The Blue Flagships - Live (Feat. Jimmy 'T99' Nelson)

Size: 161,3 MB
Time: 68:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Blues, R&B, Jazz
Art: Full

01. The Hucklebuck (2:00)
02. La!i La! La! Lady (4:10)
03. Hey Lawdy Mama (2:30)
04. Don't Blame Shorty For That (3:57)
05. Roll 'em (3:13)
06. Down For Debbie (4:21)
07. Castle Rock (4:49)
08. I Won't Be Long (3:41)
09. Slowly Goin' Out Of Your Mind (4:30)
10. Swing Pheasant (5:10)
11. T99 Blues (3:28)
12. I Got A Gal For Every Day/In The Week (5:22)
13. Lucille (5:53)
14. Meet Me With Your Black Dress On (3:48)
15. Strollin' With Bone (4:23)
16. Have Horn Will Travel (7:33)

Originally put together as an ad-hoc accompanying band for the highly successful European tour (1963) "Legends of Rhythm & Blues" featuring Red Holloway, The Blue Flagships lead by saxophonist Duke Seidmann reformed for a series of concerts in Switzerland and Germany during 2004 to accompany Texas blues legend Jimmy 'T99' Nelson.

Between 1951 and 1961, Jimmy 'T99' Nelson cut some of the greatest sides in the history of rock and roll or, as it was known in those days, rhythm and blues. Two of his tunes were substantial hits: "T99 Blues" and "Meet Me With Your Black Dress On," one of the sexiest performances ever recorded. Most of the others, every bit as good, never got played on the radio or promoted effectively. Had people heard them, they would have stormed record stores to buy them. Jimmy is now 87, but still performing and in as good a voice as he ever had.

Born in Philadelphia in 1919, Nelson's earliest musical experience was in church. "You talk about rock and roll - that's where it comes from!" In 1941, Nelson caught Big Joe Turner performing at a club in Oakland, CA. Suddenly, everything changed. "I knew right then and there I wanted to sing the blues." Turner mentored Nelson on everything from vocal technique to stage presence to dealing with club owners. Big Joe often toured with Nelson and recorded some of his originals. Nelson absorbed every nuance from Big Joe and, to this day, his performances epitomize the shouting, swinging style that Big Joe pioneered.

Personnel: Jimmy 'T99' Nelson, Tommie Harris, Christina E. Jaccard - (vocals), Duke Seidmann - (tenor saxophone, vocals), Wendelin Salzmann - (baritone & tenor saxophone), Gordon "Sax" Beadle - (tenor saxophone), Norbert Schneider, Alex Schultz - (guitars), David Ruosch - (piano), Daniel Gugolz - (bass), Peter Müller - (drums)

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VA - Notodden Blues Festival: Bluestown

Size: 142,5 MB
Time: 61:04
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front, Back, CD

01 Sista Monica - The Sista Don't Play (5:02)
02 Mighty Sam McClain - A New Man In Town (6:05)
03 Kim Wilson's Blues Express - Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds You (7:38)
04 Marcia Ball - Louisiana 1927 (7:03)
05 Jimmie Vaughan - Six Strings Down (3:28)
06 Roomful Of Blues - Left My Baby (5:35)
07 Rory Block - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (2:49)
08 Duke Robillard - Fishnet (5:58)
09 Kim Wilson's Blues Express - Black Cat Bone (5:08)
10 Omar & The Howlers - Mystery Walk (3:24)
11 Alex Schultz - To Late To Turn Back Now (4:29)
12 Larry McCray - I Feel So Damn Good (4:20)

Notodden Blues Festival (NBF) is one of the largest blues music festivals in Europe and the largest in Scandinavia. The festival is held in Notodden, Norway, usually in early August. It has been running annually since 1988.

The festival does not aim to be the biggest of its type, but to become Europe's "largest blues experience", which is reflected in their emphasis on quality over quantity.

Notodden Blues Festival MP3
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Raphael Wressnig - Chicken Burrito (Feat. Alex Schultz & James Gadson)

Size: 74,8 MB
Time: 32:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Blues Jazz, Hammond Organ
Art: Full

01. Chunky Thighs (3:24)
02. Nasty (4:56)
03. Born To Roam (5:31)
04. Tiny Dog Blues (4:17)
05. Chicken Burrito (4:56)
06. Get Down With It (5:36)
07. One Mo' Time (3:26)

Austria's funkiest B3 Hammond organ specialist returns with his new album "CHICKEN BURRITO". In collaboration with his longtime partner in crime ALEX SCHULTZ and the R&B drummer legend JAMES GADSON, Raphael now proudly presents a splendid, well danceable Funk & Groove album. In contrast to the soulful predecessors SOUL CONNECTION, SOUL GUMBO and SOUL GIFT, CHICKEN BURRITO is reduced to the essentials, and with only a few exceptions, it contains almost no vocals. By the way, for the first time in his career Raphael himself contributed these few vocals. JAMES GADSON , the previously mentioned drummer, is one of the most recorded drummers in Rhythm & Blues history, and has been a session musician for Bill Withers, Freddie King, Martha Reeves, Randy Crawford, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, BB King, Albert King, Paul McCartney and many, many more.

Chicken Burrito

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Various - Hard Times: L.A. Blues Anthology

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:59
Size: 135.0 MB
Styles: Electric blues, West Coast blues
Year: 1999
Art: Front

[3:15] 1. Smokey Wilson - Fine Little Mama
[3:38] 2. Curtis Jack Griffin - I Get So Lonesome
[2:48] 3. Hollywood Fats - Tribute To T-Bone Walker
[2:38] 4. Rasheed Abdullah - I Shoulda Kept On Runnin'
[6:24] 5. Smokey Wilson - Anna Lee
[3:30] 6. Johnny Dyer - So Glad I'm Livin'
[3:13] 7. Smokey Wilson - Goin' Upside Your Head
[3:51] 8. Cardell Boyette - I Miss You So
[4:19] 9. George 'Harmonica' Smith - Hard Times
[2:39] 10. Alex Schultz - Groovin' With Alex
[5:57] 11. Cardell Boyette - Black Cat Bone
[3:13] 12. Smokey Wilson - Shake For Me
[5:58] 13. Rasheed Abdullah - Racetrack Blues
[7:29] 14. Zach Zunis - 7-11 Cocktail

VOCALS: Cardell Boyette, Curtis Jack Griffin, George 'Harmonica' Smith*, Johnny Dyer, Rasheed Abdullah, Smokey Wilson
GUITAR: Alex Schultz (8), Cardell Boyette, Curtis Jack Griffin, Fred Kaplan (9), Hollywood Fats (Michael Mann), Rick Holmstrom (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13), Smokey Wilson, Zach Zunis (2)
HARMONICA: George 'Harmonica' Smith, Johnny Dyer, William Clarke
PIANOS: Fred Kaplan (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14), Steve F'Dor (2, 6, 8, 11)
ACOUSTIC BASS: Tyler Pedersen (2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 13), Willie Brinlee (1, 5, 7, 10, 12)
BASS: John Young (14)
DRUMS: Lee Campbell (3), Eddie Clark (1,5,7,10,12,14), Jimi Bott (2,4,6,8,11,13)

This album was compiled and produced by William Clarke, and is dedicated to the memory of two great Los Angeles bluesmen - Hollywood Fats (Michael Mann) and George 'Harmonica' Smith. This anthology brings music from Los Angeles, from 1980 to 1991. Album engineered by Glenn Nishida.

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Raphael Wressnig, Alex Schultz - Soul Gift

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:06
Size: 135.3 MB
Styles: Soul-blues
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[4:13] 1. All That I've Got
[4:24] 2. Soul Dressing
[4:08] 3. Double Bubble
[4:50] 4. Go Now
[4:22] 5. Pigmy
[5:50] 6. Tasty Dish
[3:23] 7. Cold Bear
[4:05] 8. Same Old Blues
[3:44] 9. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
[2:45] 10. Casio Slim
[3:51] 11. Jellybread
[4:06] 12. Wichita Lineman
[4:57] 13. Money In The Pocket
[4:21] 14. A Change Is Gonna Come

Raphael Wressnig & Alex Schultz’s Soul Gift band balances fascinating groove explorations of American roots music with typically exciting arrangements. Schultz is on the short list of top blues-and-global-village guitarists in California, and his extensive resume includes work with the acclaimed Mighty Flyers band and the late harmonica great William Clarke. Soul Gift music draws on Memphis soul, Detroit pop-soul, New Orleans funk, straight-up blues and r&b, Baptist and Pentecostal gospel, and so much else.

Alex Schultz is featured on more than 40 releases in a career spanning close to 20 years, Schultz's first solo CD "Think about it" was released on the Severn label in 2004. Schultz has played with Los Angeles based harmonica masters William Clarke and Rod Piazza for several years and recorded the W.C. Handy-Award-winning Alligator album "Blowing Like Hell" and made appearances on 4 of Clarke's Alligator releases and 5 "Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers" records. After years being involved in the westcoast-blues movement, Schultz is now exploring the groove and soul-jazz sounds he has loved for years.

Throughout the years Raphael Wressnig has created a unique organ style that is both elegant and explosive. He has established himself as one of the top organ players on the international jazz and blues scene. Raphael Wressnig tours extensively throughout the world with his various projects and is in demande by many top of the blues and soul-jazz artists throughout : Europe, Scandinavia, North Africa, Middle East, Asia, Caribbean, USA, Mexico and Russia;

Soul Gift

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Alex Schultz - Think About It

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:16
Size: 122.2 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front+Back

[3:55] 1. Done Got Over It
[2:42] 2. Be Good, Be Gone
[3:59] 3. Let's Start Again
[5:39] 4. Big Time
[3:41] 5. I Don't Want Your Money, Honey
[2:34] 6. Think
[3:28] 7. Act Right
[4:23] 8. Lexington Express
[4:31] 9. I Love The Woman
[3:07] 10. No Use Knocking
[4:59] 11. Who Will The Next Fool Be
[4:01] 12. Rhumba & Orange
[6:11] 13. Walkin' And Talkin'

Popular West Coast sideman and in-demand session guitarist Alex Schultz has worked with the likes of William Clarke, Hank Ballard, and Rod Piazza. On this outing, old friends and band-mates Lynwood Slim, Finis Tasby, and Tad Robinson lend their vocals to such gems as Guitar Slim's "Done Got Over It," Jimmy McCracklin's "Think," and Chuck Willis' "Be Good Be Gone." Schultz describes "Think About It" as a dream session with a classic "Uptown" ensemble playing some swinnging tunes with a sophisticated sound. This record will appeal to fans of Rod Piazza, Tad Robinson, and Big Joe and The Dynaflows.

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Various - Blues Guitar Spotlight

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 69:20
Size: 158.7 MB
Styles: Various styles
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[2:32] 1. Alex Schultz With The Mighty Flyers - Jam Up
[3:21] 2. Snooks Eaglin - Traveling Mood
[3:32] 3. Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets - Ways Of Man
[2:55] 4. Anson Funderburgh And Joe Hughes - I Don't Want Your Money
[3:01] 5. Robert Ward - Forgive Me Darling
[2:35] 6. Hubert Sumlin - Healing Feeling
[7:55] 7. Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - That's When My Soul Comes Down
[3:56] 8. Mike Morgan & The Crawl - You Ain't Like You Used To Be
[4:47] 9. Earl King - Time For The Sun To Rise
[2:15] 10. Bobby Radcliff - The Stinger
[3:05] 11. Mike Morgan & The Crawl - Frankie's Blues
[3:50] 12. Snooks Eaglin - Don't Take It So Hard
[2:21] 13. Alex Schultz & The Mighty Flyers - Nook-N-Kranny
[3:02] 14. Texas Heat - Won't Throw It All Away
[3:53] 15. Clarence Hollimon - Blues For Carol
[5:02] 16. Bobby Radcliff - Hard Road To Travel
[4:33] 17. The James Harman Band - I Declare
[2:40] 18. Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Gonna Wait For My Chance
[3:56] 19. Robert Ward - Dry Spell

Fans of blues guitar playing should be happy with the lineup of artists on this compilation. Among the many contributors are Ronnie Earl, Hubert Sumlin, Earl King, Bobby Radcliff, Robert Ward, Anson Funderburgh, Clarence Hollimon, and Snooks Eaglin. It's a good opportunity to get a taste of where blues guitar playing has been and the direction it's headed toward in the near future. This release includes two previously unissued performances featuring Alex Schultz with Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers. Includes previously unreleased tracks. Performers include: Hubert Sumlin, Rod Piazza, Snooks Eaglin, Earl King, Clarence Hollimon, Robert Ward, Anson Funderburgh, Ronnie Earl, Bobby Radcliff, Alex Schultz, Joel Foy, Mike Morgan, Jon Moeller.

Blues Guitar Spotlight

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