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Bobby Jones - "Stardust" - Ray McKinley and the Glenn Miller Orchestra

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  Bobby Jones is the tenor sax player in the foreground, on the far left side of the bandstand. His solo begins at 1:10 . Bobby Jones (October 30, 1928, Louisville, Kentucky - March 6, 1980, Munich) was an American jazz saxophonist. Jones played drums as a child and started on clarinet at age 8; his father encouraged him to explore jazz. He studied with Simeon Bellison, Joe Allard, Charlie Parker, and George Russell. He played with Ray McKinley from 1949 into the mid-1950s, and then with Hal McIntyre before rejoining McKinley later in the decade. During a stint in the Army he met Nat and Cannonball Adderley as well as Junior Mance; after his discharge he played country music and rock & roll as a studio musician, and did time with Boots Randolph and Glenn Miller (1950) before returning again with McKinley from 1959 to 1963. He played briefly with Woody Herman and Jack Teagarden in 1963, and after Teagarden's death he retired to Lousiville and started a local jazz council there i...
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Stone The Crows "Going Down"

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  From "The Beat Workshop" in Germany, in 1973, here is British blues rock band Stone The Crows performing their cover of songwriter Don Nix's "Going Down" featuring soulful lead vocalist Maggie Bell and lead guitarist, the late, great, Les Harvey, who left this world way too soon.  Rest In Peace, Les Harvey.  
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Joe Bonamassa "Young Man Blues" (revisited)

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  From a performance at the Beacon Theater in New York City, here is Joe Bonamassa playing "Young Man Blues".  Revisiting this song, which I originally found, for my first Musical Musings blog that I worked on between 2011 and 2025, before starting this current second blog for the same purpose.
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Juanita Fleming - A Beautiful Friendship (Live) • World of Jazz

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  Juanita Fleming is a American singer, actress, composer, storyteller, and voice trainer from Cincinnati, Ohio. Raised in a musical household, she developed a love for jazz, gospel, and blues early, guided by a pianist father and a mother who sang in a local gospel group. Over her long career, she has toured the world, performing in intimate churches and iconic venues like Madison Square Garden, and shared the stage with jazz legends including Kenny Burrell, Illinois Jacquet, and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band. She has thrilled audiences worldwide; in the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Germany, Japan, South Africa and Nigeria. In Nigeria, she sang to more than 15 million people over a two-day period. She has also appeared on Broadway and in films such as The Verdict and Superfly II.” This live performance was recorded at the Dutch venue Nick Vollebregt Laren in the Netherlands on November 10, 1999.
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Trapeze "You Are The Music"

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  From a 1973 concerted, synced with 1976 Super 8 camera footage, here is the rock power trio Trapeze with "You Are the Music", featuring Mel Galley on guitar, Glenn Hughes on bass and lead vocals, and Dave Holland on drums.     
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Joe Bonamassa "Boogie with Stu"

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  From his live "British Blues Explosion" record and concert DVD, here is Joe Bonamassa and His Band with "Boogie with Stu" featuring Joe Bonamassa on lead guitar and vocals, Reese Wynans on piano, and another uncredited pianist and vocalist.  "Boogie with Stu" is a song with several credited writers including Ian Stewart, keyboardist with The Rolling Stones, American actress "Mrs. Valens", real name, Concepcion Reyes Valenzuela, and the mother of the late, great singer, Richie Valens), and the members of Led Zeppelin including John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, and Robert Plant.  
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Savoy Brown "So Tired" (TV 1971)

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  From a 1971 televised concert performance, here is blues rock band Savoy Brown performing "So Tired".  As a band, Savoy Brown were active for 47 years between 1965 and 2022.  Another legendary British blues rock band, Foghat, was a spinoff of Savoy Brown.  The band lineup in this particular performance, from what I can surmise from band history, includes: Pete Scott: lead vocals Paul Raymond: Wurlitzer electric piano Andy Pyle: bass  Dave Bidwell: drums
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