1913 Blind John Davis*
1938 Johnny Dyer*
1942 Johnny Mars*
1949 Tom Waits*
2006 Jay McShann+
2013 Chuck Willis+
Leo Cayuela*
Happy Birthday
Blind John Davis *07.12.1913
John Davis (* 7. Dezember 1913 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi; † 12. Oktober 1985 in Chicago, Illinois), auch bekannt als Blind John Davis, war ein US-amerikanischer Blues-Pianist und Sänger.
Kindheit und Jugend
Studiomusiker und mehr
Um 1937 wurde Davis von Lester Melroses „Wabash Music Company“ als Hauspianist angestellt. Bis 1942 spielte er bei über 100 Aufnahmen Klavier, u. a. als Begleitung von Tampa Red, Merline Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie, Doctor Clayton und Sonny Boy Williamson I.. 1938 machte er Aufnahmen mit George Barnes, einem der ersten, die die elektrische Gitarre spielten.
Während des Zweiten Weltkrieges war Davis mit seiner Gruppe „Johnny Davis Rhythm Boys“ im Westen und mittleren Westen der Staaten auf Tour. Er gründete mit George Barnes (Gitarre) und Ransom Knowling (Kontrabass) das „John Davis Trio“, das 1949 und 1951 Aufnahmen machte, sich dann aber auflöste. Davis trat wieder solo in Chicago auf, gelegentlich zusammen mit Judge Riley (Schlagzeug).
1952 gehörten Davis und Big Bill Broonzy zu den ersten Blues-Musikern, die in Europa auftraten und Aufnahmen machten. Danach spielte Davis wieder in den Chicagoer Clubs und geriet außerhalb der Stadt weitestgehend in Vergessenheit.
Schicksalsschlag und endgültige Wiederentdeckung
1955 brannte sein Haus ab und wenige Tage später starb seine Frau, mit der er seit 1938 verheiratet gewesen war. 1958 und 1959 wurde er für die Library of Congress aufgenommen. 1964 trat er beim Newport Folk Festival auf.
Ab 1973 war Davis regelmäßig in Europa unterwegs und trat vermehrt auf Festivals in Amerika auf. In den 1970ern kümmerte er sich um seinen Freund Tampa Red, der in einem Heim in Chicago lebte.
Blind John Davis starb 1985 in Chicago, wo er fast sein ganzes Leben verbracht hatte - er war auf dem Weg zum Flughafen, um zu einem Festival nach Texas zu reisen, als er wahrscheinlich an einem Herzinfarkt verstarb.
Stil und Einflüsse
Davis war im Gegensatz zu vielen seiner Klavier spielenden Zeitgenossen wie Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim oder dem etwas älteren Roosevelt Sykes nicht im ländlichen Süden, sondern im urbanen Chicago sozialisiert worden. Diese Stadt hatte - ebenso wie New Orleans - eine sehr ausgeprägte Jazztradition. Diese Tradition wurde in Chicago - im Gegensatz zu New Orleans - auch sehr von weißen Musikern osteuropäischer und deutscher Herkunft beeinflusst. Ein gutes Beispiel für die gegenseitige Beeinflussung sind die Musiker John Davis und der in Russland geborene Art Hodes.[1] Wegen dieser Stilvielfalt war Davis dazu prädestiniert, die stilistisch unterschiedlichsten Bluesmusiker adäquat zu begleiten und sich auf diese binnen kurzer Zeit einstellen zu können. Möglicherweise verhinderte dieses Talent aber auch eine eigene erfolgreiche Plattenkarriere, da Davis von den Schallplattenfirmeninhabern als Sideman wertvoller eingeschätzt wurde als ein Solokünstler. In seinem Liveprogramm fanden sich neben Blues und Boogie Woogie auch Standards wie z. B. "Bye bye blackbird" oder "Georgia".
Blind John Davis (December 7, 1913 – October 12, 1985)[1] was an African-American, blues, jazz and boogie-woogie pianist and singer.[2][3] He is best remembered for his recordings including "A Little Every Day" and "Everybody's Boogie".[1]
Biography
Davis was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, but he relocated with his family to Chicago at the age of two.[4] Seven years later he had lost his sight. In his early years Davis backed Merline Johnson, and by his mid-twenties he was a well known and reliable accompanying pianist. Between 1937 and 1942, Davis recorded with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Tampa Red, Merline Johnson, and others, playing on many recordings of that time. He also waxed several efforts of his own, using his own lightweight voice.[2]
After playing on various earlier recording sessions with him, in the 1940s Davis teamed up with Lonnie Johnson.[5] Recording later on his own, "No Mail Today" (1949) became a minor hit for Davis.[2] Most of Doctor Clayton's later recordings featured Davis on piano.[6]
He toured Europe with Broonzy in 1952, the first blues pianist to do so. In later years Davis toured and recorded frequently in Europe, where he enjoyed a higher profile than in his homeland.[4]
In 1955 Davis' Chicago house burnt down in which he lost his wife and his collection of 1700 unique 78 rpm records with issued and unissued recordings.[7]
Davis died in his adopted hometown of Chicago, at the age of 71, in October 1985.
Biography
Davis was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, but he relocated with his family to Chicago at the age of two.[4] Seven years later he had lost his sight. In his early years Davis backed Merline Johnson, and by his mid-twenties he was a well known and reliable accompanying pianist. Between 1937 and 1942, Davis recorded with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Tampa Red, Merline Johnson, and others, playing on many recordings of that time. He also waxed several efforts of his own, using his own lightweight voice.[2]
After playing on various earlier recording sessions with him, in the 1940s Davis teamed up with Lonnie Johnson.[5] Recording later on his own, "No Mail Today" (1949) became a minor hit for Davis.[2] Most of Doctor Clayton's later recordings featured Davis on piano.[6]
He toured Europe with Broonzy in 1952, the first blues pianist to do so. In later years Davis toured and recorded frequently in Europe, where he enjoyed a higher profile than in his homeland.[4]
In 1955 Davis' Chicago house burnt down in which he lost his wife and his collection of 1700 unique 78 rpm records with issued and unissued recordings.[7]
Davis died in his adopted hometown of Chicago, at the age of 71, in October 1985.
Johnny Mars *07.12.1942
Johnny Mars (* 7. Dezember 1942 in Laurens, South Carolina) ist ein US-amerikanischer Mundharmonikaspieler und Singer-Songwriter. Seine bevorzugte Musikrichtung ist Electric Blues.
Leben und Wirken
Die Eltern von Johnny Mars waren Landpächter. Während seiner Kindheit zog die Familie häufig um. Im Alter von neun Jahren erhielt Mars seine erste Mundharmonika. 1958, als Mars 15 Jahre alt war, starb seine Mutter und er zog mit seinen jüngeren Geschwistern nach New Paltz, New York. Nach dem Beenden der High School trat er in verschiedenen Clubs in New York auf. In den 1960er-Jahren unterzeichnete er einen Plattenvertrag bei Mercury Records. Während dieser Zeit war er Mitglied bei einer Band namens Burning Bush.
Mitte der 1960er-Jahre zog Mars nach San Francisco, wo er die Johnny Mars Band gründete. Zunächst fand die Band keinerlei Beachtung, aber dann bekam sie die Gelegenheit mit Magic Sam zu touren und auf den gleichen Veranstaltungen wie Earl Hooker, B. B. King und Jesse Fuller aufzutreten. Auf Empfehlung seines Freundes Rick Estrin (von Little Charlie & the Nightcats) tourte Mars 1972 durch England. Nach zwei in England produzierten Alben zog er 1978 nach Westlondon. 1984 produzierte Ray Fenwick, der unter anderem mit Ian Gillan und Spencer Davis zusammenarbeitete, das Album Life on Mars. Damit trat Mars unter anderem in der Fernsehsendung Ohne Filter auf und spielte eine Jam-Session mit Larry Carlton.
1988 war Mars Gastmusiker auf dem Do-Ré-Mi-Album The Happiest Place in Town. 1991 spielte er die Mundharmonika auf den Bananarama-Titeln Preacher Man und Long Train Running. Mars unterrichtete 15 Jahre in britischen Grundschulen und arbeitete mit Teenagern in verschiedenen Musikprojekten. Zwischenzeitlich tourte er in Großbritannien und Europa, wo er ein starke Fanbasis hat. 1992 spielte Mars auf dem San Francisco Blues Festival und in den Jahren 2003 und 2004 trat er mit The Barrelhouse Blues Orchestra auf. Ab 2008 arbeitete er mit dem Bluesgitarristen Michael Roach zusammen und trat mit ihm auf dem Bath Music Festival (2008, England), auf dem Pocono Blues Festival (USA) und auf dem Kastav Blues Festival in Kroatien auf. Im Januar 2010 tourten Mars und Roach durch den Nahen Osten.
Johnny Mars (born December 7, 1942)[1] is an American electric blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter. Over a long career, Mars has worked with Magic Sam, Earl Hooker, B.B. King, Jesse Fuller, Spencer Davis, Ian Gillan, Do-Re-Mi, Bananarama and Michael Roach.
Biography
Mars was born in Laurens, South Carolina, United States to sharecropping parents.[1] His family regularly moved house when Mars was a youngster, but at the age of nine, he was presented with his first harmonica. When he was aged fourteen, and on the death of his mother, Mars and his younger siblings moved to New Paltz, New York, and having left high school, Mars began playing in various clubs in New York.[2] He signed a recording contract with Mercury Records whilst a member of a band named Burning Bush, and they recorded several sides with the label.[1]
By the mid 1960s, Mars had moved to California and formed the Johnny Mars Band, who found work but no recognition beyond their North California base. However, they toured with Magic Sam, and played on the same bill as Earl Hooker, B.B. King and Jesse Fuller.[2] After advice from Rick Estrin (Little Charlie & the Nightcats), Mars toured the United Kingdom in 1972, and subsequently recorded two albums there before fully relocating to Somerset in 1978. Mars worked with the record producer, Ray Fenwick, plus Spencer Davis and Ian Gillan. His 1984 album, Life on Mars, received critical acclaim.[1]
In 1988, Mars was a guest musician on the Do-Re-Mi album, The Happiest Place in Town. Mars later worked with Bananarama on "Preacher Man" (1990) and their 1991 cover of "Long Train Running", appearing in the group's music video for the former track.[1] Mars also taught for 15 years in primary schools in England, and worked with teenagers in music projects.[2] Mars continued touring across the UK and Europe where he had a strong fan base. In 1992, Mars played at the San Francisco Blues Festival. In 1999, Mars released Stateside, and On My Mind followed in 2003.[1] In 2003 and 2004, Mars played with the The Barrelhouse Blues Orchestra.[3]
More recently, Mars teamed up with the blues guitarist, Michael Roach, and appeared at the Bath Music Festival (2008, UK),[4] Pocono Blues Festival (US) and the Kastav Blues Festival (Croatia). In January 2010, the pair toured the Middle East.
Johnny grew up in the Southern States, receiving his first harmonica at the age of 9, and being forced to practice his instrument sitting in the car out in the yard! He remembers as a boy listening to jazz on the radio, and sitting in juke joints where he would hear the music of Muddy Waters, B B King, Little Walter etc. Aged 14, at the death of his mother, Johnny moved up to New Paltz, New York State, completing his school education and singing and playing harmonica in his first blues band, the Train Riders. This was in 1957 and in that band were Adrian Gillerey, Phil Paritori, Herb Lehman, Ernie Bostic.
His next band, The Burning Bush, formed with some of the same players, performed blues and rock and was one of the first psychedelic bands, playing Woodstock around 1960. During this decade he recorded songs for Mercury Record Company, including 'Deep in the Wilderness', and in 1966 the company were considering sending him with his band to England. He played in many clubs in Greenwich Village, including the Café Wha, where he played on the same bill as Jimi Hendrix (he was calling himself Jimmi James and the Blue Flames then).
Johnny returned to New Paltz due family responsibilities and played in this area with various musicians under the name 'The John Mars Band'. In 1967 he travelled to California, arriving in San Francisco with his new girl friend, Elaine and a friend Ricky Rizi with his girl friend and baby. This was the summer of love! He immediately started to look around for musicians to form a band, and put together his first one, 'The Last Mile'. The members were Eric McCarthy, Dan Kennedy, Gary Peak with Michael Henderson joining them later on. By this time the band had become 'The Johnny Mars Band', with Michael and Dan on guitar, Ray Diggs on drums, Johnny on bass and harmonica, and Jay Hardman and Stuart Teischa on sax. They played on the same shows as, for example Alice Cooper and Santana etc. These were free festivals and gigs, because it was about partying and making music, an experimental time. Everyone was out to have a good time, a time when youth was out to change the world!
The Johnny Mars Band toured with 'Magic Sam', a guitarist and singer from San Francisco, and played on bills and in the same places as the Paul Butterfield band members, as well as Earl Hooker, BB King and blues man Jessie Fuller. In May 1972 Johnny came to England with his wife, Elaine, playing at the 100 club in London and making new musical contacts there. He also made his first European album, Blues from Mars. Whilst touring in the UK and Europe, Johnny was involved in a couple of notable projects. He featured in concert with Larry Carlton (world famous jazz guitarist), while doing his own TV stage appearance on Ohne Filter TV programme, Germany in 1984 (available on DVD). In 1991 Johnny also played as featured soloist on an album for the popular group Banarama. Their singles "The Preacher Man, Megalomaniac and Long Train Running" rose on the charts and Johnny subsequently made TV appearances across Europe and performed in their video. Johnny continued to perform in major blues festivals and concerts in the UK and across Europe, as well as in the States, developing his career as a harmonica player and experimenting with electrics and pedals etc. For 15 years Johnny has taught in primary schools in England, enthusing the young generation with the harmonica. This is what inspired the CD "Dare to Dream, Aim to Achieve", produced with schools in Portsmouth in 1999. One of his latest project has been working with young teenage musicians, encouraging their love of blues, and forming 'Johnny Mars and Stars'. He is now developing an 'Anthem' project, mentoring young people in schools in the South West in order to help them write and perform songs for their school.
http://www.johnnymars.com/biography.htmlHis next band, The Burning Bush, formed with some of the same players, performed blues and rock and was one of the first psychedelic bands, playing Woodstock around 1960. During this decade he recorded songs for Mercury Record Company, including 'Deep in the Wilderness', and in 1966 the company were considering sending him with his band to England. He played in many clubs in Greenwich Village, including the Café Wha, where he played on the same bill as Jimi Hendrix (he was calling himself Jimmi James and the Blue Flames then).
Johnny returned to New Paltz due family responsibilities and played in this area with various musicians under the name 'The John Mars Band'. In 1967 he travelled to California, arriving in San Francisco with his new girl friend, Elaine and a friend Ricky Rizi with his girl friend and baby. This was the summer of love! He immediately started to look around for musicians to form a band, and put together his first one, 'The Last Mile'. The members were Eric McCarthy, Dan Kennedy, Gary Peak with Michael Henderson joining them later on. By this time the band had become 'The Johnny Mars Band', with Michael and Dan on guitar, Ray Diggs on drums, Johnny on bass and harmonica, and Jay Hardman and Stuart Teischa on sax. They played on the same shows as, for example Alice Cooper and Santana etc. These were free festivals and gigs, because it was about partying and making music, an experimental time. Everyone was out to have a good time, a time when youth was out to change the world!
The Johnny Mars Band toured with 'Magic Sam', a guitarist and singer from San Francisco, and played on bills and in the same places as the Paul Butterfield band members, as well as Earl Hooker, BB King and blues man Jessie Fuller. In May 1972 Johnny came to England with his wife, Elaine, playing at the 100 club in London and making new musical contacts there. He also made his first European album, Blues from Mars. Whilst touring in the UK and Europe, Johnny was involved in a couple of notable projects. He featured in concert with Larry Carlton (world famous jazz guitarist), while doing his own TV stage appearance on Ohne Filter TV programme, Germany in 1984 (available on DVD). In 1991 Johnny also played as featured soloist on an album for the popular group Banarama. Their singles "The Preacher Man, Megalomaniac and Long Train Running" rose on the charts and Johnny subsequently made TV appearances across Europe and performed in their video. Johnny continued to perform in major blues festivals and concerts in the UK and across Europe, as well as in the States, developing his career as a harmonica player and experimenting with electrics and pedals etc. For 15 years Johnny has taught in primary schools in England, enthusing the young generation with the harmonica. This is what inspired the CD "Dare to Dream, Aim to Achieve", produced with schools in Portsmouth in 1999. One of his latest project has been working with young teenage musicians, encouraging their love of blues, and forming 'Johnny Mars and Stars'. He is now developing an 'Anthem' project, mentoring young people in schools in the South West in order to help them write and perform songs for their school.
Tom Waits *07.12.1949
Thomas Alan „Tom“ Waits (* 7. Dezember 1949 in Pomona, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger, Komponist, Schauspieler und Autor. In seiner Musik verbindet Waits Einflüsse aus klassischen amerikanischen Genres wie Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, Folk und die Songwriter mit Aspekten des Vaudeville und der Theatermusik. Später nahm Waits auch Einflüsse aus Avantgarde-Jazz, Rap oder Industrial Rock mit auf. Seine Musik wird gelegentlich auch dem Alternative Rock oder Indie-Rock zugerechnet. Waits, der sich konsequent den Hörerwartungen eines breiten Publikums verweigert, trägt seine durch die Beat Generation beeinflussten Geschichten grummelnd und knurrend mit seiner charakteristischen, rauen Stimme vor.
Seit Beginn seiner Karriere in den 1970er Jahren wurden und werden Waits’ Kompositionen von unzähligen – häufig kommerziell wesentlich erfolgreicheren – Musikern gecovert.[1] Rod Stewart erreichte beispielsweise 1989 mit der Waits-Komposition Downtown Train Platz eins der Billboard 200.[2] Sein Album Bad As Me aus dem Jahr 2011 war das erste, das bereits kurz nach dem Erscheinen nennenswerte Verkaufszahlen erzielen konnte.[3] Als Schauspieler war Waits unter anderem in den Kinofilmen Down By Law, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Das Kabinett des Dr. Parnassus und 7 Psychos zu sehen.
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Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."[1] With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock music styles such as blues, jazz, and vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music,[2] Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. He has worked as a composer for movies and musical plays and has acted in supporting roles in films, including Paradise Alley and Bram Stoker's Dracula; he also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1986 film Down by Law. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his soundtrack work on One from the Heart.
Waits' lyrics frequently present atmospheric portraits of grotesque, often seedy characters and places—although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters despite having little radio or music video support. His songs are best-known through cover versions by more commercial artists: "Jersey Girl", performed by Bruce Springsteen, "Ol' '55", performed by the Eagles, and "Downtown Train", performed by Rod Stewart. Although Waits' albums have met with mixed commercial success in his native United States, they have occasionally achieved gold album sales status in other countries. He has been nominated for a number of major music awards and has won Grammy Awards for two albums, Bone Machine and Mule Variations. In 2011, Waits was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[3][4]
Waits lives in Sonoma County, California, with his wife and musical collaborator Kathleen Brennan, and three children.
Origins and musical beginnings
Waits was born at Park Avenue Hospital in Pomona, California, the son of Alma Fern (née Johnson) McMurray and Jesse Frank Waits, both schoolteachers.[5][6] After Waits' parents divorced in 1960, he lived with his mother in Whittier, and then moved to National City, in San Diego County, near the Mexico–United States border.[6] Waits, who taught himself how to play the piano on a neighbor's instrument, often took trips to Mexico with his father, who taught Spanish. He would later say that he found his love of music during these trips through a Mexican ballad that was "probably a Ranchera, you know, on the car radio with my dad."[7]
By 1965, while attending Hilltop High School within the Sweetwater Union High School District, Chula Vista,[6] Waits was playing in an R&B/soul band called The Systems and had begun his first job at Napoleone Pizza House in National City (about which he would later sing on "I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)" from Small Change and "The Ghosts of Saturday Night (After Hours at Napoleone's Pizza House)" on The Heart of Saturday Night).[5] He later admitted that he was not a fan of the 1960s music scene, stating, "I wasn't thrilled by Blue Cheer, so I found an alternative, even if it was Bing Crosby."[8] Five years later, he was working as a doorman at the Heritage nightclub in San Diego—where artists of every genre performed—when he did his first paid gig for $6.[5] A fan of Bob Dylan, Lord Buckley, Jack Kerouac, Louis Armstrong, Howlin' Wolf, and Charles Bukowski, Waits began developing his own idiosyncratic musical style.
After serving with the United States Coast Guard,[9] he took his newly formed act to Monday nights at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, where musicians would line up all day for the opportunity to perform on stage that night. In 1971, Waits moved to the Echo Park neighborhood of L.A.[citation needed] (at the time, also home to musicians Glenn Frey of the Eagles, J. D. Souther, Jackson Browne, and Frank Zappa) and signed with Herb Cohen at the age of 21. From August to December 1971, Waits made a series of demo recordings for Zappa and Cohen's Bizarre/Straight label, including many songs for which he would later become known. These early tracks were released twenty years later on The Early Years, Volume One and Volume Two.
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Johnny Dyer *07.12.1938
Johnny Dyer (born December 7, 1938 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, died November 11th, 2014) is an American electric blues harmonicist and singer.[1] He has received a nomination for a Blues Music Award, and been involved in a number of recordings in the last three decades, both as a solo performer and with other musicians.
Biography
Dyer grew up on the Stovall Plantation in Rolling Fork, and learnt to play the harmonica from the age of seven. His initial inspiration came from hearing Little Walter on a Nashville, Tennessee, based radio station, and by his teenage years Dyer was playing acoustic harmonica and had formed his own band. He started playing amplified harmonica in the early 1950s, when he first performed alongside Smokey Wilson.[2][3]
Dyer relocated to Los Angeles, California in January 1958,[3] where he met George "Harmonica" Smith. Together they played concerts with a "father and son" billing. Dyer commented on that time stating, "Smith was the hottest thing around and the blues was really swinging! He taught me a lot. Everybody loved George." Following this Dyer set up his own combo, Johnny Dyer and the Blue Notes, and played with Jimmy Reed, J.B. Hutto, and Jimmy Rogers.[2]
Times took a downturn for Dyer in the 1960s, and he stepped away from the music industry for some time. Finally appearing again in the 1980s, Dyer found work with other harmonica players, such as Shakey Jake Harris, Harmonica Fats (pseudonym for Harvey Blackston; 1927–2000), and Rod Piazza.[2] Dyer released a couple of singles including "Overdose of Love"[4] and, in 1983, issued the Johnny Dyer and the LA Jukes album.[3] The Netherlands record label, Black Magic featured Dyer on their Hard Times: L.A. Blues Anthology compilation album.[2]
Dyer later collaborated with guitarist Rick Holmstrom, and together they issued two albums on Black Top Records: Listen Up (1994) and Shake It! (1995). Listen Up included Dyer's cover version of the blues standard, "Driftin' Blues".[5] The album, Jukin', also released in 1995, was a re-issue of Dyer's debut LP with additional tracks.[2] It contained Dyer's version of "Baby What You Want Me to Do".[6]
Dyer appeared on the bill at the Long Beach Blues Festival in 2000, where he sang alongside James Cotton. Over the years he has also been a featured performer on Mark Hummel's annual Blues Harmonica Blowout tours.
Dyer received a Blues Music Award nomination in 2004, in the 'Blues Song Of The Year' category, for the track "Hard Times Won." He has also spent time in recent years playing with The Mannish Boys, and has appeared on a number of their album releases.[7]
Dyer's most recent album was Rolling Fork Revisited (2004), recorded with Mark Hummel. The album contained reworkings of songs by another Rolling Fork native, Muddy Waters.[8][9]
Johnny Dyer And The L.A. Jukes – Johnny Dyer And The L.A. Jukes (1983)
01 Feel Like Cryin Again
02 Aw Baby
03 Natural Ball
04 Hoochie Koochie Man
05 Johnny's Boogie
06 Oh Baby
07 Overdose Of Love
08 Okie Dokie Stomp
09 Two Hound Dogs
01 Feel Like Cryin Again
02 Aw Baby
03 Natural Ball
04 Hoochie Koochie Man
05 Johnny's Boogie
06 Oh Baby
07 Overdose Of Love
08 Okie Dokie Stomp
09 Two Hound Dogs
Leo Cayuela *07.12.
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Leo Cayuela in Barcelona geboren und lebt in Venezuela seit 25 Jahren, entschied sich dann auf der Suche nach seiner künstlerischen nach Barcelona zurückkehren und musikalische Weise.
In den Jahren lebte er in Barcelona die verschiedenen Genres der schwarzen Musik Funk, Soul Rap, Jazz ... Entdecken Sie die primitiven Blues der 30er Jahre nach dem Hören erforscht James zu überspringen, Einschiffung auf einem Weg, der ihm einen heulenden Wolf, Robert Johnson zu entdecken führt , Muddy Waters und andere große bluesmen der 30 plus blind Willie Mc weiter.
Bei dieser Suche nach dem charakteristischen Vintage - Sound der Zeit, Leo, Ihre eigene Zigarrenkiste Gitarre bauen, oder besser gesagt, eine Gitarre aus einer Zigarrenkiste gemacht. Wie viele bluesmen entlang der Misissippi trägt sie das kostbare Delta-Blues - Genre zu gestalten.
Mit diesem Instrument wunderbar, bekommt Ihr Projekt Blues in der Box zu gestalten. Projekt in Madrid, Barcelona, Havanna, Caracas und Chile präsentiert.
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Jay McShann +07.12.2006
Jay McShann, eigentlich James Columbus McShann, auch als Hootie McShann bekannt, (* 12. Januar 1916 in Muskogee, Oklahoma; † 7. Dezember 2006 in Kansas City, Missouri) war ein US-amerikanischer Blues- und Swing-Pianist, Bandleader und Sänger.
Leben
McShann hatte sich als Kind selbst das Pianospielen beigebracht. Er begann 1931 in der Gegend um Tulsa, Oklahoma bei Al Dennie und im benachbarten Arkansas als Profimusiker zu arbeiten. 1936 zog er nach Kansas City in Missouri, wo er in der Band von Buster Smith spielte und 1939 seine eigene Big Band gründete, in der Gene Ramey, Gus Johnson, Bernard Anderson, die Sänger Al Hibbler und Walter Brown sowie Charlie Parker (1937 bis 1941, damals noch Teenager) spielten. Sie spielten sowohl Blues als auch Swing, doch nahmen sie überwiegend Blues-Stücke auf. Ihre bekannteste Aufnahme war Confessin' The Blues. Parker konnte sich in McShanns Band zu einem profilierten Saxophonisten entwickeln. 1944 löste sich die Band auf, als McShann seinen Militärdienst antreten musste, kam jedoch nach seiner Entlassung im gleichen Jahr für kurze Zeit wieder zusammen. Neben seiner regulären Band spielte McShann im Trio mit Gene Ramey und Gus Johnson Ende April 1941 für Decca den Song „Confessin’ the Blues“ ein; Sänger war Walter Brown. Er erreichte Rang 24 der Billboard Top 30. Erst im Juli 1943 gelang ihn mit seinem Orchester und dem Bandsänger Al Hibbler ein weiterer Hit mit „Get Me on Your Mind“ (#18). Es war auch der einzige Hit, bei dem Charlie Parker mitwirkte, der allerdings nicht mit einem Solo zu hören war.[1]
In der zweiten Hälfte der 40er Jahre hatte McShann kleinere Bands. Er lebte jetzt in Los Angeles. 1945 begann er mit Jimmy Witherspoon zusammenzuarbeiten und Aufnahmen zu machen. Danach geriet er zunehmend in Vergessenheit. 1948 ging er nach Los Angeles, wo er eine kleine Band gründete, und 1958 wieder nach Kansas City.
1969 wurde Jay McShann wiederentdeckt und genoss seitdem erhebliche Popularität als Sänger und Pianist. Seine CD „Going To Kansas City“ wurde für einen Grammy, allerdings in der Kategorie „Traditioneller Blues“, nominiert. McShann ist auch in dem von Clint Eastwood gedrehten Dokumentationsfilm „The Blues“ zu erleben. Der 3. März 1979 wurde vom Gouverneur von Missouri zum „Jay McShann Day“ erklärt. Neben vielen weiteren Ehrungen erhielt McShann 1987 die NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship des National Endowment for the Arts.
Jay McShann starb neunzigjährig am 7. Dezember 2006 in Kansas City.
Jay McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was a jump blues, mainstream jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer.
During the 1940s, McShann was at the forefront of blues and hard bop jazz musicians mainly from Kansas City. He assembled his own big band, with musicians that included some of the most influential artists of their time, including Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Ben Webster and Walter Brown. His kind of music became known as "the Kansas City sound".
Biography
Nicknamed Hootie,[1] McShann was born James Columbus McShann in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Musically, his education came from Earl Hines' late-night broadcasts from Chicago's Grand Terrace Cafe: "When 'Fatha' [Hines] went off the air, I went to bed".[2] He began working as a professional musician in 1931, performing around Tulsa, Oklahoma and neighboring Arkansas.
Orchestra
He moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1936, and set up his own big band, which featured variously Charlie Parker (1937–42), Al Hibbler, Ben Webster, Paul Quinichette, Bernard Anderson, Gene Ramey, Jimmy Coe, Gus Johnson (1938–43),[3] Harold "Doc" West, Earl Coleman,[4] Walter Brown, and Jimmy Witherspoon among others His first recordings were all with Charlie Parker, the first as "The Jay McShann Orchestra" on August 9, 1940.
Although they included both swing and blues numbers, the band played blues on most of its records; its most popular recording was "Confessin' the Blues". The group disbanded when McShann was drafted into the Army in 1944 and, the big-band era being over, he was unable to successfully restart it after the war ended.[citation needed]
Smaller groups
After World War II McShann began to lead small groups featuring blues shouter Jimmy Witherspoon. Witherspoon started recording with McShann in 1945, and fronting McShann's band, and had a hit in 1949 with "Ain't Nobody's Business." As well as writing much material, Witherspoon continued recording with McShann's band, which also featured Ben Webster. McShann had a modern rhythm and blues hit with "Hands Off", featuring a vocal by Priscilla Bowman, in 1955.[citation needed]
In the late 1960s, McShann became popular as a singer as well as a pianist, often performing with violinist Claude Williams. He continued recording and touring through the 1990s. Well into his 80s, McShann still performed occasionally, particularly in the Kansas City area and Toronto, Ontario where he made his last recording "Hootie Blues" in February 2001 after a recording career of 61 years. In 1979, he appeared prominently in the documentary on Kansas City jazz, The Last of the Blue Devils.[citation needed]
Influence
On one of their earliest albums, Five by Five (a UK EP) and 12x5 (a US LP) (both 1964), The Rolling Stones recorded a cover of "Confessin' the Blues", a song McShann had co-written with Walter Brown in the 1940s. Crime-fiction writer Elmore Leonard featured McShann as a character in his 2005 novel, The Hot Kid.[citation needed]
Death
Jay McShann died on December 7, 2006, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, aged 90.[5] He was survived by his companion of more than 30 years, Thelma Adams (known as Marianne McShann), and three daughters.
Honors
Blues Hall of Fame.
Pioneer Award of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
Paris All-Star Blues (A Tribute to Charlie Parker) – Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance –
Nominee, 1991 Grammy Awards.
Goin' to Kansas City – Best Traditional Blues Album – Nominee, 2003 Grammy Awards.
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, 1989.
Chuck Willis---C.C. Rider
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