Big Bear Records
Encyclopedia
Big Bear Records is a British
record label
setup in 1972 by Jim Simpson. It specialises in blues
and jazz
recordings.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
setup in 1972 by Jim Simpson. It specialises in blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
recordings.
Discographical data
- 1972: Eddie "Guitar" BurnsEddie "Guitar" BurnsEddie "Guitar" Burns is an American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter...
: Bottle Up And Go - Action ACMP 100 = BEAR 16 - 1972: Johnny MarsJohnny MarsJohnny Mars is an American electric blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter. Over a long career, Mars has worked with Magic Sam, Earl Hooker, B.B. King, Jesse Fuller, Spencer Davis, Ian Gillan, Do-Re-Mi, Bananarama and Michael Roach.-Biography:####Mars was born in Laurens, South Carolina,...
: Blues From Mars - Polydor 2460 168 = BEAR 17 - 1972: Doctor RossDoctor RossDoctor Ross , aka Doctor Ross, the harmonica boss, was an American blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and drummer — a one-man band— who was born Charles Isaiah Ross, in Tunica, Mississippi....
: Live At Montreux - Polydor 2460 169 = BEAR 18 - 1972: The Mighty FleaGene ConnersGene Conners or Connors was an American trombonist and singer. He was known as "The Mighty Flea"....
: Let The Good Times Roll - Polydor 2460 185 = BEAR 19 - 1973: American Blues Legends '73 - Polydor 2460 186 = BEAR 20
- 1973: Homesick JamesHomesick JamesHomesick James was an American blues musician. He most notably played slide guitar, and recorded covers of "Stones In My Passway" and "Homesick"...
& Snooky Pryor - Caroline C 1502 = BEAR 21 = INT 146.404 = BRP 2002 - 1974: Doctor Ross: The Harmonica Boss - Munich 150 201 = BEAR 2 = INT 146.403 = BRP 2013
- 1974: American Blues Legends '74 - Munich 150 202 = BEAR 1
- 1974: Eddie TaylorEddie TaylorEddie Taylor was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.-Biography:Born Edward Taylor in Benoit, Mississippi, United States, as a boy Taylor taught himself to play the guitar. He spent his early years playing at venues around Leland, Mississippi, where he taught his friend Jimmy Reed to...
: Ready For Eddie - Munich 150 203 = BEAR 6 = INT 146.407 - 1974: Cousin JoeCousin JoeCousin Joe was an American blues and jazz singer, later famous for his 1940s recordings with clarinetist Sidney Bechet and saxophonist Mezz Mezzrow....
: Gospel-Wailing ... Blues Man from New Orleans - BEAR 3 - 1974: Big John WrencherBig John WrencherBig John Wrencher , also known as One Arm John, was an American blues harmonica player and singer, well known for playing on Maxwell Street Market, Chicago in the 1960s, and who later toured Europe in the 1970s.-Biography:...
: Big John's Boogie - BEAR 4 = INT 146.402 - 1975: Mickey BakerMickey BakerMickey Baker, also known as Mickey "Guitar" Baker is an American guitarist...
: Take A Look Inside - BEAR 5 = INT 146.408 - 1975: Eddie "Guitar" Burns: Detroit Blackbottom - BEAR 7
- 1975: American Blues Legends '75 - BEAR 8
- 1975: Willie MabonWillie MabonWillie Mabon was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist.-Career:Born Willie James Mabon, and brought up in Hollywood, Memphis, Tennessee, he had become known as a singer and pianist by the time he moved to Chicago in 1942. He formed a group, the Blues Rockers, and in 1949 began recording...
: The Comeback - BEAR 9 - 1975: Homesick James: Home Sweet Homesick James - BEAR 10
- 1976: Erwin HelferErwin HelferErwin Helfer is an American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist.-Biography:Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, United States, as a child Helfer was more interested in classical music than blues. Helfer was introduced to piano blues as a young teenager growing up in Chicago in the early 1950s...
: Boogie Piano Chicago Style - BEAR 11 = INT 146.401 = BRP 2003 - 1976: Johnny Mars: Oakland Boogie - BEAR 12 = INT 146.405
- 1976: Clark TerryClark TerryClark Terry is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee, and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award...
's Big Band: Live On 57th Street - BEAR 13 - 1976: Snooky Prior: Shake Your Boogie - BEAR 14 = INT 146.406 = BRP 2033
- 1976: Doctor Ross: Jivin' The Blues - BEAR 15 = INT 146.409
- 1976: Muscles - BB 1001 = BEAR 24 = INT 161.400
- 1979: American Blues Legends '79 - BEAR 23 = INT 146.410
- 1980: Claude 'Fiddler' WilliamsClaude Williams (musician)Claude "The Fiddler" Williams was an American jazz violinist and guitarist.Williams was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1908, and by 10 he had learned to play guitar, mandolin, banjo and cello. Upon hearing Joe Venuti play, he was inspired to take up the violin...
: Kansas City Giants - BEAR 25 - 1980: Brum Beat - Live At The Barrel Organ! - BRUM 1
- 1985: M and B Jam Session Volume 1 - BEAR 26
- 1988: Mitchells and Butler's British Jazz Award 1987 - BEAR 27