Johnny Almond
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Johnny Almond (20 July 1946.
Biography
Johnny Almond was born in
In 1969, he had founded Johnny Almond's Music Machine and had recorded two solo albums, Patent Pending and Hollywood Blues.[1] On Patent Pending, Almond is accompanied by Geoff Condon, Alan White, Jimmy Crawford, Steve Hammond, Roger Sutton and Johnny Wiggins.[3] On Hollywood Blues he jammed with Curtis Amy, Hadley Caliman, Joe Harris, Charles Kynard, Ray Neapolitan, Joe Pass, Earl Palmer und Vi Redd.
In the same year he joined John Mayall's (post-Bluesbreakers) with whom he toured and recorded The Turning Point (1969) and Empty Rooms (1969).[1] There he met Jon Mark with whom he decided to form Mark-Almond.[1]
Mark-Almond's first two albums, Mark-Almond (1971) and Mark-Almond II (1972) were recorded for Bob Krasnow's
"What Am I Living For" from Mark-Almond 73 gained the group the most U.S.
Billy Joel announces "Johnny Almond on sax," after an early live performance of New York State of Mind, including a saxophone solo, on his album Live at The Great American Music Hall (1975).[4]
Notable musicians, who have recorded or toured with Mark-Almond include drummer Dannie Richmond, drummer Billy Cobham, violinist Greg Bloch, keyboardist Tommy Eyre and bassist Roger Sutton. Eyre and Sutton later teamed in Riff Raff. A&M Records signed the duo in 1978 and released Other Peoples Rooms, but the record did not sell as well as earlier releases. Mark-Almond disbanded again in the mid 1980s, after releasing two albums, Tuesday in New York (1980) and a live offering The Last & Live (1981). In 1996, Mark-Almond reunited again for a CD release, Night Music, which featured keyboardist Mike Nock and others.
Almond lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. He occasionally surprised local bar owners, arriving with his saxophone to jam, some of which was recorded, including a rendition of "Stormy Monday".
He died on 18 November 2009 from cancer, aged 63 in Hayward, California, United States.[2]
Discography
Session musician
- John Mayall's Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (1966)
- John Mayall's Blues Breakers: A Hard Road (1967)
- Chicken Shack: 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve (1968)
- Fleetwood Mac: Mr. Wonderful (1968)
- Chicken Shack: O.K. Ken? (1969)
- John Mayall: Looking Back (1969)
- Martha Veléz: Fiends and Angels (1969)
- John Mayall: The Turning Point (1969)
- John Mayall: Empty Rooms (1970)
- Keef Hartley Band: Overdog (1971)
Solo work
- Patent Pending (1969)
- Hollywood Blues (1970)
Band member
- John Mayall: The Turning Point (1969)
- John Mayall: Empty Rooms (1969)
Mark-Almond
- Mark-Almond (1971)
- Mark-Almond II (1972)
- Rising (1972)
- 73 (1973)
- To the Heart (1976)
- Other Peoples Rooms (1978)
- Tuesday in New York (1980)
- Last & Live (1981)
- Night Music (1996)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ a b Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club 2009 July to December". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Cherry Red". Shop.cherryred.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ^ "Billy Joel – Live At The Great American Music Hall, 1975 (2023, Opaque Gray, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
External links
- Andrew Gilbert: Johnny Almond, unknown musician legend, plays Santa Cruz.
- Obituary John Almond.
- Rolling Stone Encyclopedia: Mark-Almond Band
- allmusic-Biografie: Mark-Almond.
- Mark-Almond Band.
- Mark-Almond.
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