Home » Search Center » Results: Buddy Guy

Results for "Buddy Guy"

1,010

Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Amiri Baraka: Perspectives on Music and Race

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
August 17, 2009

Amiri Baraka is the author of the insightful and comprehensive book, Blues People. It is a book that has opened many minds and readers to the African American Diaspora along with the history and roots of African American music. Baraka has now published a new book of essays titled, Digging (The Afro-American Soul of American Classical ...

570

Article: Interview

Meet Kurt Elling

by Craig Jolley
July 27, 2009

This interview was originally published in February 2000.Chicago music scene On my new recording [Kurt Elling Live in Chicago, Blue Note] I'm really proud to feature a lot of the musicians who have treated me well and who have taught me and who have been on the team with me from the get-go. Not ...

345

Article: Live Review

Another Palace, Another King: John Mayall in Cologne

by Phillip Woolever
July 9, 2009

John Mayall Die Kantine Koln, GermanyMay 12, 2009 Sometimes a mix of the old and the new is a formula yielding timelessness. The latest soulful and rollicking incarnation of John Mayall and his blues-based sidekicks, assembled just a few months back, reportedly assures a new album due out this ...

735

Article: Live Review

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2009

by Gary Firstenberg
June 21, 2009

If you want to experience music as wide and as deep as the mighty Mississippi River, it is best to go right to the source. In the lush surroundings of the oldest horse racing track in The Big Easy, the 40th Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival celebrated a diverse assortment of music, and provided ...

283

Article: Live Review

2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

by Joel A. Siegel
June 21, 2009

The 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival marked the return of pre-Katrina level attendance. Despite the national recession, the festival announced sales of more than 400,000 tickets for the seven-day event over two weekends. As usual, producer Quint Davis did a masterful job blending the various musical components, including New Orleans jazz, national jazz acts, ...

946

Article: Profile

The Allman Brothers Band: 40 Years Out

by Alan Bryson
June 13, 2009

So what do Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White have in common with Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top? All were part of the Allman Brothers Band's three-week musical extravaganza at New York City's Beacon Theater celebrating the band's 40th anniversary. This year's list of surprise guests also included ...

402

Article: Film Review

It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago

by John Barron
June 5, 2009

Various Artists It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues at Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago Delmark Records 2009 Recorded live in Chicago at guitarist/vocalist Buddy Guy's Legends on March 7, 2008, It Ain't Over! is a celebration of Delmark Records' 55th year in the record business. ...

1,009

Article: Live Review

30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

by Matt Marshall
May 11, 2009

30th Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 23-May 3, 2009 Now in its 30th year, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland has always prided itself as much on its educational offerings as its concerts. The festival's Web site touts it as “the largest educational jazz festival in the country." This emphasis on ...

321

Article: Straight From The Vault

April 2009: From Sarah Vaughan to Little Richard

by Charlie B. Dahan
April 17, 2009

After a short hiatus, The Vault has reopened to review the latest in jazz and blues reissues, DVDs, books and other irresistible items. This month, we have books on the jazz age and Atlantic Records, CDs from Sarah Vaughan and Buddy Guy, and DVDs of Little Richard and Muddy Waters. Hazen Schumacher and ...

222

News: Festival

Jeff Beck to Headline Montreal Jazz Fest

April 2, 2009

Soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Beck will make his first ever festival appearance at the Festival International de Jazz de Montral. As part of the massive lineup for the 30th anniversary of the summer concert event, Jazz legends Ornette Coleman and Wayne Shorter, Jackson Browne, a blues pairing of Buddy Guy & ...