”I saw Maria in the great Martin Scorsese documentary about Bob Dylan, No Direction Home,” says Elaine Martone, production supervisor for the project. ”She had recalled many great stories and anecdotes about the early days, and there was some great footage of her performing in the Village in the early ‘60s with the Kweskin …
Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon: The Ultimate Rude Blues Collection
Rude, Rude Blues, Expletives, Innuendo And Just Plain !&-¦!! Rude – When naughty Chuck Berry slipped ‘My Ding a Ling’ into the charts in 1972 he exposed a musical phenomenon that had a long, long history. People have been singing about sex since the dawn of popular music – and since the roots of rock are black one’s, …
Ethel Waters is arguably the first woman jazz singer, with a gift for musical phrasing that immediately distinguished her from both the classic blues singers and the prevailing standards for popular singers. This CD surveys her recordings from 1925 to 1939, placing emphasis on jazz elements. Throughout, she’s accompanied by an extraordinary collection of jazz musicians, and rare …
The Jazz Singers: A Smithsonian Collection of Jazz Vocals from 1919 to 1994
Singing begot jazz. Sure, that’s a vast oversimplification, but there’s probably no better way to say it. The voice as the foundation and essential instrument of jazz’s evolution is expansively presented in this five-CD box set compiled by Robert O’Meally, biographer of Billie Holiday. His goal, he writes in an accompanying 100-page booklet, is to show the sweep …
As a young Blues artist in early 1950’s Chicago, Billy Boy Arnold was befriended and inspired by Big Bill Broonzy, one of the 20th century’s greatest musical icons. Now, 60 years later, Billy Boy has gathered together this generation of Chicago’s best acoustic Blues players (Billy Flynn, Eric Noden) for the recording of Billy Boy Sings Big Bill …
Former Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman wants to enlighten people about the great blues of America’s musical past. Drawing on his stash of 1,300 albums, the two-CD set Bill Wyman’s Blues Odyssey makes a strong case for the lasting eloquence of the African American blues music recorded in the oppressive South during the Depression and on till …
Maria delivers the 3rd in a series of CDs of classic blues material from the ’20s to the ’40s. Album includes special guest Bonnie Raitt who makes an appearance on the Sippie Wallace penned track, ‘Separation Blues’. …
Rolling Stone ranked him the #15 greatest guitarist of all time. His sharp treble tone, hooky melodic licks and innovative fingerpicking style using metal banjo picks on electric guitar were a profound influence on such British guitar gods as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. And his live performances were so incendiary, so unstoppable and …
(SACD-HYBRID) It was certainly a magical night at the Pawnshop in March, 1976 when a young lady of 81 completely captured and entranced the audience with her stage presence and vibrant personality. Her communication with the musicians and audience combined to elevate her artistry beyond the aural level to include that indefinable ingredient…atmosphere. This atmosphere was retrieved from …
Mike Renzi, Piano; John Chiodini, Guitar; Jay Leonhard, Bass; Grady Tate, Drums; Mark Sherman, Percussion. Includes: 1. “See See Rider” (Ma Rainey, Traditional), 2. “Basin Street Blues” (Clarence Williams), 3. “Squeeze Me” (Fats Waller, Clarence Williams), 4. “You Don’t Know” (Walter Spriggs), 5. “Fine and Mellow” (Billie Holiday), 6. “Baby Please Come Home” (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams), 7. …