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Alligator Records Begins 40th Anniversary Celebration with New Shemekia Copeland & Roomful of Blues
As 2011 kicks off, Alligator Records, the company The Washington Post calls “the premiere blues label in the United States," celebrates its 40th anniversary. The celebration kicks off with the January 18 release of Hook, Line & Sinker from the kings of horn-driven swing, jump blues and early rock 'n' roll, Roomful of Blues, and Deluxe ...
Public Radio Debuts Weekly Live Jazz, Blues and Comedy Jam on 12 O'Clock Jump
By Mark Edelman Public radio has always been home for late night jazz programming. Add to that line-up 12 O'Clock Jump, public radio's brand new jazz, blues and comedy jam. Broadcast live every Saturday night/Sunday morning from midnight to 1AM central time, the weekly variety show is streamed live at wwww.kcur.org for the world to dig. ...
Jay McShann: In Copenhagen
by Chris Mosey
Jay “Hootie" McShann was like one of those Russian dolls that you knock down and they bounce right up again. Right up until his death in 2006 at the age of 90, he was one of the jazz world's great survivors. Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1916, his spiritual and musical home was Kansas City, where ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Big Joe Turner
All About Jazz is celebrating Big Joe Turner's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Big Joe TurnerBig Joe Turner - Blues Singer (1911 - 1985) “The Boss of the Blues” Providing an essential link between the blues and rock \'n\' roll, Big Joe Turner is best remembered for ...
Billy Jones: The Urbanization of Delta Blues
by David King
It's a long way from the rich, fertile delta lands of North Little Rock, Ark., to the Netherlands, where Billy Jones records for Dutch blues label Black and Tan Records, but it was a route of which he never lost sight. Born into the segregated south, he was exposed to the driving beat of the blues ...
JazzAscona Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary: June 25 - July 5, 2009
We are excited to announce some of the first musicians and performances scheduled for JazzAscona 2009, one of the most significant jazz events in Europe: Homage to the legendary Kansas City singer and “king of blues & rock 'n' roll Big Joe Turner by soul-jazz stars Bernard Pretty Purdie, Reuben Wilson & friends; tributes, one hundred ...
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Featuring the music of Big Joe Turner
Duration: 4:10
Jumpin' The Blues
Label: Arhoolie Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Wine-O-Baby Boogie; B&O Blues; Rocket Boogie "88" - Part I; Old Piney Brown's Gone; Baby, Won't You Marry Me; Skid Row Boogie; Christmas Date Boogie ; Radar Blues; Tell Me Pretty Baby; Rocket Boogie "88" - Part II; Trouble Blues; Half Tight Boogie.
Big Joe Turner: Boss Of The Blues
by Ed Kopp
Besides helping to invent rock 'n roll with his hit “Shake, Rattle and Roll," Big Joe Turner was one of the most soulful blues shouters of all time. His best albums married the boogie-woogie piano stylings of the great Pete Johnson with a jazzy jumpin' horn section. Boss Of The Blues is arguably Joe's best recording, ...
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