Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated

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Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated
Also known asBlues Incorporated
Origin
Past members

Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated, or simply Blues Incorporated,[1][2][3] were an English blues band formed in London in 1961, led by Alexis Korner and including at various times Jack Bruce, Charlie Watts, Terry Cox, Ginger Baker, Art Wood, Long John Baldry, Ronnie Jones, Danny Thompson, Graham Bond, Cyril Davies and Dick Heckstall-Smith.

History

Korner (1928–1984) was a member of

blues. In 1954 they teamed up as a duo, began playing blues in London jazz clubs, and opened their own club, the London Blues and Barrelhouse Club, where they featured visiting bluesmen from America. The club embraced aspiring young musicians, including in its early days Charlie Watts, Long John Baldry, and Jack Bruce
.

In 1961 Korner and Davies formed Blues Incorporated, the first amplified

. It was an informal band: its membership was intended to be fluid.

On 17 March 1962, Korner and Davies established a regular "Rhythm and Blues Night" at the

Rolling Stones
and suggested Ginger Baker as his replacement.

From 3 May 1962, Blues Incorporated secured a Thursday-night residency at the Marquee Club, which brought them to the attention of record producer and promoter Jack Good who arranged a recording contract with Decca Records resulting in the LP R&B from the Marquee, released in late 1962.[4] The album was actually recorded in the Decca studio and featured Baldry as lead singer with songs by Muddy Waters, Jimmy Witherspoon and Leroy Carr.

Late in 1962 Davies disagreed with Korner's intention to add a brass section to the band and turn more towards jazz than blues, so left to form his own group, the

Graham Bond Organisation
.

Blues Incorporated concentrated on live work rather than recording and the group only released two singles on

Parlophone, "I Need Your Loving" / "Please Please Please Please" (1964) and "Little Baby" / "Roberta" (1965). In 1964 they released the LPs At The Cavern and Red Hot From Alex, with American Herbie Goins as lead singer and Danny Thompson, later of Pentangle, on bass. By the time of the group's last album Sky High (credited to Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated) in 1965, the group included Duffy Power
on vocals. Korner dissolved the group in 1966.

Discography

  • R&B from the Marquee (1962)
  • Red Hot From Alex (1964)
  • At The Cavern (1964)
  • Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated (1965)
  • Sky High (1965)

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