Harmonica Legend Sugar Blue with Aiersi Brand Zebrawood Electric Bass
Grammy Award-winning blues harmonica player Sugar Blue along with his band members: CJ Tucker on drums; Sergio Montaleni on guitar; James Cowan on piano and his wife, Ilaria Lantieri Blue on bass. [Photo provided to China Daily] , It’s great Ilaria Lantieri playing with Aiersi Brand Bass.
About Sugar Blue
Born and raised in New York, harmonica genius Sugar Blue began his career as a street musician, he grew up listening to the jazz greats and then honed his chops by wailing along with Bob Dylan (with whom he would later record…) and Stevie Wonder songs on the radio.
Like many american musicians before him Sugar Blue left these shores and relocated to Paris, where he became a first-call studio musician and performing artist. That’s his harmonica blasting on the Rolling Stones’ platinum disco hit “Miss You”.
Considered to be one of the first harp pyrotechnicians, he uses awe-inspiring high-register runs, circular breathing and electronic effects on his harmonicas blending them into his unique, visionary and singular style, technically dazzling yet wholly soulful.
Grammy winner Sugar Blue has been called the Jimi Hendrix of harmonica: he has played and recorded with Willie Dixon, Prince, Rolling Stones, Stan Getz, Bob Dylan, only to name a few…
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