tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22076589600141121122024-03-19T04:47:28.102-07:00FROM THE VAULTSboppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.comBlogger3263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-90894248648713666872024-03-18T08:17:00.000-07:002024-03-18T08:17:10.730-07:00Willie King born 18 March 1943<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6hC3IRR-hmdHm1JTsrOEfbKQ1Oz1cVE6kTXVJp7eHbH-VXL8QBxGKxGx5hGlO_72udEY4P0vv4lNw6VAswBht3M_w38DuFZe_RNygyne7t5HnNZf97LU5Qt6njMtIbmG6NkytHJ7YUnLCODvznYKqVXc4G-FpkNxm9GflFIudDm3s-JJ-e3ZZmd1ac8Z/s600/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6hC3IRR-hmdHm1JTsrOEfbKQ1Oz1cVE6kTXVJp7eHbH-VXL8QBxGKxGx5hGlO_72udEY4P0vv4lNw6VAswBht3M_w38DuFZe_RNygyne7t5HnNZf97LU5Qt6njMtIbmG6NkytHJ7YUnLCODvznYKqVXc4G-FpkNxm9GflFIudDm3s-JJ-e3ZZmd1ac8Z/w400-h400/front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Willie
King (March 18, 1943 – March 8, 2009) was an American blues guitarist and
singer, known for shunning fame and playing at a local bar in Mississippi.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFdLgNEBDvZxDpKGXOmDF7MWDG3WtURAfXVpSwEA7bgFfm_fyUEb1ZjqTRonNAVxzdIJPpfyl9WF2vpX-_c_qw97JeviVHS1b25n13fNKQ-fHPzD9MTlHtW30lT61ScoOEO1wTv03SxFCYxtUq8gc-z-B32ZOdR2e8EACceMSs7TOxd5MSW80WlO-ZBet/s536/williekingc13-lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="518" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFdLgNEBDvZxDpKGXOmDF7MWDG3WtURAfXVpSwEA7bgFfm_fyUEb1ZjqTRonNAVxzdIJPpfyl9WF2vpX-_c_qw97JeviVHS1b25n13fNKQ-fHPzD9MTlHtW30lT61ScoOEO1wTv03SxFCYxtUq8gc-z-B32ZOdR2e8EACceMSs7TOxd5MSW80WlO-ZBet/s320/williekingc13-lg.jpg" width="309" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">King was
born in Prairie Point, Mississippi. After his father left the home, Willie and
his siblings were raised by his grandparents, who were local sharecroppers.
Music was important to the King family - Willie's grandfather was a gospel
singer, and his absent father was an amateur blues musician. Young Willie made
a diddley bo by nailing a baling wire to a tree in the yard. By age 9, he had a
one-string guitar that he could bring indoors to play at night.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfkqfPCzILjxEesmxhTjm14ByZWK0RzKU-65MlhWt-vDN60nOd3uO8K6bwv5Z8OS7EBrvksZ0-OWtVFRWLQ9txn3IbyuXAco6bCNozMd4xIt-sLXTMA6JkoCOaDANn9vQISadi7KTIRAkjzqiNL6d9jpItw9nFvGH5J4oySJGZ1HbzjIcEva7ibrYNwpO/s360/203WillieKing-small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="360" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfkqfPCzILjxEesmxhTjm14ByZWK0RzKU-65MlhWt-vDN60nOd3uO8K6bwv5Z8OS7EBrvksZ0-OWtVFRWLQ9txn3IbyuXAco6bCNozMd4xIt-sLXTMA6JkoCOaDANn9vQISadi7KTIRAkjzqiNL6d9jpItw9nFvGH5J4oySJGZ1HbzjIcEva7ibrYNwpO/s320/203WillieKing-small.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Eventually
he progressed to guitar, when his plantation owner, W.P. Morgan, brought him
his first guitar, an acoustic Gibson, when he was 13 years old. King paid off
the $60 price tag for the guitar by working on the plantation and feeding the
plantation's cows in the morning. He made his professional debut at a house
party in Mississippi, playing all night for two dollars. King focused his efforts
on learning more tunes and expanded his repertoire to include tunes by Howlin'
Wolf, Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, and John Lee Hooker.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUHmEsoIIqvuokmxexmu_kXvnyXmnPjLg4WeyI14v98Rih-0Hb6bivA7Mwv61Cz8C1iX98WviMeo6OXT5sSh2BhDXMedChRIuOgJ9EkPcRCf1NFsz1s-u5L4wO0p0LITVk37ILNKgs0ooSX1rdBJr8Ow5yzRTUYtuw8njG57HKk1nbjJ2ZAS3_a4J0ZdB/s1900/WillieCrk2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1900" data-original-width="1799" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUHmEsoIIqvuokmxexmu_kXvnyXmnPjLg4WeyI14v98Rih-0Hb6bivA7Mwv61Cz8C1iX98WviMeo6OXT5sSh2BhDXMedChRIuOgJ9EkPcRCf1NFsz1s-u5L4wO0p0LITVk37ILNKgs0ooSX1rdBJr8Ow5yzRTUYtuw8njG57HKk1nbjJ2ZAS3_a4J0ZdB/s320/WillieCrk2.jpg" width="303" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1967,
Willie King moved to Chicago in an attempt to make more money than he could
down South. After a year spent on the West and South Sides, he returned to Old
Memphis, Alabama, just across the border from the Mississippi Prairie. A
salesman of shoes, cologne, and other frivolities, Willie traveled the rural
roads hawking goods and talking politics. Choosing not to work under the
"old system" of unequal treatment, King joined the civil rights
movement near the end of the decade</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">which
inspired him to write socially conscious blues songs.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuAmVCU7sCbA4Pe8LseQh2uER7byvNFjIT5qr_O2BNU0WHS8WmRLARIywC7qgSehRwNmcAQTQ5VVoWeV4EQVGtRowjVNqphj7wx9hfLqW3MTzx4O74V9NY518HMmZMSNiu9mwORl_A5sXEqOwhyYua14dRMrZqyOQT6o7_QS7e-IaV0KysVcie4vQwI0v/s799/ghows-DA-7ed3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="799" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuAmVCU7sCbA4Pe8LseQh2uER7byvNFjIT5qr_O2BNU0WHS8WmRLARIywC7qgSehRwNmcAQTQ5VVoWeV4EQVGtRowjVNqphj7wx9hfLqW3MTzx4O74V9NY518HMmZMSNiu9mwORl_A5sXEqOwhyYua14dRMrZqyOQT6o7_QS7e-IaV0KysVcie4vQwI0v/s320/ghows-DA-7ed3.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Prior to
recording, he worked in many occupations including as a sharecropper, and a
moonshine maker. He later became active with the civil rights movement. In
1983, he founded the Rural Members Association, a non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting the traditional rural skills King had grown up with,
which he called 'survival skills,' and helping improve his local community.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcBzoPKOLXG7VEaZlc2LKIjnm0OrgkUZdmje9yY4aSaFJeTEvaihQ2EpwC3gImEhrrbeJreRPcrlkPf3Q5DVFJVF-w28NXIuZeRs-uQK2MAWwe2C-nv2HHv28_jjC1QunawUGNqHbQOpe2fjRzFfLwHEnRgi2nh9CcFRRYs6pW99zzUrhxlSKGK6_PEKC/s599/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="599" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcBzoPKOLXG7VEaZlc2LKIjnm0OrgkUZdmje9yY4aSaFJeTEvaihQ2EpwC3gImEhrrbeJreRPcrlkPf3Q5DVFJVF-w28NXIuZeRs-uQK2MAWwe2C-nv2HHv28_jjC1QunawUGNqHbQOpe2fjRzFfLwHEnRgi2nh9CcFRRYs6pW99zzUrhxlSKGK6_PEKC/w400-h395/front.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> Here’s “Mamaluchi”
from above album.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkzNTk1NDFfd1RHRno" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1987,
a chance meeting at a festival in Eutaw, Alabama, blew Rooster Blues founder
Jim O'Neal away: According to O'Neal, King's "juke-joint musical style and
political lyrics knocked me down." The two kept in touch for the next 13
years, during which O'Neal relocated his label, and King concentrated on his
own community, forging relationships with local youth through a blues education
program, through his organization The Rural Members Association. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5c2c4NBDIbcXA_ZzNyTyW5ogvRbHteHGRxLtiBCqGWFMVwjCAllHgVeHaEF5YThm2ZRwg_VST_24IbXIan-NOg2qwl_zyQMfbmgWnxca8QbeJPxQvaSpOsAuZPdbO8t8z39xaScYtMPv9gGWtZEXyR0bhJEmctwEqFVrHKVJpxM4d0vA8hFrAIOXv4OK/s902/ghows_image-DA-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="592" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5c2c4NBDIbcXA_ZzNyTyW5ogvRbHteHGRxLtiBCqGWFMVwjCAllHgVeHaEF5YThm2ZRwg_VST_24IbXIan-NOg2qwl_zyQMfbmgWnxca8QbeJPxQvaSpOsAuZPdbO8t8z39xaScYtMPv9gGWtZEXyR0bhJEmctwEqFVrHKVJpxM4d0vA8hFrAIOXv4OK/w227-h346/ghows_image-DA-.jpg" width="227" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1997, the RMA
started the annual Freedom Creek blues festival, which has since received international
recognition. King performed at national and international festivals but mostly
played near his home, most notably as a regular at Bettie's Juke joint in
Mississippi. He described his music as "struggling blues" because of
its focus on the "injustices in life in the rural South".</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He began
recording in 1999 and his 2000 recordings Freedom Creek and I Am The Blues,
were the first of several acclaimed albums.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">King's follow up, Living In a New World, is nothing
short of spectacular. Produced by Jim O'Neal and recorded at Easley Studio in
Memphis, the album reminds the listener of Curtis Mayfield while allowing RL
Burnside fans to rejoice as well.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0csaeIlvbF-9BaMbGS6winH27Qv3uax7puJBH10aghXTHWpnxqwsf6bXWGK7sv37CkXe-BvqPbp67_GTp8h2bF3P1Q6SDKfq5L7HiRVckaC-hR8jrDtJqtxrDDbiGeLdKuIHOUGQrw60AC5py3xkC16qlTmlaGY9FKJX4hsZTdE7v4ZMmDNQplgLZwOSE/s1129/83550099927f7e792ad069bf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0csaeIlvbF-9BaMbGS6winH27Qv3uax7puJBH10aghXTHWpnxqwsf6bXWGK7sv37CkXe-BvqPbp67_GTp8h2bF3P1Q6SDKfq5L7HiRVckaC-hR8jrDtJqtxrDDbiGeLdKuIHOUGQrw60AC5py3xkC16qlTmlaGY9FKJX4hsZTdE7v4ZMmDNQplgLZwOSE/s320/83550099927f7e792ad069bf.jpg" width="218" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
addition to the two CD's on the Rooster Blues label, Willie has also four
independently recorded CDs - Walkin' the Walk, Talkin' the Talk which was
recorded with local Alabama bluesman "Birmingham" George Conner, and
the widely acclaimed I Am The Blues. Jukin' At Bettie's was recorded live at
Bettie's Place, a deep South rural juke joint. His last recording was One Love.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dutch
film-makers Saskia Rietmeijer and Bart Drolenga (Visible World Films) wanted to
produce a documentary about African American arts and culture in the Deep
South. But they met Willie King and instead decided to devote their efforts to
creating a documentary about King's life and times, titled Down in the Woods.
King was also featured in Martin Scorsese's 2003 documentary series The Blues
and Shout Factory's Blues Story the same year.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qm96MMZw99l51FFTwDQOZTGKgcB4h9w8ZLqf4cL57NnGa8PabG9J-e7QhAc5Afyc01hDb9UKGQZg6tKx9hYsQSBJRD8wnVxX3HTf7mgk3xnZda4W4kRQPIEEcN0old-5MAjySnVaf1OGL9IIjPf6AzJDrco7qeScP9j86AZdp_BPFxb8Xb_vc08XvGKM/s1400/willie%20king.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qm96MMZw99l51FFTwDQOZTGKgcB4h9w8ZLqf4cL57NnGa8PabG9J-e7QhAc5Afyc01hDb9UKGQZg6tKx9hYsQSBJRD8wnVxX3HTf7mgk3xnZda4W4kRQPIEEcN0old-5MAjySnVaf1OGL9IIjPf6AzJDrco7qeScP9j86AZdp_BPFxb8Xb_vc08XvGKM/w438-h291/willie%20king.jpg" width="438" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">King
died from a massive heart attack shortly before his 66th birthday, near his
home in the rural community of Old Memphis, Alabama, just a few miles from his
birthplace. Willie touched the lives of so many with his amazing, spirit, music
and message and it is so important and
wonderful that his legacy continues to be recognized.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from Wikipedia, the Willie King web site & AllMusic)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
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</p>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-3832585088322321422024-03-17T12:21:00.000-07:002024-03-17T12:22:48.788-07:00Paul Katner born 17 March 1941<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85mmGaRJJMqJ5SpOrORzJTSOaVS4CqUmk3KJvlrT71znQ1gNR02TkZtlH6w-exvsGKe8wFB9ZtCIxkASqcJtaVCCQ4OnH_F6MM650Qx9wzEc836mVhyphenhypheng2TPTJJFKVwbTZRS6vau1vE5V-gs_c76zhwuY0Lp9aDWRJxm_x4YqkBpKxYpGVkddj8_6ZDQgu/s500/!-Paul_Kantner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="358" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi85mmGaRJJMqJ5SpOrORzJTSOaVS4CqUmk3KJvlrT71znQ1gNR02TkZtlH6w-exvsGKe8wFB9ZtCIxkASqcJtaVCCQ4OnH_F6MM650Qx9wzEc836mVhyphenhypheng2TPTJJFKVwbTZRS6vau1vE5V-gs_c76zhwuY0Lp9aDWRJxm_x4YqkBpKxYpGVkddj8_6ZDQgu/w332-h464/!-Paul_Kantner.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Paul
Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He
is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of
Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era.
He continued these roles as a member of Jefferson Starship, Jefferson
Airplane's successor band.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2weDSAu-n1WDkVoGy-tTsMa8hXPW2x03DAGne-gzt4wUVjf_riY9jTaqW-eyqteC_YSgt5Q7qCPV5MGxmRFLtyc2xBjQahIwgSfACm6HfGusriFWy2T52uhD5HAAMojZVbjpsH1u5kosZOADVbtsMFTFDGsJCX291_3OmCu0qozn4pqLJkHJZC0EB6v6a/s600/A-362004-1472546556-7276.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="486" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2weDSAu-n1WDkVoGy-tTsMa8hXPW2x03DAGne-gzt4wUVjf_riY9jTaqW-eyqteC_YSgt5Q7qCPV5MGxmRFLtyc2xBjQahIwgSfACm6HfGusriFWy2T52uhD5HAAMojZVbjpsH1u5kosZOADVbtsMFTFDGsJCX291_3OmCu0qozn4pqLJkHJZC0EB6v6a/s320/A-362004-1472546556-7276.jpg" width="259" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Paul
Lorin Kantner born in San Francisco,
California was the son of Paul Sr, a travelling salesman and Cora (nee
Fortier), who died when he was eight. His father sent him away to be educated
by the Christian Brothers and then to a Jesuit school in Santa Clara. While
studying at Santa Clara University and then San Jose State College he taught
himself guitar and banjo, and set out to make a splash on the San Francisco
folk circuit. Jefferson Airplane were formed in 1965, after the singer Marty
Balin had met Kantner at the San Francisco folk club The Drinking Gourd. The
original line-up included vocalist Signe Toly Anderson, Kaukonen, drummer Jerry
Peloquin and a bluegrass-inclined double bass player, Bob Harvey. Their
manager, Matthew Katz, bathetically dubbed their music “fo-jazz” (a mixture of
folk and jazz).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W2LVgfgpGAhal3Jh6AdrNT_nL9pxnezcG-IRNKPXFJ6tQVbM5ZltccHDoM2u2jG4MfAOf2ZcSbPwHPtGWBTQ23-s8mceeI3UXnWXcmxWTX_hJBvRfSXgaCsz5GUq9mX_UkIi9MsSR9SwLbszmKi-ByhAgp7V9_DwnCmMUNe18k9Xjcu5vk1bdN41oQgW/s500/s07116132.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="485" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W2LVgfgpGAhal3Jh6AdrNT_nL9pxnezcG-IRNKPXFJ6tQVbM5ZltccHDoM2u2jG4MfAOf2ZcSbPwHPtGWBTQ23-s8mceeI3UXnWXcmxWTX_hJBvRfSXgaCsz5GUq9mX_UkIi9MsSR9SwLbszmKi-ByhAgp7V9_DwnCmMUNe18k9Xjcu5vk1bdN41oQgW/s320/s07116132.jpg" width="310" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Regular
live performing soon brought changes, with Jack Casady coming in on bass – he
was one of the most inventive and admired practitioners of the era – and the
drum stool commandeered first by Skip Spence and then Spencer Dryden. In 1966
they released their debut album, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, and sacked Katz.
Two months later Anderson quit and was promptly replaced by Grace Slick, the
privately educated daughter of an investment banker who had been singing with
another San Francisco band, The Great Society.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBq7SXUDtkrbOb3YS8gqhlSe4FGZ7x4LQWzzlu6B-2Swk7Vg7e5_oqEJV2tItGzIcynJq6toRFttDgA40YDiAAQnc1QDxwZMjrp3d-nAKHF8Rzit97Q_Nu1xRa_mjYaa3tHu3JdMI-X0GAepV624tdYLsRGjSasVIdg5iE05vX2lnrZrd-A_xIqc0Z-x53/s600/R-6630165-1423435218-9339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="585" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBq7SXUDtkrbOb3YS8gqhlSe4FGZ7x4LQWzzlu6B-2Swk7Vg7e5_oqEJV2tItGzIcynJq6toRFttDgA40YDiAAQnc1QDxwZMjrp3d-nAKHF8Rzit97Q_Nu1xRa_mjYaa3tHu3JdMI-X0GAepV624tdYLsRGjSasVIdg5iE05vX2lnrZrd-A_xIqc0Z-x53/w390-h400/R-6630165-1423435218-9339.jpg" width="390" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkzNTkxODRfNExsQ04" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“After
Bathing at Baxter’s, was an album in which the Airplane turned up the
psychedelic dial with wandering songs, otherworldly lyrics, strange sound
effects and a more improvisational style. At generation-defining events like
the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock and the ill-fated
Altamont Speedway Free Festival in 1969, the group embodied the look, the
sound, the politics and the aspirations of the counterculture, specifically its
San Francisco incarnation.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hyphenhyphen_FPfT1oS56OHE_Fl553Y9GHgUmJtk1sr9xr0hFOjJwhcqBJzd5LKaHZ8qSB9oHTdtIyL96D2NJYrj5KnNcClP3WJ4xgjQIRaXoOQxSpZBr4KPwZTpO_J1t0897SBlCD3pLI17XL-VR35aj651NltqgfynC2gPR-yYYfIiUu9K-cORVlQPA85y_dLqg/s2048/29kantner-obit-2-superJumbo1980.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hyphenhyphen_FPfT1oS56OHE_Fl553Y9GHgUmJtk1sr9xr0hFOjJwhcqBJzd5LKaHZ8qSB9oHTdtIyL96D2NJYrj5KnNcClP3WJ4xgjQIRaXoOQxSpZBr4KPwZTpO_J1t0897SBlCD3pLI17XL-VR35aj651NltqgfynC2gPR-yYYfIiUu9K-cORVlQPA85y_dLqg/s320/29kantner-obit-2-superJumbo1980.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The late
60’s saw the group reaching their peak, but by 1970 in-fighting was breaking
out, and by 1971 both Dryden and Balin had left. In 1970 Kantner had signalled
a possible new future for himself by embarking on a side project that led to a
concept album, Blows Against the Empire, recorded with an ad hoc group of
musicians he called Jefferson Starship and revealing his fascination with science
fiction writers such as Arthur C Clarke and Robert Heinlein.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">When the
Airplane folded, Kantner went on to record a pair of albums with Slick, who by
then had become his partner, and with whom he had a daughter, China. Then he
made Jefferson Starship into a full-time affair, and between 1974 and 1984 the
group had five Top 20 US albums in succession, with 1975’s Red Octopus hitting
No 1 and delivering the No 3 hit Miracles.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Kdzc_uTEGyY9Vfh8Hr37pmEKxVUqRgvOUTObdU9gub5bLSd-CXWa5cbUGBo_CVSYKFFdp4idKv2DTJjDTttFzKdKBFjUWMnAXo3dUymOVRI0c3StFq0xSETBoIX8iy3cEDvx8SBFpdIWx1cW0cEs63GCw0fGv_n6Js58gR64UUqDhN6ZdJbtqO0Ry3y8/s650/Marty-Bali-Paul-Kantner-Grace-Slick-1978-billboard-650.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="650" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Kdzc_uTEGyY9Vfh8Hr37pmEKxVUqRgvOUTObdU9gub5bLSd-CXWa5cbUGBo_CVSYKFFdp4idKv2DTJjDTttFzKdKBFjUWMnAXo3dUymOVRI0c3StFq0xSETBoIX8iy3cEDvx8SBFpdIWx1cW0cEs63GCw0fGv_n6Js58gR64UUqDhN6ZdJbtqO0Ry3y8/s320/Marty-Bali-Paul-Kantner-Grace-Slick-1978-billboard-650.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Kantner
quit after their 1984 album, Nuclear Furniture, declaring himself unhappy with
the group’s too-commercial direction. After his departure and as a result of a
lawsuit he filed, Jefferson Starship became plain Starship, a band loved and
loathed for the song “We Built This City”, while Kantner went on to record a
one-off album in 1986 with Casady and Balin as the KBC Band. In 1989 he was
involved in a Jefferson Airplane reunion tour and album, and in 1992 he
reignited Jefferson Starship.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzRbyM3AiBvo7Pto_ooZh7gpp7Jg1w7zDJL326QTpmmnoM98cZ2C6ADglk-8ij4ybWxIhoCjQtpN6-aIQM-MhKmye2jYklDKDgFlvRKngMPfUiKZDoJnwU0GbrHE5wiqEg8my5WnEo3sYXlb-4aQjL5uXYKaBOjo2APlIzpbq-Ec_Fr4bDBy9J7pL169z/s600/A-362004-1327537033.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="600" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxzRbyM3AiBvo7Pto_ooZh7gpp7Jg1w7zDJL326QTpmmnoM98cZ2C6ADglk-8ij4ybWxIhoCjQtpN6-aIQM-MhKmye2jYklDKDgFlvRKngMPfUiKZDoJnwU0GbrHE5wiqEg8my5WnEo3sYXlb-4aQjL5uXYKaBOjo2APlIzpbq-Ec_Fr4bDBy9J7pL169z/s320/A-362004-1327537033.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">After
re-forming Jefferson Starship with Mr. Balin in the early 1990s, Mr. Kantner
toured often with the group, which evolved into a solo vehicle for him, with
guest musicians coming and going. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 1996. “Their heady psychedelia, combustible group dynamic and
adventuresome live shows made them one of the defining bands of the era,” their
entry on the Hall of Fame website reads.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3QaepafDq0UoVB965lpO1coeByBGZP3kf7-I380dNzVPTqiR_qawSe1QDLROi7saZrCAlEQIywK4284N0Kuu1kNudtN2uaZgf1ibyUA7RRPUSCXg9s302eX0t8LYOt21hSxCQTSYVzrZkHJQTlCeAFArBBtL_R1ssjZgOhd-uGK8f5pNJJzv_J6Wjz3F/s600/A-362004-1327537015.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="427" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3QaepafDq0UoVB965lpO1coeByBGZP3kf7-I380dNzVPTqiR_qawSe1QDLROi7saZrCAlEQIywK4284N0Kuu1kNudtN2uaZgf1ibyUA7RRPUSCXg9s302eX0t8LYOt21hSxCQTSYVzrZkHJQTlCeAFArBBtL_R1ssjZgOhd-uGK8f5pNJJzv_J6Wjz3F/w269-h377/A-362004-1327537015.jpg" width="269" /></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">On March 25, 2015, it was reported that
Kantner had suffered a heart attack.</span><span> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Kantner
returned to the group later on in the year, in time to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of Jefferson Airplane with special shows that also featured
Grateful Dead tribute group Jazz is Dead. Kantner died in San Francisco at the
age of 74 on January 28, 2016, from multiple organ failure and septic shock.
Shortly after Kantner's death, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart called Kantner
the band's backbone and said Kantner should have received the kind of credit
that Slick, Casady and Kaukonen received. Coincidentally, he died on the same
day as Airplane co-founder Signe Toly Anderson.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from Wikipedia & The Guardian)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></p><p>
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(March 16, 1936 – July 7, 2001) was an American folk singer-songwriter active
in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a
performer and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material
– particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry
Nilsson after it was used in the film Midnight Cowboy in 1969. Though highly
regarded by contemporary folk singers, he was reluctant to tour and spent much
of the last 30 years of his life assisting with the preservation of dolphins.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWfTmAiAk5ePDjOQT2KY-Gh3RQvArPHb52Og8tkwvbGD-JeZtn7RM81LjNYUkm-yVt76VeYFl4IKueN0a1uNrI7acivvMfOTUMvgnv5Mva1GAWOiB1SAkbscNSBw_8FGvYwkpZHmY3f75YeP3r0R_DCACuOVDdJ2p9SPVXbHxaxMDzy0WOd4l4csDTtyk/s640/1959brll89831494_2647780008800.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWfTmAiAk5ePDjOQT2KY-Gh3RQvArPHb52Og8tkwvbGD-JeZtn7RM81LjNYUkm-yVt76VeYFl4IKueN0a1uNrI7acivvMfOTUMvgnv5Mva1GAWOiB1SAkbscNSBw_8FGvYwkpZHmY3f75YeP3r0R_DCACuOVDdJ2p9SPVXbHxaxMDzy0WOd4l4csDTtyk/s320/1959brll89831494_2647780008800.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Neil was
born in St. Petersburg, Florida. His father worked for Wurlitzer, a jukebox
manufacturer, and he sometimes took his son along when he traveled to
nightspots in Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida to install and repair the machines.
In the 1950s Fred Neil moved to New York where he pitched pop songs at the
Brill Building (a music publishing and recording center). In 1956 a
then-unknown Buddy Holly recorded one of his compositions, “Modern Don Juan,”
and in 1961 Roy Orbison included “Candy Man” on the backside of “Crying.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdL9ddVAHfdczx762fywrwbjOQPJHMPXnQ-RqPAEsJoPZQ8FmOOVsr79agmeAWfUbTzCoZTcTNBw5YUMZp0nJNn9oWVdbpTjxlprDWMKfTJ1TyYTNyM2Pg424vXON7G8d-57LMwImyu7iTHbOz3MVPctHuFyexDISg5p33ueQlsJgdQ4smKU46m-P-RVy-/s439/13238425.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="439" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdL9ddVAHfdczx762fywrwbjOQPJHMPXnQ-RqPAEsJoPZQ8FmOOVsr79agmeAWfUbTzCoZTcTNBw5YUMZp0nJNn9oWVdbpTjxlprDWMKfTJ1TyYTNyM2Pg424vXON7G8d-57LMwImyu7iTHbOz3MVPctHuFyexDISg5p33ueQlsJgdQ4smKU46m-P-RVy-/s320/13238425.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bob Dylan, Karen Dalton & Fred Neil</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the back of this success, Neil moved to New
York. Dylan later nominated him as one of his primary inspirations: "He
had a powerful bass voice and a powerful sense of rhythm. I'd play harmonica
for him, and once in a while get to sing a song." In 1963 three of his
songs appeared on a compilation album released by the FM label called
Hootenanny Live at the Bitter End. He also established himself in Coconut
Grove, Florida, where a lively folk scene had grown up around singer Vince
Martin in 1961.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarwtevqdUsEfYQamaQNG4hm5_XxvXWIwmkwZQkfswhxCfsMlYG0hFmYTgeHkDt1ltPi9uEppiDRLN0l9D7cwQnNnqbPWmrN7ovvtqvMcap6T2mNejXe_csRD4AvMGsd-ibf3RBFU3Ha8pMd5XBD4jZjvKEJ94q4zM7I41z3S85FRGNeJi38fN9DOX12Ah/s600/R-10452550-1657409520-2712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="600" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjarwtevqdUsEfYQamaQNG4hm5_XxvXWIwmkwZQkfswhxCfsMlYG0hFmYTgeHkDt1ltPi9uEppiDRLN0l9D7cwQnNnqbPWmrN7ovvtqvMcap6T2mNejXe_csRD4AvMGsd-ibf3RBFU3Ha8pMd5XBD4jZjvKEJ94q4zM7I41z3S85FRGNeJi38fN9DOX12Ah/w400-h396/R-10452550-1657409520-2712.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div><br /></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkzMzg0NTBfaGxFZlA" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Neil
performed in a duo with Vince Taylor, with whom he recorded the album, Tear
Down The Walls. His first solo album, Bleecker & Mac Dougal (1965), named
after streets in Greenwich Village, became a benchmark for many emergent young
singer-songwriters, with one of the songs on the album, The Other Side Of This
Life subsequently covered by Lovin' Spoonful, Jefferson Airplane and the
Youngbloods. It was also the title of a live album recorded in Los Angeles,
with the country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons among the backing musicians.Tiim
Hardin, Tim Buckley and David Crosby were strongly influenced by Neil, and his
songs were also covered by Richie Havens, HP Lovecraft and Casey Anderson.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfxkQpDNht2vANYX_of-IyemLLDe98IxlUAUu8iVDQw9hNq_AkYEmW-iNHOnYc_sx_ePWzrniulJj6G0MXheikikLMCpvgCczdpwmm9UGsHX5M1ZNfuASs_nPDCQx_j_Arrt5j8masPRSWyLQSX2h0TpmdQ5LG2yGEqruCx_vNCNSGQ-kvBgItdGRMTUK/s600/A-56479-1523368755-8130.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfxkQpDNht2vANYX_of-IyemLLDe98IxlUAUu8iVDQw9hNq_AkYEmW-iNHOnYc_sx_ePWzrniulJj6G0MXheikikLMCpvgCczdpwmm9UGsHX5M1ZNfuASs_nPDCQx_j_Arrt5j8masPRSWyLQSX2h0TpmdQ5LG2yGEqruCx_vNCNSGQ-kvBgItdGRMTUK/s320/A-56479-1523368755-8130.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He was
offered the opportunity to rerecord “Everybody’s Talkin’” in 1969 for the
Midnight Cowboy soundtrack but declined. Harry Nilsson recorded the song
instead and it became a huge hit. Neil, however, reaped song-writing royalties
from the song, allowing him to live his secluded life. He took flight almost
from the day his song, Everybody's Talkin' ibecame a global hit in 1970,
following its use as the theme of the Dustin Hoffman-Jon Voight movie Midnight
Cowboy (1969). </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJe5C_Rho7yoyBDF5CzlDbKmH6jXDm11_shDaGalhKm_guU6FXC2lmCSouMyu1TepBws5J5i7dyq7rtZHV1Elw1D-ZCyyyhBP_OZnguEnrvIYVBommu_GeGgvofaM8RB28rZs8yRM-gy_AnRYYFxjSlBk3b-s29fwu4jYdUjt9-nReSiohAr5kmJz3-hkP/s1837/22a896e882174af9a0eb381004d0f09b.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1837" data-original-width="770" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJe5C_Rho7yoyBDF5CzlDbKmH6jXDm11_shDaGalhKm_guU6FXC2lmCSouMyu1TepBws5J5i7dyq7rtZHV1Elw1D-ZCyyyhBP_OZnguEnrvIYVBommu_GeGgvofaM8RB28rZs8yRM-gy_AnRYYFxjSlBk3b-s29fwu4jYdUjt9-nReSiohAr5kmJz3-hkP/w187-h447/22a896e882174af9a0eb381004d0f09b.jpg" width="187" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Neil rarely gave interviews, could not stomach fame, and
appeared repulsed at the success of his song, a disdainful commentary on human
alienation in public life. In fact, it had already appeared on Neil's 1966 solo
album, alongside another song, The Dolphins, which reflected his fascination
with mammals.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Unimpressed
by the trappings of fame, and with no interest in exploiting the opportunities
offered by his hit, Neil had withdrawn by 1971 to set up a dolphin rescue
project in Florida with marine biologist Richard O'Barry, who trained the
dolphins for the television series Flipper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He attempted to record one more album for Columbia in 1973, but the
sessions were never issued. He continued to perform sporadically in 1975-76,
attending charity functions to benefit the Dolphin Project, an action group
dedicated to the abolition of dolphin captivity that he cofounded with marine
biologist on Earth Day in 1970.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtpU7MGjQNdKCvUVPQp-Nhntt-M2u1pVsskLC6LrRPeABf4gug0_BvM6DwUMbg6F3HcPjZ80c2JOIVWvrc1h767t-GRAopRvm_ksnrlx-vDWAiE4nKKTI2KN4UvwaVVGClAacw2WjUEkJIgx0UVcAwq28c89Q48DBalfHAl9VPRx2Ou2gKHa3hS2wA7kB/s768/rs-133522-fredneil-1800-1403191089.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="763" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtpU7MGjQNdKCvUVPQp-Nhntt-M2u1pVsskLC6LrRPeABf4gug0_BvM6DwUMbg6F3HcPjZ80c2JOIVWvrc1h767t-GRAopRvm_ksnrlx-vDWAiE4nKKTI2KN4UvwaVVGClAacw2WjUEkJIgx0UVcAwq28c89Q48DBalfHAl9VPRx2Ou2gKHa3hS2wA7kB/s320/rs-133522-fredneil-1800-1403191089.jpg" width="318" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Neil
made his last appearance with Jackson Browne, Richie Havens, and others at a
benefit concert in Japan in 1977. He refused all attempts to persuade him into
a comeback, and devoted the rest of his life to protecting dolphins. Through the
1980s, Neil retreated from music and public life, living in Florida. In June
1987, in Miami, he was involved in a tragic accident that killed Christine
Purcell, his girlfriend. Afterward, Neil moved from Coconut Grove, visiting New
York, travelling to Mexico and Texas, then, by the early 1990s, relocating to
coastal Oregon.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCuXZNgUsSuo4x5rm4OTHpvI51yUCnnTfcbsSMzXmQwl52yxxc01LJRz_FbPhfMczR3JANkvGuoCScq9McVyux9Qzo8sIbwjKtOXgf2jtvCqwpWp6Kq_hL9UGO-dM2UiVgW-ZfOWKNsul2vVEWK_auS-NsT5zTkQzKqS-GHjWn9ETRgHltMfdxJtOGYlW/s521/fred_neil_coconut_grove_fl.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="370" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCuXZNgUsSuo4x5rm4OTHpvI51yUCnnTfcbsSMzXmQwl52yxxc01LJRz_FbPhfMczR3JANkvGuoCScq9McVyux9Qzo8sIbwjKtOXgf2jtvCqwpWp6Kq_hL9UGO-dM2UiVgW-ZfOWKNsul2vVEWK_auS-NsT5zTkQzKqS-GHjWn9ETRgHltMfdxJtOGYlW/s320/fred_neil_coconut_grove_fl.jpg" width="227" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1998,
he remarked on a sore on his face that he claimed was a spider bite. It was the
first sign of a later-diagnosed squamous-cell carcinoma, for which he received
radiation treatment and surgery. The cancer returned in 2001, and he was
scheduled to begin chemotherapy on July 16, but he was found dead on July 7,
2001 at his home in Summerland Key, Florida. He was 65 years old. Overlooked,
underrated and doing his damndest to keep it that way: such was the mysterious
life of Fred Neil.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from The Guardian, Encyclopedia.com & Wikipedia)</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='367' height='305' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzV2bWz64gUeO1ikC5_LrMPzfEIs70-rKgLtWYja5HU9K4LX_6YvSyzEKvo9nCkjrx5i_fPtt3Nsj5E0fy9-A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-38857294516890909802024-03-15T08:33:00.000-07:002024-03-18T08:01:11.782-07:00Bertha "Chippie" Hill born 15 March 1905<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPPFeef8UhsgTIMfHX1NC0VkgjGZ1Wne8tg5oJsewj5UmBL5TZFxRoX8afU7oFkZCMbPuEEk5Cb0n0_jc26bHYo5n8O4yzj1hx7Y8qdFEx1BGJeUkyS8k8etwQaaqVQfcbzedoPPjqhJAhGHlrT0GXJf2-jo-5MNKxjDsZ0_lfdEZC_gsZwOrNII_XM1a/s354/51zOvBfrdPL._SX354_SY354_BL0_QL100__UXNaN_FMjpg_QL85_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="354" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPPFeef8UhsgTIMfHX1NC0VkgjGZ1Wne8tg5oJsewj5UmBL5TZFxRoX8afU7oFkZCMbPuEEk5Cb0n0_jc26bHYo5n8O4yzj1hx7Y8qdFEx1BGJeUkyS8k8etwQaaqVQfcbzedoPPjqhJAhGHlrT0GXJf2-jo-5MNKxjDsZ0_lfdEZC_gsZwOrNII_XM1a/w400-h400/51zOvBfrdPL._SX354_SY354_BL0_QL100__UXNaN_FMjpg_QL85_.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Bertha
"Chippie" Hill (March 15, 1905 – May 7, 1950) was an American blues
and vaudeville singer and dancer, best known for her recordings with Louis
Armstrong.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprFZyx-3R86YqvMoLN_OHdU_NeqRqYiGqWnwbeyUNBHYmiKBW6YZM4bZ9AHyq7AKMklItrKNtbXQg6g5pQ1bUJCxMt8rCSs1gymHy7Mp4Fm1TOyzlK2SyEqLeIVqIwQRc1qbBHhj_IRAcfyLewocGYrXOUS718tbyieItoX12ncyApUXNAyzDn1DmFRDn/s257/bertha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="196" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprFZyx-3R86YqvMoLN_OHdU_NeqRqYiGqWnwbeyUNBHYmiKBW6YZM4bZ9AHyq7AKMklItrKNtbXQg6g5pQ1bUJCxMt8rCSs1gymHy7Mp4Fm1TOyzlK2SyEqLeIVqIwQRc1qbBHhj_IRAcfyLewocGYrXOUS718tbyieItoX12ncyApUXNAyzDn1DmFRDn/s1600/bertha.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Hill was
born in Charleston, South Carolina, one of sixteen children. The family moved
to New York in 1915. She began her career as a dancer in Harlem and by 1919 was
working with Ethel Waters. At this young age, during a stint at Leroy's, a noted New
York nightclub, Hill was nicknamed "Chippie" because of her youth and
small size. She also performed with Ma Rainey as part of
the Rabbit Foot Minstrels. She later established her own song and dance act and
toured on the TOBA circuit in the early 1920s. About 1925, she settled in
Chicago, where she worked at various venues with King Oliver's Jazz Band.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sXsGQEmOQ3AjaAxYGv6h9gL8NwK16MaSOApZZJZjcmBJJWdYbKFz12AAaP-qlvTM6xk9eDzDEqvRCHPfE-oKKgkiHvOgLDrhRPVHp5-qLZdSsp4BKRTO6DvVxyHrJ9CS-liarRqOjHvCUFGkeb8N8vvRS_0BENL47XbRcEYGRxIkF_0acZqrzITprDYS/s600/R-4394256-1586642285-5118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="591" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sXsGQEmOQ3AjaAxYGv6h9gL8NwK16MaSOApZZJZjcmBJJWdYbKFz12AAaP-qlvTM6xk9eDzDEqvRCHPfE-oKKgkiHvOgLDrhRPVHp5-qLZdSsp4BKRTO6DvVxyHrJ9CS-liarRqOjHvCUFGkeb8N8vvRS_0BENL47XbRcEYGRxIkF_0acZqrzITprDYS/w394-h400/R-4394256-1586642285-5118.jpg" width="394" /></a></span></div><div><br /></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkzMjM4NjBfcDU4eDg" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
majority of Bertha Chippie Hill's records were made for the General Phonograph
Corporation and later for the Okeh Phonograph Corporation, issued on their Okeh
label between 1925 and 1929. Consequently, the company's A. and R. man in
Chicago, Richard M. Jones, influenced the choice of material Chippie Hill was
to record, the majority of the songs being written by him. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcw_LtKlUu7G24MKfuZ9nbnrx0vI1jGGjhNXh_bJnwvCFvTOdr9ccTuC5RpzbOppROX6rzp77d3U-t7L8-uhu9_WU7mjhv6_j_n4oAiOt2tHmCqNTwqitsNPM551FPe8XHMYFYOGXyjeuxhAxL1aRAbkDEA2JVsHRTzlBpMEk1ZiokXebJ_l-PyVYBnxrw/s612/gettyimages-1074051184-612x612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcw_LtKlUu7G24MKfuZ9nbnrx0vI1jGGjhNXh_bJnwvCFvTOdr9ccTuC5RpzbOppROX6rzp77d3U-t7L8-uhu9_WU7mjhv6_j_n4oAiOt2tHmCqNTwqitsNPM551FPe8XHMYFYOGXyjeuxhAxL1aRAbkDEA2JVsHRTzlBpMEk1ZiokXebJ_l-PyVYBnxrw/s320/gettyimages-1074051184-612x612.jpg" width="230" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Fortunately, he
wrote some excellent blues and was a fine pianist too, being present on many her
recordings. Ten recordings also feature the remarkable cornet playing of Louis
Armstrong including "Pratt City Blues", "Low Land Blues"
and "Kid Man Blues" in 1925 and "Georgia Man" and
"Trouble in Mind" in 1926.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Anyone
seeking insights about blues, jazz, and human nature needs to savour
Armstrong's interactions with Bertha "Chippie" Hill. She is also
backed by Richard M. Jones' Jazz Wizards (with clarinettist Artie Starks doing
his best to complement her passionate delivery); guitarist Lonnie Johnson, who
recorded during this period with artists as diverse as Duke Ellington, Texas
Alexander, and Eddie Lang; guitarist Scrapper Blackwell and pianist Leroy Carr;
pianist and songwriter Georgia Tom (Thomas A. Dorsey); and guitarist Tampa Red
(Hudson Whittaker) and bassist Bill Johnson of New Orleans. The gravitational
pull of the blues is nicely counterweighted by the 1929 recording of"Non-Skid
Tread," an amusing study in hokum for kazoo and continuo with
"Scrapper" Blackwell and the Two Roys, with Leroy Carr on piano.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6FVtBG_iKJJ6J6JCgfF-r_7MJF96QmZMkSVfPJ_Gin5_vfULTm19LZTLK3DjvGYtSRuxH4eN_blfVSaLYdmocUG6nX0vrRZyKY5iX0a3aPZXeGilA9cKKdb-ii8Bz_rrEFX3wj3CE8aDcAvg2HF7T_KqoTaMCkt-OR1LU7T_FuBsaoz2cxCO5Cnrwh47/s1164/800px-Bertha_Chippie_Hill,_New_York,_N.Y.,_between_1946_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb)%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6FVtBG_iKJJ6J6JCgfF-r_7MJF96QmZMkSVfPJ_Gin5_vfULTm19LZTLK3DjvGYtSRuxH4eN_blfVSaLYdmocUG6nX0vrRZyKY5iX0a3aPZXeGilA9cKKdb-ii8Bz_rrEFX3wj3CE8aDcAvg2HF7T_KqoTaMCkt-OR1LU7T_FuBsaoz2cxCO5Cnrwh47/s320/800px-Bertha_Chippie_Hill,_New_York,_N.Y.,_between_1946_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb)%20(1).jpg" width="220" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In the
1930s she retired from singing to raise her seven children. Hill occasionally
sang during the next 15 years (including with Jimmie Noone) but mostly worked
outside of music. She was rediscovered by writer Rudi Blesh in 1946, working in
a bakery. Appearances on Blesh's This Is Jazz radio series resulted in her
coming back to the music scene, performing at the Village Vanguard, Jimmy
Ryan's and even appearing at Carnegie Hall in 1948 with Kid Ory. S</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">he also
sang at the Paris Jazz Festival, and worked with Art Hodes in Chicago.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdG6yI9z7Jn5mTBTiLhr1UDRPRzfFhJkdpfgLImg1ku0NZK1SMe3qO3MY8gbtlmzwtizwLNW7B9vzVoVTdIeDTX9SRNmRo8LwhqIVVSHWrsMqEw8zxajdqlBdcymb9by4Rm3yPIWCSs8od1oGkRnAB0_GXye-X-tN963YrHrcEq_AbjegcAtAs7AfxrWD/s612/gettyimages-103933816-612x612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="593" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdG6yI9z7Jn5mTBTiLhr1UDRPRzfFhJkdpfgLImg1ku0NZK1SMe3qO3MY8gbtlmzwtizwLNW7B9vzVoVTdIeDTX9SRNmRo8LwhqIVVSHWrsMqEw8zxajdqlBdcymb9by4Rm3yPIWCSs8od1oGkRnAB0_GXye-X-tN963YrHrcEq_AbjegcAtAs7AfxrWD/w339-h350/gettyimages-103933816-612x612.jpg" width="339" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> A</o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">t the
age of 45, she was back in prime form in 1950, when she was struck and killed
by a hit and run driver in New York City in 1950. She is buried at the Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from Wikipedia, Document Record notes & AllMusic) </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-28345541377271508582024-03-14T06:43:00.000-07:002024-03-14T06:43:58.754-07:00John Graas born 14 March 1917<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvedihMghuomFJWtfO1Ibrtk7pDMid847_Gr6EPr1OYgYyPKynIs1ULaenip5uraoD-n8UyE_-gwVpjB3XMzu1t4tQOotBb7jXVo_RgpH81BvoYpu__Y-PLEWnRdO_U9swy-2JFnpnexkHwLOTR4dqFywZhtuJU_Then_KEN5vrp9OOkIH9HiChmAJWYef/s1429/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="1429" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvedihMghuomFJWtfO1Ibrtk7pDMid847_Gr6EPr1OYgYyPKynIs1ULaenip5uraoD-n8UyE_-gwVpjB3XMzu1t4tQOotBb7jXVo_RgpH81BvoYpu__Y-PLEWnRdO_U9swy-2JFnpnexkHwLOTR4dqFywZhtuJU_Then_KEN5vrp9OOkIH9HiChmAJWYef/w429-h425/front.jpg" width="429" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">John
Graas (March 14, 1917 – April 13, 1962) was an American jazz French horn
player, composer, and arranger from the 1940s through 1962. He had a short but
busy career on the West Coast, and became known as a pioneer of the French horn
in jazz.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ujgtM6MAay4S2anufy2NGTzrXI9B8KLASw39HJ9UPvSA0sCT9SHC446lZyLE8SPztC6N3zBg7h2MX1dozfT4XuK4mgtYaLnfHS8SSN4BnAaHmTjcxkhzPFICCN3IhN2chRrWC0K8HN3W4lTnwE6JFYLG8oGIJY-xwR1N9AMmlpa5xkKkIM_W01C3MAh_/s469/JG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="372" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ujgtM6MAay4S2anufy2NGTzrXI9B8KLASw39HJ9UPvSA0sCT9SHC446lZyLE8SPztC6N3zBg7h2MX1dozfT4XuK4mgtYaLnfHS8SSN4BnAaHmTjcxkhzPFICCN3IhN2chRrWC0K8HN3W4lTnwE6JFYLG8oGIJY-xwR1N9AMmlpa5xkKkIM_W01C3MAh_/s320/JG.jpg" width="254" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">John
Jacob Graas was born in Dubuque, Iowa. His father was born in Luxembourg, as
well as his mother's parents, and they emigrated to the United States before
settling in Dubuque. His mother was a very talented pianist and had perfect
pitch. His brother was Vincent Graas.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
1931 Graas' parents gave their son a French horn while he was a student at Jefferson
Junior High School and played in the band and orchestra.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His
musical gift on the instrument appeared quickly. In 1932 at Dubuque Senior High
School, he placed first in an elimination contest of musicians and finished
third in the state district meet. In 1933 he took first in the district
tournament and finished second in the state finals. In 1934, Graas won state
and national honors as a French horn musician. He was the only entry in the
French horn event to win superior rating.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIHi_QVsFBjIi7wPdrUvQiBhhmoBDOVF0txBT5d9mGBZVxmAC8vSRhp_DRbwRfWR-zw3-QXlo_DtTpRm1xsGxUWp4mqrBunQsaf2d801iqPT6-ZqYmJ1Sm85cwawLP6LSeVmdjGFtwX4Qb_g38TC-eaS4F_O2P2aPBc2RrFLZxRiR4iqguCqdHS_zhY2h/s599/436px-JohnKryl_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="436" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLIHi_QVsFBjIi7wPdrUvQiBhhmoBDOVF0txBT5d9mGBZVxmAC8vSRhp_DRbwRfWR-zw3-QXlo_DtTpRm1xsGxUWp4mqrBunQsaf2d801iqPT6-ZqYmJ1Sm85cwawLP6LSeVmdjGFtwX4Qb_g38TC-eaS4F_O2P2aPBc2RrFLZxRiR4iqguCqdHS_zhY2h/s320/436px-JohnKryl_001.jpg" width="233" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Upon his
graduation in 1934, Graas joined the National Musical Ensemble of Minneapolis,
Minnesota. In 1935--1936 he joined another touring group, a concert band led by
the noted cornet virtuoso and conductor, Bohumir Kryl. Graas returned home in
time to play with the Cadet band in their preparation for the Chicago music
festival and made the trip with them. Graas received invitations to play with
the Houston symphony, the Miami, Florida municipal band, and an offer to be the
assistant band director at the University of Nebraska. He turned them down in
hopes of becoming a conductor of a major symphony.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He
enrolled and commuted from Columbia to Chicago to study with Max Pottag of the
Chicago Symphony. In June 1940 he received a scholarship to the Tanglewood Camp
at the Berkshire Music Center where he played under conductor Serge
Koussevitzky and studied there with Willem Valkenier, principal horn with the
Boston Symphony Orchestra.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQZwYFQoAxN0Onn5kcwnmBea5CbIeb1X3BKuYnRT-p05nkLYBFcU0-dKdSiRFMlXWANLsXQzCQLoW84xgoNhCzo2Wsdd-AqFp2JnhiTik4Pf8NkY8TFR2BNvuQDkwlLLz0csSOnevM137BNncl7p2phrLgA7Nh7MhQvMD0lDsM1NrlZSu6HwSo0ujT01u/s600/R-13234411-1551901372-5108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="586" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQZwYFQoAxN0Onn5kcwnmBea5CbIeb1X3BKuYnRT-p05nkLYBFcU0-dKdSiRFMlXWANLsXQzCQLoW84xgoNhCzo2Wsdd-AqFp2JnhiTik4Pf8NkY8TFR2BNvuQDkwlLLz0csSOnevM137BNncl7p2phrLgA7Nh7MhQvMD0lDsM1NrlZSu6HwSo0ujT01u/w391-h400/R-13234411-1551901372-5108.jpg" width="391" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkyOTQ4NjhfNmlzMTc" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He soon
became interested in jazz and studied ways to bring jazz and classical music
together, an early effort at what would later be called Third Stream music.
Following the path of his dual interests, he was a member of the Indianapolis
Symphony Orchestra (1941).</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Graas
left classical music for a brief time in May 1942, when he became a member of
the Claude Thornhill cool bop big band. He recorded several songs featuring
him, including "Buster's Last Stand" and "Lullaby in the
Rain" before returning to Tanglewood under Koussevitsky.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDLPXKoBfk3lGIGv-lO8tkcG6JH8Y3JgF8drtV5q1lEi3cawroTcvy8qiTqXKZSOG_y4VcNhbN5UlAER1W4LtX9qKW7UGm-XLsGx3pkxdCohX9HLrrHr440q9iiyWIZ_H0stFQhL8tq_vQ8drxN16Q1-Oy6LW3488Tiy_q13D5PvQSHjS05F53CaZvDbr/s357/250px-Johnarmy_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDLPXKoBfk3lGIGv-lO8tkcG6JH8Y3JgF8drtV5q1lEi3cawroTcvy8qiTqXKZSOG_y4VcNhbN5UlAER1W4LtX9qKW7UGm-XLsGx3pkxdCohX9HLrrHr440q9iiyWIZ_H0stFQhL8tq_vQ8drxN16Q1-Oy6LW3488Tiy_q13D5PvQSHjS05F53CaZvDbr/s320/250px-Johnarmy_001.jpg" width="224" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Graas was
drafted into the Army in 1942 and spent the most of his time with the 145th
Army Ground Forces Band in Virginia. He also saw training at the Army Music
School, Fort Meyer, Florida. While there, he was one of several performers
asked to perform at the White House for President and Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Graas played a French horn solo and sang in the school chorus.</span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">It was during his military
life that Graas developed his love of jazz.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFRnBMa8nPp01S8A5fTmP6NIYplFPBQH9wISbdlNdVDLsOsfQfFNavAMyDg5dRLOWXi2Bz0ERAJe9s2dkGCWmqZQVLwk-Y_quU1gXNM1v8BmZJNqeCjZcc6ZA3NstGjRL8v3VhuaBqke5ayvaKN66lW1Qcy6BtAkafrBX_YKiz8C7BswaNQ7Wu9ukknGJ/s621/6a00e008dca1f0883402c8d39e9802200b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtFRnBMa8nPp01S8A5fTmP6NIYplFPBQH9wISbdlNdVDLsOsfQfFNavAMyDg5dRLOWXi2Bz0ERAJe9s2dkGCWmqZQVLwk-Y_quU1gXNM1v8BmZJNqeCjZcc6ZA3NstGjRL8v3VhuaBqke5ayvaKN66lW1Qcy6BtAkafrBX_YKiz8C7BswaNQ7Wu9ukknGJ/s320/6a00e008dca1f0883402c8d39e9802200b.jpg" width="258" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">After
his military discharge, Graas became a member of the Mark Warnow band, playing
at the Capitol Theater in New York City. He also played with the NBC Studio
Orchestra, the Lucky Strike Hit Parade Band, and the Hall of Fame Band
conducted by Paul Whiteman. He frequently heard Charlie Parker and Dizzy
Gillespie play bebop at Minton's Playhouse and began to study with Lennie
Tristano. From 1947 to 1949 Graas became a member of the Tex beneke Orchestra,
then from 1950 to 1953 the Stan Kenton Orchestra.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvOWh-QpLhAloAg0HE3_XNqvrz083OXWAig4zFvm2VlpWRBx3gpBk4Ibr36xUp4kCfVDs5-PKS2dAX5J9ChjQtNd24G19-mORZ6gzBJmQAhxCJzgtysTzSRAB0gt0u-9WZs9mQlFUjwI-9YYdrWafBGO_R0LEWze8eEw637kwSkqwgBwNMGjIcLWuTfN_/s543/622px-John.liberace_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="543" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvOWh-QpLhAloAg0HE3_XNqvrz083OXWAig4zFvm2VlpWRBx3gpBk4Ibr36xUp4kCfVDs5-PKS2dAX5J9ChjQtNd24G19-mORZ6gzBJmQAhxCJzgtysTzSRAB0gt0u-9WZs9mQlFUjwI-9YYdrWafBGO_R0LEWze8eEw637kwSkqwgBwNMGjIcLWuTfN_/s320/622px-John.liberace_001.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liberace with John Graas</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
1950s were a period of intense activity by Graas, as performer, composer, and
arranger. Besides groups under his own name, he appeared in the musical
aggregations of Shorty Rogers, Maynard Ferguson, Billy May, Pete Rugolo, Mel
Lewis, and others. In 1955 Graas played with the Liberace TV Orchestra for one
year. The famed pianist referred to Graas as "the greatest French horn
player in the world." He continued recording fairly regularly as a leader
up to 1958.</span><span style="background: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: "Inter","serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">He began
working with Universal Studios, where he was first horn, and studied and later
taught jazz arranging at Westlake College in Los Angeles.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGBsVs_8qnrpcjnF95e1vxfQ6-jZ92uLjwa1SyUZAaIAk8agq7C8iD_gkAGeR_XDKLyKfChprVUQJctyJh4gprklWhvwtF0wnj2QWCswg4VmeOxhj2IWdeqzlh18P_xvy2NAApLbnJjkCUCBoah20i-vDA-ocfIBoAdqiXa8nvLrtM03PVocvapHujor0/s360/57R-3838164-1402100339-1636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="360" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGBsVs_8qnrpcjnF95e1vxfQ6-jZ92uLjwa1SyUZAaIAk8agq7C8iD_gkAGeR_XDKLyKfChprVUQJctyJh4gprklWhvwtF0wnj2QWCswg4VmeOxhj2IWdeqzlh18P_xvy2NAApLbnJjkCUCBoah20i-vDA-ocfIBoAdqiXa8nvLrtM03PVocvapHujor0/w289-h289/57R-3838164-1402100339-1636.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The
1960s began with equal intensity, including recordings with Henry Mancini,
Bobby Darin, Heinie Beau, and others, until his career was cut short when he was
found dead on April 13, 1962, slumped over the horn he loved so much,
apparently of a heart attack at the age of 45, in the Van Nuys section of Los
Angeles. He was buried in Arlington Cemetery. </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited from Encyclopedia Dubuque
& Wikipedia)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Here's
John Graas with Shorty Rogers and His Giants performing Wig Alley (a.k.a.
Morpo) in the 1953 film Dementia. The musicians on the track (all of whom are
featured in the film except for drummer Shelly Manne, who was replaced by an
actor) are Shorty Rogers (tp), Milt Bernhart (tb), John Graas (fhr), Jimmy
Giuffre (ts), Frank Patchen (p), Howard Rumsey (b), Gene Englund (tu), Rodney
Evans Bacon (congos), Shelly Manne (dr).<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;">
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Hazlehurst (13 March 1928 – 1 October 2007) was an English composer and
conductor who, having joined the BBC in 1961, became its Light Entertainment
Musical Director.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1uDh_dlHnN4MADMx9eXyu6Xkc7Gg8F7Ws48VM77tFpTasGNWTdOY-RtzwHjtQbdbW7T2_SRmpGun1T4GAQsfJEj4bi8LN68Ms7Kehlx929z5UEC0_JeiIklBPh2LQ3z0UmVIvMSIgfgqYmJ58034Q9NpteUZmpFclO04Uory_MiPT3KmhmSpHdIUxvRrH/s300/E8bN_2gXIAsd9jU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="300" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1uDh_dlHnN4MADMx9eXyu6Xkc7Gg8F7Ws48VM77tFpTasGNWTdOY-RtzwHjtQbdbW7T2_SRmpGun1T4GAQsfJEj4bi8LN68Ms7Kehlx929z5UEC0_JeiIklBPh2LQ3z0UmVIvMSIgfgqYmJ58034Q9NpteUZmpFclO04Uory_MiPT3KmhmSpHdIUxvRrH/s1600/E8bN_2gXIAsd9jU.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ronald
Hazlehurst was born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, in 1928, to a railway worker
father and a piano teacher mother. Having attended St John's Church of England
primary then Hyde County Grammar School, he left at the age of 14 and became a
clerk in a cotton mill for £1 a week. From 1947 to 1949 he did his National
Service as a bandsman in the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8Zdx_R8FUjH7cAks_Ky7EVo1OMzoB_xTTlVJGZys4sQbiqp9-nIq_DUU2YoNM2nbRu_2uxBI1gVlnvUIs7TMxTj3cQ82twyQgHilabt3b_H-jOeUylXyLpFf0M1jH7dZjsAoDNLDyXt4vzKAha7r13hJhLjXeLBSm9X_P659n9qveqD0aXH3af0If8Z_/s790/p09qglrt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8Zdx_R8FUjH7cAks_Ky7EVo1OMzoB_xTTlVJGZys4sQbiqp9-nIq_DUU2YoNM2nbRu_2uxBI1gVlnvUIs7TMxTj3cQ82twyQgHilabt3b_H-jOeUylXyLpFf0M1jH7dZjsAoDNLDyXt4vzKAha7r13hJhLjXeLBSm9X_P659n9qveqD0aXH3af0If8Z_/s320/p09qglrt.jpg" width="259" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Over the
next few years he played the trumpet with the bands of George Chambers, Nat
Allen, George Elrick, Harry Parry and Melville Christie and also had his first
experience of arranging, before being called up for National Service in 1947. He
served his time as a bandsman, and was the solo cornet with the band of 4th/7th
Dragoon Guards, for which he also produced arrangements. During his time in the
Army, Hazlehurst was nominated to attend Kneller Hall (the Royal Military
School of Music near Twickenham) as a student. He was de-mobbed in 1949, and
spent some time working for a series of dance bands, mostly in the north of
England, and also developed his skills as an orchestrator.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iWtVO_bRWV9Tow7hYSs_f9LGBmJbQDgUdGvndlbHxO6uoNoiJQPKehXtBSXFSjuwBOtLBwPgIeFUjfVmYHaTajm23wvwtQP0eRuN_esAGyvaZP6dTZdJCNDEowivV7f4ZdW3wE3yhPlZE4vJIL6inw7K5uH7qUGdqICLSo3FrxcLVP4StdDxCrjLL226/s1024/Granada_TV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iWtVO_bRWV9Tow7hYSs_f9LGBmJbQDgUdGvndlbHxO6uoNoiJQPKehXtBSXFSjuwBOtLBwPgIeFUjfVmYHaTajm23wvwtQP0eRuN_esAGyvaZP6dTZdJCNDEowivV7f4ZdW3wE3yhPlZE4vJIL6inw7K5uH7qUGdqICLSo3FrxcLVP4StdDxCrjLL226/s320/Granada_TV.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ronnie
Hazlehurst worked at Granada for about a year in 1955 and, after he left there,
worked on a market stall in Watford to make ends meet.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But by 1957 Hazlehurst had
largely abandoned his role as a trumpeter in favour of orchestration and
arrangement, mostly for Granada. In 1961 he moved to the BBC as a staff
arranger and the following year undertook his first big job when he scored and
arranged the programme for a concert at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the
40th anniversary of the BBC.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tDJDsdfAU3W8cQMQcR6NCEVz3krzX3QfzUSrLzaRLvyYUgIKShf5jaolpEUvH0IEYAxdh0VMP3YQHZ6tjfKZN5WOqeqwWOMweB2YQN8cD3873HjRaXj7NeSCCRywB-RKX7ktB43v7vr95kJCI5xHvP4cAxudKFC_ecltOuHsKY402Xerl7HTrA9eYs6s/s1147/9HPd6s5se7Hl81OHfMWLpmcLiN0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="780" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tDJDsdfAU3W8cQMQcR6NCEVz3krzX3QfzUSrLzaRLvyYUgIKShf5jaolpEUvH0IEYAxdh0VMP3YQHZ6tjfKZN5WOqeqwWOMweB2YQN8cD3873HjRaXj7NeSCCRywB-RKX7ktB43v7vr95kJCI5xHvP4cAxudKFC_ecltOuHsKY402Xerl7HTrA9eYs6s/s320/9HPd6s5se7Hl81OHfMWLpmcLiN0.jpg" width="218" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">From
1964 he worked mostly for BBC television, producing the music for The Likely
Lads, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais's sitcom which was first shown that
December. The following year he provided the score for Dennis Potter's play
Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton. He was to remain with the BBC until the
1990s, beginning with the title orchestrations manager, then as head of music
for light entertainment and musical adviser (light entertainment).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Hazlehurst's
particular talent lay in his ability to combine a catchy theme with the tone
appropriate for the programme. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">All this
Hazlehurst achieved with remarkably limited resources; by the time the music
had to be commissioned the programme makers had often overspent their budget.
For Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em he had been asked to provide a Morse Code
rendition of the title (a technique emulated by Barrington Pheloung for the
Inspector Morse theme), but he had to fight hard to secure a second piccolo for
the piece. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBe-xSEHCdjUZekz1BHFOnE-1s5NDMbnkZFhC7u1OhUjeVs7gYj-y826qJX7_DijEbWNCludK2QUkvdPUByHO_g2JGd-MZrrMCgh7kh5xjNaSS6kJprJHO_iBkF8aqWxKL2O2Lp77VhdpQ_WXIVgMILKCVfJNnIvoUjWPQ_AAHjVB4Ydk_LKrbUgdGICUY/s599/R-6319187-1499106899-5302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="596" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBe-xSEHCdjUZekz1BHFOnE-1s5NDMbnkZFhC7u1OhUjeVs7gYj-y826qJX7_DijEbWNCludK2QUkvdPUByHO_g2JGd-MZrrMCgh7kh5xjNaSS6kJprJHO_iBkF8aqWxKL2O2Lp77VhdpQ_WXIVgMILKCVfJNnIvoUjWPQ_AAHjVB4Ydk_LKrbUgdGICUY/w398-h400/R-6319187-1499106899-5302.jpg" width="398" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkyODg0NTZfVHF2NXY" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">One of his best-loved melodies, the theme for Last of the Summer
Wine (1973), was initially rejected by the programme makers. But it proved so
popular with viewers that a CD of music from the series was produced to mark
the show's 25th anniversary.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">He also composed </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">the music for Are You Being Served ?, The Rise and Fall of
Reginald Perrin, Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, Blankety and then Les
Dawson and Lily Savage. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMDwTNbcDz4bgyOr3pVFQSdPqBqgs_ODpH8EBEFaqq5rOFEJUZo7jqtUBIYxtdmbDUz_M3zOte9BJkAlLuA-mPjaf4BxaCon9tLhyiO-tKCc7XgcPjlhNQgrrd7QeRYeVgHusLc7OjruBDMnUyMEqxX4vbB6ggEUpgfjjKv0g8SHfRRQ-BADTS1MoMD9K/s1100/160004043_3729109643803811_4235178796414462402_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1100" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMDwTNbcDz4bgyOr3pVFQSdPqBqgs_ODpH8EBEFaqq5rOFEJUZo7jqtUBIYxtdmbDUz_M3zOte9BJkAlLuA-mPjaf4BxaCon9tLhyiO-tKCc7XgcPjlhNQgrrd7QeRYeVgHusLc7OjruBDMnUyMEqxX4vbB6ggEUpgfjjKv0g8SHfRRQ-BADTS1MoMD9K/s320/160004043_3729109643803811_4235178796414462402_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Hazlehurst
was also involved with the Eurovision Song Contest and was the musical director
when the event was hosted by the United Kingdom in 1974, 1977 and 1982. He also
conducted the British entry on seven occasions, in 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988,
1989, 1991 and 1992. In 1977, as well as conducting the British entry, he also
conducted the German entry. To conduct the British entry that year, Lynsey de
Paul and Mike Moran, he used a closed umbrella instead of a baton and wore a
bowler hat.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsXJIpHCOGr0hdKef_g96rUhnGjqxWpBriEPSHbuQNEhqiJ20ILxrzKZGwj_d0bh8RP8THM7_s9wFv9xq_ZusCVinRz75JKmcFq1tLL0H-DC5aMqHLKwDRTBXwX0MF1CQbbR3bazgJ30GRCbsOJtfAS35XZ9VZ8882VyEojDWE8Qup7k3Pfj1INdCKQNt/s394/ronnie-hazlehurst-cf768e5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivsXJIpHCOGr0hdKef_g96rUhnGjqxWpBriEPSHbuQNEhqiJ20ILxrzKZGwj_d0bh8RP8THM7_s9wFv9xq_ZusCVinRz75JKmcFq1tLL0H-DC5aMqHLKwDRTBXwX0MF1CQbbR3bazgJ30GRCbsOJtfAS35XZ9VZ8882VyEojDWE8Qup7k3Pfj1INdCKQNt/s320/ronnie-hazlehurst-cf768e5.jpg" width="244" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He also
arranged and conducted two singers' performances of their voice-overs for
opening credits, Clare Torry for Butterflies ("Love Is like a
Butterfly") and Paul Nicholas for Just Good Friends. He also recorded some
LPs and CDs with his orchestra including a 2-CD box set of Laurel and Hardy
film music; his orchestra also backed singer Marti Caine on an album that was
released on CD. Hazlehurst moved from Hendon, North London, to Guernsey in
about 1997. In 1999, he was awarded a Gold Badge from the British Academy of
Composers and Songwriters.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPfb6MlNEUmw_tR_ffuamsDGnX7g2PfrJZn55uHeePi1Wd0JJPOP6OLVKXvCm3bn7rssT54SUiHVTT6jyPbgZ-y439OwGGqaP-9G0q2st8bxBQylF6w32_lT9JgE-nzT0LaKMkblZKh3uM-eDolcUYs4BPfBFMcW5LxHPZR8f_jSbzfvCvSi5gX51eUXM/s350/news-graphics-2007-_646981a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="260" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPfb6MlNEUmw_tR_ffuamsDGnX7g2PfrJZn55uHeePi1Wd0JJPOP6OLVKXvCm3bn7rssT54SUiHVTT6jyPbgZ-y439OwGGqaP-9G0q2st8bxBQylF6w32_lT9JgE-nzT0LaKMkblZKh3uM-eDolcUYs4BPfBFMcW5LxHPZR8f_jSbzfvCvSi5gX51eUXM/w314-h421/news-graphics-2007-_646981a.jpg" width="314" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Music
was Hazlehurst's life and passion as well as his work and he continued to work
right up to his heart bypass operation in October 2006. On 27 September 2007 he
suffered a stroke and, without regaining consciousness, died on 1 October in
Princess Elizabeth Hospital, St Martin, Guernsey at the age of 79. Having been
married twice, with two sons from his second marriage, at the time of his death
his partner was Jean Fitzgerald.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from The Telegraph)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
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Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and
songwriter. His 1981 album Breakin' Away spent two years on the Billboard 200
and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B
sound.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His 1981
album Breakin' Away spent two years on the Billboard 200 and is considered one
of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B sound. The album won
Jarreau the 1982 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. In all, he won
seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more during his career.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6lRsBrbiIL-CIunhwBXLIwMxrVBhKB-h6Vh7rmOayG3xU6FCNDvE9dGOyhBLksWzThwiprIo2h9mOVYbieHhjc6Vyax8_WsQ6QJi2TQAI5Yty6TmwxBaZ2-F6dLFOW3A0644T-vXoMBLLlyEh7JZbjZx9nTwIw8ySiBUBXlCLpHOu7FmxoDY4CxYY9_r/s442/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20145447.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="284" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6lRsBrbiIL-CIunhwBXLIwMxrVBhKB-h6Vh7rmOayG3xU6FCNDvE9dGOyhBLksWzThwiprIo2h9mOVYbieHhjc6Vyax8_WsQ6QJi2TQAI5Yty6TmwxBaZ2-F6dLFOW3A0644T-vXoMBLLlyEh7JZbjZx9nTwIw8ySiBUBXlCLpHOu7FmxoDY4CxYY9_r/w224-h348/Screenshot%202024-03-12%20145447.png" width="224" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He was
born Alwin Lopez Jarreau in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father was a minister
with a fine singing voice, and his mother a piano teacher and accompanist to
the church choir – in which the young Al began performing from the age of four,
also learning close-harmony singing with his siblings in his early years. He
continued to perform in local groups at weekends during his years as a
psychology student at Ripon College, Wisconsin, in 1962 took a master’s in
vocational rehabilitation at the University of Iowa and subsequently moved to
San Francisco to become a rehabilitation counselor.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7nd9nHjGQjPB3dLp2G3iNmQ9dAyV0EyrAnwvhUuGlM0ovgLwgoU2_z_f0Vy4QLANk5tETayUXffzz-3Zh8pxSmVpTX-k5WBgh5jsbxypsCR0EFe9epOgGAWxfLHtyQsviAGxjNFOXPd4KGmgxLa-5IaNsYwkQt69UtmNfBb1-2WtE0TXjqHbI79mjU6A/s934/aljarreau.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="760" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7nd9nHjGQjPB3dLp2G3iNmQ9dAyV0EyrAnwvhUuGlM0ovgLwgoU2_z_f0Vy4QLANk5tETayUXffzz-3Zh8pxSmVpTX-k5WBgh5jsbxypsCR0EFe9epOgGAWxfLHtyQsviAGxjNFOXPd4KGmgxLa-5IaNsYwkQt69UtmNfBb1-2WtE0TXjqHbI79mjU6A/s320/aljarreau.jpg" width="260" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But
music exerted an irresistible pull on Jarreau, and in his spare time he began
performing regularly with the pianist George Duke, who would go on to an
illustrious jazz and rock career with the saxophonist Julian “Cannonball”
Adderley and Frank Zappa. Jarreau also formed a duo with the guitarist Julio
Martinez, and the pair’s popularity at Gatsby’s club in Sausalito led Jarreau
to make music his career in 1968. He moved first to Los Angeles to work at
high-profile haunts including Dino’s and the Troubadour, and on his move to New
York began to appear on the TV shows of Johnny Carson and David Frost, and to
work regularly at the Improv comedy club.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmljc2oqb7ELi4plk3JVj-I8wQmlKdyntNBjOKLEOiUs-5k2CMlnKIdxpqsdXIgk6HnVXR1AOp6mEbXf_XX_J0VMY4ARRnSfwcH6pSH-9abbf0BuGKWFW-W7ff_UeG9VYpj7Hn56eF34g6lNmOei8EYP3mWC5PLWiuJq3EhpseOssU4k-64FlsoU4v_y0r/s600/R-2638063-1331175237.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="600" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmljc2oqb7ELi4plk3JVj-I8wQmlKdyntNBjOKLEOiUs-5k2CMlnKIdxpqsdXIgk6HnVXR1AOp6mEbXf_XX_J0VMY4ARRnSfwcH6pSH-9abbf0BuGKWFW-W7ff_UeG9VYpj7Hn56eF34g6lNmOei8EYP3mWC5PLWiuJq3EhpseOssU4k-64FlsoU4v_y0r/w400-h396/R-2638063-1331175237.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkyNzE4MzZfYUVCc3I" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1975,
Jarreau made his debut album, We Got By, for Warner Brothers – a session that
extended the singer’s growing fan-club to Europe, with that album and its
successor Glow (1976) going on to win two Echo awards in Germany. Jarreau
performed on Saturday Night Live in 1976 and won his first Grammy for jazz
vocal performance for Look to the Rainbow (1978, a collection of live takes
from his first world tour), before the million-selling Breakin’ Away made him a
mainstream star. Jarreau’s versatility and curiosity led him to explore more
R&B-oriented styles in the mid-80s, and his crossover reputation was
further secured by his TV performances of the Moonlighting theme, for which he
also wrote the lyrics.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PRTsZK8OmjCsvjpXIqIJXCW5m5ia5-wg997NpkYIt4YnU8LXMushGNxcaxGA9c64ZJfrubtpNNh7p4Echq4jh0zgdqNJzV5UgTfsxnpRqzNZAz5zQ858c8EChdB1mEkVA6lArsb2Iw6WbyBl76M95g60o34uiZ-SzFn0WnMuPibK7oSQh6B7O1ahFinN/s1230/Al_Jarreau80.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1206" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PRTsZK8OmjCsvjpXIqIJXCW5m5ia5-wg997NpkYIt4YnU8LXMushGNxcaxGA9c64ZJfrubtpNNh7p4Echq4jh0zgdqNJzV5UgTfsxnpRqzNZAz5zQ858c8EChdB1mEkVA6lArsb2Iw6WbyBl76M95g60o34uiZ-SzFn0WnMuPibK7oSQh6B7O1ahFinN/s320/Al_Jarreau80.jpg" width="314" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Jarreau’s
remarkable vocal range spanned the soulfully jazzy romantic lightness of an
African-American male tradition running from Nat King Cole to George Benson and
on to José James, and a bebop-derived improv agility as a wordless scat singer
that always reflected the methods of his first jazz model, Jon Hendricks.
Jarreau could also mimic the sounds of all manner of instruments with such
uncanny accuracy that a ghostly Brazilian berimbau-player or a battalion of
samba-shuffling Latin percussionists could often seem to be hiding in the
wings.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3t1vN1Pqk8hUOFNmRcqKYqtIdIIs6o4RNanWP4dN_h9b7AYHHArLe9aWBIeQfh3i8B3F5eAQ6Ny8sdx8_Dufq7GoMg1hkhtLyRwkKssZZrzym-OKNEiXbCtoBZoObFKflbXJtsup13C8RK_SEDpj7v5rQIsxSy5Y_YIkPZEgewdkqLUI7P8t9KyelUgRG/s600/99R-604835-1515748342-5861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3t1vN1Pqk8hUOFNmRcqKYqtIdIIs6o4RNanWP4dN_h9b7AYHHArLe9aWBIeQfh3i8B3F5eAQ6Ny8sdx8_Dufq7GoMg1hkhtLyRwkKssZZrzym-OKNEiXbCtoBZoObFKflbXJtsup13C8RK_SEDpj7v5rQIsxSy5Y_YIkPZEgewdkqLUI7P8t9KyelUgRG/s320/99R-604835-1515748342-5861.jpg" width="319" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Jarreau
toured relentlessly, but throttled back in the 90s to focus on the recording
studio – winning another Grammy for the R&B-oriented Heaven and Earth
(1992), and enlisting a cast of jazz stars including the saxophonist David
Sanborn under the direction of the producer/bassist Marcus Miller for
Tenderness (1994). He took a three-month acting diversion in the Broadway
production of Grease! in 1996, and from 1999 began to work with symphony
orchestras on widely acclaimed makeovers of Broadway classics and his own hits.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwx9OeLW_mZEYKkjxDwsa6tsggHBP2ofPGJIPlkOOnZsjvvzh2a8dBKKj876epnUJH6HHWVJnuD4STNgJ6tCZIQzy2ocuLFDKuQIniRBwaDirufNhkeCdGl7GfFtJH-BCzlb3cwAKbMnzlLZ5XgqM4c_EGRoudkHNQRjk3V3pM-53EDFNzgXmPwOcfpbpr/s592/636225031811335604-AP-People-Al-Jarreau2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="592" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwx9OeLW_mZEYKkjxDwsa6tsggHBP2ofPGJIPlkOOnZsjvvzh2a8dBKKj876epnUJH6HHWVJnuD4STNgJ6tCZIQzy2ocuLFDKuQIniRBwaDirufNhkeCdGl7GfFtJH-BCzlb3cwAKbMnzlLZ5XgqM4c_EGRoudkHNQRjk3V3pM-53EDFNzgXmPwOcfpbpr/s320/636225031811335604-AP-People-Al-Jarreau2015.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Jarreau
continued to play symphonic concerts, festivals and clubs, and regularly visit
the studio. In 2004 he made the jazz album Accentuate the Positive – featuring
songs associated with Duke Ellington, Bill Evans and Betty Carter, among
others. Two years later came a typical contrast, on Givin’ It Up, a duet with
Benson’s silky voice and sleek guitar sound, and star guests including Patti
Austin, Herbie Hancock and Paul McCartney – who happened to be working in an
adjoining studio when an enthusiastic Benson roped him in.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNj-LCpTximPX50_xyzZNywIEogk-GuvmP4VRRVVIdVx05ibBG3Cns0Q95a_TBnGX8fGcTKNw49He2gvVAk09g78c6hoIyqmdsK6bjPmsjVvmdxV7sRVXdOD73ESJnpAzRnBrP8bCKAYiiOJLmn32PWw29zI6T6cEbVN-FykJS44QeBVrEwhyphenhyphenWoZetOcZ/s320/al-jarreau.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="223" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNj-LCpTximPX50_xyzZNywIEogk-GuvmP4VRRVVIdVx05ibBG3Cns0Q95a_TBnGX8fGcTKNw49He2gvVAk09g78c6hoIyqmdsK6bjPmsjVvmdxV7sRVXdOD73ESJnpAzRnBrP8bCKAYiiOJLmn32PWw29zI6T6cEbVN-FykJS44QeBVrEwhyphenhyphenWoZetOcZ/w240-h345/al-jarreau.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 2010,
Jarreau had to go to hospital while on tour in France with respiratory and
cardiac problems and again in 2012 after a bout of pneumonia. But he returned
to live music making which was always his first love as a performer, until
almost the end of his life. In February 2014, the chipper and delighted-looking
Jarreau accepted the young British trumpeter Tom Walsh’s invitation to rerun
the punchy R&B songs from his eponymous 1983 album at Ronnie Scott’s club.
At the end of the performance, it was hard to tell whether Jarreau or the
audience were the more grateful for the opportunity.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZXFu87v6OaqN726UyuBYr7V2a0I8TWcqOUP4Gr6FjoDuH1bivAIXLiRC1QCNgWa9XUVwDHE2R7hpNv5d3UWhnQiBbVaIFWCqKhGBN14sMARA64gbucCSfksczWl4H_NijyLVqYbrygMlcq0jddWPgwSqL6EfKc8uXNct66Pah16qHQYJpusN_01_r5PQ/s1425/MV5BMTUxODQzNjgxMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTIyNDQ0MTI@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZXFu87v6OaqN726UyuBYr7V2a0I8TWcqOUP4Gr6FjoDuH1bivAIXLiRC1QCNgWa9XUVwDHE2R7hpNv5d3UWhnQiBbVaIFWCqKhGBN14sMARA64gbucCSfksczWl4H_NijyLVqYbrygMlcq0jddWPgwSqL6EfKc8uXNct66Pah16qHQYJpusN_01_r5PQ/w281-h400/MV5BMTUxODQzNjgxMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTIyNDQ0MTI@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" width="281" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">On
February 8, 2017, after being hospitalized for exhaustion in Los Angeles,
Jarreau canceled his remaining 2017 tour dates. He died of respiratory failure,
at the age of 76 on February 12, just two days after announcing his retirement,
and one month before his 77th birthday.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited from obit by John Fordham @ The
Guardian & Wikipedia)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
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</p>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-60082961846092940162024-03-11T12:07:00.000-07:002024-03-12T15:20:33.362-07:00Alberto Cortez born 11 March 1940<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6-CH9ZCSbXUvSwGPKOXYpA3S4rRH_3j9c6ubc4p8s8V0Mn4AGRENKBDPBqBfJHoKY4-8X6vj93URyqR_Yv8ptDxHkBQaI4e3kxJc_Elkp0OxeZB2OxyxHSXMBXTuWy6jJpSPe7PH__PlbBAGTbL4-SRcgvAvR8Ok0kWiLYqlWGVAvp0gJ6Sc-g6R-tS6/s499/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="499" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf6-CH9ZCSbXUvSwGPKOXYpA3S4rRH_3j9c6ubc4p8s8V0Mn4AGRENKBDPBqBfJHoKY4-8X6vj93URyqR_Yv8ptDxHkBQaI4e3kxJc_Elkp0OxeZB2OxyxHSXMBXTuWy6jJpSPe7PH__PlbBAGTbL4-SRcgvAvR8Ok0kWiLYqlWGVAvp0gJ6Sc-g6R-tS6/w400-h395/front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Alberto
Cortez (born José Alberto García Gallo; 11 March 1940 – 4 April 2019) was an
Argentine singer and songwriter. Cortez and his wife Renée Govaerts lived in
Madrid.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtr6uge99vDvFaQgzZ3AJpXTba_dmsTBTFFfB3e3g65SwLxaubbqVblszBTOywuFkhi-5iEcyVNR9wzeTvEgYQ8I3QNNZWBPVJfweWrv2KsKPDuqfJpte4iQSoSUJ3Fzko1qqmbza6EKCi1gnwu8VwGf0f3piwGaCXaPDQt1g8xFPreCeqB32-GEchlDtF/s400/AC1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="297" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtr6uge99vDvFaQgzZ3AJpXTba_dmsTBTFFfB3e3g65SwLxaubbqVblszBTOywuFkhi-5iEcyVNR9wzeTvEgYQ8I3QNNZWBPVJfweWrv2KsKPDuqfJpte4iQSoSUJ3Fzko1qqmbza6EKCi1gnwu8VwGf0f3piwGaCXaPDQt1g8xFPreCeqB32-GEchlDtF/w230-h309/AC1.jpg" width="230" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Cortez
was born in Rancul, La Pampa Province, Argentina. He began elementary school at
the Alberto Williams conservatory at the age of six. He began composing songs
at twelve, including "Un cigarrillo, la lluvia y tú". Later he
entered Manuel Ignacio Molina de San Rafael Junior High School in Mendoza
province. There he continued his studies of music at the Chopin of San Rafael
conservatory</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">under
the tutelage of Professor Robert Whermouth.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdCLJb_zMkH8gpb8Tfat6ZB2e2v3OXS_q7kZYigT0iD-pqXwzql9GRJPeQEZNcDyHZpPBrV7FLYc_O-IkKWbWvVt72sxaHXjZyOlgL4jPp9UXECj9VSCywipgFSnUgDa3xgOLOG22V9Gff9bUlJvTi9S1qMjv3Vv2opNjMyv8lCu4uKPpK96tjlg_RphD/s254/lp2-1961.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="254" data-original-width="250" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdCLJb_zMkH8gpb8Tfat6ZB2e2v3OXS_q7kZYigT0iD-pqXwzql9GRJPeQEZNcDyHZpPBrV7FLYc_O-IkKWbWvVt72sxaHXjZyOlgL4jPp9UXECj9VSCywipgFSnUgDa3xgOLOG22V9Gff9bUlJvTi9S1qMjv3Vv2opNjMyv8lCu4uKPpK96tjlg_RphD/s1600/lp2-1961.jpg" width="250" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">At
seventeen, Cortez became the singer of the Arizona orchestra, directed by
Ricardo Ortiz and Luis Pasquier, sharing the bill with Enrique Llambí.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">At that time he became known in
that city as "Chiquito Garcia". </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: large;">At
eighteen, he went to study in the Social Sciences and Law School of Buenos
Aires and sang in bars to help himself with his studies. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Later Cortez began to
sing in the orchestra of Mario Cardi and was contracted to sing in the San
Francisco jazz orchestra. He traveled all over the country with them and began
to use his pseudonym "Alberto Cortez" while singing with the
orchestra of Armando Pointier. Cortez dropped out of school and dedicated
himself fully to music.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQNy6e4IVh-UrBa7_yjYwj97heeIggeKEPWJjOcHGhrYFLWWW0BHd6fyVCjDDMo6JpjM4WM1upyGgQUgZztu2q1oLZFilgxInrgNrlCs2vfVIUxVcUcGo1OdHi6ZjhLw42SzCQ5rsAqAC7QtyR3iFkkleN1L_hmkv6Co-cZi77aB-gfHNxkMeMhzEP4U1/s250/lp10-63.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQNy6e4IVh-UrBa7_yjYwj97heeIggeKEPWJjOcHGhrYFLWWW0BHd6fyVCjDDMo6JpjM4WM1upyGgQUgZztu2q1oLZFilgxInrgNrlCs2vfVIUxVcUcGo1OdHi6ZjhLw42SzCQ5rsAqAC7QtyR3iFkkleN1L_hmkv6Co-cZi77aB-gfHNxkMeMhzEP4U1/w301-h301/lp10-63.jpg" width="301" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1960
at the age of twenty, Cortez travelled to Antwerp, Belgium where he recorded
his first album. His record "Sucu Sucu" reached number one. Cortez
met Renee Govaerts and later married her. During 1961 he toured Canada and the
United States after which he spent three months in Paris to learn French and
recorded "The Staircase" in French under the musical direction of
Paul Mauriat. He then visits Madrid where his songs “Sucu Sucu” and “Las
Palmeras” are very popular. Enrique Martín Garea offers him a contract with
Hispavox to record albums for Spain and Latin American countries. He recorded
his first album accompanied by Waldo de los Ríos and his orchestra.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGI4KmJ-M6ThueCh0N2Cxfuq5WiVkH7QxeU4xSdr1hUJ2pJBRR4VWCLrkB1o7YP29ZjLpLncUaKZM0XWvd6BJWHz37-N2c0vXc6pfTIxt3RJJ7AeciTCkQvvWj_gAr3deprVQvIRaCg3IAsZjp51hNeWsJ9vFzlddfHhCCqNnyULyvgbs_MvAmsnKnqt3/s527/2136686.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="514" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyGI4KmJ-M6ThueCh0N2Cxfuq5WiVkH7QxeU4xSdr1hUJ2pJBRR4VWCLrkB1o7YP29ZjLpLncUaKZM0XWvd6BJWHz37-N2c0vXc6pfTIxt3RJJ7AeciTCkQvvWj_gAr3deprVQvIRaCg3IAsZjp51hNeWsJ9vFzlddfHhCCqNnyULyvgbs_MvAmsnKnqt3/w390-h400/2136686.jpg" width="390" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkyNjE4NDNfTVRTaWQ" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">On June
2, 1964 he married Renée Govaerts in Aarschot, Belgium, the bride's hometown. The
couple then settled in Madrid After a
difficult start he consolidated himself as one of the most renowned
composer-singers of Latin America with hits like "Mi árbol y yo",
"Mariana", "Como el primer día", "A partir de
mañana" and "Callejero". </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEJOLdxkdYXlKsI2iNqRUhuqU35dRePHkdnyrPdAOP3VILss1XCKfj5j66LcUMnZYcqg5MrOP5qDz3OfYsqJZqb6VCwUQbCa7IBMQneMnLe4LXhxXP9GkvxbhgYm4Is_SSnQeSn772IBnhX0exUUzfrziNRWQh7uHC50qGiCm3cMXxBMj7N-zg5qFvkvh/s400/AC12.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="275" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEJOLdxkdYXlKsI2iNqRUhuqU35dRePHkdnyrPdAOP3VILss1XCKfj5j66LcUMnZYcqg5MrOP5qDz3OfYsqJZqb6VCwUQbCa7IBMQneMnLe4LXhxXP9GkvxbhgYm4Is_SSnQeSn772IBnhX0exUUzfrziNRWQh7uHC50qGiCm3cMXxBMj7N-zg5qFvkvh/w247-h359/AC12.jpg" width="247" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1967 he gave his first one-man
recital at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid. To the astonishment of the
audience, he sang songs by Yupanqui, Dávalos and included in the program some poems
of Pablo Neruda set to music. In this recital he premiered his song "En un
rincón del alma". Critics were unanimous in welcoming a brilliant new
Alberto Cortez. By the end of the decade Cortez visits Mexico and acts on
television in the programs "Espectacular Domecq".</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">During 1972
Cortez received his first gold record for "Mi árbol y yo". He also received
the first "Golden Herald", awarded by the newspaper El Heraldo de
México and also the "Golden Microphone", awarded by the Association
of Communicators of Mexico.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
1973 he was awarded the second "Golden Herald", and between 1974 and
1978 he received four gold records between Spain and Mexico and two more
"Golden Heralds". He gained great popularity in Argentina and in 1979
he performed at the Teatro Coliseo and also at the Cosquín festival.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRLQRcjP2PjsqaYgSVclT0U5V9O0rfArj-VFyuj_sDfE0RlBPPpPHezpCvyE2nmWVJRAxwOm6vixeGOzZu3Yc7oZW9WFSHs9MG90WGlyPSPJJy7WQqdr4RYLQ1e48LwAAWhVr4E9ChIhp5RoZq51XzhDonMes7aPTcDobDFecqoNf2p_Pf-2coqQeSUYA/s253/lp16-87.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="250" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRLQRcjP2PjsqaYgSVclT0U5V9O0rfArj-VFyuj_sDfE0RlBPPpPHezpCvyE2nmWVJRAxwOm6vixeGOzZu3Yc7oZW9WFSHs9MG90WGlyPSPJJy7WQqdr4RYLQ1e48LwAAWhVr4E9ChIhp5RoZq51XzhDonMes7aPTcDobDFecqoNf2p_Pf-2coqQeSUYA/w298-h302/lp16-87.jpg" width="298" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">During
the 80’s and into the 90’s he toured throughout Latin America and performed in
Chile, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico
and the United States. In New York he performed for the first time at the
famous Carnegie Hall.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">During
the summer season in Mar del Plata in 1996, he suffered a stroke and was
operated on for a carotid obstruction by Dr. Juan Carlos Parodi and his team. The
operation was successful but he was never able to play the guitar agian,
however he continued to give recitals with his musicians under the musical
direction of Ricardo Miralles all over the world.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqh6p8iUvLJMA3Mi3SKfMbuBGWGYZlIvDfIGcDGvuc0ew5_YDxhZLG3tbUXc74ymMbAZT0HLz3xSMEDBjRPC11I55OwPC7f2FOWMPNJosCg7Nej4fUHza1-kFNSagU5FsjrATNiMHpsJ7F3t3UehfdDl6szpsJPW48oYoMJTkcoH0s_Dnplae4aLW-esO4/s298/Grammy_Excelencia_musical_2007.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="220" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqh6p8iUvLJMA3Mi3SKfMbuBGWGYZlIvDfIGcDGvuc0ew5_YDxhZLG3tbUXc74ymMbAZT0HLz3xSMEDBjRPC11I55OwPC7f2FOWMPNJosCg7Nej4fUHza1-kFNSagU5FsjrATNiMHpsJ7F3t3UehfdDl6szpsJPW48oYoMJTkcoH0s_Dnplae4aLW-esO4/w281-h381/Grammy_Excelencia_musical_2007.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He
remained very busy during the new millennium, recording new albums and performing
concerts in </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">different cities in Spain, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, as well as in Argentina. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">The song "Cuando un amigo se va" along with "Alfonsina y el mar" and "Gracias a la vida" are considered, according to a survey by a Chilean newspaper, as the three best songs in Spanish of the 20th century. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In 2007 He
received the Grammy for Musical Excellence in Las Vegas.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He died
as a result of a gastric hemorrhage on Thursday, 4 April 2019, in the city of
Móstoles, in the Community of Madrid, Spain, at 79 years of age.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
mainly from the Alberto Cortez website)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-78033511987670323052024-03-10T11:33:00.000-07:002024-03-12T15:16:35.939-07:00Omar Shariff born 10 March 1938<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPL3da_c4G5qnmuJDuDep3nfisCmun3_ZqTegX2puI7-2325mTJ31ZMmVGfGcvOe33xezVSyGcNBV0lzrYnOXe3Lp1XldSm_MybJC7dPXOonIWGxCGVC-4sUSeglvtF24ROss2dFuwgPVj9qXfqvgfxFl55y6alzSwAwK58zDs00J3fZd3UyeJQ-Q7Aem/s1440/folder.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1401" data-original-width="1440" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJPL3da_c4G5qnmuJDuDep3nfisCmun3_ZqTegX2puI7-2325mTJ31ZMmVGfGcvOe33xezVSyGcNBV0lzrYnOXe3Lp1XldSm_MybJC7dPXOonIWGxCGVC-4sUSeglvtF24ROss2dFuwgPVj9qXfqvgfxFl55y6alzSwAwK58zDs00J3fZd3UyeJQ-Q7Aem/w424-h412/folder.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dave
Alexander, (March 10, 1938 – January 8, 2012), who was also known as Omar
Shariff and, Omar Hakim Khayam was an American West Coast blues singer and
pianist.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKttQ0WTF0MoM8uIZbwp9M7pV0xCX01P20-626L6FMxznqy1RdcHu_U75lDItaDAx7dwN73PplzkEWRjps0ThIF3Hz22Qa564OaS_PBmz19VHoLMtK9L85cK4xyuFj4qBLJUWbZbbqLcZtDqRm8FmaCIUCmQa3xeyb1JkVuoTDY-9BD9QWvIMYUX32RyMS/s488/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20090920.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="237" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKttQ0WTF0MoM8uIZbwp9M7pV0xCX01P20-626L6FMxznqy1RdcHu_U75lDItaDAx7dwN73PplzkEWRjps0ThIF3Hz22Qa564OaS_PBmz19VHoLMtK9L85cK4xyuFj4qBLJUWbZbbqLcZtDqRm8FmaCIUCmQa3xeyb1JkVuoTDY-9BD9QWvIMYUX32RyMS/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20090920.png" width="155" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Omar Shariff,
was born David Alexander Elam in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Tom and Susie (Hill)
Elam. Shariff was originally named after his father’s good friend David “Black
Ivory King” Alexander, a Shreveport boogie-woogie piano player. His family soon
moved to Marshall, Texas, where his parents encouraged him to play music in
church. His father Tom was also a boogie-woogie piano player in addition to his
day job as a muleskinner at logging camps around Caddo Lake. Shariff had one
younger brother, Donald. The town of Marshall, Texas, is thought to be the home
place of boogie-woogie blues music, which gave Shariff ample opportunities to
learn with the best, such as local legend Floyd Dixon. This connection caused
him to often be referred to as the last living link to the originators of the
boogie-woogie style. Shariff apparently had one formal piano lesson from
well-known Marshall piano teacher Ella Mae Wills.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4TcKqKJxpef22QGjved4LxO0pG4SA3u0MR9m44L_ygzNh5MvS9KdhJSISJtFutQIeFJpGMPAwjImj_eZ_Y-jGchLNGyKDQ8mHAcqi_XzAXQIJaQ6FQ52fjx3Wwvb0rceYbakY-_qQ1zNS8tDkHTpSvCpL7QFNQXQkRA0NO6UnhMCZHJR3ihsojGeeJx5/s517/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20183100.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="484" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4TcKqKJxpef22QGjved4LxO0pG4SA3u0MR9m44L_ygzNh5MvS9KdhJSISJtFutQIeFJpGMPAwjImj_eZ_Y-jGchLNGyKDQ8mHAcqi_XzAXQIJaQ6FQ52fjx3Wwvb0rceYbakY-_qQ1zNS8tDkHTpSvCpL7QFNQXQkRA0NO6UnhMCZHJR3ihsojGeeJx5/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20183100.png" width="300" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Shariff
graduated from Pemberton High School in Marshall in 1955 and then joined the
United States Navy. He served for two years before relocating to Oakland,
California, where he lived for ten years before moving to San Francisco. After
moving to California, Shariff, who still went by David Alexander Elam, dropped
his last name and began playing music as simply David Alexander. He performed
with a variety of legends—from Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker, and Muddy Waters to
Big Mama Thornton, Jimmy Weatherspoon, and Albert King—and even toured
internationally.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd221LIzV3z5JhWWQeqMi85LiaSLi0p1teYter37OUiEPRdiUe8w1ceYEUJ7z_J1U5gsPWRsulG6Ehy7RlPyfu_3Ya6VfGsYj2c68hJPO2L7noG6e3eScwK_H9gsurDXrnsAtOvzKilcnb3OqdPIAtX_lecR00ZmHgDMe-xM08kJN7UULb8mSMV5trOTh5/s600/10674.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd221LIzV3z5JhWWQeqMi85LiaSLi0p1teYter37OUiEPRdiUe8w1ceYEUJ7z_J1U5gsPWRsulG6Ehy7RlPyfu_3Ya6VfGsYj2c68hJPO2L7noG6e3eScwK_H9gsurDXrnsAtOvzKilcnb3OqdPIAtX_lecR00ZmHgDMe-xM08kJN7UULb8mSMV5trOTh5/w301-h301/10674.jpg" width="301" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1968
Shariff recorded his first songs for the World Pacific label release of Oakland
Blues, a compilation of artists from the city of Oakland. He performed at the
Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival in 1970 and played at the San Francisco Blues
Festival multiple times. His performances also included shows at the Fillmore West
and the Chicago Blues Festival. During the 1970s, Shariff released a pair of
albums for Arhoolie Records, The Rattler (1972) and The Dirt on the Ground
(1973), under his birth name, David Alexander. He was the pianist in L.C. “Good
Rockin” Robinson’s band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Shariff <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>had converted to Islam in the early 1960s and
in the mid-1970s changed his name, first to Omar Khayam (performing as Omar the
Magnificent), then later to Omar Shariff (resembling the Egyptian actor, Omar
Sharif).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfLIlMqJj0J_J9UKZtq_h1dNItJqQ00ASYty_zzQQKzhe4LVuv4q7dPBz8CaVud7Jcu1K9CeMridymda70Yh2S9LXp4nGgiuvmKVScXtspzbI1IsJt0UZKAfjAszk7ofmuszDSYystgEvYUbiTxH3BlDVYBfBMfzTaSlhzdfrCkTzvLZIlEqCMGY811wl/s1490/disc.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1457" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfLIlMqJj0J_J9UKZtq_h1dNItJqQ00ASYty_zzQQKzhe4LVuv4q7dPBz8CaVud7Jcu1K9CeMridymda70Yh2S9LXp4nGgiuvmKVScXtspzbI1IsJt0UZKAfjAszk7ofmuszDSYystgEvYUbiTxH3BlDVYBfBMfzTaSlhzdfrCkTzvLZIlEqCMGY811wl/w391-h400/disc.png" width="391" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> <i>Here's "The Raven" from above CD</i></span><div><div> <div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Shariff
first officially recorded under his new name in 1991 when he made the classic
recording The Raven on the Arhoolie label. He was nominated for a W. C. Handy
Award in 1993. Between 1993 and 2000 he recorded three other highly-acclaimed
albums for Have Mercy Records. In 1993 Shariff left San Francisco and moved to
Sacramento, a city he complained about in his song, “Seven Years of Torture,”
on his album Black Widow Spider (2000). </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyejpk3rz9rij85uBJeKrVVn6zGScy2N0ewz8fssdJFqgIw1VzJKZ8ZUmmAgy8mLWPHrJS6ctLWLzL9_H6a3wPvwC455Fm5nTY2uhxj-fPn1DgRHUDwnVPFIoIDXKIh9-QLzVCdw_KmN5WjlyS3N2icjvRzIvbYNpJiSA7TeKJDBwizW0x6V8Jufo0LrVK/s1027/e70ssharriff34.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="1000" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyejpk3rz9rij85uBJeKrVVn6zGScy2N0ewz8fssdJFqgIw1VzJKZ8ZUmmAgy8mLWPHrJS6ctLWLzL9_H6a3wPvwC455Fm5nTY2uhxj-fPn1DgRHUDwnVPFIoIDXKIh9-QLzVCdw_KmN5WjlyS3N2icjvRzIvbYNpJiSA7TeKJDBwizW0x6V8Jufo0LrVK/w269-h276/e70ssharriff34.jpg" width="269" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Shariff later made several television
appearances, including in Fresno and Modesto, California, and wrote several
articles for the Living Blues magazine. Thorough the years, Shariff used his
songs and articles to promote his advocacy for the blues, boogie-woogie, and
African-American culture at large. During his lifetime, Shariff married twice
and fathered two sons, but information on his family life is scant.
Contemporary Keyboard magazine listed Ray Charles, Mose Allison, and Omar
Shariff as its three favorite blues pianists in 1977.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAxXcDObfND91y2ZNlabf4GOWY6zeNbmxgo-09oyUPmIbGMxpoAWQsrsiDAhfV1BfJo6UedMvMgrf9150xMb7ZmJshy9LXENbHOyJv0Rl-H8VUJ2en2f5agiCBqX9vYXYQiaN2tP6AG2-q7P0O2klua2HJrBoQD9T6TOOkztzjw5yYZYlZ-60mM0jUetQ/s304/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20090618.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="241" data-original-width="304" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBAxXcDObfND91y2ZNlabf4GOWY6zeNbmxgo-09oyUPmIbGMxpoAWQsrsiDAhfV1BfJo6UedMvMgrf9150xMb7ZmJshy9LXENbHOyJv0Rl-H8VUJ2en2f5agiCBqX9vYXYQiaN2tP6AG2-q7P0O2klua2HJrBoQD9T6TOOkztzjw5yYZYlZ-60mM0jUetQ/s1600/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20090618.png" width="304" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 2007
Shariff’s performances waned after undergoing double bypass heart surgery,
which resulted in extreme financial struggles. During the last few years of his
life, he survived primarily on Social Security checks and the occasional
low-paying local gigs and out of town performances. In March 2010 psychiatrist
and boogie-woogie musicologist John Tennison contacted Shariff, who was living
in poverty in Sacramento. On behalf of Marshall’s citizens, Tennison invited
Shariff back to Marshall to play a concert funded by their convention and visitors
bureau. Shariff returned to headline a Boogie Woogie Homecoming concert, and
June 11, 2010, was declared “Omar Shariff Day” in Marshall.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdY1rQse167L2AR3fTTkb8T5960bENL1xgqjeXBOoqyuYmWxsyckcOnLLr_MMKCZ4FmBjPNB9jjTgJltgf2eHqVPxCpYqmqPYKptsQ7F_jBoP3CHYuaMU_LGc3AK7Ifu-WAStVacNbCLmT5dUDAqcfUDMWaRrFVW7RkvzzBeOvhjh0zEjRZhk3VZaM2Y8/s450/sharriff2007.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdY1rQse167L2AR3fTTkb8T5960bENL1xgqjeXBOoqyuYmWxsyckcOnLLr_MMKCZ4FmBjPNB9jjTgJltgf2eHqVPxCpYqmqPYKptsQ7F_jBoP3CHYuaMU_LGc3AK7Ifu-WAStVacNbCLmT5dUDAqcfUDMWaRrFVW7RkvzzBeOvhjh0zEjRZhk3VZaM2Y8/s320/sharriff2007.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Subsequently
in 2011, Shariff moved back to Marshall, and he was made the town’s
artist-in-residence and ambassador for its boogie-woogie heritage. He performed
shows downtown weekly and regularly at Marshall’s Second Saturday events. He
was a highlight of the 2011 Fireant Festival with Wes Jeans. Additionally,
Shariff was a headliner at the 2011 T-Bone Walker Blues Fest in Linden, Texas,
and formed a trio with bassist Carl Mitchell and drummer Mike Mitchell. Shariff
died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Marshall on January 8,
2012, due to chronic pain. His memorial service was held at the Marshall Convention
Center, and he was interred at Algoma Cemetery.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZP2I4fEHE6Kxc0mGXbHIdkJtZWoLebP3aZNujJMkUINphIdiw5KvsBFubQEA9mueBJRUXpVieH3L7MZdOR2SB1qarXBA1C1RIZtN-O_6tdwB4SlRYKNLZR97Mwg5gP6gOaYVgZGbKBOWXwSHjREcGoZs2kl83fchty8SqsHE_Jjc316m8AObVw9TOJ6xn/s556/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20183144.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="556" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZP2I4fEHE6Kxc0mGXbHIdkJtZWoLebP3aZNujJMkUINphIdiw5KvsBFubQEA9mueBJRUXpVieH3L7MZdOR2SB1qarXBA1C1RIZtN-O_6tdwB4SlRYKNLZR97Mwg5gP6gOaYVgZGbKBOWXwSHjREcGoZs2kl83fchty8SqsHE_Jjc316m8AObVw9TOJ6xn/w400-h313/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20183144.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately,
like many bluesmen, Shariff was never able to break through to achieve the kind
of recognition his talent deserved. But he’s left a legacy of great music. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from bio by David Park @ The Texas State Historical Association)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></p>
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Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015)</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">was
an American jazz saxophonist, composer, bandleader and principal initiator
and leading exponent of free jazz in the late 1950s.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsV0Suu6w0KKF6tiTlmYlRotvVDfhsJmz_u9D45bCcWWVbl5Smnag0rL7wU6YjIIZWZYQ2dAHXNCfkC0nJwp6ADbdDYL4xPtbgmEAmy8hp1oTZ7mYBWWq7Mj-nbeS4Xza5gOMVLGXlKjxDOsFHbms1pDdCNJnXvOgmq-jZtN4eWF3CmsEkurVU-VKpKnrB/s1050/c758017d-9d9c-433c-b399.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsV0Suu6w0KKF6tiTlmYlRotvVDfhsJmz_u9D45bCcWWVbl5Smnag0rL7wU6YjIIZWZYQ2dAHXNCfkC0nJwp6ADbdDYL4xPtbgmEAmy8hp1oTZ7mYBWWq7Mj-nbeS4Xza5gOMVLGXlKjxDOsFHbms1pDdCNJnXvOgmq-jZtN4eWF3CmsEkurVU-VKpKnrB/s320/c758017d-9d9c-433c-b399.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Randolph
Denard Ornette Coleman was born on March 9, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas, where
he was raised. He attended I.M. Terrell High School, where he participated in
band until he was dismissed for improvising during "The Washington
Post" march. He began performing R&B and bebop on tenor saxophone and
started The Jam Jivers with Prince Lasha and Charles Moffett. Eager to leave
town, he accepted a job in 1949 with a Silas Green from New Orleans traveling
show and then with touring rhythm and blues shows. He then joined the band of
Pee Wee Crayton and traveled with them to Los Angeles, where he lived for most
of the 1950s and while working as an elevator operator, he studied harmony.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIt4r6_cC893ojphpMYSL47ll1DM_Rwr8sGsXaD6Q4IxPgwn_WyTF4AboWbV0bIHGPdgn7gDA83K-TAE-G9D5Y_5oW9OKbPk00DqFRquyrGC8D2PlCfLuV1kznCGSGFo_ieee5RkdP_QhmLif8gvAJ5d3w50MWzWYzqrJ49ZCx1-3DybuwkScpJMFZgl-/s1396/lpf9pnt82st41.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIt4r6_cC893ojphpMYSL47ll1DM_Rwr8sGsXaD6Q4IxPgwn_WyTF4AboWbV0bIHGPdgn7gDA83K-TAE-G9D5Y_5oW9OKbPk00DqFRquyrGC8D2PlCfLuV1kznCGSGFo_ieee5RkdP_QhmLif8gvAJ5d3w50MWzWYzqrJ49ZCx1-3DybuwkScpJMFZgl-/s320/lpf9pnt82st41.jpg" width="248" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He
bought a plastic horn in Los Angeles in 1954 because he was unable to afford a
metal saxophone, though he didn't like the sound of the plastic instrument at
first. Until then, all jazz improvisation had been based on fixed harmonic
patterns. In the “harmolodic theory” that Coleman developed in the 1950s,
however, improvisers abandoned harmonic patterns (“chord changes”) in order to
improvise more extensively and directly upon melodic and expressive elements.
Because the tonal centres of such music changed at the improvisers’ will, it
became known as “free jazz.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm__LDwEnrsd10aRm_aDhj9nR1TxRPztB7OrYs1hLxBwxdjeNOxhetF5ea7-zBfZCEipfLdBrng0O_5wWftP6Mku84Is3yLLxtk5zAoyTqBUmJ7TVEN2cwDsO0PV6TOoCBYLnX5DmdL8K1LiBHptt59mWuWGPoCkU5GsdCbbf0IK9WCM9BRmBmQRVmeKfM/s600/R-2635285-1510873733-4139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="600" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm__LDwEnrsd10aRm_aDhj9nR1TxRPztB7OrYs1hLxBwxdjeNOxhetF5ea7-zBfZCEipfLdBrng0O_5wWftP6Mku84Is3yLLxtk5zAoyTqBUmJ7TVEN2cwDsO0PV6TOoCBYLnX5DmdL8K1LiBHptt59mWuWGPoCkU5GsdCbbf0IK9WCM9BRmBmQRVmeKfM/w400-h398/R-2635285-1510873733-4139.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkyNTcxODlfY1FqT3A" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1958
Coleman recorded his first album, Something Else! which notably featured
trumpeter Don Cherry and drummer Billy Higgins.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdjVsTDuhOhm3Cq4SuhcAfRUBkealcUWz6vKr7tOmRbdfYj4cDKDrXcNqIAgQv5Z5MS2ZR4dq5nINbD9UjJFqPj88HROg0YLIzRKoQUdEznt8D_4PG_dV7bnB0LyCP1RbiGKSI1K7fC-4cqNHgDZTlmso7PzveEYu80Dic63n4x4OfbqOsuG5xssvt80w/s400/ornette_coleman-76c37a4c021cde664c76e953aec65a37.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="400" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdjVsTDuhOhm3Cq4SuhcAfRUBkealcUWz6vKr7tOmRbdfYj4cDKDrXcNqIAgQv5Z5MS2ZR4dq5nINbD9UjJFqPj88HROg0YLIzRKoQUdEznt8D_4PG_dV7bnB0LyCP1RbiGKSI1K7fC-4cqNHgDZTlmso7PzveEYu80Dic63n4x4OfbqOsuG5xssvt80w/s320/ornette_coleman-76c37a4c021cde664c76e953aec65a37.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The three musicians, along with
bassist Charlie Haden, later formed a band, and the quartet’s classic
recordings included The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Change of the Century
(1960). Coleman moved to New York City, where his radical conception of
structure and the urgent emotionality of his improvisations aroused widespread
controversy. His recordings Free Jazz (1960), which used two simultaneously
improvising jazz quartets, and Beauty Is a Rare Thing (1961), in which he
successfully experimented with free metres and tempos, also proved influential.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Here’s
what Charlie Haden had to say on meeting Ornette Coleman.</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Coleman
intended "free jazz" as simply an album title. But his growing
reputation placed him at the forefront of jazz innovation, and free jazz was
soon considered a new genre, though Coleman has expressed discomfort with the
term. Among the reasons he may have disapproved of the term is that his music
contains composition. His melodic material, although skeletal, recalls melodies
that Charlie Parker wrote over standard harmonies. The music is closer to the
bebop that came before it than is sometimes popularly imagined. In the 1960s
Coleman taught himself to play the violin and trumpet, using unorthodox
techniques.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYLZPQaoL5dbaTULoMlmzLvhQ0QGBNxAOls2YJLGCoDlYGyeMp9JZN3aWnjOTxStux2bltqROJN_LnkiviVbzkTLW1AUo_EjIAXHEM-GKiUwn0JFRJGPd5rQcwkdu2EBtkgXL9jHOJ9o_HsQ_MhbeK6jTFNpFtkDGk0U0xfrDNvShv_nktzoazhHro3Vh/s600/68R-3388275-1328457754.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYLZPQaoL5dbaTULoMlmzLvhQ0QGBNxAOls2YJLGCoDlYGyeMp9JZN3aWnjOTxStux2bltqROJN_LnkiviVbzkTLW1AUo_EjIAXHEM-GKiUwn0JFRJGPd5rQcwkdu2EBtkgXL9jHOJ9o_HsQ_MhbeK6jTFNpFtkDGk0U0xfrDNvShv_nktzoazhHro3Vh/s320/68R-3388275-1328457754.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Coleman
signed with Blue Note and recorded At the Golden Circle Stockholm. In 1966, he
recorded The Empty Foxhole with his son, Denardo Coleman, who was ten years old.
His technique was unrefined but enthusiastic, owing more to pulse-oriented free
jazz drummers like Sunny Murray than to bebop drummers. He became his father's
primary drummer in the late 1970s.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">On
February 29, 1968, in a group with Haden, Ed Blackwell, and David Izenzon
Coleman performed live with Yoko Ono at the Royal Albert Hall.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAluDdvUeqM-AJx0TsG2mJvjxb7LtJKe2BhwlONtDfK9OB7L-n63cA_-h4f9hLGUaci-7joNCDrAagkVU_6eIVODmnYoWnB4nm_ytzR8fs2oIe9aLYdmMQRwBudRSd6wWY33k1NuXVWDn_aF682rsaflk-nCGk491f2J0byMCDNzLeslBqXExiLpEOuKG/s1000/1971w800_q80.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAluDdvUeqM-AJx0TsG2mJvjxb7LtJKe2BhwlONtDfK9OB7L-n63cA_-h4f9hLGUaci-7joNCDrAagkVU_6eIVODmnYoWnB4nm_ytzR8fs2oIe9aLYdmMQRwBudRSd6wWY33k1NuXVWDn_aF682rsaflk-nCGk491f2J0byMCDNzLeslBqXExiLpEOuKG/s320/1971w800_q80.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By the
1970s he was performing only irregularly, preferring instead to compose. His
most notable extended composition is the suite Skies of America, which was
recorded in 1972 by the London Symphony Orchestra joined by Coleman on alto
saxophone. Influenced by his experience of improvising with Rif musicians of
Morocco in 1973, Coleman formed an electric band called Prime Time, whose music
was a fusion of rock rhythms with harmonically free collective improvisations;
this band remained his primary performance vehicle until the 1990s.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-KGqj2E1OuV6ED1GWFNFehxlx0UP6dmOIKkHo7dhIVyohO2d4R35f0uVTaEUiXSLUPR7C-fvVTQQJ29iQj_PvR1iJIbyO972A9vocDcDK1rP5s8Bvd1ImLuizJwVvNs5IGNrV2feVrIpWEKK9E9iTFB5fxdc1yWRrvVQljoAnP9jLaLPnQyPabEyBqwW/s635/ornette.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="635" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-KGqj2E1OuV6ED1GWFNFehxlx0UP6dmOIKkHo7dhIVyohO2d4R35f0uVTaEUiXSLUPR7C-fvVTQQJ29iQj_PvR1iJIbyO972A9vocDcDK1rP5s8Bvd1ImLuizJwVvNs5IGNrV2feVrIpWEKK9E9iTFB5fxdc1yWRrvVQljoAnP9jLaLPnQyPabEyBqwW/s320/ornette.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Coleman’s
early style influenced not only fellow saxophonists but also players of all
other instruments in jazz. In recognition of such accomplishment, he received
the Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale prize for music in 2001. In
2005, with a quartet made up of two acoustic double bass players (one bowing
his instrument, the other plucking), a drummer, and Coleman himself (playing
alto saxophone, trumpet, and violin), he recorded Sound Grammar during a live
performance in Italy; the work, which was said to hearken back to his music of
the 1960s, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for music in 2007.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzFZYTff2Sn2D6Zl3FfSuCKhPg9N6ISNjH6UvGWO7zQ0n62-k3_c5JalwNSfgtJHK3k0ApGkY2Tna40_GE9Al64UF3oybKafPJSk279sRx_CZvnG7FdUHJvhPbHYBeuoq_6QhffYMICJCN2i2dGHbxdclEmPtdHiVZQK1mMmgSXM1e5AbctJUue3P11sO/s800/2015ornettec-fd586519810e9c9496a7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzFZYTff2Sn2D6Zl3FfSuCKhPg9N6ISNjH6UvGWO7zQ0n62-k3_c5JalwNSfgtJHK3k0ApGkY2Tna40_GE9Al64UF3oybKafPJSk279sRx_CZvnG7FdUHJvhPbHYBeuoq_6QhffYMICJCN2i2dGHbxdclEmPtdHiVZQK1mMmgSXM1e5AbctJUue3P11sO/w400-h300/2015ornettec-fd586519810e9c9496a7.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ornette Coleman on his birthday March, 9, 2015</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Though
Coleman continued to work with other musicians, he issued no further
recordings. He died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 85 in New York City on
June 11, 2015. His funeral was a three-hour event with performances and
speeches by several of his collaborators and contemporaries. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from Britannica & Wikipedia)</span></span></p><p>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-91081972269655011482024-03-07T15:56:00.000-08:002024-03-07T15:56:52.172-08:00Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau born 7 March 1888<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ0atBPfVnWY1QhB5gJ5JhR3533n0xI-Ezt8SXx494ol2OC3OSiCvztrVIfvjBV51lTb804lTmnh27S_96YwqBv1bqd2r-q9egeN8Qoq7veS0WaotNZJifd38zaeUtDM_v40CItuMnu0I8VBcNp108J82xGCnEhvn9baJschN6tCWSrTuRXK4t7V-UEZw/s894/cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="894" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ0atBPfVnWY1QhB5gJ5JhR3533n0xI-Ezt8SXx494ol2OC3OSiCvztrVIfvjBV51lTb804lTmnh27S_96YwqBv1bqd2r-q9egeN8Qoq7veS0WaotNZJifd38zaeUtDM_v40CItuMnu0I8VBcNp108J82xGCnEhvn9baJschN6tCWSrTuRXK4t7V-UEZw/w400-h400/cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Alcide
“Slow Drag” Pavageau was an early jazz guitarist, string bassist, and dancer
from New Orleans. A popular figure with a larger-than-life personality,
Pavageau is often said to have been the most photographed musician at
Preservation Hall during the 1960s. As one writer at the time noted, “He does
so many interesting things that everyone who has a camera wants his picture.” </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgn5XppztxBzpkdq3IcCKOrV-j3vd2jMADAsTVCdAiq3K_moUE5aFr3RQVaVHa_EAbDO7P9nAfAK-ypMqThIFpB5KxjJLP6IGmKzdm3OdAaG0ogRF4UZ07-TwfY0WTqh-DmpG99Y2UIleit819xeTVYvUhPQpy02mznwCLPwoaKzMfiEogZVX8TszKmsY/s629/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="487" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgn5XppztxBzpkdq3IcCKOrV-j3vd2jMADAsTVCdAiq3K_moUE5aFr3RQVaVHa_EAbDO7P9nAfAK-ypMqThIFpB5KxjJLP6IGmKzdm3OdAaG0ogRF4UZ07-TwfY0WTqh-DmpG99Y2UIleit819xeTVYvUhPQpy02mznwCLPwoaKzMfiEogZVX8TszKmsY/w232-h299/images.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A
gifted stringed instrument player internationally recognized for his bass
playing, Pavageau was also a talented dancer (hence his nickname, “Slow Drag,”
after the Ragtime-era dance). He was also a second line grand marshal, serving
in this capacity for the Eureka Brass Band and others. Pavageau’s musical
talents can best be heard on recordings he made with Bunk Johnson and George
Lewis in the 1940s and 1950s, respectively.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_SuG9g66BNF1rcKkq-YRCMDnYgEJgD8knZN2q9wLryOXGM6YLGTC2008NtbqXfuP9oHRxgT897XIXonN-6AkWDJmkZBgYxn_yfMsnlyTr8f2x4hI9zAw3MAmjw7ME1viiuUZArbXsMgCB2ONaMrWgUK42nllDK_-7b1BJ6hwb8MFkvTj0q5p6FHUgplE/s953/3364.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_SuG9g66BNF1rcKkq-YRCMDnYgEJgD8knZN2q9wLryOXGM6YLGTC2008NtbqXfuP9oHRxgT897XIXonN-6AkWDJmkZBgYxn_yfMsnlyTr8f2x4hI9zAw3MAmjw7ME1viiuUZArbXsMgCB2ONaMrWgUK42nllDK_-7b1BJ6hwb8MFkvTj0q5p6FHUgplE/s320/3364.jpg" width="235" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pavageau
was born on March 7, 1888, in New Orleans. The Pavageaus were a musical family
and related to many other musicians in New Orleans. Pavageau began learning
guitar in 1906 with musical tutoring from his multi-instrumentalist father—who
also worked as a cigar maker—and lessons from his cousin, Ulysses Picou. Other
relatives included cousin Alphonse Picou, a famous clarinet player, and the
musically-inclined Tio and Piron families, including band leader and music
publisher Armand Piron. These men and their forebears had traveled and played
music in Mexico, Cuba, and Haiti and incorporated Afro-Latin influences into
their songs.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjStanntZLfa0dyOOCoz8ZdQ3FWgV_HHgOuT942u0hfVRzxGwkRU8bQ3vVkrZQ6bY3Zf9KkJPwxJspLIdhetMWwWS-bIxJtqBtXnLDdfYjlooyX0AFasUcURdfV-nEmN5QsPWYDZXKn68dpdP4lfG2PJPNJsgBg1lgA1aW3IbAIImcrF20326mbBD22gx/s960/Bunk_Johnson_Leadbelly_George_Lewis_Alcide_Pavageau_Gottlieb_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="960" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjStanntZLfa0dyOOCoz8ZdQ3FWgV_HHgOuT942u0hfVRzxGwkRU8bQ3vVkrZQ6bY3Zf9KkJPwxJspLIdhetMWwWS-bIxJtqBtXnLDdfYjlooyX0AFasUcURdfV-nEmN5QsPWYDZXKn68dpdP4lfG2PJPNJsgBg1lgA1aW3IbAIImcrF20326mbBD22gx/s320/Bunk_Johnson_Leadbelly_George_Lewis_Alcide_Pavageau_Gottlieb_.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pavageau’s
first public gigs were with a band that busked on Basin Street and played for
dances and parties in the area. Pavageau also made a name for himself as a champion
at dance competitions held in New Orleans community dance halls, where he
showed off his talents at the reigning dances of the era. Pavageau’s wife,
known as Sister Annie Pavageau, was a gospel-oriented pianist and vocalist.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSt6l3nGMqpadVLqvRoq0NSTB2eRuRBNdXdc9tiXXMiaoO-8sBTfSPpDQC0dDuhah_-wl9FymXpCePYbZuiI-t_N3thZ1CiqSFjSDtqTjQ6qvLY5uXM4FW3XNP_Y6mFQWO4QG_3omQie_jwnJKiRf8VCt_eoqqrMCI6FPvSq2_anosfvga8VXahbSN_xo/s224/A-412557-1283004733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="210" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSt6l3nGMqpadVLqvRoq0NSTB2eRuRBNdXdc9tiXXMiaoO-8sBTfSPpDQC0dDuhah_-wl9FymXpCePYbZuiI-t_N3thZ1CiqSFjSDtqTjQ6qvLY5uXM4FW3XNP_Y6mFQWO4QG_3omQie_jwnJKiRf8VCt_eoqqrMCI6FPvSq2_anosfvga8VXahbSN_xo/s1600/A-412557-1283004733.jpg" width="210" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Around
1928, when Pavageau was in his late thirties, he fashioned his own three-string
bass and learned to play it. However, Pavageau never did learn how to tune a
bass properly, which became a source of complaint later when he performed with
Bunk Johnson’s band. Pavageau began playing bass with Emile Barnes, Buddy
Petit, and Herb Morand. In the early 1940s Pavageau started with clarinetist
George Lewis, creating a musical partnership that would last throughout the
remainder of his career. In 1945 Pavageau traveled to New York and was a player
in the well-known 1945 Bunk Johnson New York sessions. In 1958 he toured the
United States and Europe with Lewis. Beginning in 1961 Pavageau served as grand
marshal for the Eureka Brass Band, a position he would hold until his death.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGhHXhYdLTY33uJNVE50OrIiTWHhqMe6KpCABqZOJnKM6ftS7Aan2xrttvYBLISWdym8ahgr3GiCvpvEntjtyKgaPa8nddbIkjITB93gDQeDZj8usnB_T4mzBpYsMY3p305XzMI1ymQJfgv2xfJSc6tT51lp6eYrO2MG5OLLjd1HzeQ6pHrGVkNUFA5VX/s320/A-412557-1377412860-8532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="255" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGhHXhYdLTY33uJNVE50OrIiTWHhqMe6KpCABqZOJnKM6ftS7Aan2xrttvYBLISWdym8ahgr3GiCvpvEntjtyKgaPa8nddbIkjITB93gDQeDZj8usnB_T4mzBpYsMY3p305XzMI1ymQJfgv2xfJSc6tT51lp6eYrO2MG5OLLjd1HzeQ6pHrGVkNUFA5VX/s1600/A-412557-1377412860-8532.jpg" width="255" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">At
Preservation Hall Pavageau played with a number of groups, including those led
by Johnny Wiggs, Lewis, “Sweet” Emma Barrett, and Punch Miller. He recorded
dozens of times during his long career, including with Kid Thomas (1954), Louis
Cottrell Jr. (1961), Kid Sheik (1961 and 1963), Kid Howard (1963), and Percy
Humphrey (1965). Many jazz scholars have noted that Pavageau’s percussive bass
lines played a primary role in keeping Lewis’s famed rhythm section a
consistently driving force.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pavageau
died on January 19, 1969, in New Orleans.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Source - Holly
Hobbs article @ 64 Parishes)</span></span></p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TQl3O3vxM-U?si=HOIbSf7F8iJMcFsX" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-16666060054744304862024-03-06T05:57:00.000-08:002024-03-06T05:57:53.051-08:00Eddie Fontaine born 6 March 1927<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZdQGYpiGro3n1PEalgdYUK8KAzm9p83MOuwDCU3_lIFO108qcNRMDO82B_YWbTs3u_g5lGhXerT34HZiR3Vrosg-_SdoBQCsA10FN2cEk1AnR9etg2Q4bHtEIvfQwKGL6gVw8Lu9q6yymd6xpT8_JHx9-topkE_Q52ldOZQzqV8S74tIdszBhNhfFHGB/s1200/Front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZdQGYpiGro3n1PEalgdYUK8KAzm9p83MOuwDCU3_lIFO108qcNRMDO82B_YWbTs3u_g5lGhXerT34HZiR3Vrosg-_SdoBQCsA10FN2cEk1AnR9etg2Q4bHtEIvfQwKGL6gVw8Lu9q6yymd6xpT8_JHx9-topkE_Q52ldOZQzqV8S74tIdszBhNhfFHGB/w400-h400/Front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Eddie
Fontaine (March 6, 1927 – April 13, 1992) was an American actor and singer,
best known for television roles in the 1960s and 1970s.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AgkKG7GmGZvHwIPDJYDxrgyJlllrnJQhqgOUVCJseejGgCEWPvhLhmcL2wzZ9LbYgIt-3UqbEiAaZncmAVnUqXQkTuUy7d_Rc3tRUeT3wMtN4wTrj4zWkMMz2dzMyoAGBuTUyrZdqphBMBl-LNsbANBsybncbiXN80bAPl-LmNbnWisPv9EKTkUzpLqg/s560/A-916583-1471068380-1025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="557" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AgkKG7GmGZvHwIPDJYDxrgyJlllrnJQhqgOUVCJseejGgCEWPvhLhmcL2wzZ9LbYgIt-3UqbEiAaZncmAVnUqXQkTuUy7d_Rc3tRUeT3wMtN4wTrj4zWkMMz2dzMyoAGBuTUyrZdqphBMBl-LNsbANBsybncbiXN80bAPl-LmNbnWisPv9EKTkUzpLqg/s320/A-916583-1471068380-1025.jpg" width="318" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Born
Edward Reardon in Springfield, Massachusetts, he inherited his looks from his
Italian mother rather than from his Irish father, who was far from pleased when
Eddie changed his surname to Fontaine, because it was "slicker".</span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Eddie grew up in Rockaway
Beach, twenty miles from New York City. With Frankie Laine as his main
inspiration, he got his start in the music business singing in bars in New York
with a guitar and passing the hat. By the early 1950s Fontaine had graduated to
singing in cocktail lounges where he was discovered by bandleader Neal Hefti
and Jimmy Hilliard, who was just starting up the new 'X' label, a subsidiary of
RCA.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRf0zWx2R2gMlRa_hsS8pIm4B_ljC1Vk7XGLXHSuwYUpP35yQB1nqJcuaab2RcR5g_od6mIJiczmUksKCI7XH17uuZPj1-0roqy-Xy5TgsLTkj6-sJpLhV6N3AcquTwpWEus3yqWDeOmsDCkcUIDNMDJbKgnc06xcMWl2rb0cbR1NedVAPEz2PLzwaqji5/s300/R-10095025-1491511163-5381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="300" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRf0zWx2R2gMlRa_hsS8pIm4B_ljC1Vk7XGLXHSuwYUpP35yQB1nqJcuaab2RcR5g_od6mIJiczmUksKCI7XH17uuZPj1-0roqy-Xy5TgsLTkj6-sJpLhV6N3AcquTwpWEus3yqWDeOmsDCkcUIDNMDJbKgnc06xcMWl2rb0cbR1NedVAPEz2PLzwaqji5/s1600/R-10095025-1491511163-5381.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Two
weeks later, in the first week of 1955, Eddie found himself in New York's RCA
Victor studio, cutting covers of two Henry Glover compositions, "Rock
Love" (originally recorded by Lula Reed, but a Top 20 hit for the Fontane
Sisters) and "All My Love Belongs To You" (Bullmoose Jackson). It
sold well enough to garner a UK release (HMV 7 M 304). Fontaine was part of the
first of Alan Freed's rock n roll shows, at the Brooklyn Paramount in April
1955, with LaVern Baker, the Penguins, the Clovers, Red Prysock, the Moonglows,
Mickey Baker and others.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6odCk2QGV0b-RXwZQmUeVEoMy26hbowTeQlQ3J7tvWOhFi0aTrJhbgodKYyTBGQTZGlnBZCLDJ6Y-I6SDx4TLsm8XfT0xutzS9ztiaNSgY9l1J1MFQFKE9q8dMmtuSiXX-4i4DFi20F5pLJ85rkyyf3IE9ASMkOhoO_9W8dRk80B7VGKaQBo-nBSIsux/s400/321677402600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="400" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6odCk2QGV0b-RXwZQmUeVEoMy26hbowTeQlQ3J7tvWOhFi0aTrJhbgodKYyTBGQTZGlnBZCLDJ6Y-I6SDx4TLsm8XfT0xutzS9ztiaNSgY9l1J1MFQFKE9q8dMmtuSiXX-4i4DFi20F5pLJ85rkyyf3IE9ASMkOhoO_9W8dRk80B7VGKaQBo-nBSIsux/s320/321677402600.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">After
seven singles for X and its successor, Vic, and an isolated 45 on Jalo, Eddie
was signed to Decca in the summer of 1956. His first release on the label was
"Cool It Baby", which had been recorded by Dick Lory for Dot just a
few weeks earlier. It was Eddie's first out and out rocker and gained him a
cameo appearance in the classic rock n roll movie "The Girl Can't Help
It". Six more Decca singles followed in 1956-57, more pop than rock. He
bowed out in fine style with a cover of Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk
Man", recorded in Nashville with Hank Garland, Grady Martin, Bob Moore and
Buddy Harman. Next came an excellent two-sider for Chancellor, "Goodness,
It's Gladys"/"Middle Of the Road", the A-side being one of his
most rocking sides. But this was a one-off deal and Eddie was now without a
recording contract.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6ONxsJekh4AV6_p4k1cDnuWVt7I3TpBCrVIK_zpJZn8BDx0PE5GVc-3wEPvfBG6UIBKetJ6ibNMgKNpPwpJXlmn6gr9-KL7KoOfoprZ7xxhyp9xbUH4-dq-TLn08FUAnk-VkCWQcgrjoGgoCUjSbXXjx483u78cbEJQjHzWJDGAhlg87TbNeuLItejv5/s800/eddie-fontaine-nothin-shakin-but-the-leaves-on-the-trees-1958-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="579" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6ONxsJekh4AV6_p4k1cDnuWVt7I3TpBCrVIK_zpJZn8BDx0PE5GVc-3wEPvfBG6UIBKetJ6ibNMgKNpPwpJXlmn6gr9-KL7KoOfoprZ7xxhyp9xbUH4-dq-TLn08FUAnk-VkCWQcgrjoGgoCUjSbXXjx483u78cbEJQjHzWJDGAhlg87TbNeuLItejv5/s320/eddie-fontaine-nothin-shakin-but-the-leaves-on-the-trees-1958-4.jpg" width="232" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Fontaine went into the studio at
his own cost and cut a demo of a song he had written (or at least, he has
always claimed that he was the sole writer), "Nothin' Shakin'", using
guitarists George Barnes and Eddie O'Connor, drummer Cozy Cole and two others.
He submitted the demo to publisher Gene Goodman in the hope that he would get
the song placed with a record company, but there were no takers initially.
Eddie then signed with Tommy Valando's Sunbeam label and rerecorded
"Nothin' Shakin'" for them. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcD_lBWpwH9eIiRrCNDN2kTLMbiD9aSbBoOpxTX7Qyd12s8xxOM9I8m-kOawWealSuMuRpHFmaoxyfm5bx6gK7u3kLqrnT7Y73X0zJUkdVFxfQHYETTYdOqbIN_yKnIBg6qUpz9LxfEahPv3HujRIWBgRdQUeyz_vrJlxYpKn2XGqJhmCxdsPeQIm9NlQv/s600/5034265.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcD_lBWpwH9eIiRrCNDN2kTLMbiD9aSbBoOpxTX7Qyd12s8xxOM9I8m-kOawWealSuMuRpHFmaoxyfm5bx6gK7u3kLqrnT7Y73X0zJUkdVFxfQHYETTYdOqbIN_yKnIBg6qUpz9LxfEahPv3HujRIWBgRdQUeyz_vrJlxYpKn2XGqJhmCxdsPeQIm9NlQv/w400-h400/5034265.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkxODk0NThfZFRMVEw" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Soon after the release of this new
version he found out that his original demo had been sold to Chess Records
without his knowledge and had acquired three additional writing credits : by
Diane Lampert, John Gluck, Jr and Cirino Colacral. This original (and superior)
version came out on Argo 5309 in August 1958 and climbed to # 64 on Billboard's
Hot 100, the only chart entry of Eddie's career. "Nothin' Shakin'"
was also released in the UK and was later recorded by the Beatles (for the
BBC), Billy Fury and Craig Douglas, among others. Next, Fontaine spent some
time in Cuba, doing a night club act, until Battista was overthrown by Fidel
Castro.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryopkLtvqy5yfbuJ0lwp-o76MvJ4CT-2UF_jnjpESQZnkFDxnp6H_vwP4wPcXUt6UYR8zRKO9CHDmMRuyFA7HjX6kxaUDYTYB-vqThRC-fLg1PFl6I-4ZalJne8IM54WXDr3uMmJdTRt4BLAPxl3YVqAP4i8RlrEoAS_xgZqflX8UrBZxd-yB168Yqp0e/s551/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="551" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiryopkLtvqy5yfbuJ0lwp-o76MvJ4CT-2UF_jnjpESQZnkFDxnp6H_vwP4wPcXUt6UYR8zRKO9CHDmMRuyFA7HjX6kxaUDYTYB-vqThRC-fLg1PFl6I-4ZalJne8IM54WXDr3uMmJdTRt4BLAPxl3YVqAP4i8RlrEoAS_xgZqflX8UrBZxd-yB168Yqp0e/s320/image.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Later
releases on Warner Bros and Liberty were not successful and Eddie faded from
the recording scene, while his acting career took off. 1961 found him in
Hollywood playing the part of a singing G.I. in the weekly TV drama "The
Gallant Men" for Warner Bros. After the series came off the air in 1963,
Fontaine spent the next two decades flitting between night club crooning and TV
bit-parts which included Kojak, Baretta, The Rockford Files, Happy Days as
Fonzie's dad, The Six Million Dollar Man, 77 Sunset Strip, Baretta and Quincy.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qR71p5_N-UFeEDGfeNZJjrl6uL-3YnZq7E5u_xhAmiTb9F4xIzGtRPtsR2c2105Cd2WNyzbvN35KHCi_gC10ZGfNto2uUrtHZN686983aDnmKCC27q9UbpSk7vowrcOqjLQUJ-FYAHN24Cgi8hQ0wkccFVo-XKCN4dw-ZtO_7l6NLeuUay5UIsPH5Fn4/s225/a9WTIIvQOKRVXpsptBTgSSygWDB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="150" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qR71p5_N-UFeEDGfeNZJjrl6uL-3YnZq7E5u_xhAmiTb9F4xIzGtRPtsR2c2105Cd2WNyzbvN35KHCi_gC10ZGfNto2uUrtHZN686983aDnmKCC27q9UbpSk7vowrcOqjLQUJ-FYAHN24Cgi8hQ0wkccFVo-XKCN4dw-ZtO_7l6NLeuUay5UIsPH5Fn4/w194-h292/a9WTIIvQOKRVXpsptBTgSSygWDB.jpg" width="194" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1981
he resumed his former mantle as a rock n roll singer and toured Europe. In 1984
he was charged with soliciting the murder of his ex-wife, Pamela. An
acquaintance, part-time country singer David Faircloth, told the San Fernando
Municipal Court that Fontaine had offered him $ 3000 and, as an additional
incentive, an electric guitar in exchange for killing the former Mrs Fontaine. Eddie
was sentenced to four years in prison, but apparently he was acquitted by an
appeal court in 1985. It is known for sure that he was a free man on March 1, 1987,
because he was interviewed by Stuart Colman on that day, on Radio London.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0UcTTuRkRPjTXwHZG_3Ox5l96Lrw_36jfD_36LOU23n6NDTw6KhNW5EuaZLJjaK2BRYww1tRgzmCf13Z9AlFCv7SmrHldeu6fJ-UPp8TX_MPkiZ_zTrhAG88rC5mrzqDI5_F5JG2rQYYcE5-NJH_LLqChRVot4_j6MLnsnH-bIfHk0Cxl5q4djmbve9v/s976/74%20rockford%20files.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="976" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid0UcTTuRkRPjTXwHZG_3Ox5l96Lrw_36jfD_36LOU23n6NDTw6KhNW5EuaZLJjaK2BRYww1tRgzmCf13Z9AlFCv7SmrHldeu6fJ-UPp8TX_MPkiZ_zTrhAG88rC5mrzqDI5_F5JG2rQYYcE5-NJH_LLqChRVot4_j6MLnsnH-bIfHk0Cxl5q4djmbve9v/w400-h295/74%20rockford%20files.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He made
his last TV appearance in the series Sisters in 1991, and died in Los Angeles
County, California, of throat cancer the following year, 13 April 1992, at age
65.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He is listed as
a "legend" but not an inductee at the Rockabilly Hall of Fame site.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from This Is My Story & Wikipedia)</span></span></p>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-17287463039928524282024-03-05T08:35:00.000-08:002024-03-06T05:48:11.444-08:00Carol Sloane born 5 March 1937<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIt2zQGXEk4O3DU4tDFPHo7lN3S2rSclr6SdVrzXrHIcuCdATPSSGLdePgfC0llrOq0WSnrgJ7YkoGMomTLO6hj8DLf7U5V6x1RTyGe8hEfiXujcpeHSz21Jp7e7x45DnCaGLERwxATTg6pqoC_v38R71OEi28n4iOwV7djZev1XaBV2Y44ZZbj5RI339/s600/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIt2zQGXEk4O3DU4tDFPHo7lN3S2rSclr6SdVrzXrHIcuCdATPSSGLdePgfC0llrOq0WSnrgJ7YkoGMomTLO6hj8DLf7U5V6x1RTyGe8hEfiXujcpeHSz21Jp7e7x45DnCaGLERwxATTg6pqoC_v38R71OEi28n4iOwV7djZev1XaBV2Y44ZZbj5RI339/w429-h429/front.jpg" width="429" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Carol
Sloane (March 5, 1937 – January 23, 2023) was an American jazz singer.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Born
Carol Morvan in Providence, Rhode Island, she was drawn to music at an early
age listening to the sounds of the wartime and postwar big bands of the swing
era.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She began her
professional career in 1951 singing with Rhode Island society band leader Ed
Drew while still a student at North Providence High School at which time she
took on her first stage name, “Carol Vann.” </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAqFeJvMb1s2GuUBDXgJ7kJsVITPUghV-EehWlbNjAgMhQlpsGzIaSMrfjbqenpHdQFs7XD7g2Evz2r8aI2mHS2mzP8jnYb8BCdOJilHcqPsG4acv18mHcBhZnMEOcRwpFKGej3xXLRDVyKyhyvHWrOIOx_DyZ-8bevrPlydmhjUJkoWzP7FetktcymY1/s300/CAROL-SLOANE-ED-DREW-1954-241x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="241" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAqFeJvMb1s2GuUBDXgJ7kJsVITPUghV-EehWlbNjAgMhQlpsGzIaSMrfjbqenpHdQFs7XD7g2Evz2r8aI2mHS2mzP8jnYb8BCdOJilHcqPsG4acv18mHcBhZnMEOcRwpFKGej3xXLRDVyKyhyvHWrOIOx_DyZ-8bevrPlydmhjUJkoWzP7FetktcymY1/s1600/CAROL-SLOANE-ED-DREW-1954-241x300.jpg" width="241" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1953, she made her first
recording, a single of two songs originally intended as a demo for the songs
themselves. Apparently, someone who heard the demos thought Carol’s versions
were fine and the record did see a general release on both 7” 45 rpm and 10” 78
rpm. (Unfortunately, Carol’s stage name at the time, Vann, was misspelled as
“Van” with one N on the labels.).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">During
this period, she became an ardent jazz fan and began hanging out in the East
Side neighborhood. She also spent a lot of time at Carl’s Diggins, a record
store adjacent to the club. The shop was run by Carl Henry who was a jazz disc
jockey and promoter and an early advocate of Rhythm & Blues in the days
before Rock ’n’ Roll. Carl became a mentor figure to Carol, hipping her to all
the latest sounds, advising her on purchases and introducing her to the
musicians from next door who dropped by all the time.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzpQxk0lhVx0pahtGyXq9Y1ZVIVtm4jx032N2yzhCMUStftQ0N2pFlAlPIJqSK3XmhqkWn9ZFd-4PYGPZXAKrZHmWvN_PxmJZt0WAWkmGA8qbv76C1swejII8B-cmQZKxZ5irSaUKCPxl7Jeqo95RHv9RpXIlwcasiEKrn7ea243lAa1luxiNpn2eMA4f/s704/58CAROL-SLOANE-LARRY-ELGART-PROMO-PICTURE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="704" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzpQxk0lhVx0pahtGyXq9Y1ZVIVtm4jx032N2yzhCMUStftQ0N2pFlAlPIJqSK3XmhqkWn9ZFd-4PYGPZXAKrZHmWvN_PxmJZt0WAWkmGA8qbv76C1swejII8B-cmQZKxZ5irSaUKCPxl7Jeqo95RHv9RpXIlwcasiEKrn7ea243lAa1luxiNpn2eMA4f/w282-h278/58CAROL-SLOANE-LARRY-ELGART-PROMO-PICTURE.jpg" width="282" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
first gained national attention in 1958 when she joined the orchestra of Larry
Elgart with whom with she recorded for RCA Victor. Elgart rechristened her
“Carol Sloane” when she joined the band. She left the Elgart organization in
1959.</span> By 1960<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> she
was booked as a solo artist at the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival where she was heard
by Jon Hendricks of the legendary vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross who
became an instant fan. He first enlisted her as a sub for the group’s female
vocalist, Annie Ross, who was suffering from some health problems. He next
presented her as a guest vocalist during a LH&R performance at The Village
Vanguard in New York City and helped her secure her first solo booking at the
club opening for Oscar Peterson.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQl9-zV09l90Sb9eWzOES2WGwOgqXg4P4oLGMKJy_T9bfSWIYwYZswHxUTIXdPMohC7zLP2cI4l30YnYL_XuL78czkAbw3UL_7jDHSdsuCnnZ_3O6c7ZP3iJ52FitVp1RZwZkIctcuFMR7V372ifMO3GrmiTg509Cl9PtF5xI494cjewcHsZc0VhmhI0d/s600/03Sloane1-articleLarge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQl9-zV09l90Sb9eWzOES2WGwOgqXg4P4oLGMKJy_T9bfSWIYwYZswHxUTIXdPMohC7zLP2cI4l30YnYL_XuL78czkAbw3UL_7jDHSdsuCnnZ_3O6c7ZP3iJ52FitVp1RZwZkIctcuFMR7V372ifMO3GrmiTg509Cl9PtF5xI494cjewcHsZc0VhmhI0d/s320/03Sloane1-articleLarge.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1961,
Hendricks convinced producers to include Carol in their “New Stars” program
that summer at Newport. She garnered rave reviews for her performance and was
heard by a representative of Columbia Records who put the wheels in motion.</span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Columbia signed her and she
recorded an album a few months later. Released in 1962, Out Of The Blue was
unanimously praised by the press and launched her on a solo career. Wein
brought the festival back to Newport that year and Carol again appeared in a
knockout performance which featured legendary tenor saxophonist Coleman
Hawkins.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmOl7KSp96NRtCE3GcuYptuOSRa_ceuECKkOo-WnTT37C7RkuBZYBZxDyUMMgZX_uywisvhIKGR3M_LpvzELiuYo49j7jZxOR0EgdLyGt-LMfsD3Qlcw47blSa63WYGeV7gsUjB1fHjtshDH4PFcb9hM86UkPKSs7tqcfSZEsblqGmcFq9WKgcZ845eXX/s700/carol-sloane-dont-worry-bout-me-columbia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmOl7KSp96NRtCE3GcuYptuOSRa_ceuECKkOo-WnTT37C7RkuBZYBZxDyUMMgZX_uywisvhIKGR3M_LpvzELiuYo49j7jZxOR0EgdLyGt-LMfsD3Qlcw47blSa63WYGeV7gsUjB1fHjtshDH4PFcb9hM86UkPKSs7tqcfSZEsblqGmcFq9WKgcZ845eXX/w400-h400/carol-sloane-dont-worry-bout-me-columbia.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkxNjEyMzdfUUp4TDA" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
released a second album in time for Christmas of 1962, Live At 30th Street – a
live performance recorded at the Columbia Studios in Manhattan and it was
another critical favorite. However, sales were slow (some say due to the the preponderance
of Rock ’n’ Roll on the airwaves) and although they did not drop her from the
label, Columbia put Carol on the back burner. She bided her time taking club
engagements, singing in Manhattan and back home at The Kings & Queens in
Pawtucket where she was recorded live with another tenor giant, Ben Webster.</span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She also became a regular
on Arthur Godfrey Time, an incredibly popular CBS Radio morning show which was
broadcast nationally Monday through Friday.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKu1D8rjuT_gAXCS-JTQGA4nq-RsGYBEsMGoPo4v4TaCNtf-aEr-pT29IELJhYYWf9GHbWV7U-5YvROeasC79OJYgM2isRICEEgCEZGcPaWaNl84TahfEm_BPxpx9k_tmwbmwRfwqfenqvrZv0-NChyFULjWNLIZGPqXRAFgccH1N8JwooWJSixfXIXmea/s300/96CAROL-SLOANE-SONGS-SINATRA-SANG-300x298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" data-original-width="300" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKu1D8rjuT_gAXCS-JTQGA4nq-RsGYBEsMGoPo4v4TaCNtf-aEr-pT29IELJhYYWf9GHbWV7U-5YvROeasC79OJYgM2isRICEEgCEZGcPaWaNl84TahfEm_BPxpx9k_tmwbmwRfwqfenqvrZv0-NChyFULjWNLIZGPqXRAFgccH1N8JwooWJSixfXIXmea/s1600/96CAROL-SLOANE-SONGS-SINATRA-SANG-300x298.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
recorded two stand-alone singles of a more commercial nature for Columbia in
1963 and 1965, but neither managed to crack the charts and she parted ways with
Columbia. She did not record again until 1973.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">During the late 1960s and early ’70s, Carol bided
her time taking a variety of jobs in and out of the music business. Things began
to snowball when she was asked to record an album in Tokyo, Japan for Trio
Records. The Japanese are ardent jazz fans and collectors and Carol’s two
Columbia albums had become high-priced collectibles there. By the late ‘70s,
Carol had become a revered and legendary figure in their large jazz community.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNq_yoFyrsOu_r0XrawH_VTJSsNAnfeG4ozAHrFBVzaDyYJev6aBLqJ4Q8bnOlH0YRrQt5CGQIkOJiT38Q4wVY-iaqxTO-BcK5CAB3gE3f52SwWEDGC-Uz98f1MZINy95o437b0Qj_r5ovHO_dLW5nYjK0spHYr3lcMM73oflGjUifDvKa3BvLkNjsrD2F/s300/210.-CAROL-SLOANE-WELL-MEET-AGAIN-300x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNq_yoFyrsOu_r0XrawH_VTJSsNAnfeG4ozAHrFBVzaDyYJev6aBLqJ4Q8bnOlH0YRrQt5CGQIkOJiT38Q4wVY-iaqxTO-BcK5CAB3gE3f52SwWEDGC-Uz98f1MZINy95o437b0Qj_r5ovHO_dLW5nYjK0spHYr3lcMM73oflGjUifDvKa3BvLkNjsrD2F/s1600/210.-CAROL-SLOANE-WELL-MEET-AGAIN-300x300.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">After
the Japanese release of Sophisticated Lady in 1977 put her back in the public
eye, she began recording regularly for various labels and by the late 1980s was
recording for American jazz giant Fantasy Records under their Contemporary and
Concord imprints.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Altogether,
she recorded more than two dozen critically-acclaimed, internationally released
albums as a leader in the company of dozens of jazz legends and giants
including Clark Terry, Tommy Flanagan, Bob Brookmeyer, Art Farmer, Jim Hall,
Sir Roland Hanna, Ben Webster and Phil Woods, just to name a few.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikx5Bxw-fuGFPJ1FdCCGe72d-ggfDcxV_0bc8a030_LqYak3jxFnRbihFnMBvsdvDCByM8k_vUf89SCJyqLxaMN1yfEhYwZJAK_tPXlnqd2f5-j29-OsM9q40fdMOV7W8B3rHZ6VFILm3L7oF-pkwlESCRP02RlBYMdPHXYLXV9E8GuNDlfZxYBfrYobLV/s2457/UDHY74YAJJEMFES52CLFD7KHYU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="2457" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikx5Bxw-fuGFPJ1FdCCGe72d-ggfDcxV_0bc8a030_LqYak3jxFnRbihFnMBvsdvDCByM8k_vUf89SCJyqLxaMN1yfEhYwZJAK_tPXlnqd2f5-j29-OsM9q40fdMOV7W8B3rHZ6VFILm3L7oF-pkwlESCRP02RlBYMdPHXYLXV9E8GuNDlfZxYBfrYobLV/w438-h271/UDHY74YAJJEMFES52CLFD7KHYU.jpg" width="438" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Carol
Sloane was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame on April 21, 2016
during a performance at Chan’s in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She died on January 23, 2023, due
to complications from a stroke she had two years prior.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame Historical Archive)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
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</p>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-54490950377035998332024-03-04T09:05:00.000-08:002024-03-04T09:05:14.174-08:00Carroll Baker born 4 March 1949<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwYCO7tww98WKjoLck5-ly9rafI7aaR4qpWLJTvSU3BInXZr308jvdf0TXRzh_ibZg5XkrClEngwpVqswuW1TyaD4QoVm3fE4oeiCNBdSsfWOOPfBmbmPwwtY1XD2tjf4y7ZllJhfFcfPGGjoYCHpsPalG8gC1LPZPCKGRyRrP3fXOyTEk5zl3LKBNQUT/s500/cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwYCO7tww98WKjoLck5-ly9rafI7aaR4qpWLJTvSU3BInXZr308jvdf0TXRzh_ibZg5XkrClEngwpVqswuW1TyaD4QoVm3fE4oeiCNBdSsfWOOPfBmbmPwwtY1XD2tjf4y7ZllJhfFcfPGGjoYCHpsPalG8gC1LPZPCKGRyRrP3fXOyTEk5zl3LKBNQUT/w414-h414/cover.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Carroll
Anne Baker CM (born March 4, 1949) is a Canadian country music singer and
songwriter.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwwGEl5m6NIwaCMJsR-xyu2fNmoIFvB_x8nz2mK35JiL62kkLz9mCL6Mj-sXSIMhLeRffVyOetooa_WU9L0b6typUlg6bB0pWXb3hE71IdEcl_HOJa7yQWdEtTv14Owd7Xt6wBtLCwEF6PHzabWPRedCnwHxlmaDZWsSYQ0ISJUrgWt8XKhDyrZzZROnJ/s397/nwdn-file-temp-1611786906555.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="378" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwwGEl5m6NIwaCMJsR-xyu2fNmoIFvB_x8nz2mK35JiL62kkLz9mCL6Mj-sXSIMhLeRffVyOetooa_WU9L0b6typUlg6bB0pWXb3hE71IdEcl_HOJa7yQWdEtTv14Owd7Xt6wBtLCwEF6PHzabWPRedCnwHxlmaDZWsSYQ0ISJUrgWt8XKhDyrZzZROnJ/s320/nwdn-file-temp-1611786906555.jpg" width="305" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Baker
was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">and
grew up in Port Medway a small picturesque fishing village on Nova Scotia's
South West Shore.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
was the youngest of six children born to Gordon and Iverna Baker. She had five siblings; three brothers: Fordan,
Truman and Willis, and two sisters: Barbara and Rosemary. Carroll was
surrounded by music as a little girl but she objected when her musical family
launched into their repertoire of country songs. She preferred rock 'n' roll.
She even objected when her father, a fiddler with many accomplishments, said to
her "one day, you'll love country music." She doubted it. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7r_M627NtkfJTkbgnMJq4ug8DVLxe4EIUxNUAewK9UFLpFr-pnB0ILqUExlLXoxPNKXsVLcAqflZ40nwcwsGVkIFms58uTghK3PlJZMKcwxjI162YQc10jDbAMDYkIxI8zHvlgE0PC8ridb72zytQVCoPuxSAgdBiuBT0S9PiBzGqWqbeJY14qh4BAj5W/s1024/Baker-1-763x1024.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="763" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7r_M627NtkfJTkbgnMJq4ug8DVLxe4EIUxNUAewK9UFLpFr-pnB0ILqUExlLXoxPNKXsVLcAqflZ40nwcwsGVkIFms58uTghK3PlJZMKcwxjI162YQc10jDbAMDYkIxI8zHvlgE0PC8ridb72zytQVCoPuxSAgdBiuBT0S9PiBzGqWqbeJY14qh4BAj5W/s320/Baker-1-763x1024.jpg" width="238" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Growing up
in a small town in Nova Scotia, Baker was immediately drawn to singing and
making music with her friends and get into some occasional trouble as she
states "there was nothing to do, except get into trouble, and we did our
share of that too." </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">During
her teen years, she was practicing regularly and singing for her church on Sundays.
"I worked every church in town, the Anglican church in the morning, the
Baptist church in the afternoon and the Pentecostal at night," she said.
Port Medway's population was too small to have a school so she went to school
at a nearby village named Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, approximately 40 kilometers
north of where she lived. Her talent was not recognized right away, however. At
school, she says she was considered one of the "hicks from the
sticks" and the local glee club would not let her sing.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbp3wm8KDd1QCykx81zXG8-1BbQezWmeIeBPXtl8YyjZeSmvdVow2xh1IhVlqJwa1ybVhZO57PKxy-vyk4wSrreE4Qo6zPX6hkztSnk2MNpId8QLfbO2K0kduueagcDt3V2rH6AdDUst_aryId0_jLb702VWgT5CvT-tpUqrcuUHvsZhNapawXgyRStIoO/s965/Baker-3-768x965.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbp3wm8KDd1QCykx81zXG8-1BbQezWmeIeBPXtl8YyjZeSmvdVow2xh1IhVlqJwa1ybVhZO57PKxy-vyk4wSrreE4Qo6zPX6hkztSnk2MNpId8QLfbO2K0kduueagcDt3V2rH6AdDUst_aryId0_jLb702VWgT5CvT-tpUqrcuUHvsZhNapawXgyRStIoO/s320/Baker-3-768x965.jpg" width="255" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1965,
when Carroll was 16, she and her parents moved to Oakville. They rented a home and everyone was happy to
be together. She convinced her parents to let her get a job instead of
finishing her education at high school. She worked at various jobs, a bookstore,
a factory, a restaurant, and Canadian Tire. In 1966 she met a handsome
Frenchman, John Beaulieu. The couple dated for a year, were engaged and then
married on April 20, 1968 at St. Dominic's Catholic Church.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiLNWizF36545RSxF3JfZMfYQXTOLXJjNvauU2BwoiKRpoKQjDFnmzCgUxua11fDGJu43Pog5SXpumOMS2RcE9heXG3Jh_jVqI6NkLOQsH-jPoy3jPhC9OnkGPvJ8rochiYUHOQEMaRCbsDQ7uuAMNZA_BEciDLoGMNA7-K1sjgEybUdrLRqAxzWqGLk7/s390/R-12547775-1537385717-2695.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="390" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiLNWizF36545RSxF3JfZMfYQXTOLXJjNvauU2BwoiKRpoKQjDFnmzCgUxua11fDGJu43Pog5SXpumOMS2RcE9heXG3Jh_jVqI6NkLOQsH-jPoy3jPhC9OnkGPvJ8rochiYUHOQEMaRCbsDQ7uuAMNZA_BEciDLoGMNA7-K1sjgEybUdrLRqAxzWqGLk7/w400-h396/R-12547775-1537385717-2695.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkxMTg1ODlfeVEzNWI" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">When she
heard country music in Toronto, she said it made her homesick for Nova Scotia
and that is where her love for country music began. She made her stage debut in
1968 when her husband persuaded her to get on stage with a local band that was
playing at the bar. The band members were initially impressed, even asking her
to join them, but they soon became frustrated with her lack of progress and
they eventually let her go.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaFU02jQM1xtGVTUE6W4dlj__nlDqZxVFw22l1eg5xne-u89SHKKk2n4QqNzZYyapcluuROWecMtVKgSSkfyDCV_S9teEJon5BciKUWsXh46dOPxULX6cNhX7p4AQMTb__a6q7fvWunOvaNKfD8feHycCNhIUw5d3RSO0Sa5EV4PIK9m8w_NRgpDGs9km/s600/71R-13192345-1549693941-6965.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNaFU02jQM1xtGVTUE6W4dlj__nlDqZxVFw22l1eg5xne-u89SHKKk2n4QqNzZYyapcluuROWecMtVKgSSkfyDCV_S9teEJon5BciKUWsXh46dOPxULX6cNhX7p4AQMTb__a6q7fvWunOvaNKfD8feHycCNhIUw5d3RSO0Sa5EV4PIK9m8w_NRgpDGs9km/w288-h288/71R-13192345-1549693941-6965.jpg" width="288" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Songwriter
George Petralia heard Baker sing and introduced her to producer Don Grashey.
Her first single in 1970, "Mem-ries of Home", was written by Petralia
and released on Grashey's Gaiety label. It was a minor hit, staying on the
charts for 26 weeks. Based on the success of this first recording, Grashey
contacted several record companies regarding a recording contract for her and
finally made a deal with Columbia Records. She recorded two albums for Columbia
with limited commercial success. Eventually she went back to Gaiety Records.
She then was signed to RCA Records where she had several gold and platinum
records. From RCA, she joined Tembo records where she was again awarded
platinum record status for her record sales.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhoUkPfboyq875ppa1W0Xrmouyk90jjVLygnFipGwrHWn4b6pL0Iv3x30ZLLPmHt3gmDFX0G8NMsdtgcn9EL4StY9t_SFzSQYlPKP7VtRhEd68iHYeYgu7kIwHdjbpcFwURvogd9MItb-RzDCRk0_Wnu9bRCtNhkveBK3aS7P_h7mw0Awxu_NI3hFp4iu/s599/79R-7677412-1446523164-3856.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="596" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhoUkPfboyq875ppa1W0Xrmouyk90jjVLygnFipGwrHWn4b6pL0Iv3x30ZLLPmHt3gmDFX0G8NMsdtgcn9EL4StY9t_SFzSQYlPKP7VtRhEd68iHYeYgu7kIwHdjbpcFwURvogd9MItb-RzDCRk0_Wnu9bRCtNhkveBK3aS7P_h7mw0Awxu_NI3hFp4iu/w291-h293/79R-7677412-1446523164-3856.jpg" width="291" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1973,
Baker became pregnant and announced her intention to withdraw from the music
business. Grashey convinced her to continue, and the pair traveled to Nashville
to record four songs. Her first top ten record came from that session,
"Ten Little Fingers", a song about a little girl, written by Don
Grashey; this song remains one of her most popular songs to this day. She also
had a hit with a bluegrass remake of "It's My Party". All told,
between 1970 and 1982 Baker released 31 consecutive charting singles. Twelve of
these reached the top of the charts.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKZvJzpete4c0HTAAN9tRkZuAYt6la-MCtTmp7iycA7iYeI41yloeDFFqaZ2FhpaOQv9B23-dbKUmR6KHjOD1lvRBGfoAhNovAzn_MvR48-mdaCUUrclTNRmaPELRTnbs_AQYt39j5pySxxfmLUXDVqbTzbGoCAL_jMExBW6N2W2XHDnDI4OLAyUlRVgR/s1479/conway_twitty_presents_carroll_with_platinum.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1479" data-original-width="1154" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKZvJzpete4c0HTAAN9tRkZuAYt6la-MCtTmp7iycA7iYeI41yloeDFFqaZ2FhpaOQv9B23-dbKUmR6KHjOD1lvRBGfoAhNovAzn_MvR48-mdaCUUrclTNRmaPELRTnbs_AQYt39j5pySxxfmLUXDVqbTzbGoCAL_jMExBW6N2W2XHDnDI4OLAyUlRVgR/s320/conway_twitty_presents_carroll_with_platinum.jpg" width="250" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Baker
received the Juno Award for Country Female Vocalist of the Year five times,
including awards in 1977, 1978 and 1979. In 1976, she won a Big Country Award
for best album of the year, and in 1977 and 1978 she was named top female
country singer at the same awards.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
also received CCMA Awards as female vocalist of the year in 1982 and 1985 and
for top-selling album (Hymns of Gold) in 1986, and for best-selling album
(Christmas Carroll) in 1990. She was known as "Canada's Queen of Country
Music."</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiT48ZsaHIzLXRONyAwy77hdH_Oi05SAzcwSyQZwfIr3cH6UufiWItFb8mQjq86jAoM0u_7LiS3YPpM66cQWMaZ-25wbMpaN7PgmamjgJaDnm9npO2wPfs3tNBX_cdrzOyhXYvSr7bcFSN8NSZHZv6v2pLkmHZOYurpp_D_w5iYJdpmjfd27nZ6RFDdIR0/s2000/Right-Direction.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1598" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiT48ZsaHIzLXRONyAwy77hdH_Oi05SAzcwSyQZwfIr3cH6UufiWItFb8mQjq86jAoM0u_7LiS3YPpM66cQWMaZ-25wbMpaN7PgmamjgJaDnm9npO2wPfs3tNBX_cdrzOyhXYvSr7bcFSN8NSZHZv6v2pLkmHZOYurpp_D_w5iYJdpmjfd27nZ6RFDdIR0/s320/Right-Direction.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Baker
entered into semi-retirement in the 1990s, maintaining a reduced performance
schedule. She was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992
and was recognized with a lifetime achievement award from the Nova Scotia
Country Music Association in 1997. For hosting many charity telethons, she was
also honoured with the C.F. Martin Humanitarian Award. Baker became a Member of
the Order of Canada in 2010.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from Wikipedia, The Canadian Encyclopedia & Carroll Baker’s webpage)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></p><p>
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Linhart (March 3, 1943 – February 13, 2020) was an American rock performer,
composer, multi-instrumentalist musician and actor.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-_LaXq_RqUdZ_0bvRoGdkvmJQWjC4k2ZpgJBiEnGEQpVbGSsDoojGVrq0N5zSpbt7IRxeP5zSEx-xy9HXsvTFIYj9YJgFNZVgOhYiRGwbCGxbQXrk6IeHGCLmXiqRZNvIt3ZE2wUSyis25eEm9suLL35YNlZCCx-QGvAv_OF_w0jiCazcst72tqplrh8/s264/buzzy-sixties.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="200" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-_LaXq_RqUdZ_0bvRoGdkvmJQWjC4k2ZpgJBiEnGEQpVbGSsDoojGVrq0N5zSpbt7IRxeP5zSEx-xy9HXsvTFIYj9YJgFNZVgOhYiRGwbCGxbQXrk6IeHGCLmXiqRZNvIt3ZE2wUSyis25eEm9suLL35YNlZCCx-QGvAv_OF_w0jiCazcst72tqplrh8/s1600/buzzy-sixties.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">William
Charles Linhart was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Cleveland,
Ohio. His mother, Agnes Linhart, was a music educator. His first musical
inspiration was when he heard the crows singing in the 1941 Walt Disney
animated feature Dumbo. His dad was in a Mason lodge as grand master, Linhart
told AMG in a May 2002 interview: "He played some percussion and did novelty
songs with an act called the Cornpoppers in their lodge so I saw this stuff
when I was two and three years old. Rock & roll wasn't in yet, my parents
liked to produce shows....They would do these big stage extravaganzas, a lot of
music from the 1890s, they would write entire shows...including minstrel shows,
so I really heard a lot of good live music when I was very young."</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36bFQyliIAeuQ6IuEhur3AA5Fd-qoy8Nlyu4PB1lCeudKQSzi6IDW1rFduQlrAedeDc3mJ6XK8bXT-Qf5Vrem7AMr-DiRWQlo5tod_nfP20Zr1c8RTOATGB6qKxTH94FmOSyAyHP5QH1BflxndxWYppuQ1iVILuwrihQd7i_GJ7dknpFSmSGQmEWqVgFr/s500/0008982562_10.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="500" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36bFQyliIAeuQ6IuEhur3AA5Fd-qoy8Nlyu4PB1lCeudKQSzi6IDW1rFduQlrAedeDc3mJ6XK8bXT-Qf5Vrem7AMr-DiRWQlo5tod_nfP20Zr1c8RTOATGB6qKxTH94FmOSyAyHP5QH1BflxndxWYppuQ1iVILuwrihQd7i_GJ7dknpFSmSGQmEWqVgFr/w296-h234/0008982562_10.jpg" width="296" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He began
playing percussion for symphony at the age of seven, switching to vibraphone at
ten. At the age of eleven he forms a Dixieland band called the Five Diamonds.</span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He later formed the
Bel-Aires, not the Scottish group of the same name. At fourteen he entered the
Cleveland Music School Settlement. Because of this training he led bands all
through school and at the age of 18 entered the U.S. Navy School of Music as a
percussionist.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He
caught emphysema during the Cuban Missile Crisis from fighting a fire, also
"a guy was killed ten feet from me on watch," creating post-traumatic
stress disorder. He was 19 when he was let out of the navy.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtidV7-j_IYjZI4kBLhKMoxnLNaJX9GSo3PUBbGhe2wrX4AwBm_FdAAcxm5p6hXAjqLeRAB5JdMR-ZAvE71XWyAmV30yB7uFDdOXwBdcRTdq9vK9JNfmx7y0fv4pU2rS5PahKe43OrNKOOOoD35LsBtMVzIAfSy-q2qwzcXeHUY62ys039Nj01EO8Ay5NJ/s604/363977596_10231844443239849_5257388511822637452_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="604" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtidV7-j_IYjZI4kBLhKMoxnLNaJX9GSo3PUBbGhe2wrX4AwBm_FdAAcxm5p6hXAjqLeRAB5JdMR-ZAvE71XWyAmV30yB7uFDdOXwBdcRTdq9vK9JNfmx7y0fv4pU2rS5PahKe43OrNKOOOoD35LsBtMVzIAfSy-q2qwzcXeHUY62ys039Nj01EO8Ay5NJ/s320/363977596_10231844443239849_5257388511822637452_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: large;">In 1963,
he moved to </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">New York City and became friends and roommates with John Sebastian.
He also became a protégé of the senior guitarist and folk singer Fred Neil. One
of his first bands, with fellow musicians Steve De Naut, Serge Katzen, and Max
Ochs, was Seventh Sons, who released a raga-rock LP for ESP Records. Linhart
later released a series of solo albums from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s
starting with his Philips debut buzzy (the title with a small "b") in
1969.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NKSlvyWPm0LBOpkOep_EXlEfu_euOIcb7uicveJV5v5UCOeSqihtJ6y0ApBJ6ifouVBjYrYAgiK3jpoMxpFKOLcyOGZqnfVVlBHHxSfX4pgvODMnPKBmLOFjl7r63Dq0LSnYOP0a6nOcLnbTKz_pxsc2CyQeT8Tzz2RodAB4JnZEOpfzRkczIVrndBA4/s454/R-4618707-1370115743-6115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="454" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NKSlvyWPm0LBOpkOep_EXlEfu_euOIcb7uicveJV5v5UCOeSqihtJ6y0ApBJ6ifouVBjYrYAgiK3jpoMxpFKOLcyOGZqnfVVlBHHxSfX4pgvODMnPKBmLOFjl7r63Dq0LSnYOP0a6nOcLnbTKz_pxsc2CyQeT8Tzz2RodAB4JnZEOpfzRkczIVrndBA4/w400-h389/R-4618707-1370115743-6115.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div><br /></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODkwODMxODVfNDdTZ3o" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1971
Linhart was signed to Eleuthera Records. Although closely associated with the
Greenwich Village folk-rock scene for much of his career, he recorded that
first complete solo album in London and Wales with the Welsh prog-rock band
Eyes of Blue serving as the backing band.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Linhart had significant visibility as an actor in the mid-1970s. He also
achieved some notoriety from his appearance in the opening sequence of the cult
movie The Groove Tube, as a hippie hitchhiker. He was also a regular on the
1976 television show Cos, starring Bill Cosby. However, there appears to be
little or no surviving footage from the series, unlike the several subsequent
Cosby television series.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkV1VuT4Qc4v60i9fPqLXepAhfwT3FnGvKkS2mTjJ185R8KIppvAJswRJNucJi7xl8tmakefsG031HZjKEOLhJnPPfVvlx69aOy5275B9UHh8X9geGUcxD3Z-h27Vt_SnsOA2trSuUoDqlltqMEjNXUGMkDyMZj5Y0_862h8IlZNhPE19Pe07dGKW6Llm/s643/293243012_551744173052423_6146095648201996270_n.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="643" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRkV1VuT4Qc4v60i9fPqLXepAhfwT3FnGvKkS2mTjJ185R8KIppvAJswRJNucJi7xl8tmakefsG031HZjKEOLhJnPPfVvlx69aOy5275B9UHh8X9geGUcxD3Z-h27Vt_SnsOA2trSuUoDqlltqMEjNXUGMkDyMZj5Y0_862h8IlZNhPE19Pe07dGKW6Llm/w280-h280/293243012_551744173052423_6146095648201996270_n.jpg" width="280" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His
skill on the vibraphone led to work as a session musician on recordings by
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Richie Havens, Carly Simon, Cat Mother & the All Night
Newsboys, and Jimi Hendrix (on the Cry of Love album; he was also credited on
Electric Ladyland). In 1977, he was rear-ended on the 405 in a borrowed truck
while moving in the LA area — he was temporarily without a union job and had no
health insurance. In that accident, he injured his knee, hip and tore the
cartilage between his ribs. Things got bad, and Buzzy experienced homelessness
and unprovoked police brutality that seriously injured his shoulder.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShIgLnws_aOoF3l3_3mRyIgdaGD56IQgtB4-XslT7N8Z4qNHnZbr2OOIG8OkViOg31G3LU3pMP66cWACKtom8xNjiMFRBu6U3Ebd069sc4iwFz2IsMugq75cJXmZ-eeq9YhgQ7KmPJZmBq4PDYyDjbjlrIDixYImFniC41bXzC0ld5XAK0ZVwtCwhuU8F/s960/349924688_620222180137390_4671608841828711534_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjShIgLnws_aOoF3l3_3mRyIgdaGD56IQgtB4-XslT7N8Z4qNHnZbr2OOIG8OkViOg31G3LU3pMP66cWACKtom8xNjiMFRBu6U3Ebd069sc4iwFz2IsMugq75cJXmZ-eeq9YhgQ7KmPJZmBq4PDYyDjbjlrIDixYImFniC41bXzC0ld5XAK0ZVwtCwhuU8F/s320/349924688_620222180137390_4671608841828711534_n.jpg" width="254" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Thanks
to some old “Friends”, and some welfare programs he had stable housing in
Berkeley since about 1990, and reunited with his oldest son, Professor Xeno
(Linhart) Rasmusson in 1992. Older adult-related health issues have included
osteoporosis, a series of mild strokes and moderate heart attacks, but he has
recovered well and has excellent health in many ways thanks to many years of
studying natural health and yoga. Although mobility challenged and living with
chronic pain, Buzzy still had a lot to give.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYpbwSaKdICWnpsvWAFT2MHFaiKRkCbSQFSlpmvlWMk7wGNQLiozmRZfSe2GjGEWTRLSaYD7kIFIbv-bHMOs2mk0MyWsZG9acsYz-ND0X8GZthFZyja8bFu3smhbEOLMZf1L0WA8f2P0mA7BZ7wKey1XKSGETJSst-jXrc-UwzXSU4tjtFd8T1Mnk3uXh/s240/57723.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYpbwSaKdICWnpsvWAFT2MHFaiKRkCbSQFSlpmvlWMk7wGNQLiozmRZfSe2GjGEWTRLSaYD7kIFIbv-bHMOs2mk0MyWsZG9acsYz-ND0X8GZthFZyja8bFu3smhbEOLMZf1L0WA8f2P0mA7BZ7wKey1XKSGETJSst-jXrc-UwzXSU4tjtFd8T1Mnk3uXh/w319-h319/57723.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 2005
he recorded "Mr. Cool" on the CD Life Goes On, with Monica Dupont and
Gary Novak. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Linhart
was joint composer of "(You Got To Have) Friends," a collaboration
with Mark "Moogy" Klingman, which became singer Bette Midler's de
facto theme song. This was the end of his major label career, but although he
never achieved commercial success, Linhart continued to write, record, sing and
compose music for many years afterward. Shelley Toscano created a highly
acclaimed film documentary, Famous: The Buzzy Linhart Story in 2006.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He ended
his latter days with the aid of a wheelchair due to degenerated knees. On May
29, 2018, Linhart suffered a “heart attack, seizures, and other complications.”
He was subsequently hospitalized, then moved to a nursing home in Berkeley. He
died at his Northern California home on February 13, 2020.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He was 76.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from Wikipedia, AllMusic, Best Classic Bands & Buzzy Linhart Memorial Fund)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
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boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-79908539123638051462024-03-01T07:56:00.000-08:002024-03-01T07:56:14.330-08:00Johnny Drummer born 1 March 1938<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUczRZk-ZNuSZ1I7QlFIYuwWHYp48hkos-NRaDKDk7vp7S_g2XC0ZJPOdWnnqJVZ52Bc3CPE9GoF2fLu7qAp8WEAG6vsgmbJM-l5o9kLhxR2YUN5IktY4OVti3x_LZdEfbGhwt5a9XQmhyESBaWAvV74aNA9OxbpzPMwX6qBNFPBZ5e5tQ_8IU4SxNFfj/s800/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="800" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUczRZk-ZNuSZ1I7QlFIYuwWHYp48hkos-NRaDKDk7vp7S_g2XC0ZJPOdWnnqJVZ52Bc3CPE9GoF2fLu7qAp8WEAG6vsgmbJM-l5o9kLhxR2YUN5IktY4OVti3x_LZdEfbGhwt5a9XQmhyESBaWAvV74aNA9OxbpzPMwX6qBNFPBZ5e5tQ_8IU4SxNFfj/w400-h399/front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Johnny
Drummer (born March 1, 1938) is an American Chicago blues and
soul blues singer, keyboardist, drummer, harmonica player, and songwriter. His
stage name came after he saw the film Johnny Guitar, at a time when his chosen
instrument was the drums.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbujixlsTEZ7okco83wbfmqf68vssETWZdArImcprpa-zWOJf4_4gxF2scxI8M5OntYM5Cep6PXFEyYAyD3bKrrrs6I4XbPp_CeCiff-lM5IN_mY1noTvN5HUWkhncsaG6E2689SSRFMHOmbL7aRe6mugSl9DFzA-QUTfpg8r-8Z4zshXMoyGWveWliGRN/s1353/10582836_316165695220406_2114199866812906254_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="1155" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbujixlsTEZ7okco83wbfmqf68vssETWZdArImcprpa-zWOJf4_4gxF2scxI8M5OntYM5Cep6PXFEyYAyD3bKrrrs6I4XbPp_CeCiff-lM5IN_mY1noTvN5HUWkhncsaG6E2689SSRFMHOmbL7aRe6mugSl9DFzA-QUTfpg8r-8Z4zshXMoyGWveWliGRN/s320/10582836_316165695220406_2114199866812906254_o.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Johnny
Drummer was born Thessex Johns and was named after an uncle Essex and a cousin
Theotrice. Like a lot of bluesmen, Drummer is from the Mississippi Delta,
specifically the tiny town of Alligator, just southwest of Clarksdale. His
brothers played handmade box guitars, and the likes of Ike Turner and Little
Milton passed through to play gigs.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Many
of Drummer’s family members played piano in church, and Drummer started singing
there as a child, joining his first band at age seven. He loved artists such as
Memphis Minnie and B.B. King, even though his religious relatives looked down
on the blues.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMculObP_WoEYvS6qpOAdWkxNOZlXht55qeIc84hTe0JijywTttic9rv4L2tkcYAyx-dhZwXvFrrwCibKvdNr-AkypuoYMpcYvFxubLRsVx25rUR2vLTRQ3e85spnXlish96nJDINQiw2Yyfgz58HWfa3Wt33qAc0biDwv66-4AcbyUODnXWWdUBwH4E1Z/s602/23132123_10212302179604387_6892264848551279499_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="449" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMculObP_WoEYvS6qpOAdWkxNOZlXht55qeIc84hTe0JijywTttic9rv4L2tkcYAyx-dhZwXvFrrwCibKvdNr-AkypuoYMpcYvFxubLRsVx25rUR2vLTRQ3e85spnXlish96nJDINQiw2Yyfgz58HWfa3Wt33qAc0biDwv66-4AcbyUODnXWWdUBwH4E1Z/s320/23132123_10212302179604387_6892264848551279499_n.jpg" width="239" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He joined the U.S.
Army in 1956 and learned to play the drums during his three-year
period of duty and used his occasional time off to sit in with whatever bands
he could. By 1959, he had relocated to Chicago. In 1960, he joined a band containing
Lovie Lee and Carey Bell. He later played drums for about a year for Eddie
King., In 1962 Drummer recorded two tracks, "Lookin' for My Baby" and
"I Can't Stop Twisting," for a local record label, Wonderful Records,
but they were never released. By 1963 he had formed his own band, the Starliters.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizoccGaCHTsUO3oJMds3RxCRfK5CuSJuuRYJU6rC6CECTmA9fBjzYob7pt2B88l6a49PwkwWygaU8mzf5fpwtL26ZgZWyyCH7GCEiLRXxkAYrzyQ-ovqK_CebN2t44Y-tYxM6ZlYO3URSMD578CmC7bg3d416mtwUG4MjSF3tpqmlHQWDoYgnoOXGEOwO/s2048/12028761_316164081887234_2896841326565116079_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizoccGaCHTsUO3oJMds3RxCRfK5CuSJuuRYJU6rC6CECTmA9fBjzYob7pt2B88l6a49PwkwWygaU8mzf5fpwtL26ZgZWyyCH7GCEiLRXxkAYrzyQ-ovqK_CebN2t44Y-tYxM6ZlYO3URSMD578CmC7bg3d416mtwUG4MjSF3tpqmlHQWDoYgnoOXGEOwO/s320/12028761_316164081887234_2896841326565116079_o.jpg" width="253" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1965,
he recorded vocal overdubs on two tracks for Billy "The Kid" Emerson,
but these also were not issued. During the 1960s, the Starliters at various
times included Sammy Lawhorn and Eddie Shaw. Drummer also played on several of
Eddie King's singles, and in 1965 he once played with B.B. King at a concert
when King's regular drummer did not arrive. Drummer was reluctantly pressed to
sing in his own band, leaving regular drum playing to others. Drummer uses the
Starliters name to this day, and he claims that quite a few blues stars have
passed through the band’s ranks. It is pretty tough to corroborate every
association, but he says the lineup at one time or another included King as well
as the likes of Jimmy Johnson, Sammy Lawhorn, Eddie Shaw, Lefty Dizz, and Odell
Campbell (who played with Magic Sam).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyQ4fHpTnpEowjAlq7rAGCF8D1W3qgYc-5yLm7-hp9fm7ylLu9GSshbrNJIxR6F5hCGNom0j3GHPAsyyjFnJP5DefajNyJtqD81npmf6IAP-reDBMwDL34w-ywzAEzjE6UsejDAMKsSEuux5boxmwJ2z8GSzBQU8roTDxVGeVWSFa9x3r_HbcH2WBXBpF/s2048/293635951_544209513871790_1709716529863882784_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1470" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyQ4fHpTnpEowjAlq7rAGCF8D1W3qgYc-5yLm7-hp9fm7ylLu9GSshbrNJIxR6F5hCGNom0j3GHPAsyyjFnJP5DefajNyJtqD81npmf6IAP-reDBMwDL34w-ywzAEzjE6UsejDAMKsSEuux5boxmwJ2z8GSzBQU8roTDxVGeVWSFa9x3r_HbcH2WBXBpF/s320/293635951_544209513871790_1709716529863882784_n.jpg" width="230" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1974,
Drummer obtained full-time employment with the Chicago Police Department, where
he worked for twenty years. However, he continued to play music in the
evenings, having learned the rudiments of harmonica playing from Junior Wells. He
gigged with the super-group The Aces several nights a week for a couple years,
and he would appear as vocalist on the delightfully raw 1976 LP The Aces and
Their Guests. It was recorded live on October 14, 1975, at Chicago club Ma
Bea’s, and it also included Bobby King and Joe Carter. In the late 1970s, Drummer
recorded "The Fire Is Gone" and "I'll Find a Way," which
were released as a single by Arpco Records.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-RdEf8CamzPQWj4OX0pNjrUC_Z7LudF6t2ysYPy-nynVLtMCYOEkLj1blvWzKcviUTz-K7RIkipAk5O1a87nKcxsIs7kg9rKMoOmX87hdTdS3cIz1QK0PRx1sSnW7tZkFutMVbfXcVnh0XabFgSF0vZX-LDlgiuVfSgjp8Bfd3_ApJyVk7Y2lnLCN1T-/s600/R-6485379-1420375661-2829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-RdEf8CamzPQWj4OX0pNjrUC_Z7LudF6t2ysYPy-nynVLtMCYOEkLj1blvWzKcviUTz-K7RIkipAk5O1a87nKcxsIs7kg9rKMoOmX87hdTdS3cIz1QK0PRx1sSnW7tZkFutMVbfXcVnh0XabFgSF0vZX-LDlgiuVfSgjp8Bfd3_ApJyVk7Y2lnLCN1T-/w395-h400/R-6485379-1420375661-2829.jpg" width="395" /></a></span></div><div><br /></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODg5OTQ2NzNfbzZGaWQ" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By 1985 Drummer
also added electronic keyboards to his arsenal. Eventually synthesizers
developed sounds he liked, and he started playing them onstage in the mid-80s.
Soon he graduated to a Roland keytar—a keyboard controller that can be worn with
a strap and places several controls on a short guitarlike “neck”—and the
instrument has become one of his trademarks, since it’s relatively rare in the
blues. It also let him walk around in the audience again and even duet with
himself by doubling on harmonica.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Drummer
and his band opened for many musicians, including Denise LaSalle, Z.Z. Hill,
Koko Taylor, Tyrone Davis and Willie Mabon.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkASeWkQ2Z11C6is-aIn14eZ020Mpdtf1xqTHwm1Aqs0ovS7IXdxir9MKCO_N9Iousjh3VtkradMElNli8RGs7se5TESl64oGlhLF0NbxV4R-YfzMbhIL-527XvEhm6pUhw9ZE1VUkzaSMw-HVjQUye4wnofsDcGw4UQ6c83BMNX0WWQLjDabWZd8boLE2/s599/R-8746991-1467889612-4852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="599" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkASeWkQ2Z11C6is-aIn14eZ020Mpdtf1xqTHwm1Aqs0ovS7IXdxir9MKCO_N9Iousjh3VtkradMElNli8RGs7se5TESl64oGlhLF0NbxV4R-YfzMbhIL-527XvEhm6pUhw9ZE1VUkzaSMw-HVjQUye4wnofsDcGw4UQ6c83BMNX0WWQLjDabWZd8boLE2/w288-h286/R-8746991-1467889612-4852.jpg" width="288" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Drummer's
debut album, It's So Nice, was released by Earwig in 1999. The music critic Cub
Koda noted, "his knack for a catchy phrases and lyrical hooks coupled with
funky grooves and solid instrumental mixes makes this album a real
sleeper". His subsequent albums are Unleaded Blues (2001), Rockin' in the
Juke Joint (2007), Bad Attitude (2014), Angels Sing The Blues (2015) and It’s
So Nice (2016). He won First Place In The International Songs Writers
Competition (2016), for his song Ain’t No Secret In A Small Town, released on
the album Bad Attitude.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9yAzrFJIu3oo3p3lfv1Z4d2WS3V5egbvBxBbYHOijhaEjVGzgNrhDvK3TSk4d0sZUD-vJB2eN2JL-A8J9wF8zr-BZ62MhyphenhyphenBwuftZpc1ed3unOIGoUqA23eTp1NXNibART7NR_NhLsgxS8JS701McCMgy9OTT4zJOTvUuH0wqnMAYqWmv7YWRSnLr2J2H/s435/johnnydrummercd2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="435" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt9yAzrFJIu3oo3p3lfv1Z4d2WS3V5egbvBxBbYHOijhaEjVGzgNrhDvK3TSk4d0sZUD-vJB2eN2JL-A8J9wF8zr-BZ62MhyphenhyphenBwuftZpc1ed3unOIGoUqA23eTp1NXNibART7NR_NhLsgxS8JS701McCMgy9OTT4zJOTvUuH0wqnMAYqWmv7YWRSnLr2J2H/s320/johnnydrummercd2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Johnny
Drummer as an International performer has performed consistently in major
festivals and shows throughout the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Travels included acclaimed performances at the Chicago Blues Festival,
Pocono Blues Festival, University of Illinois Blues Festival, Mississippi
Valley Blues Festival, Money Road Festival in Mississippi, and several others
in the US, Canada including places such as The Netherlands, Germany, Finland,
Poland, Quebec, France, and Beirut, Lebanon.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">After
spending many years in Chicago Johnny is now living in Horn Lake Mississippi
and is a regular at the world renowned Juke Joint “Reds” in Clarksdale.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(Edited
from Wikipedia & Mississippi Delta Blues</span> & </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">an article by Steve Krakow for
Chicago Reader)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/diKLgcdo1tg?si=8Nu63aiecBYz7MX0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-61040987927245657052024-02-29T07:00:00.000-08:002024-03-01T07:19:19.891-08:00Ruby Wilson born 29 February 1948<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7z0Njcvs7zZtWmdOwKY_mmQZtHVQa4aZGhb7VpKQ4dHb4_VPkQ2GtGPfwyTC6tRS-VSNOYIbEnIgwuNWTwKWgoXU192jqtM24zdwnFOZPZKvWCBrMyjbjJMQcO5NC9ENpsIfewKPK6ctI-L5YfBtDl38GmD4gDmMdRQwNo8UfG8K4X71o8NMCI7P_e04E/s500/front2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7z0Njcvs7zZtWmdOwKY_mmQZtHVQa4aZGhb7VpKQ4dHb4_VPkQ2GtGPfwyTC6tRS-VSNOYIbEnIgwuNWTwKWgoXU192jqtM24zdwnFOZPZKvWCBrMyjbjJMQcO5NC9ENpsIfewKPK6ctI-L5YfBtDl38GmD4gDmMdRQwNo8UfG8K4X71o8NMCI7P_e04E/w425-h425/front2.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Ruby Wilson (February 29, 1948 – August 12,
2016) was an American blues and gospel singer. She was known as "The Queen
of Beale Street" as she sang in clubs on Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee,
for over 40 years. She had a successful touring and recording career, and
appeared in a number of films.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOgdCLwBYhIMhUxl2_fXw7O99CeOjaLjE1dI9oxZDqIo7hfKS_Qgodiir17IOVdVBGHYXHP3YMfTrZxCV5Sz-n4W52PKysu1rzeIpLZzZqRy5ZRTEsIy4ujmPIDXEkXhTBdWHFFir7-D7QoxoRGBePhtac8T29mfvndok_HThqU9zUETtXJuViONFUXJ7/s367/Ms._Ruby_Wilson_Performs_at_Shiloh_(cropped).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="220" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOgdCLwBYhIMhUxl2_fXw7O99CeOjaLjE1dI9oxZDqIo7hfKS_Qgodiir17IOVdVBGHYXHP3YMfTrZxCV5Sz-n4W52PKysu1rzeIpLZzZqRy5ZRTEsIy4ujmPIDXEkXhTBdWHFFir7-D7QoxoRGBePhtac8T29mfvndok_HThqU9zUETtXJuViONFUXJ7/w215-h358/Ms._Ruby_Wilson_Performs_at_Shiloh_(cropped).jpg" width="215" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Wilson was born in Fort Worth, Texas,
United States, the youngest in a family of six children. Her mother was a maid,
her father was self-employed, and Wilson grew up picking and chopping cotton -
work she later described as hot and unpleasant. Her upbringing was filled with
music, from two quite different sources - her mother, a deeply religious woman,
only allowed her children to listen to gospel music, as she believed that all
other music was "the devil's music".</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Wilson's mother was the choir director
at their family church, and when she was 7 years old Wilson began singing in
her mother's choir. On the other hand, Wilson's father loved blues and Wilson
listened with him to blues musicians, which had a strong influence on her future
career.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPnhyphenhyphen2ZOV8B2mEQ6EeTMX5t8tq9ihG37HqpKyKK1MuP6zQk9b0OnXvFsWSRCRyx5_YSnl8E0sCgsxoc2hXZ4gEMmBQY_bI3hn0Ff3yFFPiuxCoxOua6iTJSRNA4OfUorfZ8Et_aHvT22W57beNlbL7WAGSLgCwoVVbAZ8ETeS1PF0UYU96S7nm4Tz0DlY/s400/316.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPnhyphenhyphen2ZOV8B2mEQ6EeTMX5t8tq9ihG37HqpKyKK1MuP6zQk9b0OnXvFsWSRCRyx5_YSnl8E0sCgsxoc2hXZ4gEMmBQY_bI3hn0Ff3yFFPiuxCoxOua6iTJSRNA4OfUorfZ8Et_aHvT22W57beNlbL7WAGSLgCwoVVbAZ8ETeS1PF0UYU96S7nm4Tz0DlY/s320/316.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Wilson met B.B. King for the first time
when she was 14; King offered to be her godfather, and the two became close.
When she was 15 years old, singer Shirley Caesar heard Wilson singing at church
and invited her to tour with her as a backing singer with her gospel group The
Caravans.. At the end of high school in 1966, Wilson married musician Jessie
Moseley. The newlyweds moved to the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, where they
played gospel music at churches around the city. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the early 1970s, Wilson divorced her
husband and returned to Texas, where she sang jazz in a small club in the
evenings and continued to sing with her church choir on Sunday mornings. By
1972 she moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and started working as a kindergarten
teacher in the Memphis City School system.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMG_lsfuevoU_RCwtFcjAzocjOhyphenhyphenKKfD8BwNn0X0H7kDuBniLqiv2aM7VFXuAcwRqCaWOOW5Qwcsv-Aea8IatVX4bXRP7WekukWokqoMd614PQIIQwqvrwlLDFTYiLVjxgsDasj9rsC-bAHOgIi3OzHRaGfkbxXitT1jPaBUCLiBFqFrj2efaSww9S-4BB/s400/226.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMG_lsfuevoU_RCwtFcjAzocjOhyphenhyphenKKfD8BwNn0X0H7kDuBniLqiv2aM7VFXuAcwRqCaWOOW5Qwcsv-Aea8IatVX4bXRP7WekukWokqoMd614PQIIQwqvrwlLDFTYiLVjxgsDasj9rsC-bAHOgIi3OzHRaGfkbxXitT1jPaBUCLiBFqFrj2efaSww9S-4BB/s320/226.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">She also began performing regularly in
clubs on Beale Street, including The Peabody, Club Handy and Club Royale, with
musicians such as Ray Charles, Isaac Hayes, and the Four Tops. When B.B. King
opened his B.B. King's Blues Club, she was given a weekly residency there, and
when he later opened a restaurant, Itta Bena, she also became a regular
performer there.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBSLndcH3LJf58WSgu1MzUIhch3A1ryzmts1pHghurXtXvmjTxAKiJSRm2FUBSam5xWypm_ishokz1brO-7llnJaXnqpGYgl7lAxeOjbnIvihQG4cz5NTZCCybeEOlWDCo8SLC_EdSDvjPrCMBNZhzl5_j5aiBuQxMs11Z9EYAO_aWSRqRryThYH_P0uC/s1440/439479_v9_ba.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBSLndcH3LJf58WSgu1MzUIhch3A1ryzmts1pHghurXtXvmjTxAKiJSRm2FUBSam5xWypm_ishokz1brO-7llnJaXnqpGYgl7lAxeOjbnIvihQG4cz5NTZCCybeEOlWDCo8SLC_EdSDvjPrCMBNZhzl5_j5aiBuQxMs11Z9EYAO_aWSRqRryThYH_P0uC/s320/439479_v9_ba.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">As Wilson's career developed, she toured
the United States and internationally, and performed at blues and jazz
festivals in Europe, Asia and New Zealand. She performed at the New Orleans
Jazz & Heritage Festival, and for President Clinton and Vice-President
Gore, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his son Prince
Albert. Wilson also performed on cruise ships and river cruises, and at parties
and corporate events. Some of the bands which she performed with were the Hot
Cotton Jazz Band, Buck Bubbles Express, the Unknown Band, the King Beez, B. B.
King All Stars, Ms. Ruby’s Band and the Detroit People’s Band.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtL5G-UKK4Vwu7yXRnazCrWO_mcPsH_av6cLiqToFdUx73CP9RSDJoNrSXpNxR_qyUXSF54ahr_LTyJob_9vB436XdHfpBbsVKY5LrD6ufx5ftgQoUrYLIWAs6wcUbvF94l7QZsm6aQFDxz6T7aujcS503WpHEvrx8uqqBPBpwDaUEY2jc_aAVliD7GpG/s530/JAI+ALAI+09A.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="530" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtL5G-UKK4Vwu7yXRnazCrWO_mcPsH_av6cLiqToFdUx73CP9RSDJoNrSXpNxR_qyUXSF54ahr_LTyJob_9vB436XdHfpBbsVKY5LrD6ufx5ftgQoUrYLIWAs6wcUbvF94l7QZsm6aQFDxz6T7aujcS503WpHEvrx8uqqBPBpwDaUEY2jc_aAVliD7GpG/w400-h400/JAI+ALAI+09A.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODg5OTE1ODFfTm9OZmY" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Ruby’s recording career<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>started in 1975 with two singles on T.K.
subsidiary Glades, with Number One In Your Heart and the funkier Sky High both
still sounding good today. In 1976 she was offered her first record contract,
with Malaco Records. Her first album, Ruby Wilson, was released by Malaco in
1981, and she released a further nine albums in her career. Two, Cake Walking
Babies (1988) and Outstanding In Their Field (1989) were recorded with the Hot
Cotton Jazz Band.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In the 1980s, Wilson spent some years
living in Los Angeles and performed with Joan Rivers and Sharon Gless.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80GTZ9HFuaNfDe6O-ahukqA1HIF16kzENKD70tJ7KIjwxpO3bEQU8l3V7M78Zn4DGI0rRENAajfuXQtfA3xT13eqNot6zCQNy-oHTXfBCffAqo7fBodoitKELaRyjDfPTkhrQl5GWRMo6eZzIi3ZVznFc02R0Ah0Itz15TR4W0TxbCmnTeE30LqWWE_Y1/s414/A-686173-1260758909.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80GTZ9HFuaNfDe6O-ahukqA1HIF16kzENKD70tJ7KIjwxpO3bEQU8l3V7M78Zn4DGI0rRENAajfuXQtfA3xT13eqNot6zCQNy-oHTXfBCffAqo7fBodoitKELaRyjDfPTkhrQl5GWRMo6eZzIi3ZVznFc02R0Ah0Itz15TR4W0TxbCmnTeE30LqWWE_Y1/s320/A-686173-1260758909.jpg" width="232" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In 1992, after 20 years of singing in
Beale Street clubs, local TV station WMC-TV gave her the title "Queen
Ambassador of Beale Street"; two years later this was amended to "The
Queen of Beale Street".</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Wilson appeared in several films,
including The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), The Chamber (1996), Cookie's
Fortune (1999) and Black Snake Moan (2006) as well as in television commercials.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: large;">In 2010, she was
inducted into the Black Business Directory's African-American Hall of Fame. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpAfaNb9RFPISAXaGmeCby5VH8uS6GTWCuc6jwvG87BdoYbAloy6usBvmAEe6VyOtS4j6sCS50_lk-lNG0J0rnVhBzg4rQdhOsjVeQ0i6wVQekUKmLTgNyBFUol29W7WNJaRoyPFqlhQh734lAoQPd66d3YfPq3lJc5solWJ4PpO01VLEZYDZ0GLzZeeD/s600/Ruby-Wilson-e1471176793491.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpAfaNb9RFPISAXaGmeCby5VH8uS6GTWCuc6jwvG87BdoYbAloy6usBvmAEe6VyOtS4j6sCS50_lk-lNG0J0rnVhBzg4rQdhOsjVeQ0i6wVQekUKmLTgNyBFUol29W7WNJaRoyPFqlhQh734lAoQPd66d3YfPq3lJc5solWJ4PpO01VLEZYDZ0GLzZeeD/s320/Ruby-Wilson-e1471176793491.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">In 2012, Wilson was offered space to
exhibit items from her career, and later that year the Ruby Wilson Museum was
opened. It displays memorabilia including awards, outfits and photographs. In
2013, Wilson received a W.C. Handy Heritage Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.</span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Wilson
toured the world numerous times. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf2ErLCXZ1wT9fB2sGZXd8e_9EJA_L-dzxalTRImSABNtG4IsKRxlV-Dkt_2uGDzzkwVeiFZkhw4nH0npVtDnEdEo0NnRbZ670HLvtI6keoGdlV6mnI3kmU06hVOAJutVJrrNbBpVmZhxczZvIJI9nzaTUWhjtTEfybIcR5bu7mdF2dgQlAD9X54Jv1c-/s1024/6276804684_c85b17afae_b.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="683" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJf2ErLCXZ1wT9fB2sGZXd8e_9EJA_L-dzxalTRImSABNtG4IsKRxlV-Dkt_2uGDzzkwVeiFZkhw4nH0npVtDnEdEo0NnRbZ670HLvtI6keoGdlV6mnI3kmU06hVOAJutVJrrNbBpVmZhxczZvIJI9nzaTUWhjtTEfybIcR5bu7mdF2dgQlAD9X54Jv1c-/s320/6276804684_c85b17afae_b.jpg" width="213" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Wilson suffered a stroke in 2009, and
was unable to speak for four months. She received speech therapy and physical
therapy and eventually recovered enough to return to acting and singing.</span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Despite
her disability she always looked glamorous and her voice was as strong as ever.
She suffered a heart attack in 2016, and after several days in a coma died on
August 12, aged 68.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Wilson was married four times.
Her first husband was a gospel entertainer from Chicago. Her fourth husband was
B.B. King's road manager.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">She was survived by four
children, twelve grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited from Wikipedia & Memphis
Flyer)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bnORGzat9Qs?si=1ntQscSOi_qdMBEz" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-73810576112691583392024-02-28T09:57:00.000-08:002024-02-28T09:57:00.415-08:00Jesse Fortune born 28 February 1930<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-zomciOCvr8VhN74cL3BOQ6H9NNNi3rTZWATZ_AOCP3mBJaNDAQ2PrPP8ESpu3ADL1c6bx-eC60Pz2a8_q-g35V1fdAF7aZ_99Mn4ySzfoYjIPwhZnpns9HpN0tGgtTLB050UxvhGrRUKGSL1dwtkk_f1xtSF_70PSf13Nk79Sxt_b6UtJKrr6bftF2Y/s600/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="596" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-zomciOCvr8VhN74cL3BOQ6H9NNNi3rTZWATZ_AOCP3mBJaNDAQ2PrPP8ESpu3ADL1c6bx-eC60Pz2a8_q-g35V1fdAF7aZ_99Mn4ySzfoYjIPwhZnpns9HpN0tGgtTLB050UxvhGrRUKGSL1dwtkk_f1xtSF_70PSf13Nk79Sxt_b6UtJKrr6bftF2Y/w398-h400/front.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Jesse
Fortune (February 28, 1930 – August 31, 2009) was an American Chicago blues
singer and barber.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitce7HWsw7XzXJEj5CJ229Mxppov-2v6-eRlOMlLVKa2aleTdqdrwyZKxcYbYnbLzsJYO4P1uUnNkSjurmEq0AcQ3L96BStyERYn0k8dpfwAEQHKgNnMT1PWLGMZIgabU-WWk05Vqg2yyrnbSO6oqsM599omCKFPBnHmLJufg5vSWbc8FiAdxD-6VgHQyS/s520/otis%20rush.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="425" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitce7HWsw7XzXJEj5CJ229Mxppov-2v6-eRlOMlLVKa2aleTdqdrwyZKxcYbYnbLzsJYO4P1uUnNkSjurmEq0AcQ3L96BStyERYn0k8dpfwAEQHKgNnMT1PWLGMZIgabU-WWk05Vqg2yyrnbSO6oqsM599omCKFPBnHmLJufg5vSWbc8FiAdxD-6VgHQyS/w226-h276/otis%20rush.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Otis Rush</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Born in
Macon, Mississippi, Fortune was trained as a barber before moving to Chicago,
Illinois, in 1952. In Chicago, he worked as a barber during the day and a blues
singer at night. Fortune became one of the most popular performers for
"heavy duty vocal work" in the Chicago blues scene of the 1950s and
1960s. Hired by the legendary Otis Rush as a special guest feature vocalist for
the Otis Rush Band show in 1952, Jesse made his mark on Chicago's tough west
side. Keeping in mind that Otis Rush was himself one of the great vocalists in
Chicago as well. Other great vocalists like Buddy Guy also hired fortune as a
special guest vocalist.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4_GBok4A5AenlRhpaXlKcFagYImVdvlHQ62EJc9IoFKSh3X6e9UgI1mlN6txCsx1Lw4VPdpZ-uwWda0iuwQQzfScxXUfI2Wf8eiaNahNg0XoNCwAAgdOV3Vj0Rptc64Sd4AQ2FIorJgqISX0u8uAXl3zZ0ydgIZ9cSR060kFpqZVFqzI98_yjZyuzRwI/s528/OIP.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="474" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4_GBok4A5AenlRhpaXlKcFagYImVdvlHQ62EJc9IoFKSh3X6e9UgI1mlN6txCsx1Lw4VPdpZ-uwWda0iuwQQzfScxXUfI2Wf8eiaNahNg0XoNCwAAgdOV3Vj0Rptc64Sd4AQ2FIorJgqISX0u8uAXl3zZ0ydgIZ9cSR060kFpqZVFqzI98_yjZyuzRwI/w244-h272/OIP.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willie Dixon</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Jesse
soon caught the attention of Willie Dixon who was penning tunes for Rush at
that time. Dixon told writers and A&R men about Jesse Fortune and how he
was "knocked out by his talent and power". Jesse Fortune soon found
himself recording for the USA label and had Dixon writing tunes for him. After
a meteoric rise to popularity behind the release of the USA sides, Fortune
became rightfully disillusioned by the Blues music scene and it dishonesty. He
has often said he "never made a dime from his recordings" even though
he became a minor star behind them. Almost as fast as he rose to prominence he
disappeared from the scene.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WyDYET87yzGl5kWmZ4qNyUjj0Km3Mxkig49ve3o7wPB0odIPfCZL4sbq9g122hlOroivYNpCpbTLcLVgIbKxwo-gu1H_DruPKE45suT2vCjKpwyXoC08-crrrbcBs9LMPyVoiLqjOL5d_LqB03TLzZWu6hIT9m3iJ-EIBlHE1sfKFx86rPQoeQqzn1TE/s599/R-5839195-1627678723-7946.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="590" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WyDYET87yzGl5kWmZ4qNyUjj0Km3Mxkig49ve3o7wPB0odIPfCZL4sbq9g122hlOroivYNpCpbTLcLVgIbKxwo-gu1H_DruPKE45suT2vCjKpwyXoC08-crrrbcBs9LMPyVoiLqjOL5d_LqB03TLzZWu6hIT9m3iJ-EIBlHE1sfKFx86rPQoeQqzn1TE/w394-h400/R-5839195-1627678723-7946.jpg" width="394" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODg5ODk5MThfSnlBd28" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Blues
guitarist Dave Specter said of Fortune, "He was one of the great Chicago
blues singers. He had an amazingly powerful voice, kind of in the style of
early B.B. King. He had so much presence he almost didn't need a microphone."
Fortune's best known recording was "Too Many Cooks," released in
1963. The Robert Cray Band later covered Fortune's "Too Many Cooks."
Fortune released a number of records for the USA label, but became
disillusioned with the music business. He later said that he "never made a
dime from his recordings."</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7pgCQV7KWRxxYgz_8hCUrb4annZukFOgqEf5L7_wN2aBEkrBrVx16hrPon7MK_EH58ceU7b7xELqXWImR3RvG3xhc0lVktDD-4UB_ANfD6zQo1FYt8CZacPeEdWupBN4kbQd2Lwu7gW6avra1qABHF-PUltWTFvwaa0-7IjZscOKTFKg1GcsBqzGuoHh/s263/41399585_125175473730.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="198" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7pgCQV7KWRxxYgz_8hCUrb4annZukFOgqEf5L7_wN2aBEkrBrVx16hrPon7MK_EH58ceU7b7xELqXWImR3RvG3xhc0lVktDD-4UB_ANfD6zQo1FYt8CZacPeEdWupBN4kbQd2Lwu7gW6avra1qABHF-PUltWTFvwaa0-7IjZscOKTFKg1GcsBqzGuoHh/s1600/41399585_125175473730.jpg" width="198" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bob Koester
of Delmark Records, caught Jesse singing at a benefit concert and immediately
signed him on the spot. And in 1992, Fortune made a comeback with the release
of a new album titled Fortune Tellin' Man. Down Beat Magazine rote,
"Fortune's Delmark CD, Fortune Tellin' Man, showcases his gospelly vocal
grit; he uses his love for B.B. King's style as a springboard instead of a
crutch." And Cadence Magazine wrote, "His voice is expressive yet
never sounds strained or labored. He is deeply soulful with a strutting
rhythmic style ... that give this material such a freshness not often hear on
Blues releases these days. Jesse Fortune's return to recording and gigging is a
most welcome event." Fortune operated a barber shop on Chicago's west side
in his later years and continued to perform occasionally in Chicago's blues
clubs.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY45VufxM4X6RDEZaAYzqQunuTyTB15N3uhBypzn1eyZCQmGLk5dzlDLCmXZbGTD1NyTM8Ez8qAEe6ataJPBr00b6bljqq_xykYFRl-L04RWgt8ZiCA0LKPjCdmTnmq3QlREuK9_r6xKYr3IFVgoTIwVMYQSkac5CfDxW5-n5guXTLQ-4P0q5Yk5ppeVv/s480/Jesse_Fortune_01.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY45VufxM4X6RDEZaAYzqQunuTyTB15N3uhBypzn1eyZCQmGLk5dzlDLCmXZbGTD1NyTM8Ez8qAEe6ataJPBr00b6bljqq_xykYFRl-L04RWgt8ZiCA0LKPjCdmTnmq3QlREuK9_r6xKYr3IFVgoTIwVMYQSkac5CfDxW5-n5guXTLQ-4P0q5Yk5ppeVv/s320/Jesse_Fortune_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Delmark
Records founder Bob Koester recalled Fortune's love of being a barber:
"Barbering was his trade and he took more than a little pride in it. He liked
running his barbershop." Fortune once "had an opportunity to sing in
Europe but turned it down because he didn't want to disappoint his haircut
customers."</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
August 2009, Fortune died at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Chicago after collapsing on
stage while performing at Gene's Playmate Lounge, a Chicago blues club. An
autopsy showed he died of coronary atherosclerosis.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from Wikipedia & Blues Management Group)</span></span></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RJEaoL2yI9g?si=Zs2R63WeBOXE1LYx" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-32105063808382942102024-02-27T07:00:00.000-08:002024-02-27T09:16:23.890-08:00Winifred Atwell born 27 February 1910<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ6brgslo_dw2DOOn3bM2xYp9ThsGQ64h6uAzsV4Ii5P6zZZiVb376Q27Q7pMMpwBrl_A606rT7pNuPk_g1Tl3iMdhJghA3lfHuay7EpEeW0oUqHHmv8pSr9LwcHNjyBmq7gJTsMD5wg8AK3U9Iq3y7xjpm4dKePk5H1_Z3i2OKBq0HYfq_Gv6o7VQUHh/s800/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ6brgslo_dw2DOOn3bM2xYp9ThsGQ64h6uAzsV4Ii5P6zZZiVb376Q27Q7pMMpwBrl_A606rT7pNuPk_g1Tl3iMdhJghA3lfHuay7EpEeW0oUqHHmv8pSr9LwcHNjyBmq7gJTsMD5wg8AK3U9Iq3y7xjpm4dKePk5H1_Z3i2OKBq0HYfq_Gv6o7VQUHh/w400-h400/front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winifred
Atwell (27 February 1910 *– 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist who
enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series
of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the
first black artist to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and as of
2023, remains the only female instrumentalist to do so.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2-peSy_XS29632sPssRVdmmxRnzpEvOmOzRU77zg3UZAZy8yxZ1V-Wc8Fm5riZ1ipvhJW-YLvm86oVzlE4Cl426ES66gsAr4UiH_-TyjgbQB9gce__biclc-76-EBDTWO45hoRuQ59vUml5bdYc7HWtQn2XjnqH7zkF0tGvtTXTqo5ims3zkK0_E1mZK/s300/3336986.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="231" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2-peSy_XS29632sPssRVdmmxRnzpEvOmOzRU77zg3UZAZy8yxZ1V-Wc8Fm5riZ1ipvhJW-YLvm86oVzlE4Cl426ES66gsAr4UiH_-TyjgbQB9gce__biclc-76-EBDTWO45hoRuQ59vUml5bdYc7HWtQn2XjnqH7zkF0tGvtTXTqo5ims3zkK0_E1mZK/s1600/3336986.jpg" width="231" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Una Winifred Atwell was born in Tunapuna in
Trinidad and Tobago. She and her parents lived in Jubilee Street. Her family
owned a pharmacy, and she trained as a druggist, and was expected to join the
family business, Winifred, however, had played the piano since a young age, and
achieved considerable popularity locally.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She left
Trinidad in the early 1940s and travelled to the United States to study with
Alexander Borovsky and in 1946 moved to London, where she had gained a place at
the Royal Academy of Music. She became the first female pianist to be awarded
the Academy's highest grading for musicianship. To support her studies, she
played rags at London clubs and theatres. These modest beginnings in variety
would one day see her topping the bill at the London Palladium.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-zh9ucMMyXzRZbLdWm5hdgXDOsc6nBRToo7KF_XTB6SPVRwn3SKGMf_fIAixfTQ98tCso82omiS1f5Q6MK-CRiPK9OWjZHhhIkF4ls-izl68D1UQSxagAyifbdo0tmt2eHfASon5zkXvg6QIH122LUwfOqzFGVQIXJ1mJdPmYfdQ2gf-LA08_lBYaSzz/s937/6a00d8341c464853ef0240a497309b200d.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="937" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-zh9ucMMyXzRZbLdWm5hdgXDOsc6nBRToo7KF_XTB6SPVRwn3SKGMf_fIAixfTQ98tCso82omiS1f5Q6MK-CRiPK9OWjZHhhIkF4ls-izl68D1UQSxagAyifbdo0tmt2eHfASon5zkXvg6QIH122LUwfOqzFGVQIXJ1mJdPmYfdQ2gf-LA08_lBYaSzz/w281-h260/6a00d8341c464853ef0240a497309b200d.jpg" width="281" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She
attracted attention with an unscheduled appearance at the Casino Theatre, where
she substituted for an ill star. She caught the eye of entrepreneur Bernard
Delfont, who put her on a long-term contract. She released three discs which
were well received. The third, "Jezebel," scurried to the top of the
best seller lists. It was her fourth disc that catapulted her to huge
popularity in the UK. A fiendishly complex arrangement called "Cross Hands
Boogie" was released to show her virtuoso rhythmic technique, but it was
the "B" side, a 1900s tune written by George Botsford called
"Black and White Rag," that was to become a radio standard.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMVqtQAITpi7hXJxr7huIPpt6HdXNAcOmk-zIdH_hK2vvECrt46xmXAodA-bxTlFo6_Z1Bne3SrFD9gKYKGEfZQYHMS7G_4dgMhlxFdW22GHUVNR8g9PFjtFqigPWB4Ra7fY1sKFqoOZ79mMx1NBd8CwQqQkWiI6nDCDmf7bUGXdgJel4lYBsKKDWM6M1/s320/winifred-atwell-and-her-piano-the-black-and-white-rag-decca-78.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMVqtQAITpi7hXJxr7huIPpt6HdXNAcOmk-zIdH_hK2vvECrt46xmXAodA-bxTlFo6_Z1Bne3SrFD9gKYKGEfZQYHMS7G_4dgMhlxFdW22GHUVNR8g9PFjtFqigPWB4Ra7fY1sKFqoOZ79mMx1NBd8CwQqQkWiI6nDCDmf7bUGXdgJel4lYBsKKDWM6M1/w400-h400/winifred-atwell-and-her-piano-the-black-and-white-rag-decca-78.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODg5ODc4NzBfdU5YcWs" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winifred
Atwell's husband, former stage comedian Lew Levisohn, was vital in shaping her
career as a variety star. The two had met in 1946, and married soon after. They
were inseparable up to Levisohn's death in Hong Kong in December 1977; they had
no children. He had cannily made the choice, for stage purposes, of her playing
first a concert grand, then a beaten up old upright piano. This became famous
as Winifred Atwell's "other piano".</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGbz9GC-LyYWjaKQUU78rsXi76eBCEYYG3WJnzCvhoSsX-n2hbbkMc6Pup8dBnuu7D2aN5faYAgMqccKtD4JBrWVTos2bdACxH2NzG7XqPZ_WpmczO1RQkUrjbTCDh2jed2hykiakq46bAy9QGLU2IAHL5TWpIIgI184uexCj7XaJssMFb04XKBxIa0jw/s640/winifred_atwell_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGbz9GC-LyYWjaKQUU78rsXi76eBCEYYG3WJnzCvhoSsX-n2hbbkMc6Pup8dBnuu7D2aN5faYAgMqccKtD4JBrWVTos2bdACxH2NzG7XqPZ_WpmczO1RQkUrjbTCDh2jed2hykiakq46bAy9QGLU2IAHL5TWpIIgI184uexCj7XaJssMFb04XKBxIa0jw/s320/winifred_atwell_.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">When
Winifred Atwell first came to Britain, she initially earned only a few pounds a
week. By the mid-fifties, this had shot up to over $10,000. By 1952, her
popularity had spread internationally. Her hands were insured with Lloyds of
London for a quarter of a million dollars (the policy stipulating that she was
never to wash dishes). She signed a record contract with Decca Records, and her
sales were soon 30,000 discs a week. She was by far the biggest selling pianist
of her time. She is the only holder of two gold and two silver discs for piano
music in Britain, and was the first black artist in the UK to sell a million
records.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeh2mnXzK0FwdZ0EGPYTZETwJ9vCN6SBMrNodhyphenhyphenbkxYb9ytheuBQhqM1_Gi_ByWeVJqPPv8vFFiMJ64UOxV1ie-Dk2PKWHQpPTreVLT-vi3JUCNseIsPf2dq76NKLWIcBgdDIBq9X99LOdhopubJdCh8UI-GCyCuAYgZbo7fnJ21ZUbwvgWSGxkt6XpI0/s600/louis-armstrong.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="598" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeh2mnXzK0FwdZ0EGPYTZETwJ9vCN6SBMrNodhyphenhyphenbkxYb9ytheuBQhqM1_Gi_ByWeVJqPPv8vFFiMJ64UOxV1ie-Dk2PKWHQpPTreVLT-vi3JUCNseIsPf2dq76NKLWIcBgdDIBq9X99LOdhopubJdCh8UI-GCyCuAYgZbo7fnJ21ZUbwvgWSGxkt6XpI0/w273-h274/louis-armstrong.jpg" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atwell with Louis Armstrong</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">She had
her own series in Britain (1956-57) and on Australian television in 1960-1961.
Her brilliant career earned her a fortune, and would have extended further to
the U.S. but for issues of race. Her breakthrough appearance was to have been
on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956, but on arrival in America she was confronted
with problems of selling the show in the south with a British-sounding black
woman. The appearance was never recorded.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Va4oZCk933iXGOiYQ_br7wvbaOivn6LMeobmenHSbpI_pl5Xhs0qQt7IyRModT-Z5USS6XBgyeB4yrIBA4g8bVRwkjCnLfecIKfZZpmOLu7ea4b_bmrUJfLcV2LS8fTTupXg4VXwoaIct248KMLBbW926pFl0zng_old0Qil4pJKQl5frMQYDtYaNi7V/s400/Winifred-Atwell3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="316" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Va4oZCk933iXGOiYQ_br7wvbaOivn6LMeobmenHSbpI_pl5Xhs0qQt7IyRModT-Z5USS6XBgyeB4yrIBA4g8bVRwkjCnLfecIKfZZpmOLu7ea4b_bmrUJfLcV2LS8fTTupXg4VXwoaIct248KMLBbW926pFl0zng_old0Qil4pJKQl5frMQYDtYaNi7V/w223-h282/Winifred-Atwell3.jpg" width="223" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1955
Winifred Atwell arrived in Australia and was greeted as an international
celebrity. She was paid $5,000 a week (the equivalent of around $50,000 today),
making her the highest paid star from a Commonwealth country to visit Australia
up to that time. Her enormous popularity in Australia led to her settling in
Sydney in the 1970s. She became an Australian citizen two years before her
death.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtK4roq5wsDZsORrRWnKiCHsNgRNE5RHMr4WKpyA0x-7Oo0-Xwg_eE03spiKwBWa7eE6N73xmsCVM5VA8NAoaYiQMwXs0sFljfbGt-L8R_BdZICi6x4OYdL-4tNiFiyojBBVOlMOrIhU45JU0F17o0g5LX2D8NYeisyBwJgnq5FUZ82AxRWcTe-GSByFql/s2400/332416.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtK4roq5wsDZsORrRWnKiCHsNgRNE5RHMr4WKpyA0x-7Oo0-Xwg_eE03spiKwBWa7eE6N73xmsCVM5VA8NAoaYiQMwXs0sFljfbGt-L8R_BdZICi6x4OYdL-4tNiFiyojBBVOlMOrIhU45JU0F17o0g5LX2D8NYeisyBwJgnq5FUZ82AxRWcTe-GSByFql/s320/332416.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Winifred
Atwell suffered a stroke in 1980. She officially retired on The Mike Walsh
Show, then Australia's then highest rating television variety program, in 1981.
The only public performances from this point were as organist in her parish
church at Narrabean. She categorically stated on the Mike Walsh show that she
would retire and not return as a public performer, but that she had an
excellent career. Her last TV performance was a medley of Black and White Rag
and Twelfth Street rag, before being given a standing ovation and awarded a
bouquet.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrIfDhDRUl22KiT3tEUj_wJeG-xdAsjZ41936emcu4dpJgjZsMAmxGLluKp-3hDgZbL1mUM23lITAag8E466WJ-XIFS_CUAYiwSnA-AuddYQVDbB4nKLBYj5q__FsMxMLq_v65dazqy0B5-K9SGNDBBgsQmPNfl21Tp_k0HtLn2IEhQ87Do-dcmr7kqoj/s660/332418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="660" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrIfDhDRUl22KiT3tEUj_wJeG-xdAsjZ41936emcu4dpJgjZsMAmxGLluKp-3hDgZbL1mUM23lITAag8E466WJ-XIFS_CUAYiwSnA-AuddYQVDbB4nKLBYj5q__FsMxMLq_v65dazqy0B5-K9SGNDBBgsQmPNfl21Tp_k0HtLn2IEhQ87Do-dcmr7kqoj/w424-h239/332418.jpg" width="424" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1983
following a fire that destroyed her Narrabeen home, she suffered a heart attack
and died while staying with friends in Seaforth. She is buried beside husband
Lew Levisohn in South Gundarimba Private Cemetery in Northern New South Wales,
just outside Lismore.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(Edited
from Wikipedia) *There is some
uncertainty over her date and year of birth. Many sources suggest 27 February
1914, but there is a strong suggestion that her birthday was 27 April. Most
sources give her year of birth as 1914, but her gravestone states that she died
at the age of 73, suggesting that she was born in 1910.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></p><p>
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</p>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-60106112381150110202024-02-26T10:16:00.000-08:002024-02-26T10:16:38.010-08:00Dave Pell born 26 February 1925<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-RQJiC0MOtdNzz7nyJKCyaKW7UpcdwwTHs7Z005JUZ171rVKCunJpj7pC0ZCiSGNXFSt21hKe7gg7O8Hn6qRav7XAQfL7IjQRu5jZYy293StcZewCODZMBFwaqah0AAL31_REDPpeaHiGLaVRjC2kt75oXtqJgNZDhyphenhyphenFXd6rCoZnGF6OVr9BHEH8WMMf/s500/500x500-000000-80-0-0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-RQJiC0MOtdNzz7nyJKCyaKW7UpcdwwTHs7Z005JUZ171rVKCunJpj7pC0ZCiSGNXFSt21hKe7gg7O8Hn6qRav7XAQfL7IjQRu5jZYy293StcZewCODZMBFwaqah0AAL31_REDPpeaHiGLaVRjC2kt75oXtqJgNZDhyphenhyphenFXd6rCoZnGF6OVr9BHEH8WMMf/w400-h400/500x500-000000-80-0-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">David
Pell (February 26, 1925 – May 7, 2017) was an American jazz saxophonist,
bandleader and record producer. He was best known as the leader of The Dave
Pell Octet, recording over thirty albums with his band. He was not a familiar
name to the casual listener, but he carved himself multiple niches in the West
Coast music scene. While Dave was mainly known as a tenor saxophonist, he was a
man of many hats, and applied his talents to producing records, taking
photographs for album covers, arranging music for large and small ensembles and
organizing the Lester Young based group called The Prez Conference.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQshE_Mny1mX4lEY5WaU70kVr23W28fCEuK8dX0jTdbzGCkwYgOpxUYJ68_lnxsXBtR7UpxqLHnL4vAG9o09Kzzue7j1Fr2qQ4CBFCCzcxnRfVJpbsO65Rz-m60AYcs0V-rXzn7S5mEGaxfsW6SzWIR9ugLi1frc0SEvybv86kvUYurcoPq8bbxkZvXx0/s1532/MV5BMjg0OGRiYzAtYjA4Yy00ZGMwLWJkMjUtNTE1NzNiOTU2ZDM5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjE5MzM3MjA@._V1_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1532" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQshE_Mny1mX4lEY5WaU70kVr23W28fCEuK8dX0jTdbzGCkwYgOpxUYJ68_lnxsXBtR7UpxqLHnL4vAG9o09Kzzue7j1Fr2qQ4CBFCCzcxnRfVJpbsO65Rz-m60AYcs0V-rXzn7S5mEGaxfsW6SzWIR9ugLi1frc0SEvybv86kvUYurcoPq8bbxkZvXx0/w284-h278/MV5BMjg0OGRiYzAtYjA4Yy00ZGMwLWJkMjUtNTE1NzNiOTU2ZDM5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjE5MzM3MjA@._V1_.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Dave began
entertaining at the age of 5 singing at weddings and bar mitzvahs during the
Depression. He joined the New York City Orchestra playing clarinet at age 13.
At 15, he was also gigging with Dizzy Gillespie. They played in a jazz band in
Boston. Dave credits Gillespie with giving him the direction to make his solos </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">different
each time, and to make them “funny.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRg7Da2w9-IVNNTEC3qoDiPfJiNbp_rHsWhxFVjhJJgNUEF-JO3DDZFzLgP_1xsmWn4EFwbcemnZNLcQdZtU4bMmIbFV_MO_Beoy2_wsSJ1QFXWnMus8pyCJK7R4xFMC-8QPMdoMvcuAjfWR_Lyf_wJLe_kjiF4-04fWZsUjxLdlT9eygYbz-MbhV4l3G/s500/swingin-school-songs.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRg7Da2w9-IVNNTEC3qoDiPfJiNbp_rHsWhxFVjhJJgNUEF-JO3DDZFzLgP_1xsmWn4EFwbcemnZNLcQdZtU4bMmIbFV_MO_Beoy2_wsSJ1QFXWnMus8pyCJK7R4xFMC-8QPMdoMvcuAjfWR_Lyf_wJLe_kjiF4-04fWZsUjxLdlT9eygYbz-MbhV4l3G/w287-h287/swingin-school-songs.jpg" width="287" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He went
on to sit in with more than 100 bands including Tommy Dorsey, Tony Pastor, and
the Les Brown Band (1947 – 1955).</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A
natural musician, Dave valued great musicianship above all else. He could
listen to a musician and mimic their sound note perfect. A series of his albums
featured the sounds of such greats as Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Harry
James. Dave greatly admired Lester Young whose sound and phraseology was always
in his mind while he played. It was his greatest joy to be willed Lester
Young’s Dolnet sax. Dave played it regularly in concert, much to the delight of
audiences. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Young's
only other known horn is at Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpWFC2DIg8gOPjk67tglw7wcjedNPVum6dwQl8D43V5QY42XjTn94N1xQK1iyWiCu_WcSUdTai6k2eZHA9mTofHf-beLUQaxaTfn3-XY-DWR4pVrorO16XQtuqNHQ_C6W1oXgv1zJsvNoew2r1JRu9dbOVEk5zEUKTJmeY41wz_-GfeDBUQfhWYLr396O/s696/Dave-Pell-Octet-1200px-696x432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="696" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpWFC2DIg8gOPjk67tglw7wcjedNPVum6dwQl8D43V5QY42XjTn94N1xQK1iyWiCu_WcSUdTai6k2eZHA9mTofHf-beLUQaxaTfn3-XY-DWR4pVrorO16XQtuqNHQ_C6W1oXgv1zJsvNoew2r1JRu9dbOVEk5zEUKTJmeY41wz_-GfeDBUQfhWYLr396O/w439-h273/Dave-Pell-Octet-1200px-696x432.jpg" width="439" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">He
collaborated with countless top talent, including Benny Goodman, Henry Mancini,
Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Bassey, Doris Day, Lena Horne, Barbra Streisand, and
Anita O’Day. In the 1950s, Pell started working the big band sound into smaller
groups. The best arrangers worked on charts, including: Marty Paich, Shorty
Rodgers, Bill Holman, Jerry Fielding, Wes Hensel, John Mandel, John Williams,
and Andre Previn. He booked the best of the Les Brown band, including: Don
Fagerquist, Ray Sims, Jack Sperling, Tony Rizzi, Ronny Lang, and Rolly Bundock.
The small big band sound and The Dave Pell Octet was born. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">The
clean melodic lines formed the cornerstone of West Coast Jazz.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxwCOdXzQvhjDmV8miRPkypbOGUUxknbpLscVJLDdA5PsQArhoKM8-WRUm9Ta-MvMlCd4iVGBFpACBewCrg16jcLd2Z1BcZf-3LNMiqVw39uV9rXJXhf4_8mWouA-54LyyIILYBiood7UR-5EUlUK03fnoC987cgfC79xewjOQThg5I3xEcF2ifYDatuh/s600/R-11443733-1516449517-8185.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="589" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxwCOdXzQvhjDmV8miRPkypbOGUUxknbpLscVJLDdA5PsQArhoKM8-WRUm9Ta-MvMlCd4iVGBFpACBewCrg16jcLd2Z1BcZf-3LNMiqVw39uV9rXJXhf4_8mWouA-54LyyIILYBiood7UR-5EUlUK03fnoC987cgfC79xewjOQThg5I3xEcF2ifYDatuh/w393-h400/R-11443733-1516449517-8185.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODg5ODY3NDlfMnB0cnU" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In the
50’s he was an innovator of “cover” tunes on the budget Tops label bu hiring
some studio players and producing albums featuring Billboard’s top hits. Later,
as a label exec, he kept the band booked creating music for new acts as well.
He tested the limits of union rules and recorded all the rehearsals. Some takes
ended up as tracks on albums. Pell was the recording session leader for the
1965 hit song "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)", performed
by a </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">group of Los Angeles studio musicians attributed
as The T-Bones. This band later evolved into the Wrecking Crew.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiGK-lUpLcRzCCfWj_7Ku7Dawln2nE1vmokTZK3OAQX3U-9eW-8o_wt2QttrxUtAQW22fWCSQH3Pnjpf2wxLQqi48xzh4e346BoHE5c_DychTz3JiM7EpKhLwgtS4unV-b8qmvToY2lI6xM8SNVzax8WNt1b7my4GJ1dkMpARMHaPeA5UN8zTL3inqCW4/s600/R-14935581-1584362807-9286.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="600" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiGK-lUpLcRzCCfWj_7Ku7Dawln2nE1vmokTZK3OAQX3U-9eW-8o_wt2QttrxUtAQW22fWCSQH3Pnjpf2wxLQqi48xzh4e346BoHE5c_DychTz3JiM7EpKhLwgtS4unV-b8qmvToY2lI6xM8SNVzax8WNt1b7my4GJ1dkMpARMHaPeA5UN8zTL3inqCW4/w280-h279/R-14935581-1584362807-9286.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In the
1960s, Dave’s ear for great music got the attention of record labels. He
produced for Liberty, eventually heading the Liberty, Blue Note, and United
Artists labels. Among his credits were singles by Gary Lewis & the Playboys.
Dave was also the head of Motown A&R
in the early ’70s, producing Tom Clay’s version of “What the World Needs Now.”
He produced Sinatra on the Reprise label, Sinatra/Count Basie collaborations,
and many others. He produced</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">.</span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Vikki Carr’s “It Must Be
Him” which earned her three Grammy nominations.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWPC99rE9iF4K3GWtA003dNtIO9ATsHrm5vwVLLcLA5zPQxlPpcHM2VkisoAzE2r-8LYMYrF2UtybSkPmW6RDUNBYIeG4wJ9tca-01M_VALMUhVbCwpAPVSmnnd_1l0232jhqohhESX5Xf2q_vdpQJpJfMdtnTfYn4O2TrblxMY3ofVc0HbdEqkG85UKE/s371/Pell%20Dolnet-thumb-200x371-7238%20(1).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWPC99rE9iF4K3GWtA003dNtIO9ATsHrm5vwVLLcLA5zPQxlPpcHM2VkisoAzE2r-8LYMYrF2UtybSkPmW6RDUNBYIeG4wJ9tca-01M_VALMUhVbCwpAPVSmnnd_1l0232jhqohhESX5Xf2q_vdpQJpJfMdtnTfYn4O2TrblxMY3ofVc0HbdEqkG85UKE/s320/Pell%20Dolnet-thumb-200x371-7238%20(1).jpg" width="173" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In the
’70s, Dave continued to produce and play. In the latter part of that decade he
went to Gene Norman of Crescendo Records and pitched the idea of taking Lester
Young’s solos and harmonizing them with four saxophones.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Bill Holman arranged the homage
to Lester Young. Dave’s Prez Conference recorded two albums: “Prez </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Conference
with Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison” and “Prez and Joe,” which was nominated for a
Grammy in 1980.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In the
'80s and '90s, Pell revived his octet for recordings on the Fresh Sound (1984)
and Headfirst (1988) labels, and sporadic live dates in the Los Angeles area,
including an appearance at the Jazz West Coast festival in 1994. Dave began
coordinating music for films. Working with Snuffy Garrett, Dave produced
soundtracks for several Burt Reynolds and </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Clint
Eastwood movies, including the Grammy-nominated “Sharky’s Machine.”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5p-GFsyNdACZ4u-A4PcGvnI18z1Qmw4Ohdw9UFVmHR89tSqxC4ZF9hJs698PYAcN-x1fqU4rnzoAu-Ue9ZMeLnIT29flfXTbqlQ4TPlPyN1Mhwq46UD01s2V2y2xthk1fDH7NsCtJ3jah5FfePUAhfpMOP4Wuj0D6NgwLS2tLjwAh4icINhGiPPAnfvBQ/s500/plays-again%20(1).jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5p-GFsyNdACZ4u-A4PcGvnI18z1Qmw4Ohdw9UFVmHR89tSqxC4ZF9hJs698PYAcN-x1fqU4rnzoAu-Ue9ZMeLnIT29flfXTbqlQ4TPlPyN1Mhwq46UD01s2V2y2xthk1fDH7NsCtJ3jah5FfePUAhfpMOP4Wuj0D6NgwLS2tLjwAh4icINhGiPPAnfvBQ/s320/plays-again%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Dave
always made music. He would book the Octet whenever he could, including his
final gig on March 14, 2017. Dave frequently played with Med Flory and a rhythm
combo at restaurants or jazz festivals: no sheet music, just two old pros
jamming. In the Johnny Vana Big Band Alumni band, Dave found a music family.
From the </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">late
’90s until just before his passing, Dave played first tenor, still pleasing the
crowd and swinging. He died on May 7, 2017, age 92.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: large;">(Edited
from article @ afmLocal47, AllMusic, Jazz Backstory & Wikipedia)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p>
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Brown (25 February 1937 – 11 December </span><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif"">1985) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">was a blues guitarist
from Chicago.</span><span face="Helvetica, "sans-serif""> </span></span><div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T9dR1W61xwlEkAKYSl3Iinkx76wRJF7d4C-AjXni8MeEYEu5OP4iFDEVWZJt5lLjoophA6xHNFG-UtwDjcVcPUZFJijtubvdrBGDx_4DIGjIzpa2gXJQVz-xvoqctenc2fudinERDWb-7GNQ7EGArunnnyEuJh9rn6PcH8V32-34J1jxoxZr5qM4NO0G/s267/A-307294-1252362114.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="200" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6T9dR1W61xwlEkAKYSl3Iinkx76wRJF7d4C-AjXni8MeEYEu5OP4iFDEVWZJt5lLjoophA6xHNFG-UtwDjcVcPUZFJijtubvdrBGDx_4DIGjIzpa2gXJQVz-xvoqctenc2fudinERDWb-7GNQ7EGArunnnyEuJh9rn6PcH8V32-34J1jxoxZr5qM4NO0G/w251-h335/A-307294-1252362114.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tragically
under-recorded until late in his career, Chicago blues guitarist Andrew Brown
still had time enough to wax a handful of great singles during the mid-'60s and
two '80s albums (unfortunately, both of them were only available as imports)
that beautifully showcased his fluid, concise lead guitar and hearty vocals.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Born in
Jackson, Mississippi, Andrew discovered he had talent as a guitarist when he
was very young. Before leaving Jackson, he had jammed with Joe Dyson’s popular
big band, and even played with Charlie Parker! Coming to Chicago, he fell in
with his contemporaries Magic Sam and Freddie King, playing West Side taverns.
But he also backed soul singer Denise LaSalle and worked in Baby Face
Willette’s organ combo.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-g7stFVSbz4kIJHYsyZr_6PZZv76mdmbj8YaDvIhHEH1JCBhT424EE8K9M3Xy4G6TawTSUE3j-J1HMhA6wncAjmFgOfNECwPSwGEg5Sn83sP-QUzJPXiY2Ukz4VGF1aocajjg5-N1HOeBJKKb6eGLkO97RWOHqkgkfAOt9H_H_Z_iBoPF7ATFps18yqNY/s500/85R-4797587-1375826733-5455.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-g7stFVSbz4kIJHYsyZr_6PZZv76mdmbj8YaDvIhHEH1JCBhT424EE8K9M3Xy4G6TawTSUE3j-J1HMhA6wncAjmFgOfNECwPSwGEg5Sn83sP-QUzJPXiY2Ukz4VGF1aocajjg5-N1HOeBJKKb6eGLkO97RWOHqkgkfAOt9H_H_Z_iBoPF7ATFps18yqNY/w253-h253/85R-4797587-1375826733-5455.jpg" width="253" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">As with
his friend Magic Sam, the Army snatched up Andrew just as he was really
beginning to come into his own musically. He returned home in 1962, a more
sober and serious man. He got a job in a steel mill, bought a home in Harvey,
and settled down to suburban respectability. His only vice was a penchant for
street drag racing, which ended when he flipped an Edsel across a lawn and
ended up upside down in the car in someone’s living room.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4erhflukFUz9zqEZw6Q7DzbOBWtEOgc25lND1WHTjcf-Jc-Ae-Nw7U2myfOg_YKWkVxvY-0zEbQ8MIdfdX9jpJVodDDUv9hFmKqO95GW4ditssYvrpFnkZk5lmD1tZFoW7IJfMyhTICEcSsCiMm5kvrEoWH_8B_5pZPNyDIxkobphwqi1IHdNbDQIYrM/s354/R-2857440-1304246792.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="351" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB4erhflukFUz9zqEZw6Q7DzbOBWtEOgc25lND1WHTjcf-Jc-Ae-Nw7U2myfOg_YKWkVxvY-0zEbQ8MIdfdX9jpJVodDDUv9hFmKqO95GW4ditssYvrpFnkZk5lmD1tZFoW7IJfMyhTICEcSsCiMm5kvrEoWH_8B_5pZPNyDIxkobphwqi1IHdNbDQIYrM/w396-h400/R-2857440-1304246792.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODg5ODMxODVfVjgwN0U" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His
musical career continued sporadically. He recorded his first single, the
classic “You Better Stop” for the U.A. label in 1962, and later 45s for the
Four Brothers label, including the outstanding “You Ought To Be Ashamed.” But
nothing really happened with his records, and, although he cut as a sideman
with Jimmy Johnson and Denise LaSalle, Andrew didn’t get back into the studio
until 1973. Then he had to finance the session himself. In half an hour (all
the studio time he could afford), Andrew cut four sides, including a superb
version of James Davis’ “Blue Monday” which was later released on Brave. As
with his earlier singles, the music was aggressive but the record promotion
wasn’t, and Andrew resigned himself to a career in the steel mills.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwY1n2W9B-m0bIHzBake-mmu8RvPK1KQf_wT5wjIC150BpMYqhPI5lO4QjJqdkGz9p45ZEeFjDqrLdo55MebZuqJxPDuCbef1youGzux4GswpSDJDCh1myQZxsYksBncmflOBMBE4fZbfl9T_dVDLWuEkkQfmxgHhrvBFj6k13ZoR_I8glk8oDBrHTMapG/s600/92R-1954503-1486280752-5610.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="600" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwY1n2W9B-m0bIHzBake-mmu8RvPK1KQf_wT5wjIC150BpMYqhPI5lO4QjJqdkGz9p45ZEeFjDqrLdo55MebZuqJxPDuCbef1youGzux4GswpSDJDCh1myQZxsYksBncmflOBMBE4fZbfl9T_dVDLWuEkkQfmxgHhrvBFj6k13ZoR_I8glk8oDBrHTMapG/s320/92R-1954503-1486280752-5610.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">During
the ‘70s, Andrew paid more than his share of dues. First, he suffered a heart
attack. Later, he permanently injured his back working as a lifter at the mill,
and lay in traction for months. It took years to reach a financial settlement,
while the mill had to hire two men to replace him! As a result of his inability
to work at heavy labor, Andrew returned to his music with more determination.
He gigged in East Chicago, Indiana, in Markham, Illinois, and at South Side
jazz clubs like El Panama and All That Jazz. “Big Brown” (as he was known) made
his North Side debut at a benefit concert at The Wise Fools Pub. Here, fans
were amazed to discover a major blues talent who had been living in obscurity
only thirty miles to the south.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGr-5VRTM0dXrr1WtneW5NhOcupiqF4n0J_lr8rUsxnMN-mWCi2eAi6dFO4gRwwM-FaxHGIPKWROsorkoKVhNVBvKhGVGEPqPY_OQgx9TH1Tcn0cobYT-g46GnnqCG1SkE64IaommOxLCGp9Wjl5LHeGRslrwwhEDhmX-IgTrRFdF3kuy8yx_2rdgInjUI/s550/brown_andrew.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="550" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGr-5VRTM0dXrr1WtneW5NhOcupiqF4n0J_lr8rUsxnMN-mWCi2eAi6dFO4gRwwM-FaxHGIPKWROsorkoKVhNVBvKhGVGEPqPY_OQgx9TH1Tcn0cobYT-g46GnnqCG1SkE64IaommOxLCGp9Wjl5LHeGRslrwwhEDhmX-IgTrRFdF3kuy8yx_2rdgInjUI/s320/brown_andrew.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Andrew
recorded his first album tracks for Alligator’s Living Chicago Blues series in
1979. The exposure won him a following in Europe, and he went on to record two
albums for European labels, Big Brown’s Chicago Blues on Black Magic Records
and On The Case on Double Trouble Records, both produced by long-time friend
and fan Dick Shurman.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Andrew
died of cancer in 1985, just as he was beginning to receive recognition as a
major blues artist.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from Alligator Records & Bill Dahl)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gf0J24e1xFA?si=Fbuh2q-4bVFP5ySy" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-7651584995934430952024-02-24T10:52:00.000-08:002024-02-24T10:52:43.991-08:00Tony Campello born 24 February 1936<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdPvCMV9ICockKkC1qWBCTZLc0PSvy_ojKsv0IPYh8-lDXzFoQbrjeTI1V34YcD2rDCHF52fHiNx1EEubpTvZ6dJAhMglwGx4mW1_V441dor9SYqNZ79UZLgeLm3rk0RVd04asbpNaDRpcvhZZRsuli1f_91JVAbCobutZO5okaELBIXsQTdYQ5YLN_Xv/s500/cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdPvCMV9ICockKkC1qWBCTZLc0PSvy_ojKsv0IPYh8-lDXzFoQbrjeTI1V34YcD2rDCHF52fHiNx1EEubpTvZ6dJAhMglwGx4mW1_V441dor9SYqNZ79UZLgeLm3rk0RVd04asbpNaDRpcvhZZRsuli1f_91JVAbCobutZO5okaELBIXsQTdYQ5YLN_Xv/w400-h400/cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tony
Campello* (born 24 February 1936) was one of the first Brazilian rock'n'rollers.
He started singing and playing his guitar as soon as he listened to his first
Elvis Presley record back in his hometown Taubaté, Sao Paulo. He formed his own
band called Ritmos OK and started performing at dances and balls.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyFfb6DyQVWZyIi4f_gIb8YrTxl9Mj0wS6p_jYff0Hs56F8_j3JNE6Yqu1x2N4Jo2GnCm9DQzKU1skNdzpvhuiDTABNzRs-xtvY8CkUgcKD_o5s4z3nkNSXXSh_vc-X5F8ChMNuG4rt4VnW2TH3e-0VYIXH1es6ABk4BKkBNQp0ELcZDcY3-t3UWp_wS5/s465/Tony.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="286" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyFfb6DyQVWZyIi4f_gIb8YrTxl9Mj0wS6p_jYff0Hs56F8_j3JNE6Yqu1x2N4Jo2GnCm9DQzKU1skNdzpvhuiDTABNzRs-xtvY8CkUgcKD_o5s4z3nkNSXXSh_vc-X5F8ChMNuG4rt4VnW2TH3e-0VYIXH1es6ABk4BKkBNQp0ELcZDcY3-t3UWp_wS5/w174-h283/Tony.jpg" width="174" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tony
whose real name was Sergio Benelli Campello had a younger sister called Célia
who had a golden voice and ended up being more famous than him. She actually
became Celly Campello, the Queen of Brazilian Rock selling heaps of records and
being at #1 in the charts more than anyone else in Brazilian show business at
the time. Celly though had other plans than being a recording artist. She got
married in May 1962 and just like Greta Garbo did in 1942, went into retirement at the age of 22. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6Hw22VEklrsbjRklNfYMoZPtfnJLyzYdai426B_XpbyvmzU1uba_vKE6aVoxEWZQaKUBH1iX1rW-DsB3fcqEqMI3KwD9tqtxno4oURVymz4nBbKPotAyfrHNuHdC04hg_YxpfENS-vMoUAFGbFVetGkLXV1K5eyeBbnmf1LJAOaZUlvzkE1VKa5sMBAx/s960/35533774_2004301036552939_5332911649919598592_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="960" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6Hw22VEklrsbjRklNfYMoZPtfnJLyzYdai426B_XpbyvmzU1uba_vKE6aVoxEWZQaKUBH1iX1rW-DsB3fcqEqMI3KwD9tqtxno4oURVymz4nBbKPotAyfrHNuHdC04hg_YxpfENS-vMoUAFGbFVetGkLXV1K5eyeBbnmf1LJAOaZUlvzkE1VKa5sMBAx/s320/35533774_2004301036552939_5332911649919598592_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Even
though Celly became bigger than himself and everyone else for that matter, Tony
never had a chip on his shoulder. On the contrary, he enjoyed his sister's
success and usually toured the country with her being part of the band that
accompanied her. Tony recorded as much as his sister but never reached the top
of the charts. 1961 was a pretty good
year for Tony; he hit with 'Você me venceu', a cover of Sedaka's 'You're
knocking me out', 'Querida Susie', a cover of Robin Luke's 'Susie darling' and
'Baby face' which had been covered recently by Brenda Lee.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nM5PlxMevZkFCLCm7BXYWb-wM0uQAf3Go_JRDiYgDJjOvdY_pPJGhan0YHhyphenhyphen35yyn2-LqqKuB6BgLv8hT0Mhf69j2TAkxounY8MoA1bEuiawF6P2m3YhaMSOmAx5g3aIxKvXIwITQsrotjvnB_p4ysd25toRiR6zq0T1VBbrbd8bKlBR9WLipCtcUk8y/s507/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20165805.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="506" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6nM5PlxMevZkFCLCm7BXYWb-wM0uQAf3Go_JRDiYgDJjOvdY_pPJGhan0YHhyphenhyphen35yyn2-LqqKuB6BgLv8hT0Mhf69j2TAkxounY8MoA1bEuiawF6P2m3YhaMSOmAx5g3aIxKvXIwITQsrotjvnB_p4ysd25toRiR6zq0T1VBbrbd8bKlBR9WLipCtcUk8y/w399-h400/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20165805.png" width="399" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODg5ODA0NDRfWW1yblg" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1961
and 1962, he received the Chico Viola trophy, the second of which was together
with his sister Celly. He traveled the next two years to Paraguay and Peru. It looks like Fate had something special in
store for him for in 1963 - less than a year after his sister got married and
left the rock scene - Tony Campello reached the top of the charts with 'Boogie do bebê', a cover of Buzz Clifford's
'Babysitting boogie'.</span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobXc6jXF-8_jchVjAXU9Qrx6bIU5zat4zLq9t84My7jiSaQ1LwqIqIADykyPGAgITzyS5MoHNtmzaWz1i9bIZdrfjTfsduBad5jg62LwchNhd0NMVhSmQuuISFwQmlDw0VI9IWo3c7BcHcyM2s7HArrpb1ki5E8fWDve8TlKCH7kFcQZJsKVPATq2Qqp8/s1600/Tony-Campello-Tchin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1580" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobXc6jXF-8_jchVjAXU9Qrx6bIU5zat4zLq9t84My7jiSaQ1LwqIqIADykyPGAgITzyS5MoHNtmzaWz1i9bIZdrfjTfsduBad5jg62LwchNhd0NMVhSmQuuISFwQmlDw0VI9IWo3c7BcHcyM2s7HArrpb1ki5E8fWDve8TlKCH7kFcQZJsKVPATq2Qqp8/w286-h290/Tony-Campello-Tchin.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">But
by 1964 Tony tried to get into the Italian pop-music boom but with no great
success; differently from a few years back, original recordings from Italy were
more popular than the Brazilian covers. Times had changed swiftly and the
record-buying public was interested in something else.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tony's
career became erratic after 1964. With the Italian music invasion Odeon thought
Tony could capture some of that market but translations were not as successful
as they had been up to 1963.</span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHUv0RyFJNwabtX_l3Aybag0MDMn5rwVmNORSUQ05-NjM1CVh_yzKPBna-KimD8z8y9E0C90KAjUmOEehtKhs12GajgYg2__wRVYACpxU9f3i_PsKe5bwB3VBFF8gmd5oJ-Hn72a1ktDtFNzbedl3iUi_BBoNXkRwGRNr8BQf1SPJ7mzJLF1-fZ0hFv-s/s213/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="186" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHUv0RyFJNwabtX_l3Aybag0MDMn5rwVmNORSUQ05-NjM1CVh_yzKPBna-KimD8z8y9E0C90KAjUmOEehtKhs12GajgYg2__wRVYACpxU9f3i_PsKe5bwB3VBFF8gmd5oJ-Hn72a1ktDtFNzbedl3iUi_BBoNXkRwGRNr8BQf1SPJ7mzJLF1-fZ0hFv-s/w204-h233/images.jpg" width="204" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tony
tried all formulas and dance crazes with no avail. 'Pertinho do mar' was
actually a medium-sized hit but it was a bit too little too late. He began to
produce albums for the RCA Victor label by artists such as Celly Campello, Os
Incredibles, Carlos Gonzaga Chris McClayton (Cristiano) and released on disc,
among others, Deny and Dino, Silvinha and Luis Fabiano. As a producer and
researcher of country music, he produced almost all of Sérgio Reis' albums
since 1967.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKyDLAnCoHc9Bk2Gwr4UccSEhvniKhhCO4fEi8qxpD9H81-uXEFkrK2baDPqf-nVaL5-eVHeLyvhTST3XxTMlcMKVqH1UcCrrfmnrHM7Eq3NBQmyqYfNDmBzgRuBn2rWekUMvQMptppuiDeQSjfy3d79HpZAJRvTX_RVT-XPJp4QaTY07-SSL-v2Q9Mo3/s400/8506591e-50eb-432d-9740-c66592c6cd6c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKyDLAnCoHc9Bk2Gwr4UccSEhvniKhhCO4fEi8qxpD9H81-uXEFkrK2baDPqf-nVaL5-eVHeLyvhTST3XxTMlcMKVqH1UcCrrfmnrHM7Eq3NBQmyqYfNDmBzgRuBn2rWekUMvQMptppuiDeQSjfy3d79HpZAJRvTX_RVT-XPJp4QaTY07-SSL-v2Q9Mo3/s320/8506591e-50eb-432d-9740-c66592c6cd6c.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1974,
he won the Rock 74 award, for the production of the album "Rock das
Quebradas". He performed in 1975 at the Igrejinha Nightclub, in São Paulo,
where the Cuba Libre shows in Hi-Fi were organized, promoting the return of
successful singers from the late 1950s and early 1960s (Pré Jovem Guarda), such
as: Celly Campello, Ronnie Cord, Carlos Gonzaga, George Freedman, Baby Santiago
and Dan Rockabilly.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He also
produced a series of compilation albums "Luar do Sertão", from the
BMG Ariola label (formerly RCA Victor, from 1985). In the 90’s Campello
produced several albums by the Jet Blacks. Tony still performs in the
countryside of São Paulo.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from Carlus Maximus @ Brazilian Rock blog, La Playa Music blog & apple
music) (* other sources spell surname as Campelo)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
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Youngblood (February 23, 1891 – May 3, 1969) better known by her stage name
Margaret Young, was an American singer and comedian who was popular in the
1920s.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLFU34ywVX0Bbl81LpDzP9JO7LN_4PPp1gaCflWni-hWS-iH7qFoPRi8r4uJ6OiQTfGPW5XCe-3R59doJXYAhSp2Qz6v0qf9HYWIoMPIkxFIDeYdfZJvKFBhz6NT4uPrdCU54wqf-cP_WEwlebeZj1zHRtUFqLBdwgE3Wh7-2cQvCgQLZrPAvQXqmhkYuT/s303/220px-Margaret_Young_in_1922_facing_right.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="220" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLFU34ywVX0Bbl81LpDzP9JO7LN_4PPp1gaCflWni-hWS-iH7qFoPRi8r4uJ6OiQTfGPW5XCe-3R59doJXYAhSp2Qz6v0qf9HYWIoMPIkxFIDeYdfZJvKFBhz6NT4uPrdCU54wqf-cP_WEwlebeZj1zHRtUFqLBdwgE3Wh7-2cQvCgQLZrPAvQXqmhkYuT/w248-h341/220px-Margaret_Young_in_1922_facing_right.jpg" width="248" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Margaret
Youngblood was born in Detroit, Michigan. She was one of four daughters of
Bernard and Minnie (Walters) Youngblood. Margaret's sisters were Hattie (13
years older than Margaret), Bernadette (2 years older), and Eleanore (4 years
younger).</span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Young
began her professional career in Detroit, Michigan. She sang at theaters,
dinner clubs, and on Vaudeville. Her act was frequently seen in New York as
well as various other circuits of the day with a repertoire filled with novelty
songs and mildly risqué numbers, all delivered in a piping voice that oozed sly
innocence. Margaret made her first record, "Oh By Jingo", in 1920 and
over the next five years produced a number of hits for RCA Victor and Brunswick
including "Lovin' Sam, the Shiek of Alabam'", "Hard Hearted
Hannah", and "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans".</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnL3ubQD4yQySvk1r-I1X13Qdx-ClTF_FqWcvYYX3aWX2O9xBRxVALLXVeoEe3B-PVZcZCU4KbKFdkh6ZDjKeMWpKvYwSUMv888jrkzzB7L77D5UAKxB7IkR0s4OORuYZtHMx4v7if8Alwkx5SlJ74-nTCTxdAs6SlK_EG-aCvVgUxE9GHx9gBWemklC6/s800/original.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGnL3ubQD4yQySvk1r-I1X13Qdx-ClTF_FqWcvYYX3aWX2O9xBRxVALLXVeoEe3B-PVZcZCU4KbKFdkh6ZDjKeMWpKvYwSUMv888jrkzzB7L77D5UAKxB7IkR0s4OORuYZtHMx4v7if8Alwkx5SlJ74-nTCTxdAs6SlK_EG-aCvVgUxE9GHx9gBWemklC6/w400-h400/original.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODg5NzAyMTlfYnpzV0M" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">In the
1920's Margaret Young's sister Eleanore married the great Jazz Age songwriter
Richard Whiting. Margaret Young was the aunt of the great jazz vocalist
Margaret Whiting and was affectionately known as "Aunt Maggie".
</span><span style="font-family: times;">Richard Whiting supplied Margaret Young with these hits:</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span> <span> S</span></span>omebody's Wrong, What Do They Mean By Love, The Grass Is Always Greener and Ukulele Lady.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn765DH2JcC8TEFDxpbO0AZDvPhOij3l5PIpeHaV-_cSDA9BrvRnvJK3HjJUM4ndsggTJdVtxWYZI6MKcokXrTsYTF1h51KrhVBLXC7A59mdexjXHyAfyPHkdromAxlsp9H-AW8ztXaP2EImwn5Dzu9WIL6yimrjKA4uGXfM157CQCKxi6_22buRDbekB6/s367/96686419_134706647138.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="235" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn765DH2JcC8TEFDxpbO0AZDvPhOij3l5PIpeHaV-_cSDA9BrvRnvJK3HjJUM4ndsggTJdVtxWYZI6MKcokXrTsYTF1h51KrhVBLXC7A59mdexjXHyAfyPHkdromAxlsp9H-AW8ztXaP2EImwn5Dzu9WIL6yimrjKA4uGXfM157CQCKxi6_22buRDbekB6/s320/96686419_134706647138.jpg" width="205" /></span></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: times;">Margaret
tried to make a comeb</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">ack in 1949 after years of retirement. She recorded some
records for Capitol Records that year. On April 21, 1956, Margaret makes a
brief appearance on the CBS Radio Workshop Show "The Record Collectors".
The show was hosted by John Dehner and guests included niece Margaret Whiting.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Margaret
Young died on May 3, 1969 in Inglewood, California after a brief illness. She
was 78 years old at her death. Margaret is buried alongside her sister Eleanore
Whiting (widow of Richard Whiting and mother of Margaret Whiting) at Holy Cross
Cemetery in Los Angeles.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from jazzage1920s.com., Findagrave & music.apple notes) </span></span></p>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-46577068777298884432024-02-22T04:13:00.000-08:002024-02-22T04:19:03.970-08:00Billy Mo born 22 February 1923<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9gJkFZriurApMkfTAK-Nq7UOD_mFL_7jaN8e2TovJoWH2Rqtht7zWTMz1eFVPT6-xn1NGvmwkJC26WZaziTyYfeGwnfdIkCcIBMCryDyqxmE0FAJ1mlXg2IkKhyxgrk1BoZTFtxay-Zyybqc916aMWLl4RUw3nKIjhFrHidGfGqvtzUgeHjTZ3WTxtPq/s500/500x500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9gJkFZriurApMkfTAK-Nq7UOD_mFL_7jaN8e2TovJoWH2Rqtht7zWTMz1eFVPT6-xn1NGvmwkJC26WZaziTyYfeGwnfdIkCcIBMCryDyqxmE0FAJ1mlXg2IkKhyxgrk1BoZTFtxay-Zyybqc916aMWLl4RUw3nKIjhFrHidGfGqvtzUgeHjTZ3WTxtPq/w400-h400/500x500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">Billy Mo
(February 22, 1923 - July 16, 2004) was a jazz trumpeter and pop singer.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFU3PXR-ByeXNOKaMoh0_HmWu7XS5vhCkJEORD-PzdWIqpT_E4lpQRSwblFKCPghVdfRdd1Jc7HrLhRkIwvyjpyEWk50OiDOAvH47BIVfbQJu0XGIqT1E5-btRpT4Pz9EBF4SuZZWH8DFfaV5hYizOC5XIgGM9qxc9ElcYWA91Qd1Vn160pR-stKyAvoxO/s521/R-8346347-1679855248-8878.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="349" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFU3PXR-ByeXNOKaMoh0_HmWu7XS5vhCkJEORD-PzdWIqpT_E4lpQRSwblFKCPghVdfRdd1Jc7HrLhRkIwvyjpyEWk50OiDOAvH47BIVfbQJu0XGIqT1E5-btRpT4Pz9EBF4SuZZWH8DFfaV5hYizOC5XIgGM9qxc9ElcYWA91Qd1Vn160pR-stKyAvoxO/s320/R-8346347-1679855248-8878.jpg" width="214" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Billy Mo
was born Peter Mico Joachim in Trinidad. His parents died when he was about
five years old, after which he and his two sisters were sent to an orphanage.</span>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In the orphanage, Joachim
received music lessons and learned to play the harmonica, and according to
other sources, at the age of six, also the trumpet and French horn. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to a later account, he became a
member of an orchestra for the first time when he was seven, and a member of
the local police marching band at the age of 14, making him Trinidad's youngest
police officer.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCopHcAdaQDlXzknQVvRSjkt_eg_GwtEN6U_ulmx7SllSIuYVDCLG7GEUZmU3MccmucziuIxmlAK0C6PanLsLjhX_EDvY4MMtGXVKWTt4ISuZ7eCMLeY4cEMZwOu4atqGuCosZM5LqRUwsXMQE6aB9kFwE069Zs_c_qLrBhZyoqQRVHTypA8PVoY3oMiV/s599/R-8164085-1456338457-9572.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="599" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCopHcAdaQDlXzknQVvRSjkt_eg_GwtEN6U_ulmx7SllSIuYVDCLG7GEUZmU3MccmucziuIxmlAK0C6PanLsLjhX_EDvY4MMtGXVKWTt4ISuZ7eCMLeY4cEMZwOu4atqGuCosZM5LqRUwsXMQE6aB9kFwE069Zs_c_qLrBhZyoqQRVHTypA8PVoY3oMiV/s320/R-8164085-1456338457-9572.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">There
are different accounts of when and how Joachim came to Great Britain: According
to a magazine report from 1967, which is based on an interview with Joachim, he
was hired by an officer in the British merchant navy in 1945 for an all-colored
dance band. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A statement by Joachim in
Spiegel also speaks for 1945, in which he states the length of his stay in London
as 11 years (1945–1956) during which he received a scholarship from the Royal
Academy of Arts and Music in London.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hxaFhvc6SOroItJmpHr_I55OEKAB9N49bL0xtzLTemckbrAKkQJ3yUAr5ICHzp3giGy1FvxSdba5QPUHwvVeccO2FZut11S_w-LqkowmzEHSrvyEYKo44CVGfalO3uMxRa1UK2V7ZB1Z5i8ruVAlaJcEMRXMV8uaGYIi3svf0aMCs0dNlaFuQloSEHJr/s225/images.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hxaFhvc6SOroItJmpHr_I55OEKAB9N49bL0xtzLTemckbrAKkQJ3yUAr5ICHzp3giGy1FvxSdba5QPUHwvVeccO2FZut11S_w-LqkowmzEHSrvyEYKo44CVGfalO3uMxRa1UK2V7ZB1Z5i8ruVAlaJcEMRXMV8uaGYIi3svf0aMCs0dNlaFuQloSEHJr/w306-h306/images.jpg" width="306" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The band
played for American and British soldiers and performed in nightclubs. The group
broke up in November or December 1945 during a tour of France due to internal
strife and Joachim returned to England unemployed. Although he continued to be
a member of various London bands, he was not able to make a living from his
work as a musician. Instead he had to work in restaurants. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From around 1950, Joachim worked with the
multi-instrumentalist and arranger Rupert Nurse from Trinidad, who had come to
England in 1945. Joachim also appeared with him alongside the Caribbean pianist
Winifred Atwell at the Prince of Wales Theater in the show Pardon My French
(1953/54).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBOOhziyQbZG4oWqKb27VIqS-oWi93DmlVjtIC87OHI8QOZdI_e-nDOE1lO4Ey4wcMESthyphenhyphen0j5MzSZKLu4pByeoLhlk1aZkMOPMdfdrgQQpU9uGNDeYIbQ_xP3oTR6sgQhCHeDnxh2sVzBL546H9we04AyHrL0wUTjbx76oSCU6Z504ol_1LTA6Fn8djv/s500/R-8346347-1459803644-4806.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBOOhziyQbZG4oWqKb27VIqS-oWi93DmlVjtIC87OHI8QOZdI_e-nDOE1lO4Ey4wcMESthyphenhyphen0j5MzSZKLu4pByeoLhlk1aZkMOPMdfdrgQQpU9uGNDeYIbQ_xP3oTR6sgQhCHeDnxh2sVzBL546H9we04AyHrL0wUTjbx76oSCU6Z504ol_1LTA6Fn8djv/s320/R-8346347-1459803644-4806.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">According
to a later account, he was called “Hot Lips Pete” at the time. Joachim is also
said to have performed with the Ivor Curzon band. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the early 1950s, Joachim finally founded
his own orchestra, with which he performed at the River Club, the Stork Club
and the Café de Paris. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the big
breakthrough as a musician failed to materialize.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In April 1956, Joachim came to
Hamburg via Paris, penniless, and was hired as a trumpet player in the house
band of the St. Pauli scene club Blauer Peter. According to Keim's account, he
came to Germany “with a small band.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32LQCqKlN9XtLI3tMtSbwEennBy1_RMOainwglEaboORIqzqKQsbrevSzMAXSTqj7fnc4wgIiQD81zPHZG_gL2qZ28HmEVS3NG-q3ec2IqZgPUSOj8zwLTiClTp9I7Mm31Gwvqz6ChUeStsJJlgja57mWlH7vxlv9nCwwG3y7v0l1FGwH-Mg5HWGRpgDW/s1200/s-l1200.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1191" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32LQCqKlN9XtLI3tMtSbwEennBy1_RMOainwglEaboORIqzqKQsbrevSzMAXSTqj7fnc4wgIiQD81zPHZG_gL2qZ28HmEVS3NG-q3ec2IqZgPUSOj8zwLTiClTp9I7Mm31Gwvqz6ChUeStsJJlgja57mWlH7vxlv9nCwwG3y7v0l1FGwH-Mg5HWGRpgDW/w289-h291/s-l1200.jpg" width="289" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He also
played Dixieland and Rock 'n' Roll in other venues and also began to sing. In
1957 he was discovered by the head of the NDR television orchestra Viktor
Reschke and published the two swing titles Buona Sera and Oh Marie by Louis
Prima under his new pseudonym “Billy Mo” . In the same year he played (for
contractual reasons without naming his name) a trumpet solo in Franz Grothe's
Midnight Blues for the Bert Kaempfert Orchestra. With other titles such as
Darling, You know ja , Oh, Jennilie and Swing, Methuselah (all 1958), Joachim
began to establish himself as “Billy Mo” in the German music business.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbHj5PuB1EWN37-2bhg1W3xfsSAuZlDszrTqpEe-e8dn0SviHFLpJeRumh_1FMi8RnwvFNPC1l29l0nM0fY0G6Sk6q8QLw6QRW00wacfWPJZJDMpr6Vx6QbvwIJee-8SNpaClRa9WT4ThCNq5e4yeX5627uUQITXnxhJAJLlp0nR1W2GOBocdC1b5Fuwy/s600/R-10168446-1492877404-5639.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="597" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbHj5PuB1EWN37-2bhg1W3xfsSAuZlDszrTqpEe-e8dn0SviHFLpJeRumh_1FMi8RnwvFNPC1l29l0nM0fY0G6Sk6q8QLw6QRW00wacfWPJZJDMpr6Vx6QbvwIJee-8SNpaClRa9WT4ThCNq5e4yeX5627uUQITXnxhJAJLlp0nR1W2GOBocdC1b5Fuwy/w398-h400/R-10168446-1492877404-5639.jpg" width="398" /></a></span></div><div><br /></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODg4NTc2MDBfOUZtZ3A" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">With the
title Das Fräulein Gerda , an oldie first published in 1938, Billy Mo's musical
transition to pop and folk music was completed in 1960 .</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mo delivered further remakes of
hits from the 1920s and 1930s. He achieved his big commercial
breakthrough in 1962 with the number one hit I'd rather buy a Tyrolean hat. In
1962/63 the song stayed in the charts for 17 weeks, reached number three on the
sales lists and achieved sales of four million marks by 1967. For his success
in Germany, Mo received a gold record from his music label.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckwoDT1NqRpLqQ33dUx3yaTtvyxYwd8opADUGYKJMzkiIbKR-h4rURlTWHGSMK02NFWIIf4oVh0S1UZnwoKKniYppMtSTiJZe-AeY0EIx43ItrlmubsMcy8AEFbfXtXrR6AJmKdKfKwxq8aMJTHi7LmliZEa-MC92KDhigWtQTin-BFiM5WXCTQV9PDZV/s1024/stichtagfebruardreizehn136~_v-original.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1024" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckwoDT1NqRpLqQ33dUx3yaTtvyxYwd8opADUGYKJMzkiIbKR-h4rURlTWHGSMK02NFWIIf4oVh0S1UZnwoKKniYppMtSTiJZe-AeY0EIx43ItrlmubsMcy8AEFbfXtXrR6AJmKdKfKwxq8aMJTHi7LmliZEa-MC92KDhigWtQTin-BFiM5WXCTQV9PDZV/w388-h261/stichtagfebruardreizehn136~_v-original.jpg" width="388" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";">From then
on, the Tyrolean hat became Billy Mo's trademark, which was a must at every
public appearance. His later single releases were unable to repeat this
success, even though he continued to have a few listings in the German charts.
Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi later judged that Billy Mo's "popularity was based
on his talent to beat the Germans in their own specialty - humtata music."
Mo's last single re-release appeared in
1970. Musical developments had transcended his musical style and his record
sales had plummeted. Nevertheless, Billy Mo continued to tour live and appear
on entertainment programs over the next few years with his songs, which had now
become “oldies” in their own right.</span><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfAOBJr06yaelZS0x5dAcRbnAF5Jkth6T73KuV35GHW1RwK0MtYMqjSagLHWqgiTWtBDFWZmpp0KoNNs5YLpHcdUoQMEoheYNq7MPV3sLdvYvvX_kQG9sABYtIUth8e5kog47BQqAzamR4zk1j1wzOpJOw1zKxnLGqLWK5jsdS6cmZzMdXrD50Xb5hgM0/s420/615c8552-0001-0005-0000-000000372232_w321_r0.7642857142857142_fpx49.85_fpy51.43.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="321" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfAOBJr06yaelZS0x5dAcRbnAF5Jkth6T73KuV35GHW1RwK0MtYMqjSagLHWqgiTWtBDFWZmpp0KoNNs5YLpHcdUoQMEoheYNq7MPV3sLdvYvvX_kQG9sABYtIUth8e5kog47BQqAzamR4zk1j1wzOpJOw1zKxnLGqLWK5jsdS6cmZzMdXrD50Xb5hgM0/s320/615c8552-0001-0005-0000-000000372232_w321_r0.7642857142857142_fpx49.85_fpy51.43.jpg" width="245" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Since
the 1970s, Mo lived in Wunstorf in Lower Saxony, where he was also involved in
the local musical life. At the age of 78 he was still performing in jazz clubs,
most recently especially in the Jazz Club Hannover. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a performance in December 2001, he
suffered a stroke. Since then he has been in a vegetative state and was in need
of care. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the summer of 2002, Mo was
awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon by the Federal President for his
services in musical youth work, which was presented to him by the Prime
Minister of Lower Saxony, Sigmar Gabriel. Billy Mo died of heart failure in
2004 at the age of 81.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A
trumpet and a Tyrolean hat can be seen on his gravestone in Wunstorf-Luthe.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited from Wikipedia)</span></span></p><p></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yi0cBmlnM4Q?si=AOO_oU5_g5S8Dbxt" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>boppinbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601283175278694153noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207658960014112112.post-34269413897953083972024-02-21T04:27:00.000-08:002024-02-21T04:27:28.139-08:00Tadd Dameron born 21 February 1917<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigorP2Ii7oym5ZJIot4BVfXceXSUXIeAlc0sIFF5NNwqvDIuJfvDz3SLQtwpgRj4BzkXMutJn3FdLhQy84vLFY7D2iuNXMs36EdTrR_RaZqHPxOzdtxPk21AuorpTDO6z3putQpeSLoHCubndTPBrFCCrAyL0uT51IAyMwo8n7YwViAepklRTw9LiQvbMv/s1024/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1015" data-original-width="1024" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigorP2Ii7oym5ZJIot4BVfXceXSUXIeAlc0sIFF5NNwqvDIuJfvDz3SLQtwpgRj4BzkXMutJn3FdLhQy84vLFY7D2iuNXMs36EdTrR_RaZqHPxOzdtxPk21AuorpTDO6z3putQpeSLoHCubndTPBrFCCrAyL0uT51IAyMwo8n7YwViAepklRTw9LiQvbMv/w400-h396/front.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tadd
Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer,
arranger, and pianist.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His
full discography includes almost 300 recordings on which he appeared as a
performer or the arranger.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3_ErNdqIPsdBAcKvpp2tKL-zu0kb8y01A1cV1uS6KEtnin8CzEgEhIwZWq0f63ghLHgodBmT36cgEX4fhYXzbObmEsqZ3r9n2N4_OMOCTjPL-o1o36oPjASNezs5BuwX-jlBhQrmCMeng5N9d1y9qJkrZUTGhNNuw3ZooolnvtXAdiwTyceKBT3AYnS9/s400/4e94a79328e6d012774aca609cfdbab7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3_ErNdqIPsdBAcKvpp2tKL-zu0kb8y01A1cV1uS6KEtnin8CzEgEhIwZWq0f63ghLHgodBmT36cgEX4fhYXzbObmEsqZ3r9n2N4_OMOCTjPL-o1o36oPjASNezs5BuwX-jlBhQrmCMeng5N9d1y9qJkrZUTGhNNuw3ZooolnvtXAdiwTyceKBT3AYnS9/w271-h271/4e94a79328e6d012774aca609cfdbab7.jpg" width="271" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tadd
Dameron was born Tadley Ewing Peake, the son of Isaiah and Ruth Peake in
Cleveland, Ohio. When his mother later married Adolphus Dameron, Tadd and his
brother, Caesar, legally changed their names to Dameron. Tadd grew up with
music all around him, his mother first taught him to play piano, “not to read,
but by memory.” But, it was Dameron’s older brother, Caesar, a saxophonist, who
got his brother interested in jazz by listening to the records of the big bands
of the 1930’s like Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, and the Casa Loma band
that was playing unique arrangements at the time.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH40aTjCbxGkKfQUPL8g3wUCm67zEzZPd3wqo8S8HR7nTgt-Vk3QhsoH_CwStHCh80PBcEJq3bMUj1JaM_oBdAvgtvr2qB4_wRHXIRlL00PVfR5p7BYqDLt_tguRTTEl8R29NIjkQqU_BSlMG1qHvctGIFLkHOITQSFrvHHYpOVz0VP469qph855YKUbcn/s900/channels4_profile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH40aTjCbxGkKfQUPL8g3wUCm67zEzZPd3wqo8S8HR7nTgt-Vk3QhsoH_CwStHCh80PBcEJq3bMUj1JaM_oBdAvgtvr2qB4_wRHXIRlL00PVfR5p7BYqDLt_tguRTTEl8R29NIjkQqU_BSlMG1qHvctGIFLkHOITQSFrvHHYpOVz0VP469qph855YKUbcn/w277-h277/channels4_profile.jpg" width="277" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Cleveland
jazz musician Andy Anderson said he first heard Dameron in the 1930s when
Caesar brought his kid brother to a nightclub, and asked if the boy could sit
in with the Snake White Band. Anderson said he was amazed when Tadd started
playing piano. Anderson said, “He’s got ten fingers and all of them went down
on the keys and all of them were on different notes. You didn’t expect to hear
anything like that.” Before long, a Central High School friend, trumpeter
Freddie Webster, persuaded Dameron to join his band playing in Cleveland. By
1938 at the age of 21, he began to write arrangements for a band that had been
formed in Cleveland by James Jeter and Hayes Pillars. Originally, he spelled
his name "Tad" until a numerologist told him that the addition of a
second "d" would bring him luck.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZXkZBHUr44iQSmGzDre0ps5WEXdTdZ9grWpG5gwCOB8fgIWVygqCmUU6r3rnuf2It8ID4cIAiEogdjHhdr65m-1chmRMs5pKjGa7DlblHJ5-cHn7wWHHH6pTAO54ThDQK8yhsXBExPgNYYKk2A43wO22IakjdcXilPReco3bAuHdlpZWtjBrxVuY-jiZ/s550/tadd-dameron-39d215f8-ffd7-44f3-9cd9-5bbdfb93b94-resize-750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="550" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQZXkZBHUr44iQSmGzDre0ps5WEXdTdZ9grWpG5gwCOB8fgIWVygqCmUU6r3rnuf2It8ID4cIAiEogdjHhdr65m-1chmRMs5pKjGa7DlblHJ5-cHn7wWHHH6pTAO54ThDQK8yhsXBExPgNYYKk2A43wO22IakjdcXilPReco3bAuHdlpZWtjBrxVuY-jiZ/s320/tadd-dameron-39d215f8-ffd7-44f3-9cd9-5bbdfb93b94-resize-750.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In 1940,
Dameron went on the road with bands led by Zack Whyte and Blanche Calloway and
went to New York with Vito Musso’s band. When Musso’s band folded, he went to
Kansas City where he composed and arranged for Harlan Leonard’s Rockets. Among
his compositions for the Leonard band were “400 Swing,” “Rock and Ride” and “A
La Bridges.” At this point in his life, Dameron was writing almost pure swing.
There was no evidence yet of the modern sounds he would later pioneer.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEt7IhP3Aysbli0ABlrLdeQ0tXmpoYRmqUIcaMlPHbecZAB3tZVx3kU0p3dzvexiU13ZMcNvkyVeGWqfXWHRyxGbLG5_hH44DwP0H25dET30lgGKI_XY2Dcx3i_RaY7yEtLP3Gs1_nHx0GBeW0hI5jVUWEl6WlmvngJtpUbBx2lWZM5TqOo0vYvP7D9W9/s600/R-11437988-1516322873-5160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="600" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEt7IhP3Aysbli0ABlrLdeQ0tXmpoYRmqUIcaMlPHbecZAB3tZVx3kU0p3dzvexiU13ZMcNvkyVeGWqfXWHRyxGbLG5_hH44DwP0H25dET30lgGKI_XY2Dcx3i_RaY7yEtLP3Gs1_nHx0GBeW0hI5jVUWEl6WlmvngJtpUbBx2lWZM5TqOo0vYvP7D9W9/w400-h395/R-11437988-1516322873-5160.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p> <iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="https://www.opendrive.com/player/NTlfODg4NDY0ODJfOUxKa1M" style="border: 0;" width="297"></iframe>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He began
to experiment with a few new ideas while writing arrangements for the Jimmie
Lunceford Orchestra. He was soaking up all the new bebop he was hearing and was
beginning to use some of the new style in his big band arrangements. Dameron
recalled, “I started writing in my own style when I got on Count Basie’s band.”
In 1942, Trummy Young, a trombonist Dameron had known on the Lunceford band,
introduced Tadd to Dizzy Gillespie.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsz55mFKXX5dAi0ifcQtz1jo6uxiwnyn12u-WxKKZBgDK5-Lf_MM2fSd7I66aAMi-5onnPccfdleo2A6GOWJDmU2I5nnim3R_f5tQ6qs9i61Wo70yAFtR_Y5dEXVecgTCGF5H2hql-i3vKbOBl7a-taLDUBBOD8OwNTM65dOAJUv44mAp_ObzV3Y-aLWa/s883/Milt_Orent,_Mary_Lou_Williams,_Tadd_Dameron,_and_Dizzy_Gillespie,_Mary_Lou_Williams'_apartment,_New_York,_ca._Aug._1947_(William_P._Gottlieb_15921).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="883" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsz55mFKXX5dAi0ifcQtz1jo6uxiwnyn12u-WxKKZBgDK5-Lf_MM2fSd7I66aAMi-5onnPccfdleo2A6GOWJDmU2I5nnim3R_f5tQ6qs9i61Wo70yAFtR_Y5dEXVecgTCGF5H2hql-i3vKbOBl7a-taLDUBBOD8OwNTM65dOAJUv44mAp_ObzV3Y-aLWa/s320/Milt_Orent,_Mary_Lou_Williams,_Tadd_Dameron,_and_Dizzy_Gillespie,_Mary_Lou_Williams'_apartment,_New_York,_ca._Aug._1947_(William_P._Gottlieb_15921).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milt Orent, Mary Lou Williams, Tadd & Dizzy </td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In the
late 1940s, Dameron wrote arrangements for the big band of Dizzy Gillespie, who
gave the première of his large-scale orchestral piece Soulphony at Carnegie
Hall in 1948. Also in 1948, Dameron led his own group in New York, which
included Fats Navarro; the following year he was at the Paris Jazz Fair with
Miles Davis. Arranging for Gillespie’s big band, Dameron took the long phrases,
powerful upbeat rhythms and chord changes of bop that Dizzy and Charlie Parker
were pioneering, and used them in big band arrangements. Among his early
compositions for Gillespie was “Good Bait.”</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQEJnNsaVZsd47PcmFodpiFYsS58s9qctN7J7FMsBx_t1rIRb-n3XeD_KgxNcG-pjaQAzPjFYJpFTlYr0Q6wYEFQ8gOszqAj1aMWcXNoEO6bgbL9x78Gu1fln89HoO3nyFFM_u_LBPFFDh0nNT-U0hRmj8yhBlDRGRoBIYUVWsniFGsdXFobtidjjjFzh/s500/tadd_dameron1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="500" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQEJnNsaVZsd47PcmFodpiFYsS58s9qctN7J7FMsBx_t1rIRb-n3XeD_KgxNcG-pjaQAzPjFYJpFTlYr0Q6wYEFQ8gOszqAj1aMWcXNoEO6bgbL9x78Gu1fln89HoO3nyFFM_u_LBPFFDh0nNT-U0hRmj8yhBlDRGRoBIYUVWsniFGsdXFobtidjjjFzh/s320/tadd_dameron1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dameron
was honored by Esquire magazine in 1947 as “The Best New Jazz Arranger.” That
same year, he formed his own small group that featured Fats Navarro, an amazing
young trumpet player. They recorded some classic sides for Blue Note and
Capitol. After Navarro died in 1950 at the age of 26, Dameron found another
young trumpeter who would become a jazz legend. Dameron was preparing for a
recording session and later recalled he had decided to hire a relative unknown,
Clifford Brown. On June 11, 1953, they went into the recording studio in New
York City. Clifford Brown’s trumpet soared brilliantly above the chanting
nine-piece ensemble.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjrsRl0FEIh9-RYPVBPZj3TQPjNyz6WC-e1MDRvY5o6r3w4M4Ckp_5Gh2QharUPUZpT9eIM2-aah246qOKo4gLA1q3a4ogUOvVB5YmpCS-YF6QpKGrzfLlBfKby7Jcqm_llCLmkZnBpcZ-PqaW-HAwY7hpa6nAdlJJqOwoCAotTqEaZQ5G6Zsa6urAIfU/s799/downloadbeckstine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="651" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjrsRl0FEIh9-RYPVBPZj3TQPjNyz6WC-e1MDRvY5o6r3w4M4Ckp_5Gh2QharUPUZpT9eIM2-aah246qOKo4gLA1q3a4ogUOvVB5YmpCS-YF6QpKGrzfLlBfKby7Jcqm_llCLmkZnBpcZ-PqaW-HAwY7hpa6nAdlJJqOwoCAotTqEaZQ5G6Zsa6urAIfU/s320/downloadbeckstine.jpg" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tadd with Billy Eckstine</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">By 1956,
only three years after Dameron had introduced him on record, Clifford Brown had
become one of the most respected trumpeters in jazz. Dameron continued to write
and arrange, including his best known composition, “If You Could See Me Now,”
recorded by Sarah Vaughan and Dameron’s old boyhood buddy Freddie Webster.
After recording a couple of albums as “Mating Call,” with John Coltrane in ’58,
he spent much of 1959-61 in Federal Prison in Lexington KY, on narcotics
charges. After he was released, Dameron wrote for Sonny Stitt, Blue Mitchell,
Milt Jackson, and Benny Goodman.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8d_zmDU3vg9kRHv_7FuD7Y9X8sp2_hO_kEn9XZmamaXwwbYVq5TaK-p3HEjIiTYU_xOVdJiXR6Z1KNPcC1YAPaCY_hmTWMRcBH8mIa88zPe3yd_rEe0P829SfqKGw_RGUSmInokmj0FlvGxlUqXbc4H4gLt4GcMSBHdHxUJOKiDwMg8QVhMmGJ_MtFaN/s497/Tadd_Dameron2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="497" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8d_zmDU3vg9kRHv_7FuD7Y9X8sp2_hO_kEn9XZmamaXwwbYVq5TaK-p3HEjIiTYU_xOVdJiXR6Z1KNPcC1YAPaCY_hmTWMRcBH8mIa88zPe3yd_rEe0P829SfqKGw_RGUSmInokmj0FlvGxlUqXbc4H4gLt4GcMSBHdHxUJOKiDwMg8QVhMmGJ_MtFaN/s320/Tadd_Dameron2.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Tadd
Dameron’s last session recording was “The Magic Touch of Tadd Dameron,” (1962) but
was sidelined by health problems; he had several heart attacks before dying of
cancer in 1965, at the age of 48. He was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in
Hartsdale, New York.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif";"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">(Edited
from bio by Leo T. Sullivan @ Jazz
Website & Dameron-Damron Family Association)</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
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