Down and Out Blues STRUT125LP Most compositions were recorded in

Most compositions were recorded in one take

Around the same time – in 1947 or 1949 – Blakey led a big band called “Seventeen Messengers”

to the self titled record Portico Quartet in 2012

” The resultant album represented the first fully formed document of Astatke’s trademark Ethio jazz sound

Down and Out Blues STRUT125LP Most compositions were recorded inSonny Boy Williamson (Alex Miller 1912 1965) was one of the most inspiring harmonica players in blues history. Though he took his name from another well known harmonica player, no one really sounded like him. Williamson developed his own signature harmonica style, always showing a metronome like timing and an endlessly inventive technique. This release consists of Sonny Boy's complete debut LP, Down And Out Blues, originally released in 1959 on the