Jazz Gillum
One of the pre-eminent Chicago harpists of the pre-war era, Bill "Jazz" Gillum was born September 11, 1904 in Indianola, Mississippi. He picked up the harmonica at the age of six, and five years later ran away from home to live with relatives in nearby Charleston. After spending his formative years playing street corners and house parties for spare change, Gillum moved to Chicago in 1923, and before long he hooked up with guitarist Big Bill Broonzy, who often played together as a duo in area clubs. Following a few sideman dates for ARC, he signed with RCA Victor's Bluebird imprint in 1934 to record as a solo artist. His strong relationship with producer Lester Melrose also resulted in a steady stream of session work, and he was a fixture of the "Bluebird Beat" house band. Gillum was drafted into the Army in 1942, and when he returned from duty, his high, reedy harmonica sound had been largely eclipsed by the harder-edged style of John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. He recorded a few more sides for Bluebird, but drifted into obscurity by the '50s, dying after a gunshot wound to the head on March 29, 1966.
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Diskografie
15 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Jazz Gillum Vol. 4 1946-1949
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 10.05.2005
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Jazz Gillum Vol. 2 1938-1941
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 10.05.2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Harmonica and washboard blues 1937-1940
Jazz - Erschienen bei Disques Black & Blue am 01.01.1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Blues by Jazz Gillum Singing and Playing His Harmonica: With Arbee Stidham and Memphis Slim
Blues - Erschienen bei Folkways Records am 01.01.1961
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Great Harmonica Blues Explosion
Blues - Erschienen bei Master Classics Records am 01.03.2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Take One More Chance With Me
Blues - Erschienen bei Acrobat am 10.10.2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Gillum: Harmonica Chicago Blues (1934-1947) (The Blues)
Blues - Erschienen bei Fremeaux Heritage am 30.07.2002
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Gillum Vol. 1 1936-1938
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 10.05.2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jazz Gillum Vol. 3 1941-1946
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 10.05.2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I'm Still Walking The Highway - Treasury Of Jazz No. 4 (Recordings of 1938 & 1941)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jazz Classics am 26.11.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Jazz Gillum 1935 - 1946
Blues - Erschienen bei Wolf Records International GmbH am 19.06.1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Little Woman
Blues - Erschienen bei Milestones Records am 26.06.2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Blues by Jazz Gillum (Hd Remastered)
Jazz Gillum, Arbee Stidham, Memphis Slim
R&B - Erschienen bei Reborn recordings am 04.07.2019
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo