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- Arthur Adams
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- Stony Plain Records Anniversaries
- Billy Boy Arnold
- Asleep At The Wheel
- The Asylum Street Spankers
- Renee Austin
- The Austin Lounge Lizards
- Mr. B
- Long John Baldry
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- The Best Of The Stony Plain Years
- Eric Bibb
- Yana Bibb
- Eric Bibb & Habib Koité
- Eric Bibb & JJ Milteau
- Eric Bibb & Leon Bibb
- Eric Bibb & North Country Far with Danny Thompson
- Big James & The Chicago Playboys
- Elvin Bishop
- Blind Pig Records
- Rory Block
- Deanna Bogart
- Ray Bonneville
- Billy Branch and the Sons of Blues
- Brave Combo
- Kevin Breit
- Kevin Breit & Harry Manx
- Nappy Brown
- Sarah Brown
- Norton Buffalo
- Jim Byrnes
- Bob Carpenter
- Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band
- The Cash Box Kings
- Tommy Castro
- Craig Chaquico
- Bobby Charles
- Rita Chiarelli
- Chicago Rhythm And Blues Kings
- Christmas Blues
- Popa Chubby
- Cindy Church
- Otis Clay
- David Clayton-Thomas
- Deborah Coleman
- Commander Cody
- Joanna Connor
- Contino
- James Cotton
- Pee Wee Crayton
- Crowbar
- Crowcuss
- Rodney Crowell
- Albert Cummings
- Nick Curran & The Nitelifes
- Gary Fjellgaard
- Gary Fjellgaard & Valdy
- Rosie Flores & Ray Campi
- Chris Flory
- Sue Foley
- Sue Foley & Peter Karp
- Damon Fowler
- Lowell Fulson W/ Powder Blues Band
- Amos Garrett
- Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor
- Jay Geils
- Rosco Gordon
- Great Speckled Bird
- Grievous Angels
- Guitar Heroes: James Burton, Albert Lee, Amos Garrett, David Wilcox
- Buddy Guy W/ Jr. Wells
- Paul Hann
- Harper
- Emmylou Harris
- Jeff Healey
- Jeff Healey And The Jazz Wizards
- Jimi Hendrix
- High Noon
- Tish Hinojosa
- Dave Hole
- Holmes Brothers
- Shawn Holt & The Teardrops
- Walter Horton
- Tim Hus
- Pj Jackson
- Doug James
- Waylon Jennings
- Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
- Kristi Johnston
- JW- Jones
- Lloyd Jones
- Jr. Gone Wild
- Peter Karp
- Peter Karp & Sue Foley
- Chris Thomas King
- King Biscuit Boy (Richard Newell)
- Smokin Joe Kubek & Bnois King
- Frankie Lee
- Colin Linden
- Little Mike & The Tornadoes
- Professor Longhair
- Hamilton Loomis
- Charlie Louvin
- Corb Lund
- Magic Slim & The Teardrops
- Charlie Major
- Harry Manx and Kevin Breit
- Ray Manzarek / Roy Rogers
- Bob Margolin
- Iain Matthews
- Ellen Mcilwaine
- Big Dave McLean
- Linda McRae
- Jay Mcshann
- Hugh Moffatt
- Katy Moffatt
- MonkeyJunk
- Coco Montoya
- John Mooney
- Big Bill Morganfield
- Maria Muldaur
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Shirley Myers
- The Paperboys
- Pinetop Perkins
- Bill Perry
- Holger Petersen
- Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers
- George Porter
- Preacher Boy
- Snooky Pryor
- Paul Reddick
- Remembering Little Walter
- Sonny Rhodes
- Duke Robillard
- The Rockin' Highliners
- Jimmy Rogers
- Robin Rogers
- Roy Rogers
- Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo
- The Rounders
- Otis Rush
- Tom Russell
- Doug Sahm, Amos Garrett, Gene Taylor
- Walter Salas-Humara
- Savoy Brown
- E.C. Scott
- Johnny Shines & Snooky Prior
- George Smith
- Jo-El Sonnier
- South Mountain
- Southern Hospitality
- Jeremy Spencer
- Spirit Of The West
- Studebaker John & The Hawks
- Sunny And Her Joy Boys
- Roosevelt Sykes
- Eric Taylor
- Jimmy Thackery
- Jimmy Thackery & John Mooney
- Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers
- Rosetta Tharpe
- Dr. Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio
- Ian Tyson
- Sylvia Tyson
Jay Geils
Biography:
JAY GEILS BIOGRAPHY
Jay Geils needs no introduction to the legion of music fans that made The J. Geils Band one of the leading acts in the history of rock and roll. After a 25-year career with over 10 million records sold, a Grammy nomination, five gold records, one double platinum record, multiple television and movie appearances and tours with The Allman Brothers Band and The Rolling Stones, the band decided to quit at the top of their game with the number one single and number one album on the charts.
Free to pursue his first musical loves - classic jazz and blues - and take the period out of his name, Jay teamed with J. Geils band mate, Magic Dick, for two successful blues recordings as the band Bluestime. Tours of Europe, Japan and the United States followed, as well as tours with Jay’s longtime idol and friend, B.B King. In 1999, The J. Geils Band re-union tour was the hottest ticket of the summer season, performing once again to sold-out shows in stadiums across the United States. In 2002, their hit single, “Give It To Me,” was chosen by the Heineken Beer Company for their television ad campaign in Europe and America.
A fan of jazz since he was a child growing up in New Jersey and Manhattan, Jay would accompany his father to see many of the greatest jazz musicians alive at that time, including Louis Armstrong, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Steeped in this tradition, Jay teamed with jazz guitarist Gerry Beaudoin in 1994 and has come full circle. “I started as a trumpet player, but got side tracked by the guitar and the blues and folk revolution sweeping the world in the 1960s,” remembers Jay. “I was fortunate to play and record with many great blues and rock musicians including Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Peter Frampton, Duane Allman and, of course, The J. Geils Band. It was an exciting time in my life, but I look forward to the future performing the music I first loved, classic jazz and blues.”
2004 saw The J.Geils Band, “America’s ultimate house party,” nominated for entry into the prestigious Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. During the summer of that year, Jay also joined his good friend B.B. King onstage for a number of his blues festival tour dates.
Jay Geils Plays Jazz is the first solo album from the guitarist, featuring elements of jazz, blues and even western swing on this recording, which he sees as a tribute to his guitar heroes. Guests on the album include tenor sax great Scott Hamilton, Greg Piccolo and Rich Lataille (both former members of Roomful of Blues) and Crispin Cioe (The Uptown Horns) on horns, as well as Gerry Beaudoin on guitar. Beaudoin joined Geils, along with Duke Robillard, on the critically acclaimed 2004 Stony Plain CD and DVD by New Guitar Summit. Covers on the new album include songs by Bennie Goodman (“Wholly Cats”), Bill Doggett (“Honey Boy”), Duke Ellington (“Solitude”), Clifford Brown (“Blues Walk”), and Roland Kirk (“Funk Underneath”). Jay Geils will be performing selected dates at showcase venues and major jazz festivals during the spring and summer.
Jay Geils Plays Jazz – Stony Plain Records – Release Date: March 8, 2005
Also available: Jay Geils, Duke Robillard & Gerry Beaudoin – New Guitar Summit CD
Jay Geils, Duke Robillard & Gerry Beaudoin – New Guitar Summit Live at the Stoneham Theatre - DVD
Publicity Contact: Mark Pucci Media (770) 804-9555 / email: mpmedia@bellsouth.net
Jay Geils Plays Jazz
- Wholly Cats
(4:06)
- There Will Never Be Another You
(4:16)
- I Don't Know Enough About You
(4:26)
- I Hear You Talkin' To Me (4:13)
- It's The Talk Of The Town (5:39)
- Honey Boy (5:14)
- Mission To Moscow (3:42)
- L.B. Blues (6:01)
- Solitude (5:05)
- Blues Walk (4:14)
- Hot Ginger (4:24)
- Funk Underneath (6:55)