Jimmy Wayne

Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne (a.k.a. Kenneth Wayne Spruell) was born in Spokane, Washington USA, raised in San Francisco and now lives in Vancouver, Canada. He cites Fats Domino, Roosevelt Sykes, Professor Longhair and Pete Johnson as influences. Aside from being a featured headliner, he has backed artists ranging from Charles Mingus, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Rhodes, Joe Louis Walker & Jeff Healey…..

Hip Young Guitar Slinger and "His Heavy Friends" focuses on Jimmy Page's work as a session guitarist for the Immediate and Pye labels in the '60s. The first disc includes the poppier end of his work behind Gregory Phillips, the Kinks and Nico, while the second disc finds him in more familiar territory backing English blues masters like Eric Clapton, John Mayall and Jeff Beck…

Wayne Shorter - Introducing Wayne Shorter (1959) {Vee Jay–Blue Moon VJ-007 rel 1997}
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© 1959, 1997 Vee Jay / Blue Moon | VJ-007
Jazz / Hard Bop / Saxophone / Trumpet

Also known as Blues A La Carte, this Vee Jay disc has tenor-saxophonist Wayne Shorter's first session as a leader and it shows that, even at this early stage, Shorter was far along toward developing his own sound. Teamed up with trumpeter Lee Morgan, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb, the six selections (five of which are Shorter originals) capture the young tenor shortly after he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The music is essentially hard bop and, although none of these Shorter tunes caught on, the music is quite enjoyable. A special treat is the one standard of the date, a swinging version of "Mack The Knife."

Nico Wayne Toussaint - one of the top harmonica-playing singers of his generation, applauded both in Europe and in North America. Nico signs his shows with his personnality : charisme and pure energy. His repertoire is mainly originals deep rooted in the 50's Chicago Blues sound with a touch of more contemporary Blues. A tight teamwork by his group and his own unique voice complete a show of blues « a la » Nico Wayne Toussaint. His latest project is a 8 piece band with which he pays tribute to his all time mentor and strongest influence : James Cotton. Fall 2017 : the band is launching its new album "Nico Wayne Toussaint plays James Cotton" on Dixiefrog Records. Professional since 1998, he has recorded 13 albums under his name on Dixiefrog Records.