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Calvin Newborn
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Calvin Newborn - electric guitar, vocals In Memphis Tennessee, the lines between blues and jazz have always been blurred. From the great bandleader Jimmie Lunceford (who taught at Manassas High School in the 1920s), on through phenomenal musicians like Fred Ford, Frank Strozier, Hank Crawford, Herman Green, George Coleman, James Williams, and Charles Lloyd, the local blues scene provided an entry into a full-time musical career; the hard-earned admission to the jazz world came later. For good reason, one family the Newborns became known as Memphis’ “First Family of Jazz.” Drummer Finas Newborn, the family’s patriarch, played drums with Lunceford’s Chickasaw Syncopators at the height of the Depression; later, he backed Lionel Hampton and led his own group, which featured his sons, pianist Phineas and guitarist Calvin Newborn, and opened his own musical instrument store on Beale Street. Finas’ sons literally grew up with musical instruments in their hands
New Born
Label: Yellow Dog Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: When Kingdom Comes/Sho' Nuff;
The Streetwalker's Stroll;
Newborn Blues;
Spirit Trane/Omnifarious;
Lush Life;
Restorations;
After Hours Blues;
Blues and Beyond.
Calvin Newborn: New Born & UpCity
by Jerry D'Souza
Calvin Newborn New Born Yellow Dog Records The name Newborn is synonymous with Memphis just as Presley or King or Hayes is. The Patriarch Phineas (Finas) had two sons, Phineas and Calvin. The first made the piano his instrument of choice, the second took to playing the guitar. In sum they were ...
Calvin Newborn: New Born
by Jim Santella
As the younger brother of gifted pianist Phineas Newborn, Jr., guitarist Calvin Newborn fell in love a long time ago with the same music and came to express it with his own voice. Jazz and blues run side by side in his interpretations. A lyrical guitarist who takes the room by the force of ...
Calvin Newborn: New Born
by Bridget A. Arnwine
The album may be titled New Born, but Calvin Newborn, famed Memphis-born guitarist and brother of the late jazz legend Phineas Newborn, has proven on his Yellow Dog Records release that a newborn can indeed have plenty of soul. The music on this album feels at some points like you should be listening while watching from ...
