David Maxwell's Maximum Blues at Regattabar Jazz-Quad Maxwell's recent "Conversations in Blue" record is an innovative tribute to the late great Chicago blues keyboard king Otis Spann, who was Maxwell's musical mentor for nearly half a century. "The album is filled with musical and sentimental precision, ...
Rant 'N' Roll: Pinetop Perkins…Direct From Heaven Aquarian Weekly His 12 years playing piano in the band of Muddy Waters (1913-1983) from '69 to '80 took him around the world (he replaced Otis Spann). Then, when Muddy's band broke up, he formed The Legendary Blues Band, with some Muddy alum, and they rocked the house ...
Bluesman Deacon Jones added to Blythe River Blues Festival lineup Desert Messenger (blog) The drunks Jones was referring to turned out to be Muddy Waters, James Cotton and Otis Spann, some of the greatest blues musicians of all time. "I had no idea I was watching a bandstand full of legends - all legends. But in 1964, they didn't know what ...
Damn Right He's Got the Blues: Buddy Guy's Life Story Houston Press (blog) ... Guy's arrival in Chicago in 1957 and subsequent years playing, recording and hanging out with the Chess label's stable of larger-than-life stars such as Muddy Waters (who was like a second father to Guy), Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter and Otis Spann.
Killer Blues presents the 5th annual White Lake Blues Festival at the Howmet ... White Lake Beacon Killer Blues was also instrumental in raising awareness and funds for the headstones of blues legends such as Otis Spann and also contributed to headstones for Calvin Frazer, Gatemouth Brown, the McCoy Brothers, Willie Lee Brown and Big Jack Johnson.
Familiar picks for Blues Music Awards knox.VillageSoup.com (subscription) Other awards were given for: Acoustic Album ("Conversations in Blue"), David Maxwell and Otis Spann; Acoustic Artist, Eric Bibb; Best New Artist Debut ("Runaway"), Samantha Fish; Instrumentalist-Bass, Biscuit Miller; Instrumentalist-Drums, Chris Layton ...
Jerry Portnoy El Mercurio OnLine (Chile) Pero fue el pianista Otis Spann quien dijo, y Otis tocó junto a Muddy Waters durante muchos años, que "la armónica es la madre de la banda". O sea, el instrumento central, el instrumento líder en una banda de Chicago Blues. La armónica le responde a la ...
Una música, muchas músicas Clarín.com Algunos de los intérpretes identificados con el sonido de Chicago son Tampa Red, Big Bill Bronzy, Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, JB Lenoir, “Sonny Boy” Williamson, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Little Walter, Willie Dixon, ...
El Blues, ese extraordinario sonido inspirador Sitio Andino Algunos de los intérpretes identificados con el sonido de Chicago son Tampa Red, Big Bill Bronzy, Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim, Howlin' Wolf, Elmore James, JB Lenoir, “Sonny Boy” Williamson, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Little Walter, Willie Dixon, ...
