February 24th tribute concert at the Apollo. The evening will benefit the Jazz Foundation of America. The concert will feature performances by Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., James Cotton, Shemekia Copeland, Billy Flynn, Barrelhouse Chuck Goering, Buddy Guy, David Johansen, Steve Jordan, Danny Kortchmar, Dr. John, Keb Mo, Todd Mohr, Ivan Neville, Robert Randolph, Keith Richards, Kenny Wayne Sheperd, Larry Taylor, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, Jimmie Vaughan, Jimmy Vivino, Willie Weeks, Jody Williams, Kim Wilson, and other special surprise guests
Hubert Sumlin Apollo Theater tribute concert, coaster-size card shown with Buddy Guy guitar pick he handed me
Question posed by Tad Hendrickson in WSJ piece. Click for answer to your blues.
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Ben Waters: Boogie 4 Stu -Tribute album to Stones pianist and stalwart Ian Stewart, featuring host of stars including The Rolling Stones!
Otis Spann Is The Blues. And Robert Lockwood Jr. is Robert Johnson’s stepson. “And that’s my story”. (Worried Life Blues)
Somewhere between classic jazz, ragtime piano, and early urban blues, you’ll find boogie woogie, filled with rolling rhythms and a cheerfully swinging drive. The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie is (A) Axel Zwingenberger, Germany’s greatest modern boogie woogie pianist; (B) the raunchy vocalist and pianist Ben Waters; the almost telepathic rhythm section, (C) Charlie Watts, the masterful drummer whose syncopated rhythms drive “the world’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band”; and (D) Watts’s best friend since childhood, Dave Green, one of the finest bassists on the U.K. jazz scene.
Dance Floor Opens at 6:00; Live Sets at 7:30–8:30 and 9:00–10:00
Glad to have seen each of these guys recently in NYC
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Dr. John: Several shows at BAM coming up
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May 7-13 Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival
Colony Music in NYC - for music memorabilia
“Swing Street” 52nd Street in NYC 1948 (Library of Congress)
The “Marshall” crunch by the “Father of Loud”