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Father of the Tenor Sax - gained his nickname from the shape of his head. (arguably overtaken in jazz popularity by Lester Young)

Absolutely spot on

He was one of the most popular of the recorded Piedmont blues artists Piedmont blues ( also known as East Coast blues ) refers primarily to a guitar style, the Piedmont fingerstyle, which is characterized by a fingerpicking approach in which a regular, alternating thumb bass string rhythmic pattern supports a syncopated melody using the treble strings generally picked with the fore-finger, occasionally others. The result is comparable in sound to ragtime or stride piano styles. There is some dispute (see the Wikipedia article above) whether his blindness - complete by 1928 - was caused by ulcers [...]

Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor. His height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), and so consequently he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant. " He adapted the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, to the tenor saxophone. His studio and live performance career spanned over 50 years.

Loads of versions - I like these

Two Allman Bros. coversAppeared at the Cambridge Festival

Notes from YouTube: Music video by Susan Tedeschi performing Sweet Forgiveness. (C) 2006 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

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Originally from a 1940s musical this is an established jazz standard with some wonderful performancesAny favourites out there?

I can never have too much Ella

Notes from YouTube: In this clip from a 1971 performance, Muddy Waters and his band perform "Manish Boy." From the DVD "Muddy Waters In Concert 1971.

Carter is often known for his bawdy songs such as "Banana in Your Fruit Basket", "Pin in Your Cushion", "Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me", "Please Warm My Wiener" and "My Pencil Won't Write No More".He had more depth in Blues - in 1928, he recorded the original version of "Corrine, Corrina", which later became a hit for Big Joe Turner.

This is a movie that I really can not tell you how man times I have seen. Back in the early eighties me and my Navy buddies used to go see this at the mid-night movies. Good times with good friends and good music. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same [Blu-ray] Editorial Reviews Amazon.com For Led [...]

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Not really bluesy but sometimes I just feel the need to pass on good news. Her web site is Here . Guardian ... these massive strings-drenched ballads that pay lip service to the mid-60s era of those solo artists with single names like Dusty, Lulu, Cilla and Sandie and the sort of epic tunes they would have blasted out on Sunday Night at the London Palladium or during a royal command performance. BBC Harvieu looks likely to become one of the most talked [...]

A great blues guitarist

Wow!

some pretty good versions - any preferences?

Just saw him publicising his new album (in UK)- sounds goodIt is a collection of songs recorded by Sun Records artists Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Most of the songs were originally released on Sun Records. "Ring of Fire" (Johnny Cash 1963) "Trying to Get To You" (Elvis Presley 1955) "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (Elvis Presley 1955) "Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee Lewis 1957) [...]

Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music Paperback: 449 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (November 2, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0393337502 ISBN-13: 978-0393337501 Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches "The essential history of this distinctly American genre."—Atlanta Journal-Constitution In this "expertly researched, elegantly written, dispassionate yet thoughtful history" (Gary Giddins), award-winning author Ted Gioia gives us "the rare combination of a tome that is both deeply informative and enjoyable to read" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From the field hollers of nineteenth-century [...]