The Cat Who Invented BebopA young cat from Mississippi works hard learning to play the saxophone and takes the train to New York City so he can play with the cool cats.ArismanMarshall
Born in 1945, Sanbron was introduced to the saxophone during his childhood as a means of recovering from polio. By the time he was 14, he had the opportunity to perform with blues legends like Albert King and Little Milton, the first of his many, many collaborations.In 1967, he joined ...
“Evil Woman” was originally performed by Crow on their 1969 debut album. Despite the original song being a hit in the U.S., it was left off the stateside release of Black Sabbath’s groundbreaking first record, swapped with “Wicked World.” Elsewhere in the world, the album came with ...
X-Ray Spex toed the line between punk and New Wave. Their saxophone player helped the latter, while singer Poly Styrene (who died of cancer in 2011) fed their punk urges. She was the genre's greatest female singer, and her gasoline-fueled vocals makeGermfree Adolescentsone of punk's best...
It is important also to shout out SoDown and Big Gigantic, both prominent artists that share saxophone-wielding powers with GRiZ. Porter Robinson The name of a genre or subgenre cannot even categorize a magnificent inventor of emotional and gripping music, Porter’s style. It is simply in its...
Who invented rhythm and blues? AlthoughJerry Wexlerof Billboard magazine is credited with coining the term "rhythm and blues" as a musical term in the United States in 1948, the term was used in Billboard as early as 1943. What is the origin of rhythm and blues?
history, the name Ford is still recognizable long after Henry Ford invented the assembly line and started making beloved and reliable motor vehicles. Although he was saddled with great fortune and responsibility, Ford never had a formal education – his father raised him to take over the family ...
His father, Jan, was gifted at the clarinet, saxophone, and piano. “It was difficult to make money playing his type of music,” Eddie told Rolling Stone in 1995. “So he joined the [Dutch] air force band, and he played marches. Every morning at six o’clock he’d have to go up...
In Round Midnight, Dexter Gordon has the role an American saxophone player living in Paris in the 1950’s. Waiting for a drink after his night’s performance, Dexter watches a customer gulp down his last cocktail … and then fall straight back onto the floor. Dexter turns to the bartender...
The line-up was augmented by Ross Alcock - keyboards, Colin Ferguson - bass and Colin “Biggles” Gavigan - saxophone in 1980. H2O became immediately recognisable by Donaldson's deep, robust voice. The group released its first single ‘Hollywood Dream’ in 1981 on their own 'Spock' label ...