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Monthly Archives: December 2015

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Johnny Winter has the Mississippi Blues

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Mike Crutcher

Johnny Winter starts out playing a traditional delta blues number mixing in some Robert Johnson for good measure before launching into a dazzling guitar solo. Johnny Winter (guitar & vocals) performs the delta blues classic “Mississippi Blues” with the unmistakable influence and borrowed verse of … Continue reading →

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Ry & Hooker playing the Blues

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Mike Crutcher

John Lee Hooker was born in Mississippi, the son of a sharecropper, and rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi Hill country blues. He … Continue reading →

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Love For Sale Chet Baker

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Mike Crutcher

Chet Baker. For more of his music, click the image Chet Baker plays Love For Sale. Chesney Henry “Chet” Baker Jr. was born on December 23, 1929. Baker began playing trumpet in high school, and dropped out at age 16 to enlist in the … Continue reading →

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Soul music by Soulive & the incomparable Fred Wesley!

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Mike Crutcher

Soulive is one of the greatest, groovin’-est trios in modern music. The incomparable Fred Wesley adds the icing on the cake. Eric Krasno along with brothers Alan and Neil Evans honed their guitar, percussion, and keyboard skills at Berklee College of … Continue reading →

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John Abercrombie with the Gateway Trio performs in 1995

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Mike Crutcher

Happy Birthday, John Abercrombie! Guitarist John Laird Abercrombie was born December 16, 1944 in Port Chester, New York. Abercrombie picked up guitar when he was 14, and studied under Jack Peterson at Berklee College of Music. After his graduation, Abercrombie found himself in high demand for … Continue reading →

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Children Of The Night Solo – Curtis Fuller

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Mike Crutcher

Happy Birthday, Curtis Fuller. Here is his solo on Children Of The Night Trombonist Curtis Debois Fuller was born. December 15, 1934 in Detroit. Fuller’s Jamaican-born parents died when he was a child, and he was raised in a Detroit orphanage. He met … Continue reading →

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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – The Egyptian

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Mike Crutcher

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – The Egyptian Lee Morgan once again became part of the Jazz Messengers after replacing Freddie Hubbard, who left after replacing Morgan originally. The band is rounded out by pianist Cedar Walton, a steaming Wayne … Continue reading →

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Caught between Jazz & the Blues

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Mike Crutcher

Often considered just a blues pianist Little Brother Montgomery played barrelhouse boogie, orchestrated jazz, and everything in between. Caught between Jazz & the Blues. He couldn’t read music relying instead on an impeccable memory and ear. The legend himself is featured performing piano and vocal … Continue reading →

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My Name Is J. B. Lenoir

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Mike Crutcher

J. B. At Home. His name is J. B. Lenoir In footage captured by husband and wife Swedish blues enthusiasts the Seaberg’s, J. B. Lenoir introduces himself in song from the living room of his Chicago home in 1965, accompanied by Steve Seaberg on … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, McCoy Tyner!

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Mike Crutcher

Pianist Alfred McCoy Tyner was born December 11, 1938 in Philadelphia. He began studying piano at age 13, and by 22 he was part of John Coltrane’s classic quartet. He played with Coltrane for 5 years, then set out to lead his own band … Continue reading →

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