Carl Lynch

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Carl Lynch (* around 1920) was an American rhythm & blues and jazz guitarist who made a name for himself as a rhythm guitarist in productions by Phil Spector and in recordings by James Brown and Nina Simone .

Live and act

Lynch played from the early 1940s in the backing band of the singer and pianist Olie Shepard , with whom the first recordings for OKeh were made in 1942 , which however remained unpublished. In the following years he worked a. a. in the trio of pianist Herman Chittison , in whose recordings he was involved with Pearl Bailey and Thelma Carpenter , from 1947 also with Connee Boswell , Jerry Jerome , Pete Johnson and Freddie Washington .

In the 1950s and 1960s, Lynch worked as a freelance musician in New York with Mercer Ellington , Leroy Glover & Wally Richardson , Curly Hamner , Cootie Williams , Ruth Brown , Dud Bascomb , LaVern Baker , Sam "The Man" Taylor , King Curtis , Buddy Lucas , Taft Jordan , Rhoda Scott , Johnny Hodges , Joan Toliver , Solomon Burke , Esther Phillips , JJ Johnson , Les McCann , George Benson , Hank Crawford , Jerome Richardson , Jimmy Smith , Arthur Prysock and Dizzy Gillespie . As a rhythm guitarist he is also on recordings with the Isley Brothers ("Move Over and Let Me Dance", with Jimi Hendrix ), James Brown ("Say It Loud: I'm Black and I'm Proud") and Nina Simone ("Young “Gifted and Black”); on Phil Spector's studio productions , he worked with Billy Butler , Russ Savakus and Dick Romoff .

In the 1970s and 1980s Lynch was still involved in recordings by Percy Mayfield , Eric Gale , Charles McPherson , Marlena Shaw , Jimmy Owens , Bunky Green , James Moody and most recently in 1990 with Ellis Larkins ( Sweet Soul ); in the field of jazz, Tom Lord lists him in 78 recording sessions between 1942 and 1989.

George Benson counts Carl Lynch among his sponsors; in his autobiography, Benson mentions how Lynch encouraged him to become a professional guitarist.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kent Hartman: The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret . New York City; St. Martin's Press, 2012
  2. ↑ He worked with Taft Jordan in 1962 on the recording session of a studio band put together by Joe Davis ; the single "Walkin 'on Air" was released on Beacon under the band name The Patriots . Other New York musicians took part in the session, including Milt Hinton (double bass), Herb Lovelle (drums) and Everett Barksdale (guitar). See Bruce Bastin: Never Sell a Copyright: Joe Davis and His Role in the New York Music Scene 1916–1978 . Storyville 1990.
  3. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 1, 2017)
  4. ↑ George Benson, Alan Goldsher: Benson: The Autobiography . New York, Da Capo Press, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Lynch, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and studio musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1920