Herbie Hancock Trio plays Newport Pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer Herbert Jeffrey “Herbie” Hancock was born April 12, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. Hancock’s classical piano training started at age 7 and at eleven he performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 26 in D Major with the Chicago … Continue reading
McKinley Morganfield “Muddy Waters” was born April, 4 in 1913 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. At 30, Muddy Waters moved to Chicago where he began the long process of transforming and electrifying American popular music. These twenty-two tracks were recorded by Alan Lomax in Mississippi in the early … Continue reading
“Master of the Telecaster” Albert Collins sings a blues about one woman’s foolish false allegations during a late ’80s show in Austin, Texas. There has never been and may never be again a bluesman quite like Albert Collins. “The Master Of The Telecaster” … Continue reading