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Bluesville Records
Bluesville Records was an American record label subsidiary of Prestige Records, launched in 1959, with the primary purpose of documenting the work of the older classic bluesmen passed over by the changing audience. Such bluesmen as Roosevelt Sykes, Lightnin' Hopkins, Rev. Gary Davis, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee recorded for the label, accounting for more than one quarter of their overall output. By 1966, Bluesville had ceased to issue LPs. Jazzdisco.org, accessed October 26, 2018 Discography See also * |
Record Label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos, while also conducting talent scouting and development of new artists, and maintaining contracts with recording artists and their managers. The term "record label", derives from the circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the manufacturer's name, along with other information. Within the mainstream music industry, recording artists have traditionally been reliant upon record labels to broaden their consumer base, market their albums, and promote their singles on streaming services, radio, and television. Record labels also provide publicists, who assist performers in gaining positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Sound (Gene Ammons Album)
''The Big Sound'' is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1958 and released on the Prestige label. accessed December 6, 2012 The album was recorded at the same sessions which produced '' Groove Blues''. Reception reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Ammons is easily the main star (he really excelled in this setting) and is in generally fine form".Yanow, S[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Blues
''Just Blues'' is an album by the American blues pianist Memphis Slim which was recorded in 1960 and released on Bluesville, a sublabel of Prestige Records. It was reissued by Fantasy in 1972 as part of the double LP ''Raining the Blues'', along with ''No Strain'', another album from the same sessions. Reception In his review for ''AllMusic'', Stephen Cook wrote, "One of a handful of stellar albums Slim cut for Prestige's Bluesville label, the 12-track set offers a particularly pleasant way to check out the pianist's tasty keyboard work and wide-ranging topical bent." Track listing All compositions by Peter Chatman except where noted. # "Beer Drinking Woman" – 3:27 # "Teasing the Blues" (Slim-Marshall) – 3:41 # "The I.C. Blues" – 2:52 # "Baby Doll" – 2:08 # "Just Blues" – 3:35 # "Blue and Disgusted" – 2:30 # "Blue Brew" – 4:25 # "Rack 'Em Back Jack" – 2:30 # "Motherless Child" – 3:04 # "Brenda" – 3:46 # "When Your Dought Roller I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memphis Slim
John Len Chatman (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988), known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists. He made over 500 recordings. He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1989. Biography Memphis Slim was born John Len Chatman, in Memphis, Tennessee. For his first recordings, for Okeh Records in 1940, he used the name of his father, Peter Chatman (who sang, played piano and guitar, and operated juke joints); it is commonly believed that he did so to honor his father. He started performing under the name "Memphis Slim" later that year but continued to publish songs under the name Peter Chatman. He spent most of the 1930s performing in honky-tonks, dance halls, and gamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No More In Life
''No More in Life'' is the second album by jazz vocalist Mildred Anderson recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label early the following year. accessed October 31, 2018 Reception reviewer stated: "Considering how well she sings on this set, it is strange that Mildred Anderson would have no further opportunities to lead her own albums". Chris Smith, in '' |
Slim's Shout
''Slim's Shout'' is an album by blues musician Sunnyland Slim recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year. accessed May 14, 2019 Reception reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "You wouldn't think that transporting one of Chicago's reigning piano patriarchs to Englewood Cliffs, NJ would produce such a fine album, but this 1960 set cooks from beginning to end. Sunnyland Slim's swinging New York rhythm section has no trouble following his bedrock piano, and the estimable King Curtis peels off diamond-hard tenor sax solos in the great Texas tradition that also mesh seamlessly".Track listing All compo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem Street Singer
''Harlem Street Singer'' is a studio album by the American gospel blues singer-guitarist Blind Gary Davis, recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label in December of that year. It features perhaps his best-known song " Death Don't Have No Mercy". Critical reception ''Harlem Street Singer'' was met with critical acclaim. According to the journalist and Davis biographer Ian Zack, it proved to be "Davis's masterpiece and one of the most breathtaking recordings of the folk era", with "Rudy Van Gelder's pristine engineering capturing Davis's stellar guitar work and impassioned singing like lightning in a box". AllMusic reviewer Matt Fink later said, "Davis laid down 12 of his most impassioned spirituals for ''Harlem Street Singer'' ... Overall, the collection is well worth the purchase and should be considered essential listening for fans of country blues or gospel". Track listing All compositions by Gary Davis except where noted # "Samson and Delilah" (Traditional) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honeydripper (Roosevelt Sykes Album)
''The Honeydripper'' is an album by blues musician Roosevelt Sykes recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label the following year. accessed October 29, 2018 Reception reviewer Ron Wynn stated: "Roosevelt Sykes expertly fit his classic, down-home piano riffs and style into a fabric that also contained elements of soul, funk, and R&B. ... Besides Sykes' alternately bemused, ironic, and inviting vocals, there's superb tenor sax support from King Curtis, Robert Banks' tasty organ, and steady, nimble bass and drum assistance by Leonard Gaskin and drummer Belton Evans.".Track listing [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight Special (Al Smith Album)
''Midnight Special'' is the second album by jazz/blues vocalist Al Smith featuring saxophonist King Curtis recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label early the following year. accessed October 31, 2018 Reception reviewer Alex Henderson stated: "''Midnight Special'' finds Smith backed by a rock-solid quintet ... Smith has a big, full, rich voice, and he uses it to maximum advantage throughout this excellent album ... With the right exposure, Smith might have become a major name in 1960s blues and R&B – he certainly had the chops and the talent. But, unfortunately, he never enjoyed the commercial success that he ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasty Blues
''Tasty Blues'' is an album by blues musician Little Brother Montgomery recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label early the following year. accessed October 31, 2018 Reception reviewer Bill Dahl stated: "Here's a very attractive example of a pianist with roots dug deep in pre-war tradition updating his style just enough to sound contemporary for 1960. ... Montgomery swoops through his seminal "Vicksburg Blues" and "No Special Rider" with enthusiasm and élan". '' |
Blues & Ballads
''Blues & Ballads'' is a 1960 recording featuring Lonnie Johnson on vocals and electric guitar accompanied by Elmer Snowden on acoustic guitar and Wendell Marshall on bass. This was the first commercial recording by Snowden in 26 years. The same ensemble, under the supervision of Chris Albertson, recorded a second volume, ''Blues, Ballads, and Jumpin' Jazz'', released in 1990. Reception The album has generally received high acclaim. Although one writer appears to disregard the album with a single sentence, calling it "just plain sad, lacking even the vitality of rock and roll."The Journal of American Folk-lore, 74, p.248, American Folklore Society/JSTOR/Project Muse, 1961 Others have noted Johnson's "plaintive, slightly nasal voice"High Fidelity, 11, p.135, 1961 and indicated that he "sings smooth blues and sentimental ballads with equal skill." The guitarists styles are described as distinctive, yet complementary, and Snowden is described as a "sympathetic accompanist" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Snowden
Elmer Chester Snowden (October 9, 1900 – May 14, 1973) was an American banjo player of the jazz age. He also played guitar and, in the early stages of his career, all the reed instruments. He contributed greatly to jazz in its early days as both a player and a bandleader, and launched the careers of many top musicians. Biography Elmer Snowden was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, to Gertude Snowden, and had a brother, James. His mother worked as a laundress, but by the time of the 1917 World War I draft registration, a month before his 17th birthday, he was already listing his occupation as "musician," while living with his mother, and the 1920 Federal Census lists him still living at home, employed as a "musician in a dance hall." Snowden was the original leader of the Washingtonians, a group he brought to New York City from the capital in 1923. Unable to gain a booking, Snowden sent for Duke Ellington, who was with the group when it recorded three test sides for V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
