Quote # 51 by Jimi Hendrix

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“The reflection of the world is blues, that’s where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that’s tryin’ to come around.”   – Jimi Hendrix     There are so much to be said about Jimi Hendrix, so I keep it short.  To read more about Jimi […]

Quote # 50 by Edgar Winter

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“Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.”   – Edgar Winter     Edgar (Holland) Winter (born December 28, 1946 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American musician/singer and younger brother to blues guitarist and singer Johnny Winter. Edgar Winter is famous for being a multi-instrumentalist and he is a highly […]

Ronny Laws is a cool saxophone player

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Ronald Wayne “Ronnie” Laws (born October 3, 1950, Houston, Texas) is an American jazz, blues and funk saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flutist Hubert Laws and the older brother of singer Debra Laws.   In 1975, Ronnie Laws began his solo career with the album Pressure Sensitive, which yielded his most famous […]

Quote # 49 by Berthold Auerbach

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“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”   – Berthold Auerbach   Berthold Auerbach (28 February 1812 – 8 February 1882) was a German-Jewish poet and author. He was the founder of the German “tendency novel”, in which fiction is used as a means of influencing public opinion on social, political, […]

Quote # 48 by Buddy Guy

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“I’ve never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that’s why I go on doing it – I like to see everybody smile.”   – Buddy Guy   George “Buddy” Guy (born July 30, 1936 is an American blues guitarist and singer. Critically acclaimed, he is a pioneer of the Chicago blues sound […]

Bobby Lyle is a great keyboard player, singer and musician

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Bobby Lyle is a jazz, soul jazz, and smooth jazz pianist.   He was born in Memphis, Tennessee but grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota in a home near the corner of Park Avenue and 32nd Street. Bobby had his first gig at 16 and played in the 1960s with Gene and Jerry Hubbard in the […]

Quote # 47 by Fiona Apple

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“The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.”   – Fiona Apple   Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, Tidal, was released in 1996 and received a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal […]

Quote # 46 by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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“Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment, and music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.”   – Cat Stevens   Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his former […]

Quote # 45 by Christina Aguilera

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“Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.”   – Christina Aguilera   Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and television personality. Just listen to her performance with Herbie Hancock and you understand how great she is.   Herbie Hancock […]

Bad News Travels Fast – was a great French funk-jazz-disco group

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Bad News Travels Fast – was a great French funk-jazz-disco group   Bad News Travels Fast was one of Alec R. Costandinos’ many productions of the late 70s, releasing two albums. Although the records had Costandinos’ patent sound, they were in no way another disco project of his, this was a straight funk ensemble with […]