1921 Willie Foster*
1942 Danny Kalb*
1945 David Bromberg*
1953 Dave "Snakeman" Runyan*
1969 Candy Dulfer*
1887 Lovie Austin*
1995 Louis Bo Collins+
Happy Birthday
David Bromberg *19.09.1945
David Bromberg (* 19. September 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) ist ein US-amerikanischer Multiinstrumentalist und Sänger. Er spielt unter anderem Gitarre und Fiddle in den Stilrichtungen Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Country & Western und Rock ’n’ Roll.
Außer mit seinen eigenen Alben hat sich Bromberg vor allem einen Namen als Studiomusiker gemacht. So spielte er drei Alben für Bob Dylan ein (Self Portrait, New Morning, Dylan) und ist auf Alben von Jerry Jeff Walker , Tom Paxton, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Doug Sahm, Willie Nelson, Ringo Starr, Edie Brickell u.v.a. zu hören.
Seit 1980 zog sich Bromberg mehr und mehr aus dem aktiven Musikgeschäft zurück und erlernte den Beruf des Geigenbauers. Heute betreibt er einen Geigen-Laden in Delaware und tritt nur noch sporadisch auf. Im Frühjahr 2007 veröffentlichte Bromberg mit „Try Me One More Time“ sein erstes Album seit 17 Jahren.
David Bromberg (born September 19, 1945) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter.[1][2] An eclectic artist, Bromberg plays bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock and roll equally well. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics, and the ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the same time.
Bromberg has played with many famous musicians, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson, Jorma Kaukonen, Jerry Garcia, Rusty Evans (The Deep) and Bob Dylan. He co-wrote the song "The Holdup" with former Beatle George Harrison, who played on Bromberg's self-titled 1972 album. In 2008, he was nominated for a Grammy Award.[3]
Musical career
Bromberg was born in Philadelphia, and raised Jewish in Tarrytown, New York.[4][5] He attended Columbia University in the 1960s, studying guitar with Reverend Gary Davis during that period.
Proficient on fiddle, many styles of acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel guitar and dobro, Bromberg began releasing albums of his own in the early 1970s on Columbia Records.[6] His seven-minute rendition of "Mr. Bojangles" from 1972's Demon in Disguise, interspersed with tales about traveling with song author Jerry Jeff Walker, earned Bromberg progressive rock radio airplay. In 1973, he played mandolin, dobro, and electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' album Have a Good Time for Me.
Bromberg released his first new studio album since 1990 with Try Me One More Time on 27 February 2007, on Appleseed Recordings. The disc includes Dylan's "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and Elizabeth Cotten's "Shake Sugaree." The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Traditional Folk Album at the 50th annual Grammy Awards in 2008.[3] His 2011 album Use Me features guests Levon Helm, John Hiatt, Tim O'Brien, Dr. John, Keb' Mo', Los Lobos, Widespread Panic, Linda Ronstadt, and Vince Gill.
Bromberg currently lives in Wilmington, Delaware, where he and his wife, artist Nancy Josephson, own an extensive violin sales and repair shop, with a partial subsidy from the City of Wilmington, Delaware.[7] He occasionally performs at Wilmington's Grand Opera House, where he and his wife are major donors, as well as at the new World Cafe Live at the refurbished Queen Theatre.
The Dyin' Crapshooter Blues - David Bromberg
Willie Foster *19.09.1921
http://www.wildoatsrecords.com/BluesSeries.html
Birthdate - September 19, 1921
Birthplace - Outside Leland, Mississippi
Death - May 20, 2001
Last Residence - Greenville, Mississipi
Birthplace - Outside Leland, Mississippi
Death - May 20, 2001
Last Residence - Greenville, Mississipi
Willie James Foster, known around his home of Greenville, Mississippi as
the "Godfather of The Blues", says, I am the blues from the bottom of
my foot to the hair on my head. I was born in the blues, raised in the
blues and lived the blues.
Willie Foster was born Sept. 19, 1921 on a cotton sack four miles east
of Leland while his mother was picking cotton. After that experience she
was never able to have any more children. His family share cropped and
made about $100 a year. He bought juice harps at age 5 or 6 and made a
diddley bow on the side of the house. Bought his first harmonica for 25
cents he saved from carrying water to the fields for two weeks at age
seven. With no sisters or brothers he helped his family farm and shared
cropped from age 7 to 17 often with sacks tied on his feet for shoes.
He only got to attend school until fourth grade and later years only
when it rained and he couldn’t go to the field.
At age 17 Willie migrated north to Detroit where he worked in the auto
industry. During WWII, he joined the army and was sent to Europe. There
he played his harmonica for Joe Louis and Betty Grable at a show in
London for the soldiers.
Willie had heard Muddy Waters in jukes in Mississippi but met him in
Chicago. Willie and his three piece band from St.Louis often toured with
Muddy's band.
He came back to Mississippi in 1963 to take care of his dad who was
involved in a severe car accident. He worked around the Delta and
started playing jukes around Holly Ridge, Indianola, and Greenville.
Midge Marsden , a New Zealander, heard Willie in 1991 while visiting the
Mississippi Delta and invited him to play there for three months.
Willie's career started to take off after his return home. Since then he
has played over seas several times and all over the United States with
his band "The Rhytmn and Blues Upsetters."
Willie Foster can be heard on Palindrome Records,"My Life" and RMD
Music, Willie J. Foster, "At Home With The Blues". His latest CD with
The Rhytmn and Blues Upsetters is "Live At Airport Grocery" on Mempho
Records.
http://deltaboogie.com/deltamusicians/fosterw/
Lovie Austin *19.09.1887
Lovie Austin (* 19. September 1887 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, als Cora Calhoun; † 10. Juli 1972 in Chicago) war eine US-amerikanische Blues und Jazz-Pianistin, Arrangeurin und Komponistin während der klassischen Blues-Ära der 1920er Jahre.
Lovie Austin war während der klassischen Blues-Ära der 1920er Jahre eine populäre Chicagoer Bandleaderin, Sessionmusikerin, Komponistin und Arrangeurin. Sie und Lil Hardin werden oft als die wichtigsten Jazz/Blues-Pianistinnen dieser Periode bezeichnet.[1] Mary Lou Williams zählte Lovie Austin zu ihrem wichtigsten Einfluss.[2]
Austin studierte Musiktheorie an der Roger Williams University und dem Knoxville College in Nashville, Tennessee. Im Jahr 1923 zog Lovie Austin nach Chicago, wo sie für den Rest ihres Lebens lebte und arbeitete. Zu Beginn ihrer Karriere arbeitete sie in Vaudeville Shows als Pianistin und Schauspielerin. [3] Sie begleitete später viele Bluessängerinnen und ist unter anderem auf Aufnahmen von Ma Rainey („Moonshine Blues“), Ida Cox („Wild Women Don't Have The Blues“), Ethel Waters („Craving Blues“) and Alberta Hunter („Sad 'n' Lonely Blues“) zu hören.[4] Austin hatte auch eine eigene Band, die Blues Serenaders, in der die Trompeter Tommy Ladnier, Bob Shoffner, Natty Dominique, oder Shirley Clay am Kornett, Posaunist Kid Ory oder Albert Wynn an der Posaune, und Jimmy O’Bryant oder Johnny Dodds an der Klarinette mitwirkten.
Austin arbeitete auch mit Jazzmusikern der 1920er Jahre wie mit Louis Armstrong. Austins Talent als Songwriterin ist zu hören in ihrer klassischen Komposition „Down Hearted Blues“, ein Stück, das sie mit Alberta Hunter schrieb. Die Sängerin Bessie Smith machte es 1923 zu einem Hit.[5] Austin war auch Sessionmusikerin bei Paramount Records.
In den frühen 1930er Jahren war Lovie Austin musikalische Direktorin im Monogram Theater, in Chicago, wo sie die nächsten 20 Jahre arbeitete. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg war sie Pianistin in Jimmy Paynes Tanzschule in den Penthouse Studios und trat nur noch gelegentlich auf. 1961 entstand das Album Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders, als Teil der Reihe Riverside's Living Legends. Ihre bekanntesten Songs waren „Sweet Georgia Brown“, „C Jam Blues“ und „Gallon Stomp“.
Lovie Austin (September 19, 1887 – July 10, 1972)[1] was an American Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz blues piano players of the period.[2] Mary Lou Williams cited Austin as her greatest influence.[3]
Life and career
Born Cora Calhoun in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she studied music theory at Roger Williams University and Knoxville College in Knoxville, Tennessee.[2] In 1923, Lovie Austin decided to make Chicago her home, and she lived and worked there for the rest of her life. She was often seen racing around town in her Stutz Bearcat with leopard skin upholstery, dressed to the teeth. Her early career was in vaudeville where she played piano and performed in variety acts.[4] Accompanying blues singers was Lovie's specialty, and can be heard on recordings by Ma Rainey ("Moonshine Blues), Ida Cox ("Wild Women Don't Have the Blues"), Ethel Waters ("Craving Blues"), and Alberta Hunter ("Sad 'n' Lonely Blues").[5]
She led her own band, the Blues Serenaders, which usually included trumpeters Tommy Ladnier, Bob Shoffner, Natty Dominique, or Shirley Clay on cornet, Kid Ory or Albert Wynn on trombone, and Jimmy O'Bryant or Johnny Dodds on clarinet, along with banjo and occasional drums. Austin worked with many other top jazz musicians of the 1920s, including Louis Armstrong. Austin's skills as songwriter can be heard in the classic "Down Hearted Blues," a tune she co-wrote with Alberta Hunter. Singer Bessie Smith turned the song into a hit in 1923.[6] Austin was also a session musician for Paramount Records.
When the classic blues craze began to wither in the early 1930s, Austin settled into the position of musical director for the Monogram Theater, at 3453 South State Street in Chicago where all the T.O.B.A. acts played. She worked there for 20 years. After World War II she became a pianist at Jimmy Payne's Dancing School at Penthouse Studios, and performed and recorded occasionally. In 1961 she recorded Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders, as part of Riverside's Living Legends series. Austin's songs included "Sweet Georgia Brown", "C Jam Blues" and "Gallon Stomp".
Austin died on July 10, 1972 in Chicago.
Candy Dulfer *19.09.1969
Candy Dulfer (* 19. September 1969 in Amsterdam) ist eine niederländische Saxophonistin, die stilistisch im Funk angesiedelt ist.
Leben
Bereits im Alter von sechs Jahren begann Dulfer – gefördert durch ihren Vater Hans Dulfer, der selber ein bekannter Saxophonist ist − mit dem Saxophonspiel, insbesondere Sopran- und Altsaxophon. Beeinflusst wurde Dulfer dabei auch von den Saxophonisten Sonny Rollins und David Sanborn. Mit elf Jahren folgte eine erste Plattenaufnahme und mit 14 schließlich die erste eigene Band Funky Material.
Der Durchbruch gelang Dulfer Ende der 1980er/Anfang der 90er Jahre, zunächst mit der Single Lily was Here (1989) aus dem Soundtrack zum gleichnamigen Film, die sie zusammen mit Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) einspielte. 1990 erschien zudem das Album Graffiti Bridge, auf dem Dulfer als Begleitmusikerin von Prince zu hören ist, sowie Dulfers eigenes Album Saxuality, das ihr eine Nominierung für das Bestes Pop-Album Instrumental bei den Grammy Awards einbrachte. Des Weiteren trat Dulfer mit der Band Pink Floyd in Knebworth auf. Für das Album Dulfer Dulfer arbeitete sie mit ihrem Vater Hans zusammen.
Neben ihren Soloaufnahmen ist Dulfer seitdem eine gefragte Begleitmusikerin. Neben ihrer Zusammenarbeit mit Prince stand sie unter anderem mit Maceo Parker, Dave Stewart, Marcus Miller, Van Morrison und Blondie im Studio und auf der Bühne. Im Jahr 2007 wechselte Dulfer von ihrem bisherigen Saxophon Selmer Mark VI zu einem von Thomas Inderbinen hergestellten Altsaxophon.
Ebenfalls im Jahr 2007 präsentierte sie im niederländischen Fernsehen Candy meets... Sie traf darin mit Sheila E., Maceo Parker, Hans Dulfer, Van Morrison, Dave Stewart und Mavis Staples zusammen.
Seit dem 18. Mai 2012 moderiert Dulfer für den niederländischen Radiosender Sublime FM (ehemals Arrow Jazz FM) die Sendung Candy Store, in der sie ihre persönlichen Lieblingsstücke aus Funk, Soul und Jazz präsentie.
Dutch saxophonist CANDY DULFER is known around the world for her powerful and high-energy concerts. She collaborates with the biggest artists, performs with her own band across the world in sold-out clubs and on the largest festival stages, received a Grammy Award nomination for her debut album ‘Saxuality’, sold over 2.5 million albums worldwide since, and has had several number 1 hits in the USA.
She rose to fame with high profile collaborations with Dave Stewart (‘Lily was here’) and Prince. With Prince she performed at Jay Leno’s Tonight Show, played dozens of shows in the USA and all over Europe, and recorded on several of his albums. Together with Prince and Beyoncé she performed at the Grammy Awards ceremony.
Candy started another exciting new chapter in her versatile career with the release of her album ‘Crazy’ in the Fall of 2011. The close collaboration with Black Eyed Peas musical director and producer Printz Board forms the foundation of the daring new sound of the album. After the album’s release she and her band toured in the USA, Japan, Europe, Russia, the Baltic States, and – for the first time in her career – in South America.
She also started a close collaboration with leading fashion brand Mexx, playing special in-store shows at their stores across Europe, and releasing a special fashion collection designed by Candy herself. Also, in 2013 Candy was a celebrity judge & talent coach on the Dutch edition of X Factor.
At the end of 2013, Candy and her longtime friends Trijntje Oosterhuis, Edsilia Rombley, Berget Lewis and Glennis Grace formed the supergroup Ladies of Soul. In February 2014 – following their hit single “I’ll Carry You” – they performed two massive sold-out shows at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, entertaining over 34,000 fans. The resulting live album & dvd ‘Live at the Ziggo Dome’, capturing the magic of those nights, was released in April 2014 and went straight to Number 1 in the Album & iTunes charts. The rest of the year Candy and her energetic new band played festivals and venues across Europe, the USA and Japan.
2015 promises to be another busy year for Candy. Tours across Europe and Japan are already planned. Candy and her band will perform well-known songs from her extensive back catalogue, as well as some exciting covers and some musical surprises.
Van Morrison - Candy Dulfer Live Rockpalast
Music program:
1- Instrumental intro "Chicken"
2- Jackie Wilson said
3- These dreams of you
4- Raincheck
5- Moondance
6- My funny Valentine
7- Rough God goes riding
8- Give me a kiss
9- That's life
10- Naked in the jungle
11- In the afternoon
12- Satisfied
13- Georgia on my mind
14- Call me up in dreamland
15- Summertime in England
16- See me through
17- Soldier of fortune (Medley)
18- Have I told you lately
Van Morrison and Candy Dulfer Live Moondance Rockpalast
Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here
Dave "Snakeman" Runyan *19.09.1953
http://worldofharmonica.blogspot.de/2011/10/david-snakeman-runyan.html
born and raised in plainfield n.j. heard this blues coming from neihbors houses and it went right threw me ,my influences were misery and pain ,got my first harp in 1969 ,and met Mr.Superharp 3 years later he taught me about playing from my heart ,and gave me a one word lesson (TONE)i am a true plainfield boy living threw the riots of the 60"s fighting my way to school and fighting my way home my family goes back 3 generations in plainfield ,i make my living driving 80,000lb trucks and play blues to release my emotions ,not for a dollor !blues a human condition from the heart from my soul ,if you aint got them you cant fake them >
Snakeman Runyan Blues Band - Strange Kind Of Feeling
Danny Kalb *19.09.1942
http://alchetron.com/Danny-Kalb-658619-W
Danny Kalb (* 19. September 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Gitarrist, bekannt als Gründer der Band Blues Project.
In den 1960ern spielte Kalb Gitarre bei Aufnahmen u. a. von Phil Ochs, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger und Dave Van Ronk.
Aus dem Danny Kalb Quartett entstand Anfang 1965 das Blues Project mit Al Kooper, Steve Katz, Andy Kulberg, Roy Blumenfeld und Tommy Flanders. Die Band löste sich Ende der 1960er auf, fand in den 1970ern jedoch wieder zu Konzerten zusammen.
Auch nach der Jahrtausendwende ist Danny Kalb immer noch in der Musikszene aktiv.
Danny Kalb (born September 9, 1942, Mount Vernon, New York) is an American blues guitarist and vocalist. He was an original member of the 1960s group the Blues Project.
Life and career
Kalb was a protégé of Dave Van Ronk and became a solo performer and a session musician, performing with such folk singers as Judy Collins, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. Kalb and the blues ethnomusicologist Sam Charters formed the New Strangers. He joined Van Ronk's Ragtime Jug Stompers in 1963. Inspired by the African-American bluesmen Son House, Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt, Kalb experimented with acoustic and electronic music.
Kalb joined Steve Katz, Andy Kulberg, Roy Blumenfeld and Tommy Flanders to form the Blues Project in 1965. Flanders later left the band and was replaced by Al Kooper. They recorded three albums, played frequently at the Cafe Au Go Go and at Murray the K's last "submarine race-watching" spectacular at the RKO 58th Street theater in New York, and made several concert tours. In 1965 the Blues Project performed an eleven-minute rendition of Muddy Waters's "Two Trains Running" in electronic form, with Waters in the audience. When asked what he thought of it, Waters said, "You really got me." Kalb later said, "If I'd dropped dead at that point on the spot because of what we thought of Muddy Waters, then my life would have been well spent."[2] Personality clashes, drugs and the 1960s lifestyle took their toll on the band.[3] Katz and Kooper left to form Blood, Sweat and Tears.[4]
At the age of 15 Kalb formed the band Gay Notes and performed with Bob Dylan on a WBAI-FM concert broadcast n 1961. In 1963 Kalb performed in the Ragtime Jug Stompers with his mentor Dave Van Ronk. In 1964 he recorded as Folk Stringers, produced by Sam Charters. In 1964 Kalb played second guitar on Phil Ochs's album All the News That's Fit to Sing and in 1964 appeared on Judy Collins's Fifth Album. From 1965 to 1971 he was with the Blues Project. In 1968 he released Crosscurrents with Stefan Grossman. He was fairly quiet for the next twenty years, but joined Al Kooper for a Blues Project reunion, recorded at the Bottom Line in 1996. He currently performs solo acoustic gigs, plays acoustic and electric music with the Danny Kalb Trio, including Bob Jones on acoustic bass and Mark Ambrosino on drums and occasionally performs with Stefan Grossman and Steve Katz and with his brother Jonathan Kalb. The Danny Kalb Trio recorded I'm Gonna Live the Life I Sing About (Sojourn) in 2008, which received critical acclaim in the blues media. This was followed in 2013 by Kalb's first double-CD. Moving in Blue, also on the Sojourn label, featuring various sidemen and guest artists. With this album he parlays the full range of his musical interests and creativity.
Kalb still plays the vintage early 1960s Gibson J-200 with which he began his career. He also uses a Mexican-made Martin acoustic-electric and a Greco Les Paul-style electric guitar. His Solo projects include Livin’ with the Blues (Legend 1995), All Together Now( [5] self-released 2002), Live in Princeton (self-released 2003), and Live in Brooklyn (self-released 2006).[2] Crosscurrents, the 1968 LP with Stefan Grossman was re-released as CD in 2006 and a new CD, Played a Little Fiddle, was released in 2007 by Kalb, Katz and Grossman.
According to Sam Charters:
"It was generally conceded ... that ... Kalb was the most exciting of the new players."[6]
Howard L Solomon (Cafe au Go Go owner and promoter) in a 1999 email to Kalb's Webmaster:
"Danny Kalb ... is up there with the best of all blues legends ... His work for me at Cafe' au Go Go was amazing ... I've worked with the greatest of all time and he is at the top ... Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, Zappa, all greats, but Danny will emerge in the top 5."
Danny Kalb "How Long Blues"
Danny Kalb and The Blues Project
Green-Wood Cemetery, November 10, 2012
Lovie Austin *19.09.1887
Lovie Austin (* 19. September 1887 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, als Cora Calhoun; † 10. Juli 1972 in Chicago) war eine US-amerikanische Blues und Jazz-Pianistin, Arrangeurin und Komponistin während der klassischen Blues-Ära der 1920er Jahre.
Lovie Austin war während der klassischen Blues-Ära der 1920er Jahre eine populäre Chicagoer Bandleaderin, Sessionmusikerin, Komponistin und Arrangeurin. Sie und Lil Hardin werden oft als die wichtigsten Jazz/Blues-Pianistinnen dieser Periode bezeichnet.[1] Mary Lou Williams zählte Lovie Austin zu ihrem wichtigsten Einfluss.[2]
Austin studierte Musiktheorie an der Roger Williams University und dem Knoxville College in Nashville, Tennessee. Im Jahr 1923 zog Lovie Austin nach Chicago, wo sie für den Rest ihres Lebens lebte und arbeitete. Zu Beginn ihrer Karriere arbeitete sie in Vaudeville Shows als Pianistin und Schauspielerin. [3] Sie begleitete später viele Bluessängerinnen und ist unter anderem auf Aufnahmen von Ma Rainey („Moonshine Blues“), Ida Cox („Wild Women Don't Have The Blues“), Ethel Waters („Craving Blues“) and Alberta Hunter („Sad 'n' Lonely Blues“) zu hören.[4] Austin hatte auch eine eigene Band, die Blues Serenaders, in der die Trompeter Tommy Ladnier, Bob Shoffner, Natty Dominique, oder Shirley Clay am Kornett, Posaunist Kid Ory oder Albert Wynn an der Posaune, und Jimmy O’Bryant oder Johnny Dodds an der Klarinette mitwirkten.
Austin arbeitete auch mit Jazzmusikern der 1920er Jahre wie mit Louis Armstrong. Austins Talent als Songwriterin ist zu hören in ihrer klassischen Komposition „Down Hearted Blues“, ein Stück, das sie mit Alberta Hunter schrieb. Die Sängerin Bessie Smith machte es 1923 zu einem Hit.[5] Austin war auch Sessionmusikerin bei Paramount Records.
In den frühen 1930er Jahren war Lovie Austin musikalische Direktorin im Monogram Theater, in Chicago, wo sie die nächsten 20 Jahre arbeitete. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg war sie Pianistin in Jimmy Paynes Tanzschule in den Penthouse Studios und trat nur noch gelegentlich auf. 1961 entstand das Album Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders, als Teil der Reihe Riverside's Living Legends. Ihre bekanntesten Songs waren „Sweet Georgia Brown“, „C Jam Blues“ und „Gallon Stomp“.
Lovie Austin war während der klassischen Blues-Ära der 1920er Jahre eine populäre Chicagoer Bandleaderin, Sessionmusikerin, Komponistin und Arrangeurin. Sie und Lil Hardin werden oft als die wichtigsten Jazz/Blues-Pianistinnen dieser Periode bezeichnet.[1] Mary Lou Williams zählte Lovie Austin zu ihrem wichtigsten Einfluss.[2]
Austin studierte Musiktheorie an der Roger Williams University und dem Knoxville College in Nashville, Tennessee. Im Jahr 1923 zog Lovie Austin nach Chicago, wo sie für den Rest ihres Lebens lebte und arbeitete. Zu Beginn ihrer Karriere arbeitete sie in Vaudeville Shows als Pianistin und Schauspielerin. [3] Sie begleitete später viele Bluessängerinnen und ist unter anderem auf Aufnahmen von Ma Rainey („Moonshine Blues“), Ida Cox („Wild Women Don't Have The Blues“), Ethel Waters („Craving Blues“) and Alberta Hunter („Sad 'n' Lonely Blues“) zu hören.[4] Austin hatte auch eine eigene Band, die Blues Serenaders, in der die Trompeter Tommy Ladnier, Bob Shoffner, Natty Dominique, oder Shirley Clay am Kornett, Posaunist Kid Ory oder Albert Wynn an der Posaune, und Jimmy O’Bryant oder Johnny Dodds an der Klarinette mitwirkten.
Austin arbeitete auch mit Jazzmusikern der 1920er Jahre wie mit Louis Armstrong. Austins Talent als Songwriterin ist zu hören in ihrer klassischen Komposition „Down Hearted Blues“, ein Stück, das sie mit Alberta Hunter schrieb. Die Sängerin Bessie Smith machte es 1923 zu einem Hit.[5] Austin war auch Sessionmusikerin bei Paramount Records.
In den frühen 1930er Jahren war Lovie Austin musikalische Direktorin im Monogram Theater, in Chicago, wo sie die nächsten 20 Jahre arbeitete. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg war sie Pianistin in Jimmy Paynes Tanzschule in den Penthouse Studios und trat nur noch gelegentlich auf. 1961 entstand das Album Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders, als Teil der Reihe Riverside's Living Legends. Ihre bekanntesten Songs waren „Sweet Georgia Brown“, „C Jam Blues“ und „Gallon Stomp“.
Lovie Austin (September 19, 1887 – July 10, 1972)[1] was an American Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz blues piano players of the period.[2] Mary Lou Williams cited Austin as her greatest influence.[3]
Life and career
Born Cora Calhoun in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she studied music theory at Roger Williams University and Knoxville College in Knoxville, Tennessee.[2] In 1923, Lovie Austin decided to make Chicago her home, and she lived and worked there for the rest of her life. She was often seen racing around town in her Stutz Bearcat with leopard skin upholstery, dressed to the teeth. Her early career was in vaudeville where she played piano and performed in variety acts.[4] Accompanying blues singers was Lovie's specialty, and can be heard on recordings by Ma Rainey ("Moonshine Blues), Ida Cox ("Wild Women Don't Have the Blues"), Ethel Waters ("Craving Blues"), and Alberta Hunter ("Sad 'n' Lonely Blues").[5]
She led her own band, the Blues Serenaders, which usually included trumpeters Tommy Ladnier, Bob Shoffner, Natty Dominique, or Shirley Clay on cornet, Kid Ory or Albert Wynn on trombone, and Jimmy O'Bryant or Johnny Dodds on clarinet, along with banjo and occasional drums. Austin worked with many other top jazz musicians of the 1920s, including Louis Armstrong. Austin's skills as songwriter can be heard in the classic "Down Hearted Blues," a tune she co-wrote with Alberta Hunter. Singer Bessie Smith turned the song into a hit in 1923.[6] Austin was also a session musician for Paramount Records.
When the classic blues craze began to wither in the early 1930s, Austin settled into the position of musical director for the Monogram Theater, at 3453 South State Street in Chicago where all the T.O.B.A. acts played. She worked there for 20 years. After World War II she became a pianist at Jimmy Payne's Dancing School at Penthouse Studios, and performed and recorded occasionally. In 1961 she recorded Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders, as part of Riverside's Living Legends series. Austin's songs included "Sweet Georgia Brown", "C Jam Blues" and "Gallon Stomp".
Austin died on July 10, 1972 in Chicago.
Life and career
Born Cora Calhoun in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she studied music theory at Roger Williams University and Knoxville College in Knoxville, Tennessee.[2] In 1923, Lovie Austin decided to make Chicago her home, and she lived and worked there for the rest of her life. She was often seen racing around town in her Stutz Bearcat with leopard skin upholstery, dressed to the teeth. Her early career was in vaudeville where she played piano and performed in variety acts.[4] Accompanying blues singers was Lovie's specialty, and can be heard on recordings by Ma Rainey ("Moonshine Blues), Ida Cox ("Wild Women Don't Have the Blues"), Ethel Waters ("Craving Blues"), and Alberta Hunter ("Sad 'n' Lonely Blues").[5]
She led her own band, the Blues Serenaders, which usually included trumpeters Tommy Ladnier, Bob Shoffner, Natty Dominique, or Shirley Clay on cornet, Kid Ory or Albert Wynn on trombone, and Jimmy O'Bryant or Johnny Dodds on clarinet, along with banjo and occasional drums. Austin worked with many other top jazz musicians of the 1920s, including Louis Armstrong. Austin's skills as songwriter can be heard in the classic "Down Hearted Blues," a tune she co-wrote with Alberta Hunter. Singer Bessie Smith turned the song into a hit in 1923.[6] Austin was also a session musician for Paramount Records.
When the classic blues craze began to wither in the early 1930s, Austin settled into the position of musical director for the Monogram Theater, at 3453 South State Street in Chicago where all the T.O.B.A. acts played. She worked there for 20 years. After World War II she became a pianist at Jimmy Payne's Dancing School at Penthouse Studios, and performed and recorded occasionally. In 1961 she recorded Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders, as part of Riverside's Living Legends series. Austin's songs included "Sweet Georgia Brown", "C Jam Blues" and "Gallon Stomp".
Austin died on July 10, 1972 in Chicago.
Candy Dulfer *19.09.1969
Candy Dulfer (* 19. September 1969 in Amsterdam) ist eine niederländische Saxophonistin, die stilistisch im Funk angesiedelt ist.
Leben
Bereits im Alter von sechs Jahren begann Dulfer – gefördert durch ihren Vater Hans Dulfer, der selber ein bekannter Saxophonist ist − mit dem Saxophonspiel, insbesondere Sopran- und Altsaxophon. Beeinflusst wurde Dulfer dabei auch von den Saxophonisten Sonny Rollins und David Sanborn. Mit elf Jahren folgte eine erste Plattenaufnahme und mit 14 schließlich die erste eigene Band Funky Material.
Der Durchbruch gelang Dulfer Ende der 1980er/Anfang der 90er Jahre, zunächst mit der Single Lily was Here (1989) aus dem Soundtrack zum gleichnamigen Film, die sie zusammen mit Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) einspielte. 1990 erschien zudem das Album Graffiti Bridge, auf dem Dulfer als Begleitmusikerin von Prince zu hören ist, sowie Dulfers eigenes Album Saxuality, das ihr eine Nominierung für das Bestes Pop-Album Instrumental bei den Grammy Awards einbrachte. Des Weiteren trat Dulfer mit der Band Pink Floyd in Knebworth auf. Für das Album Dulfer Dulfer arbeitete sie mit ihrem Vater Hans zusammen.
Neben ihren Soloaufnahmen ist Dulfer seitdem eine gefragte Begleitmusikerin. Neben ihrer Zusammenarbeit mit Prince stand sie unter anderem mit Maceo Parker, Dave Stewart, Marcus Miller, Van Morrison und Blondie im Studio und auf der Bühne. Im Jahr 2007 wechselte Dulfer von ihrem bisherigen Saxophon Selmer Mark VI zu einem von Thomas Inderbinen hergestellten Altsaxophon.
Ebenfalls im Jahr 2007 präsentierte sie im niederländischen Fernsehen Candy meets... Sie traf darin mit Sheila E., Maceo Parker, Hans Dulfer, Van Morrison, Dave Stewart und Mavis Staples zusammen.
Seit dem 18. Mai 2012 moderiert Dulfer für den niederländischen Radiosender Sublime FM (ehemals Arrow Jazz FM) die Sendung Candy Store, in der sie ihre persönlichen Lieblingsstücke aus Funk, Soul und Jazz präsentie.
Dutch saxophonist CANDY DULFER is known around the world for her powerful and high-energy concerts. She collaborates with the biggest artists, performs with her own band across the world in sold-out clubs and on the largest festival stages, received a Grammy Award nomination for her debut album ‘Saxuality’, sold over 2.5 million albums worldwide since, and has had several number 1 hits in the USA.
She rose to fame with high profile collaborations with Dave Stewart (‘Lily was here’) and Prince. With Prince she performed at Jay Leno’s Tonight Show, played dozens of shows in the USA and all over Europe, and recorded on several of his albums. Together with Prince and Beyoncé she performed at the Grammy Awards ceremony.
Candy started another exciting new chapter in her versatile career with the release of her album ‘Crazy’ in the Fall of 2011. The close collaboration with Black Eyed Peas musical director and producer Printz Board forms the foundation of the daring new sound of the album. After the album’s release she and her band toured in the USA, Japan, Europe, Russia, the Baltic States, and – for the first time in her career – in South America.
She also started a close collaboration with leading fashion brand Mexx, playing special in-store shows at their stores across Europe, and releasing a special fashion collection designed by Candy herself. Also, in 2013 Candy was a celebrity judge & talent coach on the Dutch edition of X Factor.
At the end of 2013, Candy and her longtime friends Trijntje Oosterhuis, Edsilia Rombley, Berget Lewis and Glennis Grace formed the supergroup Ladies of Soul. In February 2014 – following their hit single “I’ll Carry You” – they performed two massive sold-out shows at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, entertaining over 34,000 fans. The resulting live album & dvd ‘Live at the Ziggo Dome’, capturing the magic of those nights, was released in April 2014 and went straight to Number 1 in the Album & iTunes charts. The rest of the year Candy and her energetic new band played festivals and venues across Europe, the USA and Japan.
2015 promises to be another busy year for Candy. Tours across Europe and Japan are already planned. Candy and her band will perform well-known songs from her extensive back catalogue, as well as some exciting covers and some musical surprises.
She rose to fame with high profile collaborations with Dave Stewart (‘Lily was here’) and Prince. With Prince she performed at Jay Leno’s Tonight Show, played dozens of shows in the USA and all over Europe, and recorded on several of his albums. Together with Prince and Beyoncé she performed at the Grammy Awards ceremony.
Candy started another exciting new chapter in her versatile career with the release of her album ‘Crazy’ in the Fall of 2011. The close collaboration with Black Eyed Peas musical director and producer Printz Board forms the foundation of the daring new sound of the album. After the album’s release she and her band toured in the USA, Japan, Europe, Russia, the Baltic States, and – for the first time in her career – in South America.
She also started a close collaboration with leading fashion brand Mexx, playing special in-store shows at their stores across Europe, and releasing a special fashion collection designed by Candy herself. Also, in 2013 Candy was a celebrity judge & talent coach on the Dutch edition of X Factor.
At the end of 2013, Candy and her longtime friends Trijntje Oosterhuis, Edsilia Rombley, Berget Lewis and Glennis Grace formed the supergroup Ladies of Soul. In February 2014 – following their hit single “I’ll Carry You” – they performed two massive sold-out shows at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, entertaining over 34,000 fans. The resulting live album & dvd ‘Live at the Ziggo Dome’, capturing the magic of those nights, was released in April 2014 and went straight to Number 1 in the Album & iTunes charts. The rest of the year Candy and her energetic new band played festivals and venues across Europe, the USA and Japan.
2015 promises to be another busy year for Candy. Tours across Europe and Japan are already planned. Candy and her band will perform well-known songs from her extensive back catalogue, as well as some exciting covers and some musical surprises.
Van Morrison - Candy Dulfer Live Rockpalast
Music program:
1- Instrumental intro "Chicken"
2- Jackie Wilson said
3- These dreams of you
4- Raincheck
5- Moondance
6- My funny Valentine
7- Rough God goes riding
8- Give me a kiss
9- That's life
10- Naked in the jungle
11- In the afternoon
12- Satisfied
13- Georgia on my mind
14- Call me up in dreamland
15- Summertime in England
16- See me through
17- Soldier of fortune (Medley)
18- Have I told you lately
1- Instrumental intro "Chicken"
2- Jackie Wilson said
3- These dreams of you
4- Raincheck
5- Moondance
6- My funny Valentine
7- Rough God goes riding
8- Give me a kiss
9- That's life
10- Naked in the jungle
11- In the afternoon
12- Satisfied
13- Georgia on my mind
14- Call me up in dreamland
15- Summertime in England
16- See me through
17- Soldier of fortune (Medley)
18- Have I told you lately
Van Morrison and Candy Dulfer Live Moondance Rockpalast
Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here
Dave "Snakeman" Runyan *19.09.1953
born and raised in plainfield n.j. heard this blues coming from neihbors houses and it went right threw me ,my influences were misery and pain ,got my first harp in 1969 ,and met Mr.Superharp 3 years later he taught me about playing from my heart ,and gave me a one word lesson (TONE)i am a true plainfield boy living threw the riots of the 60"s fighting my way to school and fighting my way home my family goes back 3 generations in plainfield ,i make my living driving 80,000lb trucks and play blues to release my emotions ,not for a dollor !blues a human condition from the heart from my soul ,if you aint got them you cant fake them >
Snakeman Runyan Blues Band - Strange Kind Of Feeling
Danny Kalb *19.09.1942
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Danny Kalb (* 19. September 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Gitarrist, bekannt als Gründer der Band Blues Project.
In den 1960ern spielte Kalb Gitarre bei Aufnahmen u. a. von Phil Ochs, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger und Dave Van Ronk.
Aus dem Danny Kalb Quartett entstand Anfang 1965 das Blues Project mit Al Kooper, Steve Katz, Andy Kulberg, Roy Blumenfeld und Tommy Flanders. Die Band löste sich Ende der 1960er auf, fand in den 1970ern jedoch wieder zu Konzerten zusammen.
Auch nach der Jahrtausendwende ist Danny Kalb immer noch in der Musikszene aktiv.
In den 1960ern spielte Kalb Gitarre bei Aufnahmen u. a. von Phil Ochs, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger und Dave Van Ronk.
Aus dem Danny Kalb Quartett entstand Anfang 1965 das Blues Project mit Al Kooper, Steve Katz, Andy Kulberg, Roy Blumenfeld und Tommy Flanders. Die Band löste sich Ende der 1960er auf, fand in den 1970ern jedoch wieder zu Konzerten zusammen.
Auch nach der Jahrtausendwende ist Danny Kalb immer noch in der Musikszene aktiv.
Danny Kalb (born September 9, 1942, Mount Vernon, New York) is an American blues guitarist and vocalist. He was an original member of the 1960s group the Blues Project.
Life and career
Kalb was a protégé of Dave Van Ronk and became a solo performer and a session musician, performing with such folk singers as Judy Collins, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. Kalb and the blues ethnomusicologist Sam Charters formed the New Strangers. He joined Van Ronk's Ragtime Jug Stompers in 1963. Inspired by the African-American bluesmen Son House, Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt, Kalb experimented with acoustic and electronic music.
Kalb joined Steve Katz, Andy Kulberg, Roy Blumenfeld and Tommy Flanders to form the Blues Project in 1965. Flanders later left the band and was replaced by Al Kooper. They recorded three albums, played frequently at the Cafe Au Go Go and at Murray the K's last "submarine race-watching" spectacular at the RKO 58th Street theater in New York, and made several concert tours. In 1965 the Blues Project performed an eleven-minute rendition of Muddy Waters's "Two Trains Running" in electronic form, with Waters in the audience. When asked what he thought of it, Waters said, "You really got me." Kalb later said, "If I'd dropped dead at that point on the spot because of what we thought of Muddy Waters, then my life would have been well spent."[2] Personality clashes, drugs and the 1960s lifestyle took their toll on the band.[3] Katz and Kooper left to form Blood, Sweat and Tears.[4]
At the age of 15 Kalb formed the band Gay Notes and performed with Bob Dylan on a WBAI-FM concert broadcast n 1961. In 1963 Kalb performed in the Ragtime Jug Stompers with his mentor Dave Van Ronk. In 1964 he recorded as Folk Stringers, produced by Sam Charters. In 1964 Kalb played second guitar on Phil Ochs's album All the News That's Fit to Sing and in 1964 appeared on Judy Collins's Fifth Album. From 1965 to 1971 he was with the Blues Project. In 1968 he released Crosscurrents with Stefan Grossman. He was fairly quiet for the next twenty years, but joined Al Kooper for a Blues Project reunion, recorded at the Bottom Line in 1996. He currently performs solo acoustic gigs, plays acoustic and electric music with the Danny Kalb Trio, including Bob Jones on acoustic bass and Mark Ambrosino on drums and occasionally performs with Stefan Grossman and Steve Katz and with his brother Jonathan Kalb. The Danny Kalb Trio recorded I'm Gonna Live the Life I Sing About (Sojourn) in 2008, which received critical acclaim in the blues media. This was followed in 2013 by Kalb's first double-CD. Moving in Blue, also on the Sojourn label, featuring various sidemen and guest artists. With this album he parlays the full range of his musical interests and creativity.
Kalb still plays the vintage early 1960s Gibson J-200 with which he began his career. He also uses a Mexican-made Martin acoustic-electric and a Greco Les Paul-style electric guitar. His Solo projects include Livin’ with the Blues (Legend 1995), All Together Now( [5] self-released 2002), Live in Princeton (self-released 2003), and Live in Brooklyn (self-released 2006).[2] Crosscurrents, the 1968 LP with Stefan Grossman was re-released as CD in 2006 and a new CD, Played a Little Fiddle, was released in 2007 by Kalb, Katz and Grossman.
According to Sam Charters:
"It was generally conceded ... that ... Kalb was the most exciting of the new players."[6]
Howard L Solomon (Cafe au Go Go owner and promoter) in a 1999 email to Kalb's Webmaster:
"Danny Kalb ... is up there with the best of all blues legends ... His work for me at Cafe' au Go Go was amazing ... I've worked with the greatest of all time and he is at the top ... Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, Zappa, all greats, but Danny will emerge in the top 5."
Life and career
Kalb was a protégé of Dave Van Ronk and became a solo performer and a session musician, performing with such folk singers as Judy Collins, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan. Kalb and the blues ethnomusicologist Sam Charters formed the New Strangers. He joined Van Ronk's Ragtime Jug Stompers in 1963. Inspired by the African-American bluesmen Son House, Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt, Kalb experimented with acoustic and electronic music.
Kalb joined Steve Katz, Andy Kulberg, Roy Blumenfeld and Tommy Flanders to form the Blues Project in 1965. Flanders later left the band and was replaced by Al Kooper. They recorded three albums, played frequently at the Cafe Au Go Go and at Murray the K's last "submarine race-watching" spectacular at the RKO 58th Street theater in New York, and made several concert tours. In 1965 the Blues Project performed an eleven-minute rendition of Muddy Waters's "Two Trains Running" in electronic form, with Waters in the audience. When asked what he thought of it, Waters said, "You really got me." Kalb later said, "If I'd dropped dead at that point on the spot because of what we thought of Muddy Waters, then my life would have been well spent."[2] Personality clashes, drugs and the 1960s lifestyle took their toll on the band.[3] Katz and Kooper left to form Blood, Sweat and Tears.[4]
At the age of 15 Kalb formed the band Gay Notes and performed with Bob Dylan on a WBAI-FM concert broadcast n 1961. In 1963 Kalb performed in the Ragtime Jug Stompers with his mentor Dave Van Ronk. In 1964 he recorded as Folk Stringers, produced by Sam Charters. In 1964 Kalb played second guitar on Phil Ochs's album All the News That's Fit to Sing and in 1964 appeared on Judy Collins's Fifth Album. From 1965 to 1971 he was with the Blues Project. In 1968 he released Crosscurrents with Stefan Grossman. He was fairly quiet for the next twenty years, but joined Al Kooper for a Blues Project reunion, recorded at the Bottom Line in 1996. He currently performs solo acoustic gigs, plays acoustic and electric music with the Danny Kalb Trio, including Bob Jones on acoustic bass and Mark Ambrosino on drums and occasionally performs with Stefan Grossman and Steve Katz and with his brother Jonathan Kalb. The Danny Kalb Trio recorded I'm Gonna Live the Life I Sing About (Sojourn) in 2008, which received critical acclaim in the blues media. This was followed in 2013 by Kalb's first double-CD. Moving in Blue, also on the Sojourn label, featuring various sidemen and guest artists. With this album he parlays the full range of his musical interests and creativity.
Kalb still plays the vintage early 1960s Gibson J-200 with which he began his career. He also uses a Mexican-made Martin acoustic-electric and a Greco Les Paul-style electric guitar. His Solo projects include Livin’ with the Blues (Legend 1995), All Together Now( [5] self-released 2002), Live in Princeton (self-released 2003), and Live in Brooklyn (self-released 2006).[2] Crosscurrents, the 1968 LP with Stefan Grossman was re-released as CD in 2006 and a new CD, Played a Little Fiddle, was released in 2007 by Kalb, Katz and Grossman.
According to Sam Charters:
"It was generally conceded ... that ... Kalb was the most exciting of the new players."[6]
Howard L Solomon (Cafe au Go Go owner and promoter) in a 1999 email to Kalb's Webmaster:
"Danny Kalb ... is up there with the best of all blues legends ... His work for me at Cafe' au Go Go was amazing ... I've worked with the greatest of all time and he is at the top ... Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, Zappa, all greats, but Danny will emerge in the top 5."
Danny Kalb "How Long Blues"
Green-Wood Cemetery, November 10, 2012
R.I.P.
Louis Bo Collins +19.09.1995
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