Walter Booker 72 bassist for many jazz luminaries
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- Walter Booker 72 bassist for many jazz luminaries
- New CD Releases – Reviews – New York Times
- James Brown dies this morning in Atlanta hospital
- James Brown Biography
Walter Booker 72 bassist for many jazz luminaries
Boston Globe – Dec 25, 2006
“In the 1980s and ’90s Mr. Booker worked regularly with Nat Adderley pianist John Hicks and in recent years his wife. The Texas native also led groups that performed Brazilian music which he occasionally played on guitar and the works of jazz pianist Elmo Hope his wife’s first husband. Booker appeared on more than 275 albums before making his first and only recording under his own name “Bookie’s Cookbook” for the Mapleshade label in Upper Marlboro Md. He gave his final public performances in December 2004.
New CD Releases – Reviews – New York Times
New York Times – Dec 25, 2006
The group practices jazz repertory but so far strictly post-bop with compositions by its eight players stirred into the mix. Their two-disc release “Live 2006: 3rd Annual Concert Tour” is from a series of recent performances featuring the music of. It’s available in a limited edition of 3000 copies and it’s worth the price ($35 plus shipping and tax from sfjazz.
James Brown dies this morning in Atlanta hospital
Augusta Chronicle – Dec 25, 2006
Brown was known worldwide as a music visionary who brought soul music to mainstream audiences developed the propulsive riff-oriented music that became known as funk and drew up the political and musical blueprint for the hip-hop revolution. Known universally by his nickname "The Godfather of Soul" Mr. Brown said that his music was originally influenced by the gospel and jazz he heard as a young man. “I was a gospel singer” he once said in a Chronicle interview. “All day Sunday we would sing gospel music and then in the evening we would go to jazz. I knew that I wanted music that was comfortable easy to listen to while being commercial and up to date.
James Brown Biography
Monsters and Critics.com – Dec 25, 2006
He was renowned for his shouting vocals feverish dancing and unique rhythmic style. As a prolific singer songwriter bandleader and record producer Brown was a pivotal force in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul and funk. He left his mark on numerous other musical genres including rock jazz disco dance and electronic music reggae and hip hop. Brown’s music also left its mark on the rhythms of African popular music such as afrobeat j?and mbalax and provided a template for go-go music. Brown began his professional music career in 1953 and rose to fame during the late 1950s and early 1960s on the strength of his thrilling live performances and string of smash hits. In spite of various personal problems and setbacks he continued to score hits in every decade through to the 1980s. In addition to his acclaim in music Brown was a presence in American political affairs during the 1960s and 1970s noted especially for his activism on behalf of fellow African Americans and the poor.