Description
Rufus Harley - Bagpipe Blues / Atlantic Recording Audio CD / Recorded in 1966 / Kerry Dancers, More, Chim Chim Cheree / Japanese CD Release
EAN/UPC 081227957452
Bagpipe Blues is the debut album by piper and saxophonist Rufus Harley recorded in 1965 and released on the Atlantic label.
Rufus Harley Jr. (May 20, 1936 – August 1, 2006) was an American jazz musician known primarily as the first jazz musician to adopt the Great Highland bagpipe as his primary instrument.
Rufus Harvey Jr.
Born: 20th May 1936 near Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Died: 1st August 2006 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The world's first jazz bagpiper, and an activist as well. Born North Carolina but lived in Philadelphia most of his life. Originally a saxophonist, he switched to the bagpipes after hearing the Black Watch pipes at the funeral of John F Kennedy. He also campaigned for the tightening of US gun laws. Died of prostate cancer (aged 70).
Label: Atlantic – 81227957452
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe
Released: 2014
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Soul-Jazz
Tracklist / Song list:
- "Bagpipe Blues" - 2:41
- "Kerry Dancers" (Traditional) - 5:34
- "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) - 3:58
- "More" (Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero, Norman Newell) - 6:39
- "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman) - 2:26
- "Sportin'" - 5:04
- "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" (Traditional) - 5:34
- Bagpipes, Flute, Saxophone [Soprano & Tenor] – Rufus Harley
- Bass – James Glenn (3)
- Drums – Billy Abner
- Piano – Oliver Collins
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