Steve Cohen - Duo Personality

Size: 114,2 MB
Time: 49:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1997/2000
Styles: Blues, harmonica blues
Art: Front, tray

1. Stones In My Pathway (3:43)
2. Corrina (3:46)
3. Good Morning Miss Brown (3:49)
4. Blue Fog (4:15)
5. Walkin Blues (3:46)
6. Treated Wrong (4:08)
7. Hard Life (4:56)
8. Billy The Kid (4:11)
9. What Is It About Love (2:53)
10. Homeless Blues (5:22)
11. The Way I Feel (4:23)
12. Soon Gone (4:04)

Steve cohen works in duo format with three notable accompanists - Peter Roller (Yank Rachell), two songs with Paul Black (world class slide player, a rare performance) and Jim Liban. Strong performances, well recorded.

Steve Cohen, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a performing musician, an educator, and a booking agent. He has been sponsored by Hohner Inc., the world's largest maker of harmonicas, since 1986. He also plays the guitar and sings. Steve performs regularly in several of his own ensembles, and also performs as a sideman for several other groups. He has produced and published 9 recordings of his own, and his playing has appeared on dozens of other recordings, demos, and commercials.

Cohen has received public recognition, winning awards from several organizations, including WAMI, the Shepard/Express, and Milwaukee Magazine. He was a finalist at the 2010 International Blues Challenge in Memphis as a solo performer. Steve has taught at UW Milwaukee and also at the Wisconsin Conservatory Of Music, as well as privately. He has operated the Blues Central booking agency for over 35 years. He has also worked as a disc jockey, journalist, concert promoter and vinyl record dealer. He has written 5 harmonica instruction books published by Hal Leonard, and his playing appears in over a dozen other Hal Leonard books.

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Steve Cohen - Looking Back

Size: 117,8 MB
Time: 50:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Blues Rock
Art: Front & Back

01. Holding Onto You (4:05)
02. Harmonica Romp (3:48)
03. Baby Just To Be With You (Live) (4:14)
04. Leroy In Rio (4:42)
05. The Answer Is Lying With You (3:36)
06. Taste And Compare (4:04)
07. What Is It About Love (2:51)
08. Funky Driveway (3:22)
09. Roadmap (3:56)
10. No Time To Stop Drinking (2:14)
11. You The Whole You (5:13)
12. In One Ear (2:49)
13. Homeless Blues (5:18)

LOOKING BACK is a retrospective compilation from Milwaukee based blues musician Steve Cohen. The performances were taken from 5 different projects dating back to 1985. All 13 songs were written by Steve Cohen.

Among the musical luminaries that are present on this recording are Junior Brantley (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Roomful of Blues, Fabulous Thunderbirds), Greg Koch (Fender clinician, Koch-Marshall trio), Jim Liban (Short Stuff), and Peter Roller (Yank Rachell). Bassists Dave Kasik (Bryan Lee) and Kurt Koenig, drummers Vodie Rhinehart and Bob Mueller, and conga player John Ricco are also present, as well as a cameo from Milwaukee gospel quartet The Masonic Wonders. Several songs are from recordings by the perennial Milwaukee blues band Leroy Airmaster, in which singer/guitarist Bill Stone is prominently featured.

Steve Cohen does all of the front line singing, most of the harmonica playing, and also plays guitar on several songs.

Steve Cohen has been an important part of the Milwaukee area blues scene for 5 decades. He has been a part of numerous ensembles, playing prolifically since he started performing while still in high school, in 1969.

He has released 9 projects of his own and played as a sideman on dozens more.

He is the author of 5 harmonica instruction books published by Hal Leonard, and has played the harmonica parts for over a dozen other Hal Leonard harmonica play-along instruction books including Little Walter, Bob Dylan and most recently Muddy Waters.

As an educator, he taught blues history at UW Milwaukee for 5 years, and was associated with the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music for 3 years. He has had many private students.

He has worked as a booking agent under the auspices of the Blues Central Booking Agency which he created in the 1980’s, and has booked thousands of dates for hundreds of non-commercial bands and musicians, both local and national.

He has also worked as a DJ at WMSE, and has written music reviews for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal and the Shepard Express.

Both as a harmonica player and with his band, Steve has won a dozen WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) Awards, and he served on the WAMI board of directors for two different 3 year stretches.

Looking Back

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Steve Cohen & Jim Liban - Hot Air

Year: 2001
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:42
Size: 98,6 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Parchman Farm (3:15)
2. Ain't That Lovin You (3:15)
3. Rocket 88 (2:59)
4. My Babe (3:30)
5. Big Boss Man (4:39)
6. Louise (5:49)
7. Walkin Blues (5:35)
8. Roadmap (4:09)
9. Done All My Singing (4:43)
10. Louisiana Blues (4:44)

This CD is so musically natural and unpretentious, that it can be said, without hesitation, this is one of the best roots recordings to come out this year. Cohen, instead of concentrating on his first instrument of choice, harmonica, astutely applies his big talent to exceptional vocalizing and his T-Bone Walker-esqe guitar playing and lets Liban show 'em how on harp. A true musician's musician, Liban has forged his own identifiable sound that pays homage without slavish imitation. This is a modern interpretation of rural delta blues - such as the field recordings captured by the Lomaxes. A high level of musicianship is achieved by both players on this CD, and the choice of material is excellent.

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Steve Cohen Blues?Band, Greg Koch - Mixed Feelings

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:45
Size: 118.5 MB
Styles: Jazzy Blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[4:05] 1. Holdin On To You
[3:39] 2. Daydream
[3:48] 3. The Action
[4:41] 4. Leroy In Rio
[4:02] 5. Givin It Up
[3:22] 6. Misty
[5:26] 7. Too Broke
[3:22] 8. Funky Driveway
[4:55] 9. Crazy Mama
[2:40] 10. Solid Gold Cadillac
[5:08] 11. Strut
[2:36] 12. What Is It (About Love)
[3:54] 13. Road Map

Milwaukee area blues heavyweight Steve Cohen triples on his unique and progressive style of blues/jazz harmonica, (sponsored by Hohner for 25 years) guitar and vocals. Guitarist Greg Koch is known internationally for his incredible guitar virtuosity. Greg is a globe trotting clinician for Fender, and his instruction books and DVDs for Hal Leonard are a hit,as are his many recordings. Kurt Koenig, bass and Bob Mueller on drums round out the core band. Additional guests include world class cult blues harmonica guru Jim Liban, keyboardists Susan Julian and Joel Freisinger, as well as John Ricco-congas, and the Masonic Wonders, a Gospel vocal group.

This is an eclectic, carefully selected batch of blues/r&b based tunes. Half are twisted originals that remain true to the spirit of the blues while extending the genre into uncharted territory. Covers include 60s crossover blues hits like Daydream, Givin It Up For Your Love and Crazy Mama, as well Little Village's "The Action". Let's not forget the spirited rendition of Erroll Garner's "Misty". Splendid musicianship abounds both in solos and ensemble work, as well as expressive vocals throughout. Possibly the best blues?album of the year.

Mixed Feelings

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