Chico Chism

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Napoleon "Chico" Chism (* 23. May 1927 in Shreveport , Louisiana ; † 28. January 2007 in Phoenix (Arizona) ) was an American blues - drummer (also vocals ).

Chism worked from the 1950s a. a. with TV Slim ( Flatfoot Sam 1957), later with Choker Campbell , Clifton Chenier , Little Junior Parker , Sonny Boy Williamson II. , Rosco Gordon , Sunnyland Slim , Muddy Waters , Memphis Slim , Lowell Fulson , Otis Rush , Junior Wells and Freddie King . With his band Chico Chism & His Jetnanairs he released the single Hot Tomales & Barbeque in 1959 . In the 1970s, Chism ran the Cher-Kee Records label , on which he sold singles by unknown Chicago blues, soul and gospel musicians such as Highway Man , Eddie Burks, Johnny Christian and Willie Davis.

Chism played in Howlin 'Wolf's final volume earlier in the decade ; after his death in 1976 he belonged to the Eddie Shaw's Wolf Gang . In 1979 he was on the Blues Legends Tour with Eddie C. Campbell , Willie Davenport and Billy Emerson on a European tour. Chism performed in Chicago blues clubs such as Rosa’s and Kingston Mines in the early 1980s . In 1986 he moved to Arizona , where he worked with producer Bob Corritore ; Recordings were made in Phoenix with Bo Diddley , RL Burnside , Henry Gray , Mojo Buford , Louisiana Red , Jimmy Rogers , Smokey Wilson , Little Milton , Big Pete Pearson , Pinetop Perkins and John Brim . In 1999, Chico Chism & His Jetnanairs recorded recordings on the Red River Blues album . He died at the age of 79 from complications from a stroke that he suffered in 2002. In 2009 he was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame .

Discographic notes

  • Eddie Shaw and The Wolf Gang: Have Blues Will Travel (Simmons, 1977)
  • Sunnyland Slim: Just You and Me (Airway, 1981)
  • Mojo Buford: Champagne & Reefer (Fedora, 1999)
  • RL Burnside: No Monkeys On This Train (HighTone Records, 2003)
  • Louisiana Red: No Turn On Red (Hightone Records, 2005)
  • Chico Chism's West Side Chicago Blues Party (2009)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary at Jazz Review  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.jazzreview.com  
  2. ↑ Entry in Arizona Blues Hall of Fame
personal data
SURNAME Chism, Chico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chism, Napoleon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Shreveport , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 2007
Place of death Phoenix (Arizona)