Jazz artist Eric Dolphy died 50 years ago today (read more)Eric Allan Dolphy, Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet, piccolo, and baritone saxophone. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to gain prominence in the 1960s. He was also the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and among the earliest significant flute soloists. |
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Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975)American vocalist, and musician. His music and style changed considerably through the years; his first album (1966) was mostly folk oriented, but over time his music incorporated jazz,psychedelia, funk, soul, avant-garde and an evolving “voice as instrument,” sound. He died aged 28, leaving behind wife Judy and son Taylor, and son Jeff Buckley from his marriage to Mary Guibert. |
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| Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) English musician, best known as the drummer of the English rock band Deep Purple. As of Jon Lord‘s departure in 2002, he is the only continuous member of the band, and as such is the only member to appear on every album the band has released. |  |
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Bernard Herrmann (June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer known for his work in motion pictures. An Academy Award-winner (for The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941; later renamed All That Money Can Buy), Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He also composed scores for many other movies, including Citizen Kane, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Cape Fear, and Taxi Driver. |
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Spotify Playlist – June 29 |
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June 29: Eric Dolphy passed away 50 years ago today
When you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone, in the air. You can never capture it again.
~Eric DolphyEric Dolphy was a true original with his own distinctive styles on alto, flute, and bass clarinet. His music fell into the “avant-garde” category yet he did not discard chordal improvisation altogether..
~Scott Yanow (allmusic.com)
Charles Mingus Sextet featuring Eric Dolphy Take The A Train (Live, Norway 1964):
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June 28 in music history
Bruce Springsteen played a legendary gig at San Siro , Milan, Italy in 2003 – 11 years ago (read more)Remarkable show played in remarkable weather. The rain begins to pours down during the full band “The River” and continues for several songs, punctuated with incredible thunder and lightning. A unique “Follow That Dream”. Many other highlights – an Italian story in “Growin’ Up”, the rain sheeting down in “Waitin’ On A Sunny Day”, “The River” and an impromptu “Who’ll Stop The Rain”. (from Brucebase) |
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Gillian Welch released The Harrow & The Harvest in 2011 – 3 years ago (read more)John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990. |
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| Bobby Bare, Jr. is 48 today(born June 28, 1966) is an American musician who has recorded several solo albums, along with two albums with his band, Bare, Jr. |  |
| David Knights (born David John Knights, 28 June 1945, Islington, North London) was the original bass guitarist in Procol Harum. He played bass on the hitsingle “A Whiter Shade of Pale“.He was in the band long enough to play on their first three albums. He departed in 1969, to be replaced by Chris Copping.When he was in Procol Harum he used a Gibson EB-0 bass |  |
Bob Dylan & Carlos Santana: Blowin’ In The Wind, Barcelona, 28 June 1984 (Video) |
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June 27 in music history
Muddy Waters released – Rollin’ Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection in 2000 (read more)Rollin’ Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection is a compilation album collecting the first 50 master recordings of blues singer Muddy Waters for Chess Records. The collection spans Muddy’s debut with then named Aristocrat Records circa 1947, and traces his evolution as a songwriter and musician up to September 17th, 1952 on what became Chess Records after the company changed ownership. It is the first in a series of releases chronicling Muddy Waters’ complete recording career at Chess. |
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The late John Entwistle passed away in 2002 – 12 years agoJohn Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990. |
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| Jerome Solon Felder, better known as Doc Pomus (June 27, 1925 – March 14, 1991),American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the category of non-performer in 1992. He was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992. and the Blues Hall of Fame. |  |
| Neil Young & Paul McCartney A Day In The Life Live From Hyde Park 27th June 2009: |
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Bob Dylan & Van Morrison: Philopappos (The Hill Of The Muses), Athens, Greece 27 June 1989 (Videos) |
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Chuck Berry: Anthology (released June 27, 2000) (read more) |
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Spotify Playlist – June 27 |
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June 26 in music history
The Great late “Big” Bill Broonzy was born in 1893 (read more)Big Bill Broonzy (June 26, 1893 – August 15, 1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played country blues to mostly African-American audiences. Through the ‘30s and ‘40s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues sound popular with working class African-American audiences. In the 1950s a return to his traditional folk-blues roots made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star. His long and varied career marks him as one of the key figures in the development of blues music in the 20th century. |
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| Michael Geoffrey Jones aka Mick Jones (born 26 June 1955) is a British musician, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter best known for his works with The Clash until his dismissal in 1983, then Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and finally Big Audio. Jones plays with Carbon/Silicon along with Tony James and recently toured the world as part of the Gorillaz live band (which includes former Clash member Paul Simonon). |  |
| Colonel Thomas Andrew “Tom” Parker (June 26, 1909 – January 21, 1997) born Andreas Cornelis (“Dries”) van Kuijk, was a Dutch-born entertainment impresario known best as the manager of Elvis Presley. Parker’s management of Presley defined the role of masterminding talent management, which involved every facet of his life and was seen as central to the astonishing success of Presley’s career. “The Colonel” displayed a ruthless devotion to his client’s interests and took more than the traditional 10 percent of his earnings (reaching up to 50 percent by the end of Presley’s life). Presley said of Parker: “I don’t think I’d have ever been very big if it wasn’t for him. He’s a very smart man.” For many years Parker falsely claimed to have been U.S.-born, but it eventually emerged that he was born in Breda in the Netherlands. |  |
| Christopher Joseph “Chris” Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American rock musician and occasional actor. Isaak’s best known song is “Wicked Game”. Though released on the 1989 album Heart Shaped World, an instrumental version of the song was later featured in the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart. |
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| Elvis Presley recorded Little Sister June 25 & 26, 1961 (read more)“Little Sister” is a rock and roll song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It was originally released as a single in 1961 by American singer Elvis Presley, who turned it into a No. 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The single (as a double A-side with “(Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame”) reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart.
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Spotify Playlist – June 26 |
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