SUGAR BLUE
New York City, New York, United States | INDIE
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Press
"...the sound of Sugar Blue's harmonica could pierce any night... it's the sound of a musician who transcends the supposed limitations of his instrument!"
- Howard Reich
"He's a very strange and
talented musician"
- London
"...Sugar Blue came to the sound check right straight from the plane and mesmerized everyone with his energy and fantastic virtuosity..." - Jura- KLAIPEDA JAZZ FESTIVAL
"...an extravagantly lyrical
harmonica player"
- New York Times
“Blue recalls other instrumentalists without duplicating anyone. He plays runs that suggest the chromatic work of Stevie Wonder and Toots Thieleman, as well as jazz trumpeters and saxophonists.” - HYPERBOLIUM - Hyperbolium
Discography
Threshold 2010
Code Blue - Beeble 2007
In your Eyes - Alligator 1995
Blue Blazes - Alligator 1994
From Paris to Chicago
Crossroads
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Bio
SUGAR BLUE - Harp virtuoso
One of the foremost harmonica players of our times, Grammy award-winning Sugar Blue has been called the Jimi Hendrix or the Charlie Parker of the harmonica, both appropriate names for the revolutionary and eclectic harpist.
He grew up listening to jazz - particularly Lester Young and Dexter Gordon - and soon fell in love with Muddy Waters and the blues greats. He has toured and recorded with the Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon, Bob Dylan, Stan Getz, Ray Charles, Frank Zappa, Prince...to name a few...
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