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Spann, Otis

blues pianist, piano, singer


born: 21 Mar 1930 Belzoni, Mississippi / state, USA Source: 1  

born: 21 Mar 1930 Jackson, Mississippi / state, USA Source: 2,3  
born: ------- 1930 Jackson, Mississippi / state, USA Source: 4  

died: 25 Apr 1970 Chicago, Illinois / state, USA Source: 1  
died: 24 Apr 1970 Chicago, Illinois / state, USA Source: 2,3  

date of Variety obit: 06 May 1970  

The Music Sack has 35 items with information about Otis Spann:


 1999

Personenindex

p. 482-514 In:
Rauhaut, Birgit
Rauhut, Michael
Amiga : die Diskographie aller Rock- und Pop-Produktionen 1964-1990; mit uber 1500 teilweise farbigen Abbildungen
Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 1999, 575 p.

Number of People : 3,286


 1998

Index

The above item is part of :
Larkin, Colin
The encyclopedia of popular music
Third edition
New York: Macmillan, 1998, 8 v.

Number of People : 43,747


 1994

Sonnier, Austin M.
A guide to the blues : history, who's who, research sources
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994, 287 p.

Number of People : 346


 1994

Blues-Les incontournables
Turin: Citanes Jazz Productions, 1994, 237 p.

Number of People : 99


 1993

Artist Index

The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
Novitsky, Ed
The Mercury labels : a discography
Compiled by Michel Ruppli and Ed Novitsky
Vol. V: record and artist indexes
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993, 882 p.

Number of People : 9,175


 1992 Source: 3

Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.

Number of People : 5,680

More Details : (1 Section)


 1992

Debord, Brigitte
Herzhaft, Gerard
Encyclopedia of the blues
Translated by Brigitte Debord
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1992, 513 p.

Number of People : 338


 1990

Arniac, Jean-Pierre
Encyclopedie du blues
Photographies de Jean-Pierre Arniac
Paris: Segherss, 1990

Number of People : 358


 1989

Country Blues-Biographien

p. 161 In:
Moll, Dieter
Das Buch des Blues
Konigswinter: Heel, 1989, 245 p.

Number of People : 94


 1988 Source: 4

Silvester, Peter J.
Harbinson, Denis
A left hand like God : a study of boogie-woogie
With a special contribution from Denis Harbinson
London: Quartet Books, 1988, 324 p.

Number of People : 61


 1987

Ertl, Franz
Soul-Diktionar
Koln: Wilhelm Herbst Verlag, 1987, 180 p.

Number of People : 161


 1986 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1985

Wijngaarden, Kees van
Rohs, Gerard
Spann's muziek.
Block [Netherlands] no. 54 (April/May/June 1985):11-14.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Wijngaarden, Kees van
Otis Spann : de ruggeraat van de Chicago-blues.
Block [Netherlands] no. 54 (April/May/June 1985):5-10.

Number of People : 1


 1983

Pastonesi, Marco
Otis Spann.
Il Blues [Italy] no. 2 (March 1983):5-7.

Number of People : 1


 1983

Artist Index

p. 707-732 In:
Ruppli, Michel
The Chess labels : a discography
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1983., 2 v. (xvi, 733 p.) p.

Number of People : 2,211


 1982

Guralnick, Peter
Lost highway : journeys & arrivals of American musicians
New York: Vintage Books, 1982, 362 p.

Number of People : 31


 1981

Southern, Eileen
Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1981, 478 p.

Number of People : 1,184


 1980

Index

The above item is part of :
Perry, Jeb H.
Variety obits. An index to obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980, 311 p.

Number of People : 101,729


 1979

Harris, Sheldon
Blues who's who
A biographical dictionary of blues singers
New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1979, 775 p.

Number of People : 560


 1979

Guralnick, Peter
Lost Highway : Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians
Boston: David R. Godine, 1979. 362 p.
New York: Vintage Books, 1982. 362 p.

Number of People : 7

More Details : (1 article, 4 reviews)


 1974

Kriss, Eric
Six Blues-Roots Pianists
Down Beat 41 (9 May 1974):33~~
New York: Oak, 1973. 104 p.
       Note: Rev.: Coda (Canada) 3 (1975):32.

Number of People : 6


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1971

Bogaert, Karel
Blues Lexicon : blues, Cajun, boogie woogie, gospel
Antwerp: Standaard Uitgeverij, 1971, 480 p.

Number of People : 556


 1971 Source: 2

Bohlander, Carlo
Holler, Karl Heinz
Reclams Jazzfuhrer
Von Carlo Bohlander und Karl Heinz Holler
Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1971, 991 p.

Number of People : 1,780


 1970

Earl Hooker, Otis Spann & Ishman Bracey.
Blues Unlimited [England] no. 73 (June 1970):14.

Number of People : 1


 1970

Otis Spann.
Living Blues 1, no. 2 (Summer 1970):21.

Number of People : 1


 1969

Harris, Sheldon
Otis Spann : Sweet Giant of the Blues
Flying Dutchman Blues Time BTS-9006, 1969

Number of People : 1


 1966

Feather, Leonard
Lewis, John
The encyclopedia of jazz in the sixties
Foreword by John Lewis
New York: Horizon Press, 1966

Number of People : 1,137


 1965

Welding, Pete
Otis Spann : the Blues Never Die
Prestige 7719, 1965

Number of People : 1


 undated

Welding, Pete
Johnny Young and his Chicago Blues Band, Featuring Otis Spann and James Cotton
Arhoolie F-1029, n.d

Number of People : 1


 undated

Welding, Pete
Otis Spann's Chicago Blues
Testament T-2211, n.d

Number of People : 1


 undated

Demicheal, Don
Otis Spann is the Blues
Barnaby Z-30246, n.d

Number of People : 1


 undated

Oliver, Paul
Otis Spann
Archive of Folk Music FS-216, n.d

Number of People : 1


 undated

Hentoff, Nat
Otis Spann is the Blues
Candid 8001, n.d

Number of People : 1


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