Alexis Korner - The Original Alexis Korner

Born: 19th April 1928, Paris, France. Died: 1st January 1984, London, England. Alexis Korner was a British blues musician and radio broadcaster. He had travelled with his parents through Switzerland and North Africa before settling in London as a 12 year-old. He grew up listening to the early blues pioneers and his music career as a guitarist and singer really began with engagements in and bands. In 1956, Korner met with whom he founded the famed blues club in Ealing and the band . Their aim was to play 'real' and uncompromising blues (probably the first 'electric British blues' bands) becoming a platform for the careers of , , , , and many others. Davis left in 1963 and Blues Incorporated disbanded in 1967. The following years saw Korner in many bands, most of them short-lived: , and . From the late 1960s Korner toured, often as - for instance with , but mostly with bassist . By the late 1970s, Korner gained recognition as a radio DJ and broadcaster, continuing to record sporadically with bands such as and Snape. His 50th birthday all-star concert was released as . In 1981, he joined the "supergroup" , led by and based on boogie-woogie keyboard players, which featured a rhythm section comprising Jack Bruce and Charlie Watts, among others, as well as a horn section. Korner died from lung cancer in 1984. His daughter (aka ) and son (Nicholas) were musicians, and his other son was a sound engineer.

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