Junior Wells (harmonica and vocals) and his main man Buddy Guy (guitar) deliver a powerful performance at Montreux 1974. Their song of choice is Messin’ With The Kid, first recorded by Junior in 1960. Junior Wells was born December 9, 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee, and … Continue reading
A “Bass” Of Nerves Here he is introduced by Memphis who also serves as accompanist along with Jump Jackson, and T-Bone Walker. Blues legend Willie Dixon performs a song poking fun at a nervous condition in Europe on the American Folk Blues Festival … Continue reading
Big Bill Sings! In rare footage filmed in Italy during the 1950’s blues legend Big Bill Broonzy performs “Backwater Blues.” “Backwater Blues” was written by “The Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith. She originally recorded it on February 17, 1927 in … Continue reading
This is an hour with pianist Thelonious Monk’s quartet featuring Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Larry Gales (double bass) and Ben Riley (drums). They play two sets running about half an hour each, filmed in black-and-white in TV studios without an … Continue reading
Larry Young – Groove Street Organist and pianist Larry Young, who took the Muslim name Khalid Yasin (Abdul Aziz), was born on October 7, 1940 in Newark, New Jersey. He got his start in R & B in the 50s before entering … Continue reading
The entire original Gershwin opera performed by the Berlin Philharmonic. One of the essential pieces of American music that went on to play a big role in jazz – plus notes about the amazing back story. So much to say about this piece… Here’s … Continue reading
Chet Baker performs the jazz standard “Time After Time” in this clip from 1964 in Belgium. Personnel: Chet Baker – vocal, flugelhorn Jacques Pelzer – flute Rene Urtreger – piano Luigi Trussardi – bass Franco Manzecchi – drums Trumpeter, flugelhornist, … Continue reading
Blues are passed down to the next generation by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup as he plays “Grayhound Bus Blues,” one of his hits of the late 40’s, in a band with his sons. Arthur Crudup performs his famous “Grayhound Bus … Continue reading
Bob Palmer of Rolling Stone felt that Miles Davis’ “Little Church”, “Nem Um Talvez”, and “Selim” are “what used to be called ‘ballads’. A number of famous jazz musicians feature on the album Live-Evil, including Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette. … Continue reading
Miles Davis sought out – and got – the best rhythm sections in this business. Here’s one with Dave Holland. 1969. A hot day in July in Antibes, France. Miles. Wayne Shorter. Chick Corea. Dave Holland. Jack DeJohnette. What can … Continue reading