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Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner (19 April 1928 – 1 January 1984), known professionally as Alexis Korner, was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues ". [2] A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s, [3] he was instrumental in the ...
Charlie Watts. Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, or simply Blues Incorporated, [1] [2] [3] were an English blues band formed in London in 1961, led by Alexis Korner and including at various times Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Ginger Baker, Art Wood, Long John Baldry, Ronnie Jones, Danny Thompson, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies and Dick ...
Alexis Korner was a pioneering musician in the world of British blues, R&B, and rock and roll. His multicultural upbringing laid the foundation for his eclectic musical taste and his profound understanding of various genres and styles. Born in Paris in 1928, he moved to London as a teenager where he first listened to Jimmy Yancey’s “Slow ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner are the Godfathers of the British blues scene. They were an inspiration, and a great help to many young blues fans and aspiring musicians during the late 1950s and ...
1 day ago · After meeting Alexis Korner, the foremost exponent of the early-‘60s British blues sound, at a Manchester date, the older musician took him under his wing; in 1963, he began playing in London ...
Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner was born in Paris to an Austrian Jewish father and a Greek mother, and spent his childhood in France, Switzerland and North Africa, arriving in London at the start of World War II. “It was in 1940 that I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. “ Korner recounted. “I can’t say how important that record is.
2 days ago · Mr. Mayall was already 30 when he decided to become a full-time musician and moved to London, where performers like Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies had already carved out a niche for the blues.
He joined a band called Blues Syndicate in 1962, which was heavily influenced by Alexis Korner, whose Blues Incorporated was pioneering what would become the 1960s British blues revival.
Jan 1, 2015 · The man known as the “Founder of British Blues” died of lung cancer on Jan. 1, 1984. Born in Paris in 1928, Korner’s family moved to London in 1940 and became turned on to the blues shortly ...
Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, known professionally as Alexis Korner, was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s, he was instrumental in the formation of several notable British bands including The Rolling Stones and Free.
