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Christian Willisohn, born in 1962 in Munich, is a most
remarkable piano blues and boogie virtuoso. Uncountable club
appearances, numerous festivals ( such as Montreux, Ascona, Nyon,
Burghausen, New Orleans, Chicago) exposed him to a steadily growing
audience of piano music fans. His work with such blues artists as
Zora Young, Aron Burton,
Memphis Slim, Lillian Boutt‚,
Louisiana Red, Vince Weber enhanced
his reputation in Europe and The United States. Christian Willisohn
plays honest music. His early inspirations were
Meade Lux Lewis,
Albert Ammons, Jimmy Yancey, Kansas-City styled Pete Johnson. He is also
stretching out into the music of the great Harlem stride pianists, like
Fats Waller and Willie "The Lion" Smith. Christian is not copying his
idols; his energy is pointed towards the mood of a piece, the spirit and
the flow of the music - this way connecting with it and developing his
own identity. After having recorded with other blues artists,
Boogie
Woogie And Some Blues is the debut album under his own name. |