Description
Boyd's Blues
by Boyd Lee DunlopBoyd
Boyd Lee Dunlop, brother of famed jazz drummer, Frankie Dunlop, releases debut CD "Boyd’s Blues,” after a musical career spanning 80 years. Boyd’s Blues swings with a divine cadence, the sound of the long-marinated dreams of a self-taught musician.
Genre: Jazz: Traditional Jazz Combo
Release Date: 2011
1. Boyd's Mellow Blues
7:43
2. Boyd's Bowed Blues
3:34
3. Boyd's Swinging Blues
4:54
4. Boyd's Solo Flight
5:06
5. Boyd's Place
5:48
6. St. James Infirmary Blues
7:36
7. Boyd's "Funky " Blues
6:02
8. Boyd's Epic Journey
13:37
9. Boyd's End of the Day Blues
4:56
Album Notes
Boyd Lee Dunlop was born in 1926 in Winston Salem, NC. Music brought him to Buffalo, NY as a child. His family followed his aunt who had taken a job as a violinist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Dunlop’s first piano was found outside his house on the corner, discarded with only half the keys working. As Dunlop remembers, “I asked my mother if I could bring it into the house. She refused but arranged for a friend to build a shed for it outside. I thought it would be easy for me to play. If I could see the notes, I could play. What can I say, a year later we bought a piano, and here I am.”
