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Singer of spirituals and blues, painter, actor, TV host, former football player, founder of Italy's iconic Folkstudio music club Born in Chicago Oscar Brown Jr. Oct 10, 1926: May 29, 2005: Musician, poet Born in Chicago Bob Bryar: December 31, 1979: Drummer of My Chemical Romance: Born in Chicago Johnny Burke: Oct 3, 1908: Feb 25, 1964 ...
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Guitarist Buddy Guy performing at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in 2006. Chicago blues is a form of blues music developed in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1950s, in which the basic instrumentation of Delta blues—acoustic guitar and harmonica—is augmented with electric guitar, amplified bass guitar, drums, piano, harmonica played with a microphone and an amplifier, and sometimes saxophone.
Chicago's music scene has been well known for its blues music for many years. "Chicago Blues" uses a variety of instruments in a way which heavily influenced early rock and roll music, including instruments like electrically amplified guitar, drums, piano, bass guitar and sometimes the saxophone or harmonica, which are generally used in Delta blues, which originated in Mississippi.
Freeman was born on April 10, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois.His parents were amateur musicians—his father a trombonist and his mother a guitarist and singer. [2] His father, George Sr., was a Chicago police officer who regularly befriended musicians at the South Side clubs on his beat, most notably the Grand Terrace Ballroom.
Musicians from Chicago (either those who were born in the Chicago metropolitan area or those who have lived there). For musical groups from Chicago, see Category:Musical groups from Chicago Contents
The saxophone first became a significant instrument in jazz in Chicago, and the city remained the most vibrant and advanced center of the music through the 1920s. Famous jazz musicians originally from Illinois include trumpeter Miles Davis (from Alton, Illinois near St. Louis), clarinetist Benny Goodman "The King of Swing", Gene Krupa, Lee Sims ...
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