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Lonnie Johnson: Don't Ever Love (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

This is the first track on the first album made after Lonnie Johnson was "rediscovered" by Chris Albertson in Philade...

Lonnie Johnson: Falling Rain Blues (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

This was Lonnie Johnson's first hit (backed with "Mr. Johnson's Blues"). Instead of his noted guitar, he plays violin...

Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang: Midnight Call Blues (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music January 13, 09

At least three of the nine other extraordinary guitar duets recorded by Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang in 1928-29 are be...

Lonnie Johnson: Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 08, 09

Of Lonnie Johnson's playing on "Uncle Ned," outstanding jazz guitarist Jack Wilkins marveled to me: "This can't be ju...

Lonnie Johnson: Broken Levee Blues (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

The great Mississippi River flood of 1927 inspired a series of songs. Probably the most famous is Bessie Smith's "Bac...

Kendra Shank: Incantation / Throw It Away (Rating: 79/100) posted in Music December 27, 07

One can only applaud the idea of a tribute album featuring Abbey Lincoln's songs -- especially when Lincoln is still ...

Lonnie Johnson: Away Down in the Alley Blues (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 08, 09

Lonnie Johnson's first hit was released in January 1926. By early 1928, Johnson was a premier virtuoso guitarist in b...

Louis Armstrong (featuring Lonnie Johnson): Savoy Blues (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music January 14, 09

This is the third of the classic Louis Armstrong Hot Five recordings with the special addition of jazz and blues guit...

Lonnie Johnson with Duke Ellington: Move Over (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music March 09, 09

This track was the second recording on which Lonnie Johnson joined Duke's band, adding a virtuoso guitar part. The ba...

Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang: Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music January 08, 09

By 1928, Eddie Lang, ethnic Italian from Philadelphia, and Lonnie Johnson, African-American from New Orleans, were re...

Lonnie Johnson: Mr. Blues Walks (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

In 1965, 71-year-old Lonnie Johnson was invited to Toronto to play with a good traditional jazz band in a popular clu...

Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson: Hot Fingers (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 04, 09

"Hot Fingers" is an appropriate title for this track, as these two ultimate masters of jazz and blues guitar in the 1...

Louis Armstrong (featuring Lonnie Johnson): Hotter Than That (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music January 08, 09

Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens recordings are fundamental documents in the history of American music. By ...

Louis Armstrong (featuring Lonnie Johnson): I'm Not Rough (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 08, 09

Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens recordings are not just jazz classics, they are among the most important a...

Lonnie Johnson: Tomorrow Night (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 12, 09

This song was the biggest hit of Lonnie Johnson's career, selling in large numbers in 1948-49. For many, it was one o...

Steely Dan: Josie (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

From the wildly successful Aja CD, "Josie" is constructed around light jazz flourishes, a horn section that keeps the...

Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

The hidden meaning of Steely Dan's "Pretzel Logic" will remain uncovered without asking Walter Becker and/or Donald F...

Johnson, Dean (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Johnson, Dean (Douglas), bassist; b. Renton, WA, 12 September 1956. Grew up in Renton and Bellevue, WA, and also 5 ea...

Gerry Mulligan: Deception (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music January 06, 09

It's hard to believe that the complete Birth of the Cool, including all 12 studio tracks recorded in 1949 and '50, di...

Johnson, Lonnie (Alonzo) posted in Encyclopedia December 16, 08

Lonnie Johnson invented, in essence, the modern guitar solo. He brought the instrument out of its supportive role in ...

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