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The absolute cream of James Cotton’s Alligator recordings.  With his huge, blast-furnace sound, larger-than-life personality, and massive frame, Grammy Award-winning harmonica master James “Superharp” Cotton is a blues giant in every respect.  Cotton has been performing professionally since the age of nine and learned directly from the masters – he toured in the bands of Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters.  He launched his solo career in the 1960s, releasing almost 30 albums and touring worldwide since then.  This collection has over 75 minutes of music, and features studio and live solo material, plus songs from Harp Attack!, Cotton’s history-making collaboration with Junior Wells, Carey Bell and Billy Branch. 

The Best Of James Cotton - The Alligator Records Years

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James Cotton - Black Night

B.B. King - Lucille

Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You (Full Version - Live At Wattstax Festival 1973)

Albert Cummings - Lonely Bed

- Eric Clapton Old Love Live in Hyde Park

B.B. King - Blues Boys Tune (From B.B. King - Live at Montreux 1993)

This is a portion of a Johnny "Hammond" Smith song entitled "Dreams." Johnny is on piano and Grover Washington Jr. is on saxophone. This is just a sample from the song for the purpose of this remix contest. Enjoy.

Dreams-remix

Ramsey Lewis Trio - Close Your Eyes And Remember (Carl Oh's  Acid Jazz Mix)

To commemorate the passing of the great jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd today, I'd like to share my edit, originally released on the Editions Disco label, of one of my favorite songs of his - the jazz-funk and breakbeat classic "Think Twice".  Produced by the incomparable Mizell Brothers, it was sampled (and provided the basis) for three straight-up classic records: A Tribe Called Quest's "Footprints", Main Source's "Looking At The Front Door", and Armand Van Helden's house masterpiece "Flowers".

Byrd's records were a gateway for many of us who got into the nascent jazz-funk, rare groove and breakbeat scenes of the 1990s as DJs and collectors.  But his 1970s albums for Blue Note like Street Lady, Places & Spaces, as well as those of his protégés the Blackbyrds, were not just a rich trove of hip-hop samples for the eager beat-digger - they contained great songs that helped us to appreciate jazz as a popular art-form that was still engaged with contemporary soul, funk and R&B music, and encouraged investigating its infinite musical dimensions further.  He was, and is, tremendously important to my development as a DJ and lover of music.  We've lost a giant today.  RIP.

Donald Byrd - Think Twice (Edit De Prince Language)

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BB KING - The Thrill is Gone

Luther Allison - Cherry Red Wine (1995)

Recorded at Boxcar Studios and mixed by Kenny Neal Jr.
Featuring Kyle Sullivan (dr) and Dan Mock on (gtr, bs) performing a song from the Freddy King album "Larger Than Life" (recorded for demo purposes only).

Freddy King - Ain't That I Don't Love You

The eleventh track off the album "May I Be Excused."

B.B. King - Blues Boys Tune (From B.B. King - Live at Montreux 1993)

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