Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Jump blues is an up-tempo style of blues, jazz, and boogie woogie usually played by small groups and featuring horn instruments. It was popular in the 1940s and was a precursor of rhythm and blues and rock and roll. [2] Appreciation of jump blues was renewed in the 1990s as part of the swing revival.
The Chicago Tribune wrote: "Lively Texas jump blues (fleshed out by a hot big-band-styled horn section and Brown's delightfully idiosyncratic guitar and violin work) is at the heart of the album, but the always eclectic Brown mixes it up with some sweet slow blues, a bit of funk, even a country ballad."
Wilson's slash and burn guitaring is a breath of fresh air at a time when a generation of tepid teen players are being taken seriously as blues musicians." [ 12 ] The Washington Post stated that "thick, punchy horn riffs dominate nearly every song and force Wilson to sharpen the edge on his lead-guitar licks and to pump up his hollering vocals ...
Here is the track list for Orgy of the Damned: “The Pusher” feat. Chris Robinson (vocal and harmonica) “Crossroads” feat. Gary Clark Jr. (vocal, rhythm guitar, and solo)
The melody derived from band members' riffs—Basie rarely wrote down musical ideas, so Eddie Durham and Buster Smith helped him crystallize his ideas. The original 1937 recording of the tune by Basie and his band is noted for the saxophone work of Herschel Evans and Lester Young, trumpet by Buck Clayton, Walter Page on bass, and Basie himself on piano. [1]
In jazz, blues and R&B, riffs are often used as the starting point for longer compositions. Count Basie's band used many riffs in the 1930's, like in "Jumping at the Woodside" and "One O Clock Jump". Charlie Parker used riffs on "Now's the Time" and "Buzzy". Oscar Pettiford's tune "Blues in the Closet" is a rifftune and so is Duke Ellington's ...
Cold Snap is an album by the American blues musician Albert Collins, released in 1986. [1] [2] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Traditional Blues Recording" category. [3] Collins supported the album with a North American tour. [4]
Blast Rites: January’s Best New Metal, and the 30 Greatest Riffs of 1993 Read More » The post Blast Rites: January’s Best New Metal, and the 30 Greatest Riffs of 1993 appeared first on SPIN.