Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix
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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix is a ten track companion release to the critically acclaimed television documentary series Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
shown on PBS
in September 2003.
This special Jimi Hendrix
title features two previously unreleased blues inspired performances including "Georgia Blues" (recorded on March 19, 1969 at New York's Record Plant Studios
). This previously unreleased studio recording was recorded with saxophonist Lonnie Youngblood
, whom Hendrix joined in the studio for his first recordings in 1963. Also featured on this special ten track release is the previously unreleased "Blue Window" recorded in March 1969 at Mercury Studios in New York. This track features Buddy Miles
on drums, Duane Hitchings on organ, Bill Rich on bass guitar and brass players Tobie Wynn, James Tatum, Bobby Rock, Pete Carter, and Tom Hall, now known as Khalil Shaheed, who also composed the horn arrangements and directed the brass section.
The Blues (film)
The Blues is a 2003 documentary film series produced by Martin Scorsese, dedicated to the history of blues music. In each of the seven episodes, a different director explores a stage in the development of the blues...
shown on PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
in September 2003.
This special Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
title features two previously unreleased blues inspired performances including "Georgia Blues" (recorded on March 19, 1969 at New York's Record Plant Studios
Record Plant Studios
The Record Plant was a series of three famous recording studios which were founded by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone, beginning in New York City in 1968. The next year, Kellgren and Stone opened a second studio in Los Angeles. In 1972, the company expanded again with a third location in Sausalito,...
). This previously unreleased studio recording was recorded with saxophonist Lonnie Youngblood
Lonnie Youngblood
Lonnie "Youngblood" is an American saxophonist and bandleader best remembered for playing with Jimi Hendrix...
, whom Hendrix joined in the studio for his first recordings in 1963. Also featured on this special ten track release is the previously unreleased "Blue Window" recorded in March 1969 at Mercury Studios in New York. This track features Buddy Miles
Buddy Miles
George Allen Miles, Jr. , known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock and funk drummer, most known as a founding member of The Electric Flag in 1967, then as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 through to January 1970.-Early life:George Allen Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska on...
on drums, Duane Hitchings on organ, Bill Rich on bass guitar and brass players Tobie Wynn, James Tatum, Bobby Rock, Pete Carter, and Tom Hall, now known as Khalil Shaheed, who also composed the horn arrangements and directed the brass section.
Track listing
- Red HouseRed House (song)"Red House" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and originally recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966. The song, a slow twelve-bar blues, "is one of the most traditional in sound and form of all his official recordings". It was developed during his pre-Experience days while Hendrix was...
– 3:50 - Voodoo ChileVoodoo Chile"Voodoo Chile" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded in 1968, closing Side 1 of The Jimi Hendrix Experience album Electric Ladyland. The song is Hendrix's longest studio recording and features additional musicians in what has been described as a "studio jam"...
– 15:00 - Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)Come On (Earl King song)"Come On", also known as "Let the Good Times Roll" is a song written and first performed by New Orleans R&B artist Earl King. Jimi Hendrix introduced it to wider audience by his cover in 1968.-Original version:...
– 4:09 - Georgia Blues – 7:57
- Country Blues – 8:26
- Hear My Train A Comin'Hear My Train A Comin'"Hear My Train A Comin'" is a blues song written by Jimi Hendrix that he recorded several times between 1967 and 1970 but was not released until after his death...
– 6:57 - It's Too Bad – 8:52
- My Friend – 4:36
- Blue Window – 12:51
- Midnight Lightning – 3:06
Recording details
- Track 1 recorded at CBS StudiosCBS StudiosCan refer to the following : *CBS, Television Network.*CBS Studio Center, a television and motion picture production facility in Studio City, California*CBS Broadcast Center, main New York City studio complex on W...
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on Dec. 13, 1966; DeLane Lea Studios in London, UK on Feb. 1967; Olympic StudiosOlympic StudiosOlympic Studios was a renowned independent commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, Barnes, South West London, England. The studio is best known for the huge number of famous rock and pop recordings made there from the late 1960s onward....
in London, UK in Apr. 1967 - Track 2 recorded at Record Plant in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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on May 2, 1968 - Track 3 recorded at Record Plant in New York City, New York on Aug. 27, 1968
- Track 4 recorded at Record Plant in New York City, New York on Mar. 19, 1969
- Track 5 recorded at Record Plant in New York City, New York on Jan. 23, 1970
- Track 6 recorded at Olympic Studios in London, UK on Feb. 17, 1969
- Track 7 recorded at Record Plant in New York City, New York on Feb. 11, 1969
- Track 8 recorded at Sound Center in New York City, New York on Mar. 13, 1968
- Track 9 recorded at Mercury Studios in New York City, New York in Mar. 1969
- Track 10 recorded at Record Plant in New York City, New York on Mar. 23, 1970
Personnel
- Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
- Guitar, Vocals - Mitch MitchellMitch MitchellJohn Ronald "Mitch" Mitchell was an English drummer, best known for his work in The Jimi Hendrix Experience.-Early life and the Jimi Hendrix Experience:...
, Jimmy Mayes, Buddy MilesBuddy MilesGeorge Allen Miles, Jr. , known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock and funk drummer, most known as a founding member of The Electric Flag in 1967, then as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 through to January 1970.-Early life:George Allen Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska on...
- Drums - Noel ReddingNoel ReddingNoel Redding was an English rock and roll guitarist best known as the bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.-Biography:...
, Jack CasadyJack CasadyJack Casady , is an American musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane. First playing as a lead guitarist with the Washington D.C...
, Hank Anderson, Billy Cox, Bill Rich - Bass - Lonnie YoungbloodLonnie YoungbloodLonnie "Youngblood" is an American saxophonist and bandleader best remembered for playing with Jimi Hendrix...
- Vocals, Saxophone - Ken Pine - 12-String Guitar
- Paul CarusoPaul Caruso (Drummer)Paul Caruso was a drummer who played for Boston band, The Atlantics.Paul joined the Atlantics in 1979, as a replacement for Ray 'Boy' Fernandes, and played on the group's best selling record Lonelyhearts....
- Harmonica - Bobby RockBobby RockBob Brock is a Los Angeles based rock drummer. He was a student of the Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and has worked with several bands....
- Tenor Saxophone - Tobie Wynn - Baritone Saxophone
- Tom Hall (Khalil Shaheed), Pete Carter - Trumpet
- Stephen StillsStephen StillsStephen Arthur Stills is an American guitarist and singer/songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash . He has performed on a professional level in several other bands as well as maintaining a solo career at the same time...
- Piano - Steve WinwoodSteve WinwoodStephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
, John Winfield, Duane Hitchings - Organ