Alexis Korner
Overview
Alexis Korner was a blues
musician
and radio broadcaster
, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues
". A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s, Korner was instrumental in bringing together various English
blues musicians.
Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner was born in Paris
to an Austrian father and a half-Turkish half-Greek mother, and spent his childhood in France, Switzerland, and North Africa
.
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and radio broadcaster
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues
British blues
British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s and which reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of...
". A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s, Korner was instrumental in bringing together various English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
blues musicians.
Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to an Austrian father and a half-Turkish half-Greek mother, and spent his childhood in France, Switzerland, and North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
.
