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Morris Jennings
Morris Jennings was an American drummer and musician from Chicago. He recorded as Moe Jennings, M. Jennings, Maurice Jennings, Morris "Gator" Jennings, and Morris Jennings Jr. Jennings is best known for having played drums on the ''Electric Mud'' album by Muddy Waters, the 1969 album ''The Howlin' Wolf Album'' by Howlin' Wolf, and the 1972 Curtis Mayfield album ''Super Fly''. His work at Chess Records includes "California Soul" by Marlena Shaw, which includes an unusual two-bar break early in the song. Jennings died at his South Side Chicago home of natural causes at age 77 on June 3, 2016. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved June 16, 2016. Discography With[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Mud
''Electric Mud'' is the fifth studio album by Muddy Waters, with members of Rotary Connection playing as his backing band. Released in 1968, it imagines Muddy Waters as a psychedelic music, psychedelic musician. Producer Marshall Chess suggested that Muddy Waters record it in an attempt to appeal to a rock audience. The album peaked at number 127 on Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 album chart. It was controversial for its fusion of electric blues with psychedelic elements. History The 1960s saw Marshall Chess seeking to introduce Muddy Waters' music to a younger audience; Chess Records, Waters' record label, founded by Marshall's father, Leonard Chess, released a series of compilation albums of Muddy Waters' older music repackaged with psychedelic artwork.Gordon, Robert. "Notes: ''Electric Mud'', ''After the Rain'', Marshall Chess and the Players". ''Can't Be Satisfied''. Pp. 348-349. 0-316-32849-9. In 1967, Marshall Chess formed Cadet Records, Cadet Concept Records as a subsid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits
''Ramsey Lewis' Newly Recorded All-Time Non-Stop Golden Hits'' (often shortened to ''Ramsey Lewis' Golden Hits'') is an album by pianist Ramsey Lewis, recorded in 1973 and released on the Columbia label. accessed October 19, 2012 The album contains remakes of Lewis' more successful and recordings. Reception called the album a "budget sampler of pop cuts".Wynn, R[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reaching For The Sky
''Reaching for the Sky'' is the second album by soul vocalist Peabo Bryson. Reception Released in 1978, ''Reaching for the Sky'' was Bryson's debut album on Capitol Records, charting with Quiet Storm staple "Feel the Fire" at number 13 on the R&B singles chart. This tune was covered by Stephanie Mills in 1979 on her ''What Cha' Gonna Do with My Lovin''' album and again in 1980 by Teddy Pendergrass as a duet with Mills on his '' TP'' album. The midtempo title track, "Reaching for the Sky", was even more commercially successful, reaching number 6 on the R&B chart. Track listing All songs written by Peabo Bryson #"Reaching for the Sky" - 4:56 #"Feel the Fire" - 5:03 #"A Fool Already Knows" - 4:02 #"Hold On to the World" - 4:41 #"Love from Your Heart" - 5:22 #"Love Walked Out on Me" - 5:36 #"You Haven't Learned About Love" - 3:32 #"Have a Good Time" - 4:58 Personnel * Peabo Bryson – lead and backing vocals * Paul Libman – keyboards * Terry Fryer – Moog s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peabo Bryson
Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Bryson has contributed to two Disney animated feature soundtracks. Bryson is a winner of two Grammy Awards. Early years and career Born Robert Peapo Bryson in Greenville, South Carolina, Peabo Bryson spent much of his childhood on his grandfather's farm in Mauldin, South Carolina. His love for music stemmed from his mother, who often took the family to concerts of well-known African-American artists at the time. Bryson marked his professional debut at age 14, singing backup for Al Freeman and the Upsetters, a local Greenville group. It was Freeman's difficulty in pronouncing Bryson's French West-Indian name, Peapo, that led Bryson to perform as Peabo. Two years later, he left home to tour the Chitlin' Circuit with another local band, Moses Dill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Brunson
Milton R. Brunson (June 28, 1929 – April 1, 1997) was an American gospel musician and former pastor and music director of Christ Tabernacle Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois. Brunson released his first musical project in 1988, ''Available to You''. The title track has become a gospel standard. He won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album at the 37th Annual Grammy Awards, while he was nominated two other times. He had ten albums that have charted on the ''Billboard'' Gospel Albums chart over the course of his career and some even after his death. He received a nomination for the Best Gospel Album, Group or Choir at the 1988 Soul Train Music Awards and for Best Gospel Album at the 1993 Soul Train Music Awards. Biography Early life Brunson was born on June 28, 1929, in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a stockyard worker, while his mother was a music and religion teacher. After he graduated from McKinley High School, he pursued a career in music by getting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Brown Jr
Oscar Brown Jr. (October 10, 1926May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor. Aside from his career, Brown ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illinois State legislature (United States), state legislature and the U.S. Congress. Brown wrote many songs (125 have been published), 12 albums, and more than a dozen musical plays. Early life and education Brown was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, to Oscar Brown Sr. and Helen (née Clark). Brown's father was an attorney and real estate broker. Brown's first acting debut was on the radio show ''Secret City'' at the age of 15. After graduating from Englewood Technical Prep Academy, Englewood High School, Brown attended University of Wisconsin–Madison then Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), Lincoln University but later dropped out. During Brown's twenties, he worked as the "world's first Black newscaster" for ''Negro Newsfront'', a Chicago radio program that he cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odell Brown
Odell Elliott Brown Jr. (February 2, 1940 – May 3, 2011) was an American jazz organist. He was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, playing soul jazz and jazz funk with his backing band as Odell Brown & the Organ-Izers. Biography Brown was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He started playing the piano aged 4 as his mother was a part-time piano teacher. His father bought him a baby grand piano. After playing in various junior and senior high school bands, he went to Nashville, Tennessee and met musicians attending Tennessee State A&M. Wishing to enroll himself, his plans were soon curtailed when he was drafted into the army where he joined the Army Post Band. During this period, he gained valuable insight into arranging and orchestrating. After leaving the army, Brown moved to Chicago where he was re-united with some of the musicians from his Nashville days. They formed a soul-jazz group, becoming known as "The Organ-izers" and within 2 years, were signed to Chess Records' jazz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Branch
Ben F. Branch (January 8, 1928 – August 27, 1987)Ben Branch, 59, Leader in Civil Rights, Business '''', August 28, 1987 was an American entrepreneur, tenor saxophonist, and bandleader. Although possibly better known as being the last person |
Inez Andrews
Sister Inez Andrews, born Inez McConico (April 14, 1929 – December 19, 2012) and better known as Inez Andrews, was an American gospel singer. Her soaring, wide-ranging voice — from contralto croon to soul-wrenching wail — made her a pillar of gospel music. The ''Chicago Tribune'' stated that "Andrews' throaty contralto made her low notes thunder, while the enormous range of her instrument enabled her to reach stratospheric pitches without falsetto" and that "her dramatic delivery made her a charismatic presence in church and on stage." Andrews started singing in the church as a child and performed gospel music on the road in various gospel groups from the 1940s before joining The Caravans in 1957. Fellow member from The Caravans in the 1950s, Shirley Caesar, once dubbed Andrews "The High Priestess" for her ability to hit high notes, and, in 2013, stated, "there never was and never will be another voice like Inez Andrews." Another early member of the Caravans, Albertina Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honesty (Curtis Mayfield Album) .
''Honesty'' is a 1983 album by Curtis Mayfield Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music. Track listing All songs written and produced by Curtis Mayfield.Personnel *Curtis Mayfield - vocals, guitar, backing vocals *Michael Ingram - percussion * Joseph Scott - bass *Rich Tufo - clavinet, electric piano *Theodis Rodgers - organ, piano, synthesizer *Charles "Skip" Lane - alto & baritone saxophone, flute *William Puett - alto saxophone, flute *Curtis Mayfield III - flute *David Arenz - violin *Christopher Rex - cello *Frances Jeffrey - violin *Harry Hagan - trombone *George Rawlin - trumpet *Ronald Mendol ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Fly (soundtrack)
''Super Fly'' is the third studio album by American soul musician Curtis Mayfield, released in July 1972 on Curtom Records. It was released as the soundtrack for the Blaxploitation film of the same name. Widely considered a classic of 1970s soul and funk music, ''Super Fly'' was a nearly immediate hit. Its sales were bolstered by two million-selling singles, "Freddie's Dead" (number 2 R&B charts, number 4 Pop charts) and the title track (number 5 R&B, number 8 Pop). ''Super Fly'' is one of the few soundtracks to out-gross the film it accompanied. ''Super Fly'', along with Marvin Gaye's '' What's Going On'' (1971), was one of the pioneering soul concept albums, with its then-unique socially aware lyrics about poverty and drug abuse making the album stand out.Boraman, GregReview: ''Super Fly'' BBC Music. Retrieved 2014-05-08.Heller, JasonReview: ''Super Fly''. ''The Yale Herald''. Retrieved 2014-05-08. The film and the soundtrack may be perceived as dissonant, since the film holds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't It Feel Good
''Don't It Feel Good'' is a 1975 funk/jazz-funk album by Ramsey Lewis released on Columbia Records. The album peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. Overview The single "What's the Name of This Funk (Spider Man)" made its way to number 6 on the Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart. This album reunited him with former Chess Records producer, Charles Stepney. Bassist Cleveland Eaton had left for a solo career by then and was replaced by Tiaz Palmer. Also added to the group was former member of The Pharaohs, Derf Reklaw-Raheem on percussion and flute and guitarist Byron Gregory, both of whom appeared as additional musicians on the previous ''Sun Goddess''. Track list Credits Musicians *Byron Gregory – guitar *Morris Jennings – drums, tambourine, bells *Ramsey Lewis – synthesizer, piano, keyboards, clavinet *Brenda Mitchell-Stewart – vocals *Tiaz Palmer – bass *Derf Reklaw-Raheem – flute, conga, ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |