Rico Ferrara
Defining Dee Dee Bridgewater as just a Jazz singer is doing Ms. Bridgewater a disservice to the nth degree. Yes, Bridgewater sings Jazz brilliantly, but she’s so much more...
Rico Ferrara
Author of Blues For A Big Town Blog
ROBERT PALMER – More Than Meets The Eye Originally Posted on October 17, 2021 – Blues For A Big Town “In interviews I hardly ever get asked about music. I do,...
THE WEST SIDE SOUL OF CHICAGO BLUES Originally Posted on August 22, 2021–Blues For A Big Town As told numerous times, the emergence of Urban Blues was a by-product of the...
Nina Simone - The High Priestess of Soul
Posted on January 9, 2022 by Rico Ferrara – Blues For A Big Town Blog, 2022 During the peak of his career in the mid 50’s Prima summed up his appeal in a Downbeat...
Posted on June 19, 2022 by Rico Ferrara – Blues For A Big Town Blog “He’s my favourite Blues singer.” BB King “Bobby Bland was just the man…He had exceptional delivery and...