Free blues concert set Saturday in Mattoon Aug 12, 2009
They have been compared to blues greats Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Magic Sam, Freddie King and Luther Allison. The band prides itself on playing with spontaneity, stating that that they never play a song the same way twice. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
5th Duke Ellington Jazz Festival in Washington, DC, Celebrates New Orleans June 5-15; Ellis Marsalis Tribute Features Rare Performance with Sons and Special Guests Harry Connick, Jr., and Dr. Billy Taylor May 16, 2009
June 5 Jazz in the Garden * National Gallery of Art * FREE June 5-15 Jazz in the 'Hoods * Performances in 35 clubs, restaurants and hotels June 6-7 Jazz 'n Families Fun Days * Phillips Collection * FREE June 8-15 New Orleans on the Potomac * Kennedy Center Millennium Stage * FREE June 10 Gala Concert: Vivre la Nouvelle Orleans: Paquito D'Rivera, DEJF's Artistic Adviser, with Dr. Michael White and the Original Liberty Jazz Band * Embassy of France New Orleans on the National Mall * FREE June 13:... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Second Half Of New Orleans Jazz Fest Underway May 1, 2009
Soul singers Marva Wright and Solomon Burke, singer and violinist Theresa Andersson and the Little Freddie King Blues Band are also set to perform Thursday. Jazz singer Tony Bennett, who is scheduled to perform Friday, was expected to spend Thursday afternoon at a New Orleans school where he and his wife, Susan, are presenting students with musical instruments. (KWTX.com, TX)
Jazz Fest turns 40 May 1, 2009
One of those local musicians was bluesman Freddie King. I got paid $300 for six days, said King, laughing from his home in the Musicians Village. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Gambit, WWLTV.com's picks for the second weekend of Jazz Fest Apr 30, 2009
Little Freddie King Blues Band ... and currently a resident of the Bywater, Little Freddie King is no stranger to the blues. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Second half of Jazz Fest begins Thursday Apr 30, 2009
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The second half of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off Thursday with performances by a host of New Orleans favorites, including singer and violinist Theresa Andersson and the Little Freddie King Blues Band. The day's closing acts include guitarist Ben Harper, country singer Emmylou Harris and soul singer Marva Wright. (KSLA.com, LA)
MORE: Jazz Fest flaunts its Louisiana roots Apr 28, 2009
"The blood and guts, the skeleton, the heart and soul, the vision and artistic palette are exactly the same," says producer/director Quint Davis, on board since 1970's launch, when Pete Fountain, the Zion Harmonizers, Ellis Marsalis, The Meters, Germaine Bazzle, James Rivers, Henry Butler, Little Freddie King, Lars Edegran and Lionel Ferbos were on the bill. They're all back. (USA Today -- Life)
Bobby Rush encourages Monroe bluesman to solo Mar 30, 2009
"As I talked to him, I found out the other slide players that he's worked with were guys like Elmore James and Freddie King. He said, We'll do this, just the two of us, as a straight acoustic thing.' It was an honor," Sivils said. "I was shocked a little bit."I support him with some rhythm guitar, play a little bit of slide and do the one thing you really do when you play with Bobby Rush, which is stay out of Bobby Rush's way. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
G. Love and Special Sauce in Hampton Beach Mar 28, 2009
Ive been hooked on a lot of Freddie King lately, what great blues guitar player, he said. With new material continuously flowing through the studio, G. Love said he still hopes to collaborate with new artists in the future. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
