Rudy Stevenson

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Rudolf "Rudy" Stevenson (* 1929 in New York City ; † December 12, 2010 in Berlin ) was an American blues , soul and jazz guitarist , flautist , music producer and composer .

Life

Stevenson first played the saxophone and turned to the rhythm guitar due to the limitations of the local cabaret law . At the beginning of his career he performed with Lloyd Price . In the 1960s he played five years in the backing band of Nina Simone , with whom he recorded a total of nine albums (including I Put a Spell on You or My Baby Just Cares for Me ) and his compositions such as Ain't No Use and to their repertoire I'm Gonna Leave You . He also worked with Sheila Jordan , Wynton Kelly (for whom he wrote Out Front ), Cedar Walton ( Soul Cycle , 1969) and Dexter Gordon .

His compositions were u. a. Recorded by George Benson , Dexter Gordon, Jocelyn B. Smith and Joe Zawinul . Herbie Mann recorded Comin 'Home Baby in 1966; Another well-known song was Don't Cha Hear Me Calling to Ya , the back of the 5th Dimension hit Aquarius . In the early 1980s he was briefly a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra directed by Mercer Ellington , with whom he participated in the RCA album Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies (1981). In 1988 he moved to Berlin, where he has since worked as a composer and producer (with Tayo Awosusi, among others ) and directed various bands. He worked with funk and soul singer Lia Andes for several years, wrote songs for her and recorded several albums ( This Masquerade ). He also released his own albums (such as Blues March, Vol. 1 ) on his RSI label, performed regularly in Berlin's Yorckschlösschen , a. a. with his Rudy Stevenson All-Stars , which included Bobby Durham .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans W. Korfmann: The man who stayed true to his guitars . ( Memento of December 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: taz , May 18, 2005
  2. ^ Bielefeld catalog 1985/86.
  3. ^ Information ( memento of March 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at WAK
personal data
SURNAME Stevenson, Rudy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stevenson, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 2010
Place of death Berlin