1995
Label: Polonia Records - POLONIACD 039 • Format: CD Album • Country: Poland • Genre: Jazz • Style: Contemporary Jazz

Little did the bluesmen of the s and '50s realize that the records they were making would be heard as far as halfway across the world, inspiring a generation of teenage musicians in England, and across Europe as well as the U. Beginning in the early s, music from artists like Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolfand others could be found in the record collections of the young soul rebels who would invent the sub-genre of rock 'n' roll that would become known as blues-rock.

These are the albums that have helped define the blues-rock Album) during the Album). The sophomore album from this San Francisco band featuring the blustery vocals of Janis Joplina Texas-born tornado with blues in her blood who delivered a performance as emotionally powerful as anything you'd hear during the decade.

Inspired by the boogie beat of John Lee Hooker's recordings of the s and '50s, Canned Heat 's sophomore album defined the band's trademark Jolik - Zbigniew Lewandowski Septet - Blues For Jarek (CD sound with a set of mostly original material. Canned Heat would have other hits, and continued to slog their way through the festival circuit well into the s. Working with producer Album) Pappalardi, later of Mountain, Cream 's second album not only defined the power trio aesthetic, but it also took blues into an entirely different realm altogether.

The British band's self-titled debut album would become an unlikely hit in the U. The four young men recorded this explosive debut album, Truth mixing the amplified blues of artists like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf with hard-rocking guitar and heavy, bombastic rhythms.

The stunning debut by the Jimi Hendrix Experience blew so many minds because nobody had ever heard anything quite like it. The album's soulful vocals; dazzling guitar pyrotechnics; solid, heavy rhythms; and brilliant original songs like "Foxy Lady," "Purple Haze," "Hey Joe," and "Fire" blended blues, jazz, soul, and psychedelic rock unlike anybody before or since.

Indeed his formative stages in the music world came years before much exposure to the blues. As time passed, his uncle whose arthritic hands could no longer keep pace passed guitar duties on to his nephew Jarekus, Album). Intimidated by the prospect of having to keep up with a dizzying variety of keys, he had no choice but to become himself.

While even the untutored ear can discern the strong blues basis of his music, there is much more to hear, many Jolik - Zbigniew Lewandowski Septet - Blues For Jarek (CD colors that decorate his kaleidoscopic world. One of those hues is hip-hop. If any of this sounds familiar to fans of the blues it is for good reason.

Refuse to Lose is a true hybrid masterwork. From beginning to end, it rattles our souls with a perplexing blend of old and new, rapping and crooning. It is an intoxicating taste of what the future of blues sounds like. Refuse To Lose. B King.

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