tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44884676466416876722024-03-13T12:05:35.951-04:00Deep Blue Jazz MontrealJohnny Beaudine, saxophone player and Chicago blues and R&B veteran.Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-58270546900402009812020-11-17T18:49:00.000-05:002020-11-17T18:49:22.190-05:00New DirectionsIt's not easy to find something different in the wake of not being able to do what I do, perform.
I've decided to revert back to my studio days and I've rebuilt my home studio. Not to record a band or even music at all but to record podcasts.
I've purchased and installed Harrison Mixbus software on my computer to handle the recording. Mixbus is more complicated than most DAWs (digital audio workstation) so it has a fairly steep learning curve but I think it's worth it. Sounds great.
My podcasts will be mostly but not exclusively about music.
I'm working on the first one now.Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-81303752750561547092020-10-12T16:09:00.001-04:002020-10-12T16:09:46.823-04:00How I'm spending my time during the pandemic
As you all know, Covid 19 has almost killed the music business. Live music is forbidden. Venues are shuttered, many of them forever. Musicians are doing what they can to survive. Some have taken outside work, some as security guards, some work in warehouses. Some have taken to Facebook and some are home in depression. Having one’s profession taken away is a traumatic shock that I, for one, have a tough time getting over.
I’ve done music as a profession for nearly fifty years and to have music banned is hard to handle. I’ve been trying to re-invent myself as something else but the loss of the ability to play holds me back. I have been writing a from of memoir from my years of experience in the music business as player, performer, producer and emgineer. I’ll keep you posted on that.
I’m also rebuilding my studio and plan to record podcasts.
That’s how I’m spending my time these days and while writing and recording are interesting challenges I miss being on stage playing and performing.
Oh well, maybe someday.
Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-40530239403987900482018-06-07T15:30:00.001-04:002018-06-07T15:30:39.033-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxdWx053GhCutzpynleMg_uNwDdnaFGp0npUtUzsl7OEJMMzIOSveNePI8fpXK4B3XJ1aquxGZmtVo-ToPyXcaANFOOwGggbmrYQkWfILF1eHvCSB16InngUOvQl5P9CuieHLVYY2ThHh/s1600/New+DB+Poster+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxdWx053GhCutzpynleMg_uNwDdnaFGp0npUtUzsl7OEJMMzIOSveNePI8fpXK4B3XJ1aquxGZmtVo-ToPyXcaANFOOwGggbmrYQkWfILF1eHvCSB16InngUOvQl5P9CuieHLVYY2ThHh/s400/New+DB+Poster+1.jpg" width="392" height="400" data-original-width="1471" data-original-height="1500" /></a>Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-52746845474663041062018-06-07T15:19:00.001-04:002018-06-07T15:19:15.164-04:00Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-66130925679781656692018-05-23T17:20:00.000-04:002018-05-23T15:28:34.443-04:00Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue - House of Jazz Montreal - Every Monday This Summer<div class="p1">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">We're the original band that brought the fusion of blues and jazz to Montreal. It'</span></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;">’s a band whose members have played with James Cotton, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Big Mama Thornton, Brian Lee, Junior Wells, Nina Simone, Cleanhead Vinson and many other blues and jazz greats</span></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"We come to play". That motto comes from an article written about Chicago musicians. "They don't so much let their hair down as much as they never put it up, they come to play not to pose." Although not everyone in the band is from Chicago, that spirit pervades Deep Blue and all we do as a group.</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: blue;"><i><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">By the way, I loved the diversity among your different songs. You manage to switch from smoother jazz to groovier jazz while still entertaining the audience no matter if a change in the type of jazz occurs. I have to admit the energy you and your group have on the stage is highly contagious!</span>"</b></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black; color: blue;"><b><i style="background-color: white;">Was at The House of Jazz on Aylmer tonight to see <a href="https://www.facebook.com/johnny.beaudine">Johnny Beaudine</a> and The Deep Blue band. Wow!! They were so amazing!!! I highly recommend you catch one of their shows. They usually perform there on Mondays. I can't wait to see them live again soon. Thanks guys for a fantastic evening!!</i></b></span></div>
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Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-66833171185613414402018-05-22T17:51:00.000-04:002018-05-23T14:31:38.806-04:00Johnny Beaudine, Jeff Simons, Pedro Ullman - Sundays House of Jazz Laval<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every Sunday evening at the House of Jazz Laval we present a classic organ trio. Come on out and hear some great blues, Jazz, R&B and some classic tunes done in a gospel style.</span></b>Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-50896879977492302792018-05-22T14:22:00.000-04:002018-05-30T14:38:02.653-04:00A Track From Our New Live Album<b><i><b>This is a track from our new live album recorded at The House of Jazz.We're very proud of this album and you can get a copy from us or the House of Jazz.
The CD contains some of the best of our repertoire and some greats solos from every member of the band</b> </i></b>
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Joe Daley was a Chicago Jazz Legend that taught a number of outstanding jazz musicians.<br />
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<i>Our video of Nat Adderley's "Work Song" the video also features some great shots of Montreal and a very unique view of the House of Jazz. The video came to us in a very unusual way.</i><br />
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Ever hear this one?<br />
An Irish TV producer walks into a bar…<br />
Well one did. He was doing some shooting in Montreal and happened into the House of Jazz. He loved our band and shot some video of Deep Blue and the club. He returned a few days later and gave us this video on a key.<br />
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We'll be at the House of Jazz this Monday, 7:30-11 PM and we'll play "Work Song" and a bunch of other good stuff. Come on down and join us!<br />
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Benny Golson's great hard bop tune, "Whisper Not"
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For the last year or so I've been teaching saxophone and Jazz. I'm happy to say I enjoy teaching and the satisfaction it brings from seeing my students improve.</div>
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Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-87902903227869124582016-02-08T14:44:00.000-05:002016-03-13T15:13:10.422-04:00Here's a new video recorded live at Montreal's House of Jazz. Our very unique version of "Comin'Home Baby"
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Chicago native and old-school tenor/soprano saxman <b>Johnny Beaudine</b> headlines the downtown House of Jazz tonight with his band <a href="http://deepbluejazzmontreal.blogspot.ca/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Deep Blue</span></a>, featuring pianist Peter Mika, bass player Ben Comeau and drummer Jeffrey Simons.</div>
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“What we’re doing here is a kind of blues/jazz I used to see in Chicago,” says Beaudine, who learned to play the harp from his mentors Junior Wells and James Cotton. “Lesser known than the electric Chicago blues scene, which I was a part of, this music is more upscale, with jazz and R&B influences, but was very popular in the black community. I used to hear this music in black clubs like the Burning Spear and the Tropical Hut. More Ray Charles, early Lou Rawls, with touches of Sonny Stitt and Gene Aamons, two of my saxophone heroes. I wanted to do this for years, but you have to have a really good band to even attempt it. Now we do.”</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://deepbluejazzmontreal.blogspot.ca/">Deep Blue</a></span> headlines the House of Jazz (2060 Aylmer St.) every Monday night from 7:30 to 11. Admission: $10. Details: 514-842-8656 or <a href="http://www.houseofjazz.ca/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">www.houseofjazz.ca</span></a>.</div>
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Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-7393702291443498832015-02-28T20:23:00.000-05:002015-03-19T13:37:36.735-04:00Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue - Soprano SaxAs many of you know, I play the soprano sax. My horn is very special, it's a King, made in the late 1920's. It has a very unique sound, at times like a clarinet and other times a bit like a trumpet.<br />
Over the last few years I many hours of practice with that horn to be able to use that sound in blues and especially, jazz. I love the way it fits in with Deep Blue.<br />
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I was watching a DVD today and Kenny G showed up. I wondered, "How many people learned to hate the soprano sax from being forced to listen to Kenny G.<br />
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My new slogan: "Johnny Beaudine, taking the soprano sax back from Kenny G".<br />
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<br />Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-1789269875392702052014-12-22T13:11:00.000-05:002015-01-09T17:26:11.131-05:00Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue -------- The Chi-Town HustlersI recently reconnected with JW Williams, one of the founding members of the Chi-Town Hustlers<br />
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The Chi-Town Hustlers was/is (versions of the band are still active) a Chicago based blues/R&B band that I played and toured with. At the time I was with band, the members of the group came from the bands of BB King, James Cotton and Bobby Bland among others. One of the vocalists in the band is the great J.W. Williams who is still active in the Chicago blues scene. I checked the Chicago Reader music listings recently and you still see J.W. Williams and the Chi-Town Hustlers at clubs like the Kingston Mines.<br />
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One of my favorite Chi-Town Hustler tracks is a jazz/funk version of the War classic "The World is a Ghetto. This track has one of the best tenor sax solos I ever played that actually got recorded. <a href="http://soundcloud.com/deep-blue-1/the-world-is-a-ghetto">Check it out!</a><br />
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In addition to the Chi-Town Hustlers cover of the Meters classic, "Cissy Strut", I also posted<br />
a great cover version by the Hustlers of the Sam Cook classic "Bring it on Home to Me." This track gets quite a bit of play on Soundcloud.<br />
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During my interview on CKUT radio and with Rick Kenne, several tracks by the Chi-Town Hustlers were played, during the course of the interview. They were, "Everyday I Have the Blues", "Rock Me Baby" and "Cissy Strut".<br />
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You can check out these and other Chi-Town Hustler tracks<br />
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Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-38458185705074797282014-12-17T14:22:00.000-05:002014-12-18T14:24:42.254-05:00Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue - House of Jazz - Video<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/1sz7wsQnfjg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-32720060729099323242014-09-18T16:30:00.000-04:002014-09-26T14:26:24.732-04:00Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue - House of Jazz (Laval) - Sept. 20<br />
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<b><i>The Deep Blue gang played at the new House of Jazz (Laval) we were joined by one of our favorites Leanna White, a great soul and jazz singer.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>The new club has a larger stage and a very nice lighting system. The band was greeted happily by the Laval audience even though we're new to the club.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>They broke into applause when Leanna started Etta James classic "At Last" The band was very well received.</i></b><br />
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<br />Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-70470401102144360122014-06-29T21:14:00.000-04:002014-09-02T13:44:37.888-04:00Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue - Montreal Jazz Festival Deep Blue does the Jazz Fest.<br />
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Don't miss this one! The band is geared up, fired up and ready. We'll be joined by Jeff Simons on drums and vocals. With Peter Mika on piano, and Ben Comeau on bass. We'll be putting some extra fire into our "Real Deal" Chicago style jazz and blues with our touch of funky New Orleans.</div>
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"We come to play" is our motto and we'll be playing hard and fast. Make sure to come down to "The House" for a memorable night. You won't regret it.</div>
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<b>We're known as the "Real Deal" because we play hard every night. We'll be kicking it especially hard this Monday.</b></div>
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Come on down and have fun with us.<br />
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<b>House of Jazz - 2060 Aylmer 7:30-11PM. - 514-842-8656</b></div>
Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-74290957275817657952014-03-14T17:24:00.000-04:002014-03-28T13:10:34.407-04:00Rock Me Johnny<a href="http://soundcloud.com/deep-blue-1/rock-me-baby"></a>I'm amazed about this, on my SoundClould page I posted one of the<br />
Chi Town Hustler tracks, Rock Me Baby. I alway liked this<br />
version but I just put it there and didn't really hype it or<br />
anything. I've been surprised at the response It got played often<br />
in the US but also in Lithuania and Venezuela, Columbia, Switzerland,<br />
Brazil, Germany and the UK.<br />
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<a href="http://soundcloud.com/deep-blue-1/rock-me-baby">Click here for Rock Me Baby</a>Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-28030370109730672282014-02-23T13:05:00.000-05:002014-04-27T13:50:14.554-04:00Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue - House of Jazz -Watermelon ManHere's the link to a video of ours, Herbie Handcock's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjtolztS670">"Watermelon Man"</a>Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-20133466725248812832014-02-21T14:59:00.000-05:002014-02-27T15:10:32.588-05:00Johnny Beaudine - Paul ButterfieldPaul Butterfield was one of my heroes. He was a great harp player and led some of the greatest bands of the era.<br />
For a time we were both living in the Hyde Park area of Chicago's south side. I'd see Paul at the corner of 55th and Cornell. Paul was a mythic figure in Chicago. "Butter's" harp playing has heavily influenced my own harp playing over the years. "Butter" was such a hero to us that my friends and I went to the locations where the "East West" album cover photos were taken and did our own versions of the photos.Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-2143898852413462552014-02-10T17:22:00.000-05:002014-02-20T14:07:02.385-05:00Fifty Years Of 'Chicago Blues'Here's the link to an interesting article on some of the guys who blazed the trail that I later followed. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-sigman/chicago-blues-documentary-howlin-wolf_b_2993509.html">Barry Goldberg Fifty Years of "Chicago Blues"</a>Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-54045154629600415992013-12-05T13:01:00.000-05:002013-12-07T18:04:37.297-05:00Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue - House of Jazz - Nov. 29<div class="p1">
The Deep Blue Band played at the House of Jazz stage, Friday Nov. 29. 9:30 PM<br />
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"We'll be introducing a singer new to the Montreal scene. Her name is Elia Soul. She's a great singer with a repertoire that fits perfectly into our Chicago style. She'll sing jazz standards and blues. This is a show not to be missed."<br />
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That was what I wrote. On that Friday, we did on of our best shows ever. Eilia did a great job and the crowd loved it.<br />
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Two weeks ago, a guy from Chicago came in for the weekend and naturally he visited the House of Jazz. He frequents Chicago's famous Green Mill Jazz Club (so did Al Capone). He saw our band and joked, "I come from Chicago to Montreal, go to a club and what do I see, another Chicago band." When we say the "Real Deal" we mean it!<br />
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Jazz influenced Chicago blues is not the most well known of Chicago styles of music but it's great fun to play and hear. We're the only group in Montreal that presents this style and we've become very good at it. We keep adding new material and refining our show. Last week we added a swingin' version of "What Is This Thing Called Love" and a very bluesy version of "Stormy Weather". That's why we call it the "real deal". Our sound reflects the energy and intensity Chicago musicians are famous for. Our Monday night shows reflect Chicago's famous Blue Monday sessions. Clubs that featured this music dotted the south side of Chicago. Among them were the "Tropical Hut", and the "Burning Spear" & currently, the Green Mill Lounge.<br />
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Deep Blue (Johnny Beaudine, Peter Mika, Gary McKenzie, Snooky Alston)<br />
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House of Jazz - 2060 Alymer 514-842-8856<br />
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You can find our video of "Work Song" on the House of Jazz website as well as a complete listing of our shows there. (House of Jazz.Ca)<br />
Here's the link for Deep Blues " <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wk_4Y6w2pk&feature=youtu.be">Work Song</a>".Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4488467646641687672.post-61803941674048431412013-09-10T14:31:00.000-04:002013-09-19T13:59:38.729-04:00Johnny Beaudine and Deep Blue - House of Jazz - CKUTHere's the link to my recent radio interview on CKUT radio. There's a few cuts from the Chi-Town Hustlers and I tell some stories about the legendary blues artists I had the great pleasure to both work with and know such as James Cotton, Otis Rush and Junior Wells. I'm looking forward to another interview.<br />
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<a href="https://soundcloud.com/deep-blue-1/jb-interview">Johnny Beaudine interview on CKUT</a>Johnny B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07633262436158452058noreply@blogger.com