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Die Besprechungen des folgenden „60er Jahre“-Albums, das ich noch nicht kenne, klingen sehr interessant:
Lonnie Johnson, The Unsung Blues Legend. The Living Room Session
Kritik: http://www.addenda.v-jk.de/Inhalt/RezCDs/CREz10/crez10.html
Gary Giddins: Comeback Number Six. Lonnie Johnson at Home
http://www.villagevoice.com/2000-06-06/music/comeback-number-six/1
Lonnie Johnson: Unsung Blues Legend: The Living Room Sessions CD
„Recorded in Queens, New York in 1965. Includes liner notes by Bernie Strassberg.
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1222291
New Orleans-bred guitarist/singer Lonnie Johnson is a seminal figure in American music. Johnson, one of the 1920s‘ first recorded jazz guitarists, played … Full Descriptionboth blues and jazz brilliantly, and recorded with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Helen Humes, while his songs were recorded by such luminaries as Big Joe Turner and Elvis Presley. This previously unreleased session, recorded in 1965 at the house of a friend/fan in Queens, New York, captures the master musician in an intimate and relaxed setting.
Johnson has a mellow yet spirited voice, somewhat like B.B. King if he were a crooner, and, though it’s not as innovative as his ’20s/’30s work, his guitar playing glistens, combining Delta blues dexterity with urban savoir faire. The tunes are a surprising mix of originals („New Orleans Blues“), blues gems (Bessie Smith’s „Back Water Blues,“ „Jelly Jelly“), and Frank Sinatra (Ol‘ Blue Eyes‘ „This Love of Mine“ and „September Song“). Though the recording quality is primitive by digital-age standards, it’s still uniformly crisp and clear.
Blues guitarist Lonnie Johnson is captured in a rare, never before released recording that took place at a small gathering in the home of his close friend Bernie Strassberg in 1965, demonstrating both his superb guitar and stunning vocals.“
P.S.: Bernie Strassbergs „Liner Notes“ für das Album enthalten das folgende Lonnie Johnson-Interview-Zitat, das sein Lebenswerk gut beschreibt: „I sing the blues. My blues is built on human beings on land, see how they live, see their heartaches and the shifts they go through with love affairs and things like that – that’s what I think about and that’s the way I make my living. It’s understanding others and that’s the best way I can tell you. My style of singing has nothing to do with the part of the country I come from. It comes from my soul within. The heartaches and the things that have happened to me in my life – that’s what makes a good blues singer.“
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