Judy Blair - Close Encounter

Styles: Hammond Organ
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:40
Size: 134,8 MB
Art: Front

( 4:16)  1. Cayenne Blues
( 7:43)  2. Torii Station
( 5:59)  3. Old Grandad
( 5:17)  4. Until the Real Thing Comes Along
( 6:26)  5. Jingles
(10:46)  6. Houston S Blues
( 6:41)  7. Misty
( 4:53)  8. Bird Alone
( 6:36)  9. C'Est Tout

Judy Blair was born in East Texas and has been singing and playing the piano, synthesizer and the Hammond B3 organ professionally for more than 40 years. Judy has performed solo and with groups all over the United States in New York, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Carmel, Reno, Santa Fe, and many other cities including a three year stint in New Orleans playing with the best. She also performed during a two year period in the CARIBBEAN and has appeared on JAPANESE television in a travel series about California. She has played numerous jazz and blues concerts, festivals and clubs in France as well as in other parts of Europe . 

1997 - She recorded and produced an album in France, “LES COULEURS DU NOIR ET BLANC” on which she plays solo piano and sings ballads and American Standards. It includes original compositions by JUDY. 1999 - She recorded a second CD in DALLAS, TEXAS called “THE OTHER PLACE” in collaboration with her brother DONNY BLAIR on guitar, BRUCE TATE on electric bass and DINO VERA on drums. On it, she plays piano and Hammond B3 organ and it includes original pieces by both JUDY and DONNY BLAIR. 

2000 - She recorded a third one “CLOSE ENCOUNTER” in NEW YORK, playing the Hammond B3 organ with HOUSTON PERSON (tenor-sax), ALVIN QUEEN (drums), REGGIE JOHNSON (bass) and DONNY BLAIR (guitar). Like the others, this CD included original material.   

Her fourth CD “SUNSHINE” was recorded in DALLAS, TEXAS. She sings, plays piano and Hammond B3 along with her brother DONNY BLAIR (guitar), ABDU SALIM (tenor sax), CHRISTIAN (Ton Ton) SALUT (drums) and guest artist LUCKY PETERSON (vocals, piano and Hammond B3). All the songs on this album were written by JUDY and one was co-written with LUCKY PETERSON. JUDY BLAIR now resides in SOUTHWEST FRANCE near Cahors in the Quercy region. She continues to record and perform at festivals, concerts, clubs as a solo artist as well as with different musical formations and spends part of her time writing and composing music.

http://www.judyblair.com/?section=bio

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