Duke replaced Jimmie Vaughan with The Fabulous Thunderbirds in 1990 and then continued on with a solo career with The Duke Robillard Band. His unsurpassed mastery of the guitar style of T-Bone Walker (later crystallized memorably in his 2004 release 'Blue Mood') was deservedly heralded, but his breadth was also head-turning from swing, standards and ballads to rockers, gutbucket Chicago blues and rockabilly. Kansas City, Missouri is known for its musicits rhythm and blues, its swing and big bands, and most of all, its jazz. Title, Jazz City: The Impact of Our Cities on the Development of Jazz Volume 514 of A Spectrum book Author, Leroy Ostransky Publisher, Prentice-Hall, 1978. After showing an early affinity for music and guitar, he founded Roomful Of Blues with pianist Al Copley in Westerly, R.I., in 1967. The NEW YORK TIMES raves, "Robillard is a soloist of stunning force and originality." Duke Robillard will render any song with mastery, power, nuance and an unerring grasp of its essence. After a busy competition season, the second iteration of the band concluded the 2022-23 year with a performance at Westport Coffeehouse on April 30. Few players can move stylistically from Texas to Kansas City to Chicago’s West Side, but Robillard makes it seem easy,” raves GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE.Ģx-GRAMMY® Award Nominee, 6x-Blues Music Award-Winner, 22x-Blues Music Award Nominee & Iconic Blues Guitarist and Singer DUKE ROBILLARD is a 4x - Blues Guitarist of the Year Award-Winner. Last spring, McWilliams started the Live Jazz KC High School All Star Big Band, bringing together twenty budding artists from both sides of the state line. “Robillard’s ability to play across the spectrum of blues is legendary. The guitar master and his usual ace band provide the musical base here, and they come out swinging says ROCK AND BLUES MUSE (2021 Album Review of They Called it Rhythm & Blues). Kansas City jazz is a style of jazz that developed in Kansas City, Missouri during the 1920s and 1930s, which marked the transition from the structured big band style to the much more improvisational style of bebop. The musicians put their heart and sole into it and you feel like they're playing for great jazz themselves as much as. Since Robillard helped found Roomful of Blues in the 1960s, he has been the leading torch-bearer for this vibrant music that eventually morphed into rock-and-roll. Towns which are popular with Kansas City jazz.
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