Regarded now as one of the great early blues artists, Lonnie Johnson embarked on a recording career largely consisting of blues primarily because in 1925 he won a blues contest in which the prize was a recording contract with Okeh Records, and blues was what Okeh expected him to record. But he was equally at home in the company of jazz musicians, as evidenced here by 3 sides with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, one with Duke Ellington's Orchestra and numerous spectacular guitar duets with Eddie Lang.
Unlike the great country blues artists such as Robert Johnson, Charley Patton or Skip James, Lonnie Johnson was a city boy from New Orleans. He was adept on numerous instruments and while he mostly played guitar, there are a couple of ... Read More:
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Regarded now as one of the great early blues artists, Lonnie Johnson embarked on a recording career largely consisting of blues primarily because in 1925 he won a blues contest in which the prize was a recording contract with Okeh Records, and blues was what Okeh expected him to record. But he was equally at home in the company of jazz musicians, as evidenced here by 3 sides with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, one with Duke Ellington's Orchestra and numerous spectacular guitar duets with Eddie Lang.
Unlike the great country blues artists such as Robert Johnson, Charley Patton or Skip James, Lonnie Johnson was a city boy from New Orleans. He was adept on numerous instruments and while he mostly played guitar, there are a couple of ... Read More:
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Regarded now as one of the great early blues artists, Lonnie Johnson embarked on a recording career largely consisting of blues primarily because in 1925 he won a blues contest in which the prize was a recording contract with Okeh Records, and blues was what Okeh expected him to record. But he was equally at home in the company of jazz musicians, as evidenced here by 3 sides with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, one with Duke Ellington's Orchestra and numerous spectacular guitar duets with Eddie Lang.
Unlike the great country blues artists such as Robert Johnson, Charley Patton or Skip James, Lonnie Johnson was a city boy from New Orleans. He was adept on numerous instruments and while he mostly played guitar, there are a couple of ... Read More:
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Regarded now as one of the great early blues artists, Lonnie Johnson embarked on a recording career largely consisting of blues primarily because in 1925 he won a blues contest in which the prize was a recording contract with Okeh Records, and blues was what Okeh expected him to record. But he was equally at home in the company of jazz musicians, as evidenced here by 3 sides with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five, one with Duke Ellington's Orchestra and numerous spectacular guitar duets with Eddie Lang.
Unlike the great country blues artists such as Robert Johnson, Charley Patton or Skip James, Lonnie Johnson was a city boy from New Orleans. He was adept on numerous instruments and while he mostly played guitar, there are a couple of ... Read More:
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Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson was born in New Orleans but later lived in various big cities. He was an "urban" blues artist if there ever was one. Besides some recordings with blues singers like Victoria Spivey and Texas Alexander, he played with the very best jazz musicians of the day (Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Eddie Lang, Bessie Smith, Hot Lips Page...). He also waxed numerous blues sides either on his own or with simple piano or guitar accompaniment.
He had a huge influence on both blues and jazz guitarists with his innovative guitar playing style that mixed chorded with precise single note lines. This style had not been developed in neither blues nor jazz before. In jazz, he had an impact on Charlie Christian and Django ... Read More:
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Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson was born in New Orleans but later lived in various big cities. He was an "urban" blues artist if there ever was one. Besides some recordings with blues singers like Victoria Spivey and Texas Alexander, he played with the very best jazz musicians of the day (Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Eddie Lang, Bessie Smith, Hot Lips Page...). He also waxed numerous blues sides either on his own or with simple piano or guitar accompaniment.
He had a huge influence on both blues and jazz guitarists with his innovative guitar playing style that mixed chorded with precise single note lines. This style had not been developed in neither blues nor jazz before. In jazz, he had an impact on Charlie Christian and Django ... Read More:
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Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson was born in New Orleans but later lived in various big cities. He was an "urban" blues artist if there ever was one. Besides some recordings with blues singers like Victoria Spivey and Texas Alexander, he played with the very best jazz musicians of the day (Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Eddie Lang, Bessie Smith, Hot Lips Page...). He also waxed numerous blues sides either on his own or with simple piano or guitar accompaniment.
He had a huge influence on both blues and jazz guitarists with his innovative guitar playing style that mixed chorded with precise single note lines. This style had not been developed in neither blues nor jazz before. In jazz, he had an impact on Charlie Christian and Django ... Read More:
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Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson was born in New Orleans but later lived in various big cities. He was an "urban" blues artist if there ever was one. Besides some recordings with blues singers like Victoria Spivey and Texas Alexander, he played with the very best jazz musicians of the day (Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Eddie Lang, Bessie Smith, Hot Lips Page...). He also waxed numerous blues sides either on his own or with simple piano or guitar accompaniment.
He had a huge influence on both blues and jazz guitarists with his innovative guitar playing style that mixed chorded with precise single note lines. This style had not been developed in neither blues nor jazz before. In jazz, he had an impact on Charlie Christian and Django ... Read More:
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This CD is one of the Living Era series of historical jazz recordings with 25 tracks featuring rhythm guitar and banjo player Eddie Condon. The tracks demonstrate his competency and capacity to strike a strong immpecable beat as well as to inject rhythm into the melodies themselves, though very little of what is included can claim solo virtuosity. Rather than his playing, Eddie Condon is remembered as the most prominent of the Chicago jazz musicians taking up residence in New York in the late 1920s and the 1930s for his ability to pull together and inspire groups of excellent musicians. There were numerous ad hoc groups where Eddie Condon was master of cerimonies at broadcasts or recordings, and at the club he ran bearing his name.
This CD is one of the Living Era series of historical jazz recordings with 25 tracks featuring rhythm guitar and banjo player Eddie Condon. The tracks demonstrate his competency and capacity to strike a strong immpecable beat as well as to inject rhythm into the melodies themselves, though very little of what is included can claim solo virtuosity. Rather than his playing, Eddie Condon is remembered as the most prominent of the Chicago jazz musicians taking up residence in New York in the late 1920s and the 1930s for his ability to pull together and inspire groups of excellent musicians. There were numerous ad hoc groups where Eddie Condon was master of cerimonies at broadcasts or recordings, and at the club he ran bearing his name.