Robben Ford

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Robben Ford (born December 16, 1951 in Woodlake , California ) is an American blues , jazz and rock guitarist . He became internationally known both as a solo artist and through numerous projects with Chick Corea , Miles Davis , B. B. King , Joni Mitchell and Kiss . He was previously a member of the bands Jing Chi , The Ford Blues Band and The Yellowjackets .

biography

Before Robben Ford started playing guitar, he learned the saxophone. At 13, he taught himself to play the guitar while playing the saxophone. On his early record Sunrise he even played the saxophone himself on some of the pieces. At 18 he moved to San Francisco and formed the Charles Ford Band (named after his father, who was also a guitarist). A short time later he was hired to play for Charlie Musselwhite for nine months . In 1971 the Charles Ford Blues Band was revived and made recordings for the Arhoolie label in early 1972 . Ford starred with Jimmy Witherspoon (1972–1973), The LA Express with Tom Scott (1974), George Harrison and Joni Mitchell .

In 1977 he founded The Yellowjackets, with whom he played until 1983. At the same time he started his solo career and worked as a session guitarist. In 1986 he toured with Miles Davis , in 1985 and 1987 with Sadao Watanabe . In 1992 he went back to his roots: the blues. Ford formed a new band, The Blue Line. Since then, he has released a number of blues rock albums that are among the best recordings of his career. Robben Ford is regarded as a sovereign exceptional guitarist with an outstanding melodic feeling and brilliant guitar sound.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Bring it back home
  DE 92 03/01/2013 (1 week)
Into The Sun
  CH 100 04/05/2015 (1 week)
  • The Charles Ford Band (1972)
  • Discovering The Blues (Live, 1972)
  • Sunrise (1972)
  • Schizophonic (1976)
  • The Inside Story (1979)
  • Words And Music (1983)
  • Love's a Heartache (1983)
  • Robben Ford (1986)
  • Talk To Your Daughter (1988)
  • Robben Ford & The Blue Line (1992) (DE: Gold in Jazz Award)
  • Mystic Mile (1993) (DE: Gold in the Jazz Award)
  • Robben Ford and the Blue Line in San Francisco (Live, 1993)
  • Waiting For A Miracle (1993)
  • Handful Of Blues (1995)
  • Blues Connotation (1996)
  • Tiger Walk (1997)
  • Blues Collection (1997)
  • The Authorized Bootleg (1998)
  • Supernatural (1999)
  • Sunrise (1999)
  • A Tribute To Paul Butterfield (2001)
  • Anthology: The Early Years (2001)
  • Jing Chi (2001)
  • Jing Chi Live (2002)
  • Blue Moon (2002)
  • Keep On Running (2003)
  • Jing Chi 3D (2004)
  • City Life (2006)
  • Truth (2007)
  • Soul On Ten (2009)
  • Bringing It Back Home (2013) - PdSK -Bestliste 2/2013
  • A Day In Nashville (2014) - PdSK best list 2/2014
  • Live At Rockpalast (2014) - 2-CD / DVD set with concert recordings from 1998 and 2007 in Leverkusen
  • Into The Sun (2015)
  • The Sun Room (Robben Ford & Bill Evans , 2019)

With others

  • Tom Scott & The LA Express - Tom Cat (1974)
  • Joni Mitchell & The LA Express - Miles On Aisles (1974)
  • Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (1975)
  • Bruce Willis - If It Don't Kill You It Just Makes You Stronger (1989, as guest musician on guitar and keyboard)
  • Joe Dioro & Robben Ford - Minor Ellegance (1989)
  • Georgie Fame - Cool Cat Blues (1990)
  • Mark Ford With The Robben Ford Band (1991)
  • Diamond, Angel & Crooks - More Where That Came From (1991)
  • Jerry Granelli - A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Sing (1992)
  • Rickie Lee Jones - Pop Pop (1991, Acoustic Guitar)
  • Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford - Live at the Notodden Blues Festival 1992
  • Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford - Ain't Nothin 'New About The Blues (Recorded 1977/1994)
  • John Alberti featuring Robben Ford - Short Denim Skirts (1994)
  • Bob Malach - The Searcher (1995)
  • Tom Scott And The LA Express - Bluestreak (1996, BM)
  • Little Blue - Angels, Horses & Pirates (1997, as guest guitarist)
  • Mark Ford & The Blue Line, feat. Robben Ford (1998, BM)
  • Jimmy Witherspoon feat. Robben Ford - Live At Monterey Jazz Festival 1972 (2008)
  • Renegade Creation (Robben Ford, Michael Landau , Jimmy Haslip , Gary Novak ) - Renegade Creation (2010)
  • Renegade Creation (Robben Ford, Michael Landau , Jimmy Haslip , Gary Novak ) - Bullet (2012)

DVD

  • Robben Ford - New Morning - The Paris Concert (2001)
  • Robben Ford - In Concert - Ohne Filter Live (2008)
  • Robben Ford - New Morning - The Paris Concert (Revisited) (2010)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE CH
  2. ↑ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Music Industry Association, accessed on July 1, 2016
  3. ↑ http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/611-bestenliste-2-2013
  4. ↑ http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/bestenlisten/676-bestenliste-2-2014

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Ford, seals
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American guitarist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Woodlake , California