brew" and we were sitting and having a drink one day and I said 'Man, that "Strange Brew" ... you just cracked me up with that note.' And he said 'You should...cause it's your licks ...' " As soon as Clapton completed his famous Derek & the Dominos sessions in October 1970, he co-produced (with Ahmet Ertegün and Tom Dowd) the Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play The Blues album with Guy's longtime harp and vocal compatriot, Junior Wells. The record, released in 1972, is regarded by some critics as among the finest electric blues recordings of the modern era.[citation needed]
In recognition of Guy's influence on Hendrix's career, the Hendrix family invited Buddy Guy to headline all-star casts at several Jimi Hendrix tribute concerts they organized in recent years, "calling on a legend to celebrate a legend." Jimi Hendrix himself once said that "Heaven is lying at Buddy Guy’s feet while listening to him play guitar."[citation needed]
Songs such as "Red House", "Voodoo Chile" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" partly came from the sonic world that Buddy Guy helped to create. According to the Fender Players' Club: "Almost ten years before Jimi Hendrix would electrify the rock world with his high-voltage voodoo blues, Buddy Guy was shocking juke joint patrons in Baton Rouge with his own brand of high-octane blues. Ironically, when Buddy’s playing technique and flamboyant showmanship were later revealed to crossover audiences in the late Sixties, it was erroneously assumed that he was imitating Hendrix." (In 1993, Guy covered "Red House" on Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.)
Stevie Ray Vaughan once declared that Buddy Guy "plays from a place that I've never heard anyone play." Vaughan continued:
Buddy can go from one end of the spectrum to another. He can play quieter than anybody I've ever heard, or wilder and louder than anybody I've ever heard. I play pretty loud a lot of times, but Buddy's tones are incredible. He pulls such emotion out of so little volume. Buddy just has this cool feel to everything he does. And when he sings, it's just compounded. Girls fall over and sweat and die! Every once in a while I get the chance to play with Buddy, and he gets me every time, because we could try to go to Mars on guitars but then he'll start singing, sing a couple of lines, and then stick the mike in front of me! What are you gonna do? What is a person gonna do?!
Geez, you can't forget Buddy Guy. He transcended blues and started becoming theater. It was high art, kind of like drama theater when he played, you know. He was playing behind his head long before Hendrix. I once saw him throw the guitar up in the air and catch it in the same chord.
—Jeff Beck
Beck recalled the night he and Stevie Ray Vaughan performed with Guy at Buddy Guy's Legends club[10] in Chicago: "That was just the most incredible stuff I ever heard in my life. The three of us all jammed and it was so thrilling. That is as close you can come to the heart of the blues."
According to Jimmy Page, "Buddy Guy is an absolute monster." "There were a number of albums that everybody got tuned into in the early days. There was one in particular called, I think, American Folk Festival Of The Blues, which featured Buddy Guy. He just astounded everybody."[citation needed]
Singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer, who has performed with Guy on numerous occasions (including with Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival and on PBS's Soundstage) and collaborated with him on Guy's 2005 album Bring 'Em In, cited on several occasions that Buddy Guy was one of his top influences.
Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman:
Guitar Legends do not come any better than Buddy Guy. He is feted by his peers and loved by his fans for his ability to make the guitar both talk and cry the blues. Such is Buddy's mastery of the guitar that there is virtually no guitarist that he cannot imitate.
Guy has opened for the Rolling Stones on numerous tours since the early 1970s. Slash: "Buddy Guy is the perfect combination of R&B and hardcore rock and roll." ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons: "He (Buddy Guy) ain't no trickster. He may appear surprised by his own instant ability but, clearly, he knows what's up."
Guy was a judge for the 6th and 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.[11]
Guy appeared and performed in an episode of the popular children's show, Jack's Big Music Show, as the "King of Swing". Guy has influenced the styles of subsequent artists such as Reggie Sears[12] and Jesse Marchant of JBM.[13]
On February 21, 2012, Guy performed in concert at the White House for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle.[14] During the finale of the concert Guy successfully encouraged the President to sing a few bars of "Sweet Home Chicago".[15]
Awards
On September 20, 1996, Guy was inducted in Guitar Center's Hollywood Rockwalk.[16]
Guy has won six[17] Grammy Awards both for his work on his electric and acoustic guitars, and for contemporary and traditional forms of blues music. In 2003, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. This medal is awarded by the President of the United States of America to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the creation, growth and support in the arts in the United States.[18] By 2004, Guy had also earned 23 W.C. Handy Awards, Billboard magazine's The Century Award (Guy was its second recipient) for distinguished artistic achievement, and the title of Greatest Living Electric Blues Guitarist.
Guy was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 14, 2005, by Eric Clapton and B.B. King. Clapton recalled seeing Guy perform in London’s Marquee Club in 1965, impressing him with his technique, his looks and his charismatic showmanship. He remembered seeing Guy pick the guitar with his teeth and play it over his head—two tricks that later influenced Jimi Hendrix.[citation needed] Guy’s acceptance speech was concise: "If you don’t think you have the blues, just keep living." Guy previously served on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s nominating committee.
In 2008, Buddy Guy was inducted into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, performing at Texas Club in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to commemorate the occasion.
In October 2009, he performed "Let Me Love You Baby" with Jeff Beck at the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concert.[19]
On November 15, 2010, Guy performed a live set for Guitar Center Sessions on DirecTV. The episode also included an interview with Guy by program host Nic Harcourt.[20]
On December 2, 2012, Guy was awarded the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors.[21] At his induction, Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubenstein made the commendation, "Buddy Guy is a titan of the blues and has been a tremendous influence on virtually everyone who has picked up an electric guitar in the last half century".[22] He was honored that night along with Dustin Hoffman, Led Zeppelin (John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant), David Letterman and Natalia Makarova.[23]
On January 28, 2014, Guy was inducted into Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum.[24]
Personal life and family
Several people in Buddy Guy's family are musicans. His brother, Phil Guy, was also a blues musician. Buddy's daughter, Rashawnna Guy, is a rapper whose stage name is Shawnna. Buddy's son, Greg, also performs blues guitar.[25]
From 1991 to 2002, he was married to Jennifer Guy.[26] The marriage ended in divorce.
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David Sanborn *30.07.1945
David William Sanborn (* 30. Juli 1945 in Tampa, Florida) ist ein US-amerikanischer Saxophonist, der vor allem im Bereich der Popmusik, des Smooth Jazz, des R&B und des Blues hervorgetreten ist. Der Jazz-Journalist Scott Yanow hat Sanborn als "the most influential saxophonist on pop, R&B, and crossover players of the past 20 years" bezeichnet.Mit drei Jahren erkrankte er an Kinderlähmung. Als Therapie begann er Altsaxophon zu spielen. Da er in St. Louis, Missouri aufwuchs, wurde er maßgebend von Chicago-Blues-Musikern inspiriert. Noch während seiner Highschool-Zeit spielte er mit Musikern wie etwa Albert King oder Little Milton. Zuerst studierte er ein Jahr an der Northwestern University (1963/64), bevor er 1965 zur University of Iowa wechselte, wo er sein Studium bis 1967 fortsetzte. Mit 20 Jahren heiratete er. 1967 zog er an die Westküste, wo er bis 1971 bei der Butterfield Blues Band von Paul Butterfield spielte; dann arbeitete er mit Stevie Wonder. Seit 1973 spielte er auch bei Gil Evans in dessen Orchester, als Solist zu hören unter anderem in The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (1974), There Comes a Time (1975) und Priestess (1977).
Sein erstes Soloalbum, Taking Off, nahm Sanborn 1975 auf. In den 1980er Jahren wurde er mit seinem Album Hideaway bekannt. Er spielte u. a. mit Al Jarreau, Marcus Miller, den Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Tommy Bolin, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Steve Gadd, Nena und Miles Davis. Mehrere seiner Alben gewannen Grammy Awards.
In den 1980er und 1990er Jahren hatte Sanborn eine eigene Radiosendung (The Jazz Show with David Sanborn).[2] Er ist Vater von Jonathan Sanborn, welchem er alle seine Alben widmet.
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David Sanborn (born July 30, 1945) is an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B.[1] He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but has been playing the saxophone since before he was in high school.[2] Sanborn has also worked extensively as a session musician, notably on David Bowie's Young Americans (1975).
One of the most commercially successful American saxophonists to earn prominence since the 1980s, Sanborn is described by critic Scott Yannow[3] as "the most influential saxophonist on pop, R&B, and crossover players of the past 20 years." Sanborn is often identified with radio-friendly smooth jazz. However, Sanborn has expressed a disinclination for both the genre itself and his association with it.[1]
In his three-and-a-half-decade career, Sanborn has released 24 albums, won six Grammy Awards and has had eight gold albums and one platinum album. He continues to be one of the most highly active musicians of his genre, with over 150 tour dates in 2010.
Early life
Sanborn was born in Tampa, Florida, and grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri. He suffered from polio for eight years[4] in his youth, and began playing the saxophone on a physician's advice to strengthen his weakened chest muscles and improve his breathing. Alto saxophonist Hank Crawford, at the time a member of Ray Charles's band, was an early and lasting influence on Sanborn.[5]
Sanborn initially attended college at Northwestern University, studying music.[2] However, he transferred to the University of Iowa where he played and studied with saxophonist J.R. Monterose.[2]
Career
Sanborn performed with blues musicians Albert King and Little Milton at the age of 14.[4] He continued playing blues when he joined Paul Butterfield's band in 1967.[5]
Although Sanborn is most associated with smooth jazz, he explored the edges of free jazz in his youth, studying with saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and Julius Hemphill. In 1993, he revisited this genre when he appeared on Tim Berne's Diminutive Mysteries, dedicated to Hemphill. Sanborn's album Another Hand also featured leading avant garde musicians.
Recordings
He has been a highly regarded session player since the late 1960s, playing with an array of well-known artists, such as James Brown, Bryan Ferry, Michael Stanley, Eric Clapton, Bobby Charles, Cat Stevens, Roger Daltrey, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Jaco Pastorius, the Brecker Brothers, Michael Franks, Kenny Loggins, Casiopea, Players Association, David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, Bruce Springsteen, Little Feat, Tommy Bolin, Bob James, James Taylor, Al Jarreau, Pure Prairie League, Kenny G, George Benson, Joe Beck, Donny Hathaway, Elton John, Gil Evans, Carly Simon, Guru, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel, Kenny Garrett, Roger Waters, Steely Dan, Ween, the Eagles, The Grateful Dead, the German singer Nena, Japanese pop star Utada Hikaru.[6] and Toto.
Sanborn has won numerous awards including Grammy Awards for Voyeur (1981), Double Vision (1986) and the instrumental album Close Up (1988). His solo recordings have often featured the bassist/multi-instrumentalist and producer Marcus Miller. He has also done some film scoring for films such as Lethal Weapon and Scrooged. In 1991 Sanborn recorded Another Hand, which the All Music Guide to Jazz described as a "return by Sanborn to his real, true love: unadorned (or only partly adorned) jazz" that "balanced the scales" against his smooth jazz material.[7] The album, produced by Hal Willner, featured musicians from outside the smooth jazz scene, such as Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Frisell, and Marc Ribot. His more recent albums include Closer.
In 1994 Sanborn appeared in A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend. This was a two-night concert at Carnegie Hall produced by Roger Daltrey of English rock band The Who in celebration of his fiftieth birthday. In 1994 a CD and a VHS video were issued, and in 1998 a DVD was released.
In 1995 he performed in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True a musical performance of the popular story at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT), and issued on CD and video in 1996.
Broadcasting activities
Sanborn has performed on both radio and television broadcasts; he has also acted as a host. Since the late 1980s he has been a regular guest member of Paul Shaffer's band on Late Night with David Letterman. From 1988–89, he co-hosted Night Music, a late-night music show on NBC television with Jools Holland. Following producer Hal Willner's eclectic approach, the show positioned Sanborn with many famed musicians, such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Pharoah Sanders, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Lou Reed, Jean-Luc Ponty, Santana, Todd Rundgren, Youssou N'dour, Pere Ubu, Loudon Wainwright III, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Leonard Cohen, Was, and Curtis Mayfield. During the 1980s and 1990s, Sanborn hosted a syndicated radio program, The Jazz Show with David Sanborn.[5] Sanborn has recorded many shows' theme songs as well as several other songs for The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder.
More recent activities
In 2004, Sanborn was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.[8]
In 2006, he was featured in Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band's album The Phat Pack on the track "Play That Funky Music", a remake of the Wild Cherry hit in a big band style. Sanborn often performs at Japan's Blue Note venues in Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo. He plays on the song "Your Party" on Ween's 2007 release La Cucaracha. On April 8, 2007, Sanborn sat in with the Allman Brothers Band during their annual run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.
In 2010, Sanborn toured primarily with a trio featuring jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco and Steve Gadd where they played the combination of blues and jazz from his album Only Everything. In 2011, Sanborn toured with keyboardist George Duke and bassist Marcus Miller as the group DMS.
One of the most commercially successful American saxophonists to earn prominence since the 1980s, Sanborn is described by critic Scott Yannow[3] as "the most influential saxophonist on pop, R&B, and crossover players of the past 20 years." Sanborn is often identified with radio-friendly smooth jazz. However, Sanborn has expressed a disinclination for both the genre itself and his association with it.[1]
In his three-and-a-half-decade career, Sanborn has released 24 albums, won six Grammy Awards and has had eight gold albums and one platinum album. He continues to be one of the most highly active musicians of his genre, with over 150 tour dates in 2010.
Early life
Sanborn was born in Tampa, Florida, and grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri. He suffered from polio for eight years[4] in his youth, and began playing the saxophone on a physician's advice to strengthen his weakened chest muscles and improve his breathing. Alto saxophonist Hank Crawford, at the time a member of Ray Charles's band, was an early and lasting influence on Sanborn.[5]
Sanborn initially attended college at Northwestern University, studying music.[2] However, he transferred to the University of Iowa where he played and studied with saxophonist J.R. Monterose.[2]
Career
Sanborn performed with blues musicians Albert King and Little Milton at the age of 14.[4] He continued playing blues when he joined Paul Butterfield's band in 1967.[5]
Although Sanborn is most associated with smooth jazz, he explored the edges of free jazz in his youth, studying with saxophonists Roscoe Mitchell and Julius Hemphill. In 1993, he revisited this genre when he appeared on Tim Berne's Diminutive Mysteries, dedicated to Hemphill. Sanborn's album Another Hand also featured leading avant garde musicians.
Recordings
He has been a highly regarded session player since the late 1960s, playing with an array of well-known artists, such as James Brown, Bryan Ferry, Michael Stanley, Eric Clapton, Bobby Charles, Cat Stevens, Roger Daltrey, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Jaco Pastorius, the Brecker Brothers, Michael Franks, Kenny Loggins, Casiopea, Players Association, David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, Bruce Springsteen, Little Feat, Tommy Bolin, Bob James, James Taylor, Al Jarreau, Pure Prairie League, Kenny G, George Benson, Joe Beck, Donny Hathaway, Elton John, Gil Evans, Carly Simon, Guru, Linda Ronstadt, Billy Joel, Kenny Garrett, Roger Waters, Steely Dan, Ween, the Eagles, The Grateful Dead, the German singer Nena, Japanese pop star Utada Hikaru.[6] and Toto.
Sanborn has won numerous awards including Grammy Awards for Voyeur (1981), Double Vision (1986) and the instrumental album Close Up (1988). His solo recordings have often featured the bassist/multi-instrumentalist and producer Marcus Miller. He has also done some film scoring for films such as Lethal Weapon and Scrooged. In 1991 Sanborn recorded Another Hand, which the All Music Guide to Jazz described as a "return by Sanborn to his real, true love: unadorned (or only partly adorned) jazz" that "balanced the scales" against his smooth jazz material.[7] The album, produced by Hal Willner, featured musicians from outside the smooth jazz scene, such as Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Frisell, and Marc Ribot. His more recent albums include Closer.
In 1994 Sanborn appeared in A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who, also known as Daltrey Sings Townshend. This was a two-night concert at Carnegie Hall produced by Roger Daltrey of English rock band The Who in celebration of his fiftieth birthday. In 1994 a CD and a VHS video were issued, and in 1998 a DVD was released.
In 1995 he performed in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True a musical performance of the popular story at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT), and issued on CD and video in 1996.
Broadcasting activities
Sanborn has performed on both radio and television broadcasts; he has also acted as a host. Since the late 1980s he has been a regular guest member of Paul Shaffer's band on Late Night with David Letterman. From 1988–89, he co-hosted Night Music, a late-night music show on NBC television with Jools Holland. Following producer Hal Willner's eclectic approach, the show positioned Sanborn with many famed musicians, such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Pharoah Sanders, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Lou Reed, Jean-Luc Ponty, Santana, Todd Rundgren, Youssou N'dour, Pere Ubu, Loudon Wainwright III, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Leonard Cohen, Was, and Curtis Mayfield. During the 1980s and 1990s, Sanborn hosted a syndicated radio program, The Jazz Show with David Sanborn.[5] Sanborn has recorded many shows' theme songs as well as several other songs for The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder.
More recent activities
In 2004, Sanborn was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.[8]
In 2006, he was featured in Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band's album The Phat Pack on the track "Play That Funky Music", a remake of the Wild Cherry hit in a big band style. Sanborn often performs at Japan's Blue Note venues in Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo. He plays on the song "Your Party" on Ween's 2007 release La Cucaracha. On April 8, 2007, Sanborn sat in with the Allman Brothers Band during their annual run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.
In 2010, Sanborn toured primarily with a trio featuring jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco and Steve Gadd where they played the combination of blues and jazz from his album Only Everything. In 2011, Sanborn toured with keyboardist George Duke and bassist Marcus Miller as the group DMS.
David Sanborn: Live at Estival Jazz Lugano 2009
Tracklist:
- Full House
- Brother Ray
- St. Louis Blues
- Please Send Me Someone To Love
- Smile
- Basin Street Blues
- Soul Serenade
- I've Got News For You
- David Sanborn - sax
- Gene Lake - drums
- Nicky Moroch - guitar
- Ricky Peterson - keyboards
- Richard Patterson - bass
- Mike Pope - bass
- Nicolas Gardel - trumpet
- Martin Jacobsen - sax
- Full House
- Brother Ray
- St. Louis Blues
- Please Send Me Someone To Love
- Smile
- Basin Street Blues
- Soul Serenade
- I've Got News For You
- David Sanborn - sax
- Gene Lake - drums
- Nicky Moroch - guitar
- Ricky Peterson - keyboards
- Richard Patterson - bass
- Mike Pope - bass
- Nicolas Gardel - trumpet
- Martin Jacobsen - sax
Michael Burks *30.07.1957
Michael „Iron Man“ Burks (* 30. Juli 1957 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; † 6. Mai 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia[1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Bluesgitarrist.Burks kommt aus einer musikalischen Familie, in der der Blues einen großen Stellenwert hat. Schon sein Großvater Joe Burks spielte in lokalen Bars in Camden, Arkansas und auch sein Vater Frederik spielte nach der Arbeit in den Bluesklubs und unterstützte Tourmusiker, unter anderem Sonny Boy Williamson II.[2] Schon im Alter von zwei Jahren begann er mit dem Gitarrespielen, indem er Platten seines Vaters nachspielte. Er erhielt immer einen Dollar, wenn ihm das gelang, bis sein Vater von der Arbeit nach Hause kam. Seinen ersten öffentlichen Auftritt hatte er im Alter von sechs Jahren auf einer Reise nach Arkansas.[2]
In den frühen 1970er Jahren, nachdem sich sein Vater an der Hand schwer verletzt hatte, gingen er und seine Familie nach Arkansas, wo sie den „Bradley Ferry Country Club“ eröffneten, in dem Michael die Hausband leitete.[3] Sie unterstützten zahlreiche Blues- und Rhythm-’n-Blues-Stars, die dort auftraten. Tische in der Nähe der Bühne mussten schon zwei Wochen im Voraus reserviert werden.[2]
Als der Klub Mitte der 1980er Jahre schloss, nahm Burks einen Job bei Lockheed Martin an, spielte aber noch bei lokalen Festivals und in lokalen Klubs. Lockheed brachte sogar Kunden zu seinen Auftritten.[2] 1997 nahm er sein erstes Album, From the Inside Out, auf, das er selbst produzierte und das in den Medien stürmisch begrüßt wurde (Blues Access: „…das beeindruckendste Indiealbum in der jüngeren Zeit“; Living Blues:„…das beste Debütalbum des Jahres“). 2001 unterschrieb er bei Alligator Records, die bisher drei Alben von ihm veröffentlichten.[3] Seinen Stil beschrieb Michael Burks so: „Wirf Freddie King, Albert King, B.B. King, Albert Collins, Wes Montgomery und Chuck Berry in einen großen Topf, koche alles durch und du bekommst mich!“[4]
Am 6. Mai 2012 brach Burks nach einer Europatour auf dem Flughafen von Atlanta mit einem Herzinfark zusammen. Im Krankenhaus konnte er nicht mehr wiederbelebt werden. Burks starb im Alter von 54 Jahren.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Burks
Michael Burks (July 30, 1957 – May 6, 2012) was an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his tracks, "I Smell Smoke" and "Hard Come, Easy Go", and variously worked with Johnnie Taylor, O. V. Wright, and Marquise Knox. He was the son of the bassist, Frederick Burks.[2]
The Allmusic journalist, Tim Sheridan once noted "... while his vocals are not stellar, he has a rich, gritty quality to his singing that is nicely matched to his guitar playing."[3] Burks was known as 'Iron Man' for his energetic and passion filled performances on stage. He was nominated five times for a Blues Music Award and, in 2004, Living Blues presented him with the Critics' Award for Best Guitarist.[4][5]
Life and career
Burks was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States,[6] and had a musical heritage. His father played the bass guitar, and performed with Sonny Boy Williamson II, whilst his grandfather had played in a delta blues style. Burks junior had learned to play the guitar by the age of five, and first played on stage in his cousin's band.[1] In the early 1970s, Burks moved with his family to Camden, Arkansas. It was there that Burks and his father built a 300 seater juke joint named the Bradley Ferry Country Club, where Burks duly led the house band.[1][6]
After the club closed in the mid 1980s, Burks was employed as a mechanic at Lockheed Martin. He continued to play at local clubs and music festivals, until 1997, when he recorded and produced his debut album, From the Inside Out. The magazine, Blues Access, stated it was "the most impressive indie in recent memory", and Living Blues described it as one of "the best debut discs of the year."[1] In 2001, Alligator Records signed Burks to a recording contract, and he released Make It Rain with them the same year. Make It Rain was produced by Jim Gaines and Bruce Iglauer. I Smell Smoke followed in 2003, and five years later Burks issued what turned out to be the final album in his lifetime, Iron Man, named for his long held nickname.[1][2][6]
Burks was a regular performer at the King Biscuit Blues Festival.[6] He also appeared at Memphis in May in 2004 and 2009. Burks had completed recording his fifth album, which was due to be released in July 2012.[4]
On May 6, 2012, upon returning from a tour of Europe, Burks collapsed at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was shortly after pronounced dead from a heart attack, at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 54.[2][6]
In 2013, Burks took the Blues Music Award "Contemporary Blues Album of the Year" and "Album of the Year" categories with his posthumous release, Show Of Strength.
The Allmusic journalist, Tim Sheridan once noted "... while his vocals are not stellar, he has a rich, gritty quality to his singing that is nicely matched to his guitar playing."[3] Burks was known as 'Iron Man' for his energetic and passion filled performances on stage. He was nominated five times for a Blues Music Award and, in 2004, Living Blues presented him with the Critics' Award for Best Guitarist.[4][5]
Life and career
Burks was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States,[6] and had a musical heritage. His father played the bass guitar, and performed with Sonny Boy Williamson II, whilst his grandfather had played in a delta blues style. Burks junior had learned to play the guitar by the age of five, and first played on stage in his cousin's band.[1] In the early 1970s, Burks moved with his family to Camden, Arkansas. It was there that Burks and his father built a 300 seater juke joint named the Bradley Ferry Country Club, where Burks duly led the house band.[1][6]
After the club closed in the mid 1980s, Burks was employed as a mechanic at Lockheed Martin. He continued to play at local clubs and music festivals, until 1997, when he recorded and produced his debut album, From the Inside Out. The magazine, Blues Access, stated it was "the most impressive indie in recent memory", and Living Blues described it as one of "the best debut discs of the year."[1] In 2001, Alligator Records signed Burks to a recording contract, and he released Make It Rain with them the same year. Make It Rain was produced by Jim Gaines and Bruce Iglauer. I Smell Smoke followed in 2003, and five years later Burks issued what turned out to be the final album in his lifetime, Iron Man, named for his long held nickname.[1][2][6]
Burks was a regular performer at the King Biscuit Blues Festival.[6] He also appeared at Memphis in May in 2004 and 2009. Burks had completed recording his fifth album, which was due to be released in July 2012.[4]
On May 6, 2012, upon returning from a tour of Europe, Burks collapsed at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was shortly after pronounced dead from a heart attack, at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, aged 54.[2][6]
In 2013, Burks took the Blues Music Award "Contemporary Blues Album of the Year" and "Album of the Year" categories with his posthumous release, Show Of Strength.
Otis Taylor *30.07.1948
Otis Taylor (* 1948 in Chicago, Illinois) ist ein US-amerikanischer Blues-Musiker afroamerikanischer Abstammung.Otis Taylor zog in jungen Jahren nach Denver, Colorado, wo er aufwuchs. Taylor spielte professionell Musik sowohl in Europa als auch den USA in einer Reihe von Blues-Bands. 1977 wandte er sich von der Musikindustrie ab, um andere berufliche Ziele zu verfolgen, unter anderem als Antiquitäten-Händler. 1995 kehrte er zur Musik zurück und hat seitdem (Stand August 2009) zehn Blues-Alben bei verschiedenen Plattenlabels veröffentlicht.
Bis heute (Stand Juli 2008) wurde Taylor elfmal für den Blues Music Award nominiert; sein Album White African wurde 2001 als „Bestes Debüt“ geführt.
Sein Song "Nasty Letter" von dem Album Truth Is Not Fiction (2003 erschienen) ist auf dem Soundtrack des Films Shooter zu hören.
Seine Songs "Ten Million Slaves" und "Nasty Letter" sind auf dem Soundtrack des Spielfilms Public Enemies zu hören.
Taylor trat im Vorprogramm von Gary Moores Herbsttour 2007 durch das Vereinigte Königreich auf und begleitete ihn ebenso auf dessen Tour durch Deutschland im März 2008.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Taylor
Otis Taylor (born July 30, 1948,[1] Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American blues musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist whose talents include the guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, and vocals. In 2001, he was awarded a fellowship to the Sundance Film Composers Laboratory.
Career
Music
Taylor was born in Chicago and moved at a young age to Denver, Colorado where he grew up. He originally grew up playing the banjo, but his father wanted him to be a jazz musician. Upon hearing that the banjo was originally an African instrument turned almost exclusively into a white bluegrass instrument in part through the derogatory black-face minstrel shows of the 19th century, Taylor dropped the banjo and began to focus solely on the guitar and harmonica. He played music professionally both in Europe and the United States in a variety of blues-oriented bands, including Zephyr, until 1977, when he left the music industry for other pursuits, including becoming an antique dealer.
Taylor returned to music in 1995, and as of 2015, has released fourteen blues albums. His music tends to focus on the hard realities of life, especially relating to the black community. Some common themes in his music are murder, racism, poverty, and the need for redemption. To date, Taylor has twelve Blues Music Awards nominations while White African was named 'Best Artist Debut'.[2]
Down Beat magazine critics' Poll named Taylor's Truth is Not Fiction as Blues CD of the Year for 2002.
Living Blues readers' poll awarded Taylor (along with Etta James) the "Best Blues Entertainer" title in 2004. Down Beat named Taylor's Double V as Blues CD of the Year for 2005. Down Beat named Definition of a Circle as Blues CD of the Year for 2007. They also then named Recapturing the Banjo as "Blues CD of the Year, 2008."
His 2008 effort, Recapturing the Banjo, was an attempt to reconnect himself and the world with the true African origins of the banjo.[3] "There may not be," claimed Down Beat in a review, "a better roots album released this year or decade than Recapturing the Banjo."
Taylor was the support act on Gary Moore's 2007/8/9 European tours and played on his last album.
In May 2009, Taylor won a Blues Music Award for his banjo playing. He held the first Trance Blues Festival in Boulder, Colorado in November 2010.
Film
Several songs used in "The Badge," a 2002 film with Billy Bob Thornton
In 2005, Purvis of Overtown featured a score by Otis Taylor
The song "Nasty Letter" from Taylor's 2003 album, Truth Is Not Fiction, was featured on
the soundtrack for the 2007 film Shooter.
Michael Mann's 2009 film Public Enemies featured two of Taylor's songs, "Ten Million
Slaves" and "Nasty Letter". The former was also featured in the film's trailer.
Otis' songs were in "The Least Among You," a 2009 film with Louis Gossett, Jr., Lauren
Holly, and William Devane.
Television
The song "Ten Million Slaves" was used as the closing song to the episode titled
"Blowback" of the FX show, Justified.
Crossing Jordan featured Otis' song "Rosa Rosa"
Songs in the science fiction series Surface.
An Otis Taylor song was played on American Idol as part of the 2008 "Idol Gives Back"
show.
The song "Ten Million Slaves" was also played in the commercial for the 2011 season of
Sons of Guns.
"Nasty Letter" was used during the final episode of HBO series Luck.
Signature Instruments
In 2008 the Santa Cruz Guitar Company released an "Otis Taylor" model acoustic guitar.[4]
In 2007, Ome released the Otis Taylor model banjo
In 2003, Blue Star released the Otis Taylor Banjoblaster (electric banjo)
Family
Taylor married Carol Ellen Bjork in 1985. They have two daughters, Cassie Taylor and Jae Taylor. Taylor's eldest daughter, Cassie, is featured on many of his releases. She also plays several instruments including bass and vocals.
Career
Music
Taylor was born in Chicago and moved at a young age to Denver, Colorado where he grew up. He originally grew up playing the banjo, but his father wanted him to be a jazz musician. Upon hearing that the banjo was originally an African instrument turned almost exclusively into a white bluegrass instrument in part through the derogatory black-face minstrel shows of the 19th century, Taylor dropped the banjo and began to focus solely on the guitar and harmonica. He played music professionally both in Europe and the United States in a variety of blues-oriented bands, including Zephyr, until 1977, when he left the music industry for other pursuits, including becoming an antique dealer.
Taylor returned to music in 1995, and as of 2015, has released fourteen blues albums. His music tends to focus on the hard realities of life, especially relating to the black community. Some common themes in his music are murder, racism, poverty, and the need for redemption. To date, Taylor has twelve Blues Music Awards nominations while White African was named 'Best Artist Debut'.[2]
Down Beat magazine critics' Poll named Taylor's Truth is Not Fiction as Blues CD of the Year for 2002.
Living Blues readers' poll awarded Taylor (along with Etta James) the "Best Blues Entertainer" title in 2004. Down Beat named Taylor's Double V as Blues CD of the Year for 2005. Down Beat named Definition of a Circle as Blues CD of the Year for 2007. They also then named Recapturing the Banjo as "Blues CD of the Year, 2008."
His 2008 effort, Recapturing the Banjo, was an attempt to reconnect himself and the world with the true African origins of the banjo.[3] "There may not be," claimed Down Beat in a review, "a better roots album released this year or decade than Recapturing the Banjo."
Taylor was the support act on Gary Moore's 2007/8/9 European tours and played on his last album.
In May 2009, Taylor won a Blues Music Award for his banjo playing. He held the first Trance Blues Festival in Boulder, Colorado in November 2010.
Film
Several songs used in "The Badge," a 2002 film with Billy Bob Thornton
In 2005, Purvis of Overtown featured a score by Otis Taylor
The song "Nasty Letter" from Taylor's 2003 album, Truth Is Not Fiction, was featured on
the soundtrack for the 2007 film Shooter.
Michael Mann's 2009 film Public Enemies featured two of Taylor's songs, "Ten Million
Slaves" and "Nasty Letter". The former was also featured in the film's trailer.
Otis' songs were in "The Least Among You," a 2009 film with Louis Gossett, Jr., Lauren
Holly, and William Devane.
Television
The song "Ten Million Slaves" was used as the closing song to the episode titled
"Blowback" of the FX show, Justified.
Crossing Jordan featured Otis' song "Rosa Rosa"
Songs in the science fiction series Surface.
An Otis Taylor song was played on American Idol as part of the 2008 "Idol Gives Back"
show.
The song "Ten Million Slaves" was also played in the commercial for the 2011 season of
Sons of Guns.
"Nasty Letter" was used during the final episode of HBO series Luck.
Signature Instruments
In 2008 the Santa Cruz Guitar Company released an "Otis Taylor" model acoustic guitar.[4]
In 2007, Ome released the Otis Taylor model banjo
In 2003, Blue Star released the Otis Taylor Banjoblaster (electric banjo)
Family
Taylor married Carol Ellen Bjork in 1985. They have two daughters, Cassie Taylor and Jae Taylor. Taylor's eldest daughter, Cassie, is featured on many of his releases. She also plays several instruments including bass and vocals.
Otis Taylor : Philadelphia Folk Festival 2013 : Complete Set
Otis Taylor Band complete set at Philadelphia Folk Festival, August 16, 2013. Introduced by the legendary Gene Shay.
-- Set List --
Ran So Hard 0:00
10 Million Slaves 2:45
Amazing Grace (fiddle solo) 6:45
Lost My Horse 7:34
Blue Rain in Africa 11:02
Hey Joe 15:11
Périgueux (fiddle solo) 26:33
Lifetime of Freedom 27:22Otis Taylor -- vocals, guitar, banjo
Anne Harris -- fiddle
Jon Paul Johnson -- guitar
Todd Edmunds -- bass
Larry Thompson -- drums
Otis Taylor Band complete set at Philadelphia Folk Festival, August 16, 2013. Introduced by the legendary Gene Shay.
-- Set List --
Ran So Hard 0:00
10 Million Slaves 2:45
Amazing Grace (fiddle solo) 6:45
Lost My Horse 7:34
Blue Rain in Africa 11:02
Hey Joe 15:11
Périgueux (fiddle solo) 26:33
Lifetime of Freedom 27:22Otis Taylor -- vocals, guitar, banjo
Anne Harris -- fiddle
Jon Paul Johnson -- guitar
Todd Edmunds -- bass
Larry Thompson -- drums
Otis Taylor Band ft Brandon Niederauer - Nasty Letter 5-12-15 Iridium, NYC
Wolfgang Döhr (Smoking Wolf) *30.07.
Seine Geschichten erzählen vom Leben, von seinem, aber auch der anderen. Der aus Duisburg stammende Blues-Musiker, ist schon lange kein Geheimtipp mehr. Als Sideman von etablierter Künstlern wie Johnny Logan, Bobby Kimball, Matthias Reim stellte er live und im Studio sein Können unter Beweis.
SMOKING WOLF agiert jenseits bekannter Banalitäten - sein Spiel ist faszinierend und locker. Die Band grooved sich einfach massiv nach vorn. Eine explosive Mischung von bemerkenswertem Eigenmaterial wird mit Standards von ZZ Top, Hermann Brood oder Rory Gallagher gemischt.
Ob auf Open-Air-Festivals, in großen oder kleinen Hallen, in Clubs oder auch auf privaten Konzerten, SMOKING WOLF zeigt immer mit großer Emotionalität die ganze Breite des Blues und Boogie. Ein unvergeßlicher Abend ist garantiert.
Blues-Rock, Boogie und erdige Südstaatengrooves at its best!
SMOKING WOLF "Born By The River" (Duisburg on my Mind) official video release
Roberto Morbioli *30.07.1965
Roberto Morbioli (* 30. Juli 1965 in Verona) ist ein in Italien geborener Blues-Gitarrist, Komponist und Sänger. 1991 gründete er die Band Morblus. Seit 2011 tritt Morbioli als Gitarrist des amerikanischen Singer-Songwriters Big Daddy Wilson auf. Im Januar 2012 gründete er zusammen mit seiner Managerin das Label Phamosa Records. Er lebt seit seiner Geburt in Verona.
Roberto was born in Verona and started playing the guitar at an early age. At the age of 15 he discovered his greatest passion to be THE BLUES.
After several years of activity in the Italian music scene, he was asked to play in the ‘Tao Ravao Blues Band’ in 1987, with whom he recorded his first album: “From Madagascar To Chicago”.
In December 1989 he joined "Rudy’s Blues Band" and with them recorded his second album: “Reason To Live”. With this band, he also played at the biggest European festivals such as: Amsterdam Blues Festival, New Orleans Music Festival in Ascona, Sanremo Blues Festival, etc.
Roberto performed at the historical places of the Blues in the USA such as “Antone’s” in Austin, Texas where he shared the stage with artists like “Anson Funderburgh” and “Sue Folley”.
In 1991 he finally set up his own band MORBLUS which has brought him much recognition and many awards, playing in all the biggest national and international blues festivals and events. In 1998 he toured with MORBLUS around the USA where he played at the B.B. King’s Bluesclub in Memphis and in most popular American Blues clubs. Roberto writes and arranges the music and lyrics of all the original songs recorded by MORBLUS published on various CDs
"Let The Good Times Roll", "101% Pure Morblus", "7 Days Of R&B", "Push!" (Live), "Mrs. Miller" (co-produced with the song writer Massimo Bubola), "I Can’t Go Wrong" (14 original songs reflecting on 25 years of music and important collaborations), "On the Way Back" (Live), "Live At Camploy" (from the DVD "Road Tracks") and "Green Side".
Roberto’s personality and unique playing style are evident in all his interpretations while at the same time recalling the styles of blues greats such as Freddy King, Albert King, B.B. King, Albert Collins, T. Bone Walker, Steve Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton.
Roberto is a passionate and commanding guitarist, demonstrating great groove in every song he plays. Each note comes straight from his heart. As a singer, Roberto’s powerful voice recalls the styles and tones of Sam Cook, O.V. Wright, Little Milton, Otis Redding, Robert Cray, and Donny Hathaway.
After several years of activity in the Italian music scene, he was asked to play in the ‘Tao Ravao Blues Band’ in 1987, with whom he recorded his first album: “From Madagascar To Chicago”.
In December 1989 he joined "Rudy’s Blues Band" and with them recorded his second album: “Reason To Live”. With this band, he also played at the biggest European festivals such as: Amsterdam Blues Festival, New Orleans Music Festival in Ascona, Sanremo Blues Festival, etc.
Roberto performed at the historical places of the Blues in the USA such as “Antone’s” in Austin, Texas where he shared the stage with artists like “Anson Funderburgh” and “Sue Folley”.
In 1991 he finally set up his own band MORBLUS which has brought him much recognition and many awards, playing in all the biggest national and international blues festivals and events. In 1998 he toured with MORBLUS around the USA where he played at the B.B. King’s Bluesclub in Memphis and in most popular American Blues clubs. Roberto writes and arranges the music and lyrics of all the original songs recorded by MORBLUS published on various CDs
"Let The Good Times Roll", "101% Pure Morblus", "7 Days Of R&B", "Push!" (Live), "Mrs. Miller" (co-produced with the song writer Massimo Bubola), "I Can’t Go Wrong" (14 original songs reflecting on 25 years of music and important collaborations), "On the Way Back" (Live), "Live At Camploy" (from the DVD "Road Tracks") and "Green Side".
Roberto’s personality and unique playing style are evident in all his interpretations while at the same time recalling the styles of blues greats such as Freddy King, Albert King, B.B. King, Albert Collins, T. Bone Walker, Steve Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton.
Roberto is a passionate and commanding guitarist, demonstrating great groove in every song he plays. Each note comes straight from his heart. As a singer, Roberto’s powerful voice recalls the styles and tones of Sam Cook, O.V. Wright, Little Milton, Otis Redding, Robert Cray, and Donny Hathaway.
Roberto Morbioli - Im In The Blues - Don Odells Legends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=16&v=goG1pqATMpw
Balázs Dániel – alias Mr. Firehand
„the most viruoso hungarian boogie woogie pianist”
Boogie Woogie is becoming more and more popular in Hungary. This rhythmical, joyful and virtuoso American musical style captivates everyone at first hearing. Balázs Dániel, the talented boogie woogie pianist from Győr, has determined to improve the popularity of this wonderful music through his live performances and CD recordings.
In addition to his successes in his motherland, The Boogie Woogie Ambassador of Hungary is also a regular performer at well-known international boogie woogie and blues festivals. Balázs brings a new colour into the world of boogie woogie with creative new ideas and his unique virtuoso style. Other numbers in the styles of Blues, Stride and New Orleans Jazz can also be heard at his concerts.
Balázs Dániel was born in 1990, Győr, Hungary. He started to play piano for his own pleasure when he was 14 years old. Two years later, he accidentally heard a recording on which a boogie woogie pianist was playing. Since then he has become obsessed by boogie woogie. He first heard live boogie woogie piano in Switzerland in 2006. Sitting in the audience, he decided that he would like to be a boogie woogie pianist.
His first solo appearance was in his hometown in 2007. This sell out concert would be followed by many performances in different cities of Hungary. In 2009, for the first time, he also showed his pianistic abilities abroad. Since then, he has played regularly in Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland and England, moreover he already toured in the United States.
The next stage of his career was in 2009, when he formed his trio with two great musicians from Győr, Koch Barnabás – drums and Zink Ferenc – double bass. The group completes the traditional boogie woogie sound with new elements.
“Mr. Firehand” has released several CDs during the last few years. He was only 18, when his first CD was released with the title “Burning Fingers” (2008). You can hear mostly his own boogie woogie and blues songs on it. In 2010, he recorded his next CD with his trio, called “Boogie In 3” (2010). His latest solo album is “Boogie Cocktail” (2012). In addition to his signature boogie woogie, Balázs demonstrates his musical versatility by playing New Orleans Jazz numbers, together with plaintive blues and energetic stride tunes within his varied repertoire. In 2013, he released an album called „Flying 4 Hands” with his austrian boogie woogie colleague, you can hear great piano duos and unique solo songs on it.
Balázs is the organizer and host of the one and only boogie woogie festival in Hungary, The Boogiefeszt – International Boogie Woogie Festival Győr, first held in 2008.
These nights are full of humour and musical jokes, great Hungarian musicians, famous foreign guest artists, surprise guests and also professional boogie woogie dancers! During the Festival Grand Finale, the audience can enjoy the spectacle of 4, 6 or 8 handed boogies played on two grand pianos!
Balázs Dániel *30.07.1990
Balázs Dániel – alias Mr. Firehand
„the most viruoso hungarian boogie woogie pianist”
Boogie Woogie is becoming more and more popular in Hungary. This rhythmical, joyful and virtuoso American musical style captivates everyone at first hearing. Balázs Dániel, the talented boogie woogie pianist from Győr, has determined to improve the popularity of this wonderful music through his live performances and CD recordings.
In addition to his successes in his motherland, The Boogie Woogie Ambassador of Hungary is also a regular performer at well-known international boogie woogie and blues festivals. Balázs brings a new colour into the world of boogie woogie with creative new ideas and his unique virtuoso style. Other numbers in the styles of Blues, Stride and New Orleans Jazz can also be heard at his concerts.
Balázs Dániel was born in 1990, Győr, Hungary. He started to play piano for his own pleasure when he was 14 years old. Two years later, he accidentally heard a recording on which a boogie woogie pianist was playing. Since then he has become obsessed by boogie woogie. He first heard live boogie woogie piano in Switzerland in 2006. Sitting in the audience, he decided that he would like to be a boogie woogie pianist.
His first solo appearance was in his hometown in 2007. This sell out concert would be followed by many performances in different cities of Hungary. In 2009, for the first time, he also showed his pianistic abilities abroad. Since then, he has played regularly in Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland and England, moreover he already toured in the United States.
The next stage of his career was in 2009, when he formed his trio with two great musicians from Győr, Koch Barnabás – drums and Zink Ferenc – double bass. The group completes the traditional boogie woogie sound with new elements.
“Mr. Firehand” has released several CDs during the last few years. He was only 18, when his first CD was released with the title “Burning Fingers” (2008). You can hear mostly his own boogie woogie and blues songs on it. In 2010, he recorded his next CD with his trio, called “Boogie In 3” (2010). His latest solo album is “Boogie Cocktail” (2012). In addition to his signature boogie woogie, Balázs demonstrates his musical versatility by playing New Orleans Jazz numbers, together with plaintive blues and energetic stride tunes within his varied repertoire. In 2013, he released an album called „Flying 4 Hands” with his austrian boogie woogie colleague, you can hear great piano duos and unique solo songs on it.
Balázs is the organizer and host of the one and only boogie woogie festival in Hungary, The Boogiefeszt – International Boogie Woogie Festival Győr, first held in 2008.
These nights are full of humour and musical jokes, great Hungarian musicians, famous foreign guest artists, surprise guests and also professional boogie woogie dancers! During the Festival Grand Finale, the audience can enjoy the spectacle of 4, 6 or 8 handed boogies played on two grand pianos!
Balazs Daniel & Lasse Jensen at the UK Boogie Woogie Festival in 2013
Schneller? Ja !!! - Boogie Woogie Piano: Christoph Steinbach & Balazs Daniel
R.I.P.
Sharon Mosby +30.07.2013
Local jazz and blues great Sharon Mosby died on July 30.
Ms. Mosby, 70, toured across the United States and abroad with the Hampton Institute Concert Choir and performed as a featured vocalist with the bands Soul Sanction and the Wendel Werner Quartet.
Born in Knoxville, Ms. Mosby graduated from Austin High School before studying music at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Va. She later earned an accounting degree from Tusculum College.
While Ms. Mosby worked for years as an accountant, most Knoxvillians knew her as a vocalist who performed at local nightspots.
She lived in California for a time and performed regularly at Disneyland. In 1999, she released the album “I Can Handle That!” with pianist Wendel Werner.
“She was one of the most popular performers on ‘Live After Five,’ ” said Michael Gill, who coordinates the Knoxville music series.
Gill said Ms. Mosby became a good friend and she was always ready to sing, whether it be concerts, to sitting in with friends or even impromptu renditions of Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” song at a local restaurant.
“She was the kind of person who never knew a stranger,” Gill said. “She was so outgoing. We just thought the world of her. It’s a big loss.”
In 2010, she was featured on the album “Tenors and Satin,” which gathered some of the best Knoxville jazz musicians on one disc.
Ms. Mosby battled lung cancer over the past year. Family will receive friends 5 -6 p.m. Saturday at Bethel A.M.E. Church, 3811 Boyd’s Bridge Pike. A celebration of life will follow.
Ms. Mosby, 70, toured across the United States and abroad with the Hampton Institute Concert Choir and performed as a featured vocalist with the bands Soul Sanction and the Wendel Werner Quartet.
Born in Knoxville, Ms. Mosby graduated from Austin High School before studying music at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Va. She later earned an accounting degree from Tusculum College.
While Ms. Mosby worked for years as an accountant, most Knoxvillians knew her as a vocalist who performed at local nightspots.
She lived in California for a time and performed regularly at Disneyland. In 1999, she released the album “I Can Handle That!” with pianist Wendel Werner.
“She was one of the most popular performers on ‘Live After Five,’ ” said Michael Gill, who coordinates the Knoxville music series.
Gill said Ms. Mosby became a good friend and she was always ready to sing, whether it be concerts, to sitting in with friends or even impromptu renditions of Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” song at a local restaurant.
“She was the kind of person who never knew a stranger,” Gill said. “She was so outgoing. We just thought the world of her. It’s a big loss.”
In 2010, she was featured on the album “Tenors and Satin,” which gathered some of the best Knoxville jazz musicians on one disc.
Ms. Mosby battled lung cancer over the past year. Family will receive friends 5 -6 p.m. Saturday at Bethel A.M.E. Church, 3811 Boyd’s Bridge Pike. A celebration of life will follow.
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