The Sonny Bradshaw Seven- Love Is Blue
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- Published: 08 Jun 2009
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one of my favorite songs of this whole box set
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Sonny Bradshaw Seven - It must be
Cecil "Sonny" Bradshaw (28 March 1926 -- 10 October 2009), known as the "dean of Jamaican music", and the "musician's musician", was a Jamaican bandleader, trumpeter, broadcaster, and promoter who was a major figure in Jamaican music for more than sixty years. RIP Sonny Bradshaw
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![OWEN GRAY with Sonny Bradshaw Quartet - COME ON BABY [CHEK 101]](http://web.archive.org./web/20110805011219im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/c8QxiK2rQv0/0.jpg "OWEN GRAY with Sonny Bradshaw Quartet - COME ON BABY [CHEK 101]")
OWEN GRAY with Sonny Bradshaw Quartet - COME ON BABY [CHEK 101]
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- Published: 01 Jun 2011
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- Author: TheMonobaby
love is blue - the sonny bradshaw seven
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- Duration: 3:20
- Published: 01 May 2011
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SONNY BRADSHAW QUARTET - BABY ELEPHANT WALK.wmv
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- Published: 07 Jun 2010
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- Author: CASSOUNET1
SKA - LYPSO - INSTRUMENTAL .
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Myrna Hague-Bradshaw
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- Duration: 24:58
- Published: 06 Feb 2011
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- Author: BluestarsJamaica
Myrna Hague, known as 'Jamaica's First Lady of Jazz', is a Jamaican lovers rock and jazz singer and actress, who recorded for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One. Hague's career began in the mid-1960s. She performed at jazz venues in London and recorded for Studio One, notably the Melody Life album. Melody Life included some of her most popular singles, including the title track, "How Could I Live", and "First Cut Is The Deepest". Hague is a member of the board of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), and a former tutor at the Jamaica School of Music. She won the Caribbean Broadcasting Union Song Festival in 1990, and has won the Jamaica Music Industry Award for jazz several times as well as the Jamaica Federation of Musicians Award and Special Merit Award in 1993. She is often referred to as 'Jamaica's First Lady of jazz'. Hague founded the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival with her husband, jazz musician Sonny Bradshaw. In 2004, Hague was diagnosed with breast cancer, but after a long course of treatment made a full recovery. She has toured internationally, recently as guest vocalist with Jazz Jamaica, and as part of Women In Jazz and the Jamaica Big Band. Discography[edit] Singles"A Song I'd Like To Sing" (1970) Faze Four "Best Thing That Ever Happened" "First Cut Is The Deepest" "For All We Know" "How Could I Live" "Melody Life" "Never Never" "On A Clear Day" (1971) Faze Four "Our Day Will Come" "That's What Friends Are For" "Time After Time" (1971) Faze Four "Touch Me Baby <b>...</b>
Owen Grey with Sonny Bradshaw Quartet - Come on Baby - R&B.wmv;
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Fowokan records a musical tribute to Sonny Bradshaw
A musical tribute to the late Sonny Bradshaw Jamaican musician who passed away on the 10th October in London
Sonny Bradshaw Seven - Little Drummer Boy
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- Duration: 3:37
- Published: 30 Jul 2010
- Uploaded: 29 Mar 2011
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Little Drummer Boy, the christmas classic, jamaican style
Calabaza Jazz - Live in Barbados
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- Duration: 13:20
- Published: 27 Jun 2011
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Concert at Whisper June 2011. Errol Bradshaw, drums, Mario Porchetta, percussion; Andre' Woodvine, saxophone; Roger Gittens, keyboard; Andre' Forde, steal pan. Blue Bossa and Stick Leaker
78's - The Gypsy - Tiny Bradshaw (King)
Recorded April 5, 1954. Tiny Bradshaw really had a two-part career, in the 1930s in swing and from the mid-'40s on as a best-selling R&B artist. He majored in psychology at Wilberforce University but chose music as his career. Bradshaw sang early on with Horace Henderson's Orchestra (in addition to playing drums), Marion Hardy's Alabamians, the Savoy Bearcats, the Mills Blue Rhythm Band, and Luis Russell. In 1934, he put together his own orchestra and they recorded eight spirited numbers for Decca later that year. A decade of struggle lie ahead and, when Bradshaw's big band recorded again, in 1944, the music was more R&B and jump-oriented. The majority of Bradshaw's recordings were cut during 1950-1954, although there would be one session apiece made in 1955 and 1958. All of his post-1947 output was made for King including the seminal "Train Kept A-Rollin'" in 1951. For several decades, that song became a staple of numerous garage bands along with notable recorded versions by the Yardbirds in the '60s and Aerosmith in the '70s. In 1954, Bradshaw suffered the first of two strokes, the second would be two years later. He spent the next few years recovering in a Florida hospital. In the meantime, King tried to keep his name from disapearring altogether by releasing a single made up of previous sessions. By early 1958, Bradshaw slowly returned to touring and leading his band. A final single was released by King, "Bushes" backed with "Short Shorts," which failed to gain any <b>...</b>
Here's To Life - Myrna Hague
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- Duration: 4:35
- Published: 11 Dec 2010
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Myrna Hague Myrna Hague, known as 'Jamaica's First Lady of Jazz', is a Jamaican lovers rock and jazz singer and actress, who recorded for Coxsone Dodd's Studio One. Hague's career began in the mid-1960s. She performed at jazz venues in London and recorded for Studio One, notably the Melody Life album. Melody Life included some of her most popular singles, including the title track, "How Could I Live", and "First Cut Is The Deepest". Hague is a member of the board of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), and a former tutor at the Jamaica School of Music. She won the Caribbean Broadcasting Union Song Festival in 1990, and has won the Jamaica Music Industry Award for jazz several times as well as the Jamaica Federation of Musicians Award and Special Merit Award in 1993. She is often referred to as 'Jamaica's First Lady of jazz'. Hague founded the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival with her husband, jazz musician Sonny Bradshaw. In 2004, Hague was diagnosed with breast cancer, but after a long course of treatment made a full recovery. She has toured internationally, recently as guest vocalist with Jazz Jamaica, and as part of Women In Jazz and the Jamaica Big Band. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Boone County Rag" Jack Bradshaw Performing
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- Published: 16 Mar 2011
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- Author: verybigrifle
Jack Bradshaw playing a Galen Wilkes' composition at Fresno Flats Vintage Music Festival, Oakhurst Ca. March 2011 www.fresnoflatsmuseum.org
Carl "Sonny" Leyland Manufacturing Some Boogie Woogie
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- Published: 31 Mar 2011
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Sonny Leyland coming up with as he describes, "Just some Boogie." Played at a home concert "Skunk Hollow," in Sutter Creek Ca, Jan 2011. www.carlsonnyleyland.com www.westcoastragtime.com www.suttercreekragtime.com
"Pearl of the Harem" Bradshaw, Brier, Drivons
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Chris Bradshaw, Tom Brier on piano, Steve Drivon Drums, Robyn Drivon Tuba. Performing at Fresno Flats Vintage Music Festival's Sunday Concert, in the Lutheran Church, Oakhurst Ca. March 2011. To purchase CD'S www.cdbaby.com Steve and Robyn perform with the Bradshaw's and have a CD available www.cdbaby.com www.fresnoflatsmuseum.org
Jack Bradshaw and "The Red Rambler Rag"
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- Published: 30 Apr 2011
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Jack Bradshaw playing at Fresno Flats Vintage Music Festival, Oakhurst Ca. March 2011 To purchase CD'S Bradshaw's have a CD available www.cdbaby.com www.fresnoflatsmuseum.org
"Little Jacks Rag" With Jack Bradshaw
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- Published: 20 Jul 2011
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Jack Bradshaw playing this Arthur Marshall tune at Fresno Flats Vintage Music Festival, Oakhurst Ca. March 2011 To purchase CD'S Bradshaw's have a CD available www.cdbaby.com www.fresnoflatsmuseum.org
"Curse Of An Aching Heart" With Carl "Sonny" Leyland
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- Published: 31 Jul 2011
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- Author: verybigrifle
Still a great seat! Sonny Leyland playing in his inimitable stylings! Played at a home concert "Skunk Hollow," in Sutter Creek Ca, Jan 2011. www.carlsonnyleyland.com www.westcoastragtime.com www.suttercreekragtime.com
"At a Georgia Camp Meeting" Carl "Sonny" Leyland
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- Published: 25 Feb 2011
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I posted Sonny playing this tune from the 2010 WCRF but have a better seat view here. Also the greats NEVER play the same way twice. Here is a link from that November performance. www.youtube.com The ABOVE VIDEO, Sonny Leyland playing in his inimitable stylings! Played at a home concert "Skunk Hollow," in Sutter Creek Ca, Jan 2011. www.carlsonnyleyland.com www.westcoastragtime.com www.suttercreekragtime.com
"Georgia Grind" Jack Bradshaw Performing
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- Published: 26 Mar 2011
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Jack Bradshaw performing this tune wonderfully, at Fresno Flats Vintage Music Festival's Sunday Concert, in the Lutheran Church, Oakhurst Ca. March 2011. I have only heard this tune done by one other performer and that was on YouTube, Never live. I love it. www.fresnoflatsmuseum.org
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Sonny Bradshaw was one of Jamaica's best-loved jazz musicians. Feted as an innovative bandleader and arranger who helped propagate jazz on the island, he also promoted indigenous forms of Jamaican music and campaigned for the rights of local musicians. Born and raised in Kingston, the young Bradshaw...
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Sonny Bradshaw
| Name | Sonny Bradshaw |
|---|---|
| Background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth name | Cecil Bradshaw |
| Born | 28 March 1926 |
| Died | 10 October 2009 (aged 83)London, England |
| Origin | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Instrument | Trumpet, piano, flügelhorn, clarinet, trombone, saxophone |
| Genre | Jazz, reggae |
| Occupation | Musician, bandleader, broadcaster, promoter |
| Years active | Late-1940s – 2009 |
| Associated acts | The Sonny Bradshaw SevenJamaican Big Band |
Biography
Bradshaw was born in 1926 in Kingston, the only child of Edgar and Gladys Bradshaw, until the birth of his sister Marion twenty years later. His first professional work as a musician came in the late 1940s in Eric Deans' orchestra. He left in 1950 to form the Sonny Bradshaw Seven (he claimed seven was his lucky number), which became renowned for recreating the sound of a 14-piece orchestra with only seven musicians, The band also backed the visiting Sarah Vaughan in 1956, the first time a Jamaican band had backed a visiting artist. Along with his wife, singer Myrna Hague, he founded the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival in 1991.Bradshaw was known as the "dean of Jamaican music", and the "musician's musician". He was awarded the Order of Distinction, Commander class by the Jamaican government for his contribution to Jamaican music in 2004. He was also honoured by the Miramar City Commission at a ceremony to mark the opening of the Miramar Cultural Arts Center in Florida in 2008, for his contribution to music in Jamaica and internationally.
Bradshaw regularly visited the United Kingdom, where he would attend the annual service of thanksgiving on the anniversary of Jamaica's independence at St Martin-in-the-Fields. He suffered a stroke while in London in August 2009, and remained in hospital until his death on the 10th of October, aged 83. Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding paid tribute by calling Bradshaw "a pioneer whose contribution to Jamaica's music industry could not be quantified".
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