Steve Blailock

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Stephen Bernard "Steve" Blailock (born July 9, 1944 in McComb (Mississippi) , † July 19, 2013 in Pearland (Texas) ) was an American blues and jazz guitarist and banjo player.

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Blailock, who was musically influenced by the blues of his homeland Mississippi , as well as by rhythm & blues and New Orleans jazz , began to perform professionally with blues musicians in the southern states as a teenager . In Nashville he had lessons from Hank Garland ; then he worked as a studio musician. In Los Angeles he worked with Lou Rawls and performed in jazz and blues clubs; he also studied with Barney Kessel and Joe Pass .

In 1984 Blailock returned to New Orleans and continued to work as a session musician. In 1996 he presented his solo album Mixed Bag . He has also worked with Ed Frank, Gregg Stafford , Betty Carter , Big Mama Thornton , Hank Crawford , Michael White , Benny Waters , Nicholas Payton and Wynton Marsalis throughout his career . Blailock taught blues and jazz guitar in the Department of Jazz Studies at Dillard University in New Orleans. In 1997 New Orleans Magazine voted him an All-Star Guitar and Banjo Player ; the following year he was inducted into the Mississippi Music Hall of Fame . In the early 2000s he toured Japan with Wendell Brunious and the New Orleans Jazz All-Stars . In the field of jazz he was involved in 23 recording sessions between 1995 and 2001. a. with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band The Dukes of Dixieland ( Sound of Bix: A Salute to Bix Beiderbecke 2010), John Boutte , Lars Edegran , Leroy Jones , Big Al Carson ( Take Your Drunken Ass Home , 2002) and Tommy Ridgley . He committed under still mysterious circumstances in July 2013 suicide after he had shot his wife Jing.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Steve Blailock Rembembers Ed Frank
  2. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  3. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-blailock-mn0001200401/credits
  4. ^ Houston Jazz obituary
personal data
SURNAME Blailock, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blailock, Stephen Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH McComb (Mississippi)
DATE OF DEATH 19th July 2013
Place of death Pearland (Texas)