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Today’s Music: Fats Waller, Ada Brown, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Otis Rush

The genius himself, Fats Waller, with Ada Brown on “That Ain’t Right” from 1943: More genius with John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk at Carnegie Hall in 1957 doing “Sweet and Lovely”: Finally, blues guitar master Otis Rush whips up an … Continue reading

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‘Stormy Monday’ Double-Dip

No blues tune has been as abused by mediocre blues bands as T-Bone’s Walker’s signature 1947 hit, “Stormy Monday”. That said, his ‘blues box’ guitar solo and vocal styling on this cut inspired such greats as B.B. King, Freddy King, … Continue reading

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