We remember Ruth Brown. ‘Queen Ruth n’ Blues’
This day (November 17, 2006), in Henderson, Nevada, died Ruth Brown, an American singer also known as Queen of R&B. (more…)
This month In Blues Legends 09/12
R L Burnside, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Robert Cray, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, Luther Allison, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Copeland, Albert King, Jeff Healey, B.B. King, T Bone Walker, B.B. King
We remember Jimmy Witherspoon. ‘Witherspoonin’
This day (September 18, 1997), in Los Angeles, California, died Jimmy Witherspoon, an American jump blues singer who had his first hit, Ain’t Nobody’s Business in 1949, recording under his own name with the McShann band. (more…)
Singing (and playing) With B.B. King
Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Ray Charles, U2, Ruth Brown, Richie Sambora, Gary Moore, Tracy Chapman, David Gilmour, Luciano Pavarotti, Gladys Knight, Jerry Reed
Abbey Lincoln records her third album : ‘It’s Magic,’ with Benny Golson, Wynton Kelly et al (1958)
Abbey Lincoln‘s ‘It’s Magic’ is her third album recorded on July 24 and August 15, 1958 and released the same year by Riverside.
Happy Birthday Terri Lyne Carrington. ‘Love Lyne’
This day (August 4, 1965), in Medford, Massachusetts, is born Terri Lyne Carrington, a jazz drummer and composer. (more…)
We remember Otis Spann. ‘Sketches Of Spann’
This day ( April 24, 1970), in Chicago, Illinois, died Otis Spann, an American blues musician. (more…)
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis record together the live album ‘Two Men with the Blues’ at Jazz At Lincoln Center In New York (2007)
‘Two Men with the Blues’ by Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis is a live album recorded on January 12 & 13, 2007 at Jazz At Lincoln Center In New York and released on July 8, 2008 by Blue Note.
Blue Note publish ‘All Rise A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller’ by Meshell Ndegeocello & Jason Moran (2014)
All Rise A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller’ by Meshell Ndegeocello & Jason Moran is a collaborative album paying tribute to Waller and released on September 16, 2014 by Blue Note.