Happy 79th Birthday, Art Neville!
Arthur Lanon “Art” Neville (born December 17, 1937) is an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist from New Orleans. Neville is a part of one of the notable musical families of New Orleans, the Neville Brothers. He is a founding member … Continue reading
The Hendrix/Davis connection: real jazz/rock at it’s finest
No, this isn’t an unreleased recording of Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis. One of the great tragedies in modern music was the potential recording session between the Electric Gypsy and the Prince of Darkness. Davis said in his 1990 autobiography that … Continue reading
Avant Garde “Out To Lunch” by Eric Dolphy
1964 was a great year for cutting-edge jazz records like Albert Ayler’s Spiritual Unity, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and Andrew Hill’s Point of Departure. But none sounds as far ahead of its time as Eric Dolphy’s masterpiece Out to … Continue reading
Jimi Hendrix plays Machine Gun
Machine Gun is one of Jimi Hendrix’s greatest creative outlets. Band of Gypsys was the only live recording authorized by Jimi Hendrix before his death. It was recorded and released in order to get Hendrix out from under a contractual … Continue reading
Buddy Guy jams with Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington. Jimi, whose parents refused to buy him a guitar, found a one-stringed ukulele in the trash and studiously learned to play songs by ear. His career took off … Continue reading
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Royal Albert Hall 1969
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) was developed from Voodoo Chile, recorded May 2, 1968, during a studio jam with Steve Winwood on organ and Jack Casady on bass. The next day, Hendrix returned to the studio with Redding and Mitchell for … Continue reading
Alan Lomax records New Orleans
Famed folklorist and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax visited New Orleans in his later years and took this video snapshot of New Orleans circa 1990. Great survey of the city’s vast musical culture: jazz funerals, Mardi Gras Indians, street parades and a … Continue reading
Grammy Award-winning Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, harmonica mandolin, singer, and producer Johnny Winter. Known for his high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances in the late 1960s and 1970s, Johnny also produced 3 Grammy Award-winning albums for blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters. After his … Continue reading
September 16 – Blues innovator B.B. King was born
His reign as King of the Blues has been as long as that of any monarch on earth. For more than half a century, Riley B. King – better known as B.B. King – has defined the blues for a … Continue reading