Alexis Korner

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Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner in Paris, France , on 19 April 1928; died 1 January 1984 in Westminster, Central London), was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a founding father of British blues". A major influence on the sound of the British music scene in the 1960s, Korner led Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated from 1961–1966 and CCS from 1970–1973, and was instrumental in the formation of several notable British bands including The Rolling Stones and Free. Korner is probably best remembered as a networker and blues historian, although he was a proficient guitarist and a distinctive (if not accomplished) vocalist. Often referred to as "the Father of British Blues", Korner was instrumental in bringing together various English blues musicians. In 1961, Korner and Cyril Davies formed Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated, initially a loose-knit group of musicians with a shared love of electric blues and R&B music. The group included, at various times, such influential musicians as Charlie Watts, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Long John Baldry, Graham Bond, Danny Thompson and Dick Heckstall-Smith. It also attracted a wider crowd of mostly younger fans, some of whom occasionally performed with the group, including Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Rod Stewart, John Mayall and Jimmy Page. In 1970 Korner and Peter Thorup formed a big band ensemble, CCS (short for The Collective Consciousness Society) which

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Kornerstoned - The Alexis Korner Anthology 1954-83

Live In Paris

Kornerstoned - The Alexis Korner Anthology 1954-1983 (Selected Works)

Testament

Rain Is Such a Lonesome Sound (Remastered 2015)

Musically Rich And Famous

R&B From The Marquee

A New Generation Of Blues

Both Sides

Bootleg Him!

Got My Mojo Working

Sky High

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