Dance Macabre

Dance Macabre

Friday 13 April 2018

Some Jazz, Blues & R&B Figures

Clarence Fountain ~ 88 ~ Singer with Gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA ~ "TOO CLOSE TO HEAVEN";


THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA ~ "AMAZING GRACE";


Otis Rush ~ Chicago blues singer/guitarist from the 1950's onward w/Chess, Cobra and Atlantic Records ("I Can't Quit You Baby", "I'm Satisfied")

OTIS RUSH ~ "I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY";


OTUS RUSH ~ "SWEET LITTLE ANGEL";


Matt Guitar Murphy ~ 88 ~ Guitarist w/Howlin Wolf, Ike Turner, Muddy Waters, James Cotton, Otis Rush, Etta James, Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Chuck Berry, Joe Louis Walker, Memphis Slim, Aretha Franklin and The Blues Brothers as well as solo

MATT GUITAR MURPHY ~ "MURPHY'S BOOGIE";


MATT GUITAR MURPHY & MEMPHIS SLIM;
MATT'S GUITAR BLUES";


MATT GUITAR MURPHY ~ "MURPHY'S BOOGIE";


Eddie Willis ~ 82 ~ Guitarist with Motown studio band The Funk Brothers who played on most of the Motown hits in the 1960's & 70's

THE FUNK BROTHERS ~ "NOWHERE TO HIDE";


THE FUNK BROTHERS ~ "PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE";


John "Jabo" Starks, 79, American drummer (James Brown, The J.B.'s)

JAMES BROWN;


JAMES BROWN "PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG" & "I FEEL GOOD";


Eugene Pitt ~ Lead singer with 1960's Doo-Woppers the Jive Five

THE JIVE FIVE ~ "HAPPY MAN";


Lazy Leter ~ 85 ~ Blues singer & harpist from the 1950's onward

LAZY LESTER ~ "THEY CALL ME LAZY";


Edwin Hawkins ~ 74 ~ American gospel musician ("Oh Happy Day", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)") (w/Melanie)

MELANIE & THE EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS ~ "LAY DOWN (CANDLES IN THE RAIN)";


EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS ~ "OH HAPPY DAY";


CECIL TAYLOR ~ 89 ~ American Free Jazz pianist from the late 1950's onward

CECIL TAYLOR;


Randy Weston ~ 90 ~ American Avant Garde Jazz pianist from the 1950's onward with Charles Mingus and his own band

RANDY WESTON;


Eddy Clearwater ~ 83 ~ American blues singer and guitarist from the 1950's on
EDDIE "THE CHIEF" CLEARWATER ~ BOOGIE WOOGIE BABY";

Nathan Davis ~ 81 ~ American jazz sax player from the 1960's onward w/Eric Dolphy, Art Blakey, Nat Adderly. Ray Charles and solo

NATHAN DAVIS ~ "NEW ORLEANS";


Norman Edge ~ 84 ~ Jazz bassiat with Gene Ammons, Clark Terry and Nelson Riddle

CLARK TERRY ~ "STARDUST";


GENE AMMONS ~ "SOPHISTICATED LADY";


Hamlet Bluiet ~ Sax player with The World Saxophone Quartet;

THE WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET ~ "HATTIE WALL";