Prestige Bluesville

Prestige Bluesville on vinyl: blues from a jazz label

In short: Bluesville was the blues series of the jazz label Prestige, launched in 1959. For it Prestige brought older blues musicians back into the studio and recorded folk-blues duos and blues singers – often in Rudy Van Gelder’s famous studio. The Vinyl Room currently has 9 Prestige Bluesville records.

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What makes Prestige Bluesville special?

Lonnie Johnson, a pioneer of blues guitar since the twenties, is here with “Blues By Lonnie Johnson” and with “Blues & Ballads”, with guitarist Elmer Snowden and bassist Wendell Marshall. Pianist Curtis Jones brings “Trouble Blues”, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee harmonica and guitar on “Down Home Blues”.

Plus Al Smith with “Hear My Blues”, singer Mildred Anderson with “Person To Person” and “No More In Life”, and “Soul Jazz Volume One” by the Prestige All-Stars.

FAQ

What is Prestige Bluesville? The blues series of the jazz label Prestige, from 1959.

Who is Lonnie Johnson? A blues and jazz guitarist who was already recording in the twenties and shaped guitar blues.

Where were the records made? Often in Rudy Van Gelder’s studio in New Jersey.

What do you have on Bluesville? Mostly records from the sixties – 9 records in all.