Blues Access: Blue Again, New Again Smith and Albert Ammons and class acts like Jimmie yancey and jimmy Blythe . Didn t hurt that the session pianist was usually the great James Booker, http://www.bluesaccess.com/No_27/again.html
Extractions: I have a suspicion, almost a fear, that many fans of the present wave of blues popularity are actually looking for rock'n'roll they can understand, or at least dance to. We baby boomers are at middle age, after all. It's hard to identify with those young rockers on MTV. So we have the burgeoning of interchangeable guitar-based "blues" bar bands and the resurgence of "swing" bands of all ilks. There's nothing wrong with this, but my fear is that some "blues fans" really don't care as much about blues (or even about music) as they do about catching the Blues Brothers retro-act at the House of Blues. Much of today's recorded output seems to me to fall into a comfortable groove, redoing standard blues forms in a perfectly professional manner but without big leaps forward. Six years of reviewing for this magazine have taught me anew that the number of certifiably great blues singers and musicians is small, as is true, of course, in all genres. Writing this reissue column has allowed me to listen to and comment on many of the greats, the innovators who rise like monuments from American music's past. But lately the review copies have been piling up and sifting through them feels like time-consuming work. I find myself thinking about the novel I should be writing, or putting on the Kronos String Quartet or Thelonious Monk instead of tasting a new blues release. So, I know it's time to make this my final column. Maybe someone with big ears and a love for the music can take it farther on up the road.
Barkin Bill James pianist) and wonderful and unique sessions featuring Bud Freeman. recordings of Casino Simpson in a mental hospital, jimmy yancey and a http://delmark.com/rhythm.steiner.htm
Extractions: John Steiner is best-known as the man who bought, operated, and later sold Paramount Records, the Wisconsin-based record company that issued more "race" records than any other company in the 1921-1932 period. More than 1,150 couplings of great jazz by Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Clarence Williams, Mugsy Spanier and Frank Teschemaker, Fletcher Henderson, Johnny Dodds, Jimmy Blythe, plus blues that included all the recordings of Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Skip James, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Charlie Spand as well as the earliest recordings of Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Alberta Hunter, Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy plus hundreds of others. There was a sizable catalog of black religious, country and pop music of that era, too. The John Steiner story goes back the twenties to a young jazz fan from Milwaukee (born July 21, 1908) working toward his Ph.D in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. By 1935 he was involved with Helen Oakley (Down Beat reporter and Okeh record producer) and Harry Lim (later of Keynote Records) in the formation of the country's first jazz support organization, The Hot Club of Chicago (named after the French org.). The first HCC concert presented Benny Goodman (then in his historic stand at the Congress Hotel) in a trio format with the band's drummer, Gene Krupa and a local pianist named Teddy Wilson. The idea , a jump-start in jazz history, birthed the band-within-a-band concept which helped Herman, Crosby, Dorsey, Shaw, etc. keep combo jazz alive in the big band era. HCC concerts continued into the 40's.
Encyclopedia: Pianist A pianist is a person who plays the piano. This article is about the modern musical James Edwards jimmy yancey (c. Otis Spann born in Jackson, http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Pianist
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Extractions: Artist Album Song Tickets/Tours Movie Title Movie Cast/Crew Record Label Radio Venue document.write(_ad_MonthNames[_ad_month]+" "+_ad_day+", "+_ad_currentyear); Check out ARTISTdirect on your phone! home newsletter help ... Jimmy Yancey Browse artists: A B C D ... albums biography listen/watch links ... Submit your review! Track Listing Album Review Credits ... Similar Albums track# song name track time Jimmy's Stuff Rolling the Stone Steady Rock Blues P.L.K. Special South Side Stuff Yancey's Getaway Salle Street Breakdown Two O'Clock Blues Janie's Joys Lean Bacon Big Bear Train Lucille's Lament This LP has 12 of the 17 selections that pianist Jimmy Yancey cut during his first recording session. All of the music (plus the missing titles) have been reissued in full on CD by Document but this album has the advantage of also having Rudi Blesh's extensive and informative liner notes. Yancey's subtle boogie-woogie style is heard in prime form on solo performances originally cut for Solo Art. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide Rudi Blesh Text George H. Buck, Jr.
Jimmy Yancey- Jazz By Mail - Discography jimmy yancey jimmy yancey jimmy yancey was a pioneering Chicago boogie-woogiepianist whose jimmy s Rocks 19. How Long Blues - (featuring Mama yancey) http://www.jazzbymail.com/artists/yancey.html
Extractions: Contact Us = tracks you can listen to by clicking on the song title. You will need a Real Audio player to listen, click here to get one free: Jimmy Yancey - Jimmy Yancey was a pioneering Chicago boogie-woogie pianist whose distinctive keyboard style was based on repeating bass figures-a staple of the boogie-woogie piano form-and often included stuttering, Latin-inspired bass riffs and restrained tempos that were frequently a notch or two below the quick pace of popular late-1930's players like Meade "Lux" Lewis, Albert Ammons, and Pete Johnson. Despite limited club work and no recordings during the 1920s and nearly all of the 1930s, Yancey was nonetheless a highly influential figure in Chicago blues and jazz circles, regularly performing on the city's house-rent party circuit. He remained a popular draw at such gatherings until his death in 1951. To join E-Mailing list: E-Mailing List
Black History yancey, jimmy. byname of James Edward yancey yancey was largely a selftaughtpianist, with some instruction from his brother Alonzo. http://www.britannica.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=77790
Jump Blues Artists jimmy yancey yancey.jpg (3923 bytes). One of the pioneers of boogiewoogie piano,jimmy yancey was generally more subtle than the more famous Albert Ammons, http://www.history-of-rock.com/jump_artiststhree.htm
Extractions: Turner, whose powerful physique certainly matched his vocal might, was a product of the swinging, wide-open Kansas City scene. Even in his teens, the big-boned Turner looked entirely mature enough to gain entry to various K.C. nighteries. He ended up simultaneously tending bar and singing the blues before hooking up with boogie piano master Pete Johnson during the early '30s. Theirs was a partnership that would endure for 13 years. The pair initially traveled to New York at John Hammond's behest in 1936.On December 23, 1938, they appeared on the fabled Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall on a bill with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry, the Golden Gate Quartet, and Count Basie. Big Joe and Johnson performed "Low Down Dog" and "It's All Right, Baby" on the historic show, kicking off a boogie-woogie craze that landed them a long-running slot at the Cafe Society (along with piano giants Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons). Few West Coast indie labels of the late '40s didn't boast at least one or two Turner titles in their catalogs. The shouter bounced from RPM to Down Beat/Swing Time to MGM (all those dates were anchored by Johnson's piano) to Texas-based Freedom (which moved some of their masters to Specialty) to Imperial in 1950 (his New Orleans backing crew there included a young Fats Domino on piano). But apart from the 1950 Freedom 78, "Still in the Dark," none of Big Joe's records were selling particularly well. When Atlantic Records bosses Abramson and Ahmet Ertegun fortuitously dropped by the Apollo Theater to check out Count Basie's band one day, they discovered that Turner had temporarily replaced Jimmy Rushing as the Basie band's front man, and he was having a tough go of it. Atlantic picked up his spirits by picking up his recording contract, and Big Joe Turner's heyday was about to commence.
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1939-1950) By Jimmy Yancey The third of three CDs tracing the recording career of the unique boogiewoogiepianist jimmy yancey, whose subtlety could often result in some dramatic http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/album.cgi?ALBUMID=862723
MP3tunes.com boogie, and jazz pianist) and William Russell (one of the most highly regarded and a Suggs interview with exciting revelations about yancey, Ammons, http://www.mp3tunes.com/album_details.php?album_id=14678
Erwin Helfer Cd Gallery - Chicago Blues Boogie Jazz Piano including the title track, which honors jimmy yanceys trailblazing influence Another original Stella, which is a tribute to Estella Mama yancey, http://www.erwinhelferpiano.com/0500_cdgallery.php?cdID=1
The Guestbook I liked it very much and as a blues + boogie pianist myself since a lot of I m new at this but as a lifetime yancey et al fan I just thnk that this http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/boogie-woogie/boogie/readbook_old.shtml
Extractions: Wels-Thalheim, No county/state, Austria - 16:41:44 Saturday 29 August 1998 I am getting back into piano after many years of absence. I always played classical music, and now I would like to branch out into some boogie woogie and rock. I especially love Jerry Lee Lewis and would do anything to be able to play any of his hits with any confidence. Does anyone have any ideas on videos/books that I could begin learning from?
Diz Watson Blues Boogie Piano Player But there are also touches of such boogie greats as jimmy yancey, Albert Ammonsand Meade Lux Lewis in his piano style a fine Honky Tonk Train Blues (or http://www.dizwatson.swiftserve.net/pages/giglist.htm
Marshall Yancey Piano Tuning And Piano Repair Marshall yancey Piano Tuning and Repair Service in Sunnyvale, California. jimmy Swaggert (almost; he cancelled the day before due to his prostitute http://www.tunepianos.com/yantune.htm
Barbara's Jazz History jimmy Rushing was always so hot and swinging, as was Big Joe Turner. Estella Mama yancey was a friend and a mentor from whom I learned a lot about the http://www.barbaradane.net/jazzhistory.html
Extractions: In The Jazz Singers , I am writing entries on the 500 top jazz vocalists of all time. You're one of them! In addition to the biographical facts and a summary of your career, I'd like to include quotes. The enclosed questionnaire is your opportunity to communicate to readers who are wondering what makes you tick, what your thoughts are about your life and career, how you see jazz, and what your hopes are for the future. Feel free to discuss whatever comes to mind. Growing up in Detroit, I heard a lot of great jazz-oriented singers on the juke boxes near my high school: Ella, Dinah Washington, Billie, Bing Crosby, Helen Humes, Jimmy Rushing, jazz influenced pop groups like the Inkspots, the Mills Brothers, the Andrews Sisters and others. I also had a fake ID so that I could get into a magical place called Eastwood Gardens, a big open-air ballroom where they brought the heavy-duty swing bands like Glenn Miller, Harry James, and Tommy Dorsey, but also the jazz bands like Count Basie and Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman and more. I was usually crowded up to the bandstand to concentrate on listening, while the rest of my friends were dancing. (Never did get the hang of dancing.)
Blues Bytes What's New Ray Bryant ( The Ray ), and jimmy yancey ( White Sox ). He toured Europewith jimmy Dawkins. He s concentrated on his singing since relocating to http://www.bluenight.com/BluesBytes/wn0401dt.html
Extractions: Detroit Blues 2000 There has been an explosion of new blues talent in the Motor City over the past decade, or so. Veterans have been discovered as "new" by a young crop of fans, as well. Alberta Adams and Johnnie Bassett have been wowing them from coast to coast and in Europe for the past couple of years. Unfortunately, Eddie Burns and Little Sonny don't play out much anymore. The great Willie D. Warren and influential disc jockey The Famous Coachman passed away in December. John Lee Hooker moved to the West Coast 20 years ago. The Soup Kitchen was closed after 25 years to make room for a casino (aghhh!). Still, the blues are alive and thriving in Detroit and environs. Recording studios are staying plenty busy, too. Below are a handful of discs released in the last year or so. The Alligators Venture (GBB 92345) This quintet has been together for nearly two decades. Their first disc, Gimme Some Skin (Blues Factory - 1996), was a local favorite that helped spread their rep past the city limits. This sophomore effort follows the same formula of dyed-in-the wool classic urban blues. 11 of the 13 tunes are band originals, and the covers of Willie Dixon's "I Do The Do" and Bobo Jenkins' "Shake 'Em On Down" are well chosen and executed covers. They're loud and bawdy, and 100% certified non-hyphenated blues. Vocalist Dave Krammer counts Howlin' Wolf as an influence, harpist "Wailin' Dale" Blankenship comes out of the school of the Sonny Boys, guitarist Steve Schwartz has as much of a West Coast (Jr. Watson, etc.) groove as an appreciation for classic Elmore James. Drummer Mark Seyler and bassist Pete Kiss supply the engine.
PopMatters improves it with a rephrasing which is a straight lift from jimmy yancey. Eddie Durham s melodramatic atmospherics from the 1939 Basiejimmy Rushing http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/mccoyrobert-bye.shtml
Extractions: comment on this article Barrelhouse and Blues Piano This is a specially interesting CD as well as recommendably of the highest musical quality. Peter Silvester's A Left Hand like God is in many respects an admirable telling of "the story of boogie woogie", but I'm not the only informed reader to have seen a big hole in the index above the name of Buck McFarland. No McCoy? He sings well too, but listen to "Church Bell Blues" or "Gone Mother Blues" for among other wonders a demonstration of the verb "to rock" (as not to be done to any cradle!). "Gone Mother" reminds me of one of the few pre-war recordings on which McCoy was accompanist. Behind James Sherrill, whose nom-de-disque "Peanut the Kidnapper" represents one kind of inventiveness, every successive McCoy chorus is a fresh creation: no routine, and that was rare. When Ben Sidran on a music film years ago talked of going back to boogie piano for inspiration he mentioned, meant and played "Down the Road Apiece" a second-handism from the 1940s period boogie woogie wasn't so much in the sun as under the lamp. The same '40s vogue did inspire Joe Duskin and Willie Littlefield, who made up for a lack of full roots with hard work and energy. Joe had to learn a lot of repertoire. Unlike them, Otis Spann had been a child prodigy of a Mississippi school. I've heard no evidence supporting recent contentions that the even more tragic person of his cousin the wonderful Little Johnny Jones was an abler pianist (we are at a summit of the art) but I wonder was McCoy. Well, I marvel at him.
LA Daily News - Antelope Valley She s just a wonderful lady, the church pastor, Audie yancey, said. The church needs a pianist. The church has had one off and on ever since I left. http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%7E20943%7E2990021,00.html
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Extractions: kam an 8. Dezember 1909 in Meridian, Mississippi, zur Welt. Sie begann mit zehn Jahren Klavier zu spielen und lernte den Boogie Woogie von ihrem älteren Bruder Everett, der mit "Pinetop" Smith befreundet war. Ihren ersten öffentlichen Auftritt hatte Cleo Brown im Alter von 15 Jahren. Ihre Karriere entwickelte sich von da an langsam aber stetig und hatte ihren ersten Höhepunkt in den 20er und 30er Jahren. In dieser Zeit spielte sie auch Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Pelican Stomp , spielte sie allerdings nie wieder. Mary Lou Williams der einzige, der auch dort zur Welt kam. Er begann seine musikalische Laufbahn als Schlagzeuger und wechselte erst 1922 zum Klavier. Als Begleiter des Sängers Big Joe Turner trat er 1938 beim "From Spirituals to Swing" Concert in der Carnegie Hall auf und wurde zu einem der Stars des Boogie Revivals in den späten 30er Jahren. Er spielte im Duo oder Trio mit Meade "Lux" Lewis
Swedish Ragtime Meeting (Bromma, 20/8-2000) Also invited was the 70years old pianist Lasse Jelly Roll Mattsson plus twoJimmy yancey compositions, How Long Blues and yancey Stomp . http://www.ragtime.nu/bromma2000/
