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Mark Naftalin
Mark (* 1944) is a blues keyboardist, recording artist, composer, and record producer.
He moved to Chicago in 1961, and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1964. Mar
first played there with blues harmonica player Paul Butterfield and guitarist Elvin Bishop,
the nucleus of what was to become the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Mark then came to prominence
as the keyboard player in the Butterfield Blues Band, from 1965-1968.
In the late 1960s, Mark went out on his own, settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. There he put together the Mark Naftalin "Rhythm & Blues Revue" and has been active in blues and rock recording sessions, solo gigs and revue shows, and as a producer of concerts, festivals and radio shows. He played as a duo with fellow Butterfield bandsman Mike Bloomfield. He also played in a band Mike Bloomfield & Friends from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. He hosted Mark Naftalin's Blue Monday Party, a weekly blues show (1979-1983) that featured over 60 blues artists and groups and was the scene of 86 live radio broadcasts and three TV specials. Naftalin has produced the Marin County Blues Festival (1981-2000), and has been the associate producer of the Monterey Jazz Festival's "Blues Afternoon" (1982-1991). His weekly radio show, Mark Naftalin's Blues Power Hour has been on the air almost continuously since 1979 on San Francisco's radio KALW-FM. Naftalin co-founded the Blue Monday Foundation and, in 1988, started his own label, Winner Records, which has issued recordings by artists including Paul Butterfield and Percy Mayfield. He continued to perform, both solo and in an ensemble, in the Bay area and elsewhere, often with longtime associate slide guitarist, Ron Thompson. In the 1970s he appeared on two albums by Quicksilver Messenger Service. Naftalin has also recorded with many blues players including John Lee Hooker, Otis Rush, Percy Mayfield, Lowell Fulson, Big Joe Turner, James Cotton, Mike Bloomfield, Jake Walker and Van Morrison, and as a sideman on over 100 albums. He played keyboards on the first Mother Earth album, Living With the Animals (1968) and was credited as co-producer and arranger. Naftalin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 as an early member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. from Wikipedia |
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Saint Dominic's Preview Warner Brothers WB46172 released 1972 recorded in Hollywood, CA and San Francisco, CA/USA |
Van Morrison, guitar, keyboards, sax, vocals Jules Broussard, sax Rolf Houston, sax Jack Schroer, sax, piano Pat O'Hara, horn, trombone Ron Elliott, guitar John McFee, guitar Doug Messenger, guitar Ronnie Montrose, guitar, vocals Mark Jordan, piano Tom Salisbury, keyboards, organ, piano Bernie Krause, synthesizer Mark Naftalin, synthesizer, organ, piano Gary Mallaber, vibes, drums, percussion Bill Church, bass Leroy Vinnegar, bass Lee Charlton, drums Connie Kay, drums Rick Schlosser, drums Janet Planet, vocals Ellen Schroer, vocals Mark Springer, vocals |
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Best Of The Verve Years Verve Records 527 371-2 released 1995 Tracks 1-11: recorded March 1967 in New York City/USA. Tracks 12-18: recorded February 1968 in New York City/USA Tracks 19-20: recorded December 1968 in New York City/USA |
James Cotton, harmonica, vocals Bill "Stomak" Nugent, alto sax Gene Barge, tenor sax David "Fathead" Newman, baritone sax Delbert Hill, baritone sax McKinley Easton, baritone sax Louis Satterfield, trombone John Watson, trombone Paul Serrano, trumpet Luther Tucker, guitar Alberto Gianquinto, piano Mark Naftalin, organ, piano Robert Anderson, bass, vocals Francis Clay, drums Sam Lay, drums |
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The Best Of Tracy Nelson / Mother Earth Reprise Records 9 46232-2 compilation |
Tracy Nelson, vocals, piano Link Davis jr., alto sax Martin Fierro, alto sax, tenor sax Joe Arnold, tenor sax Frank Morin, tenor sax Aaron Varnell, tenor sax Ronnie Eades, baritone sax Bob Salisbury, baritone sax Ron Taormina, baritone sax Gerald Richardson, trombone Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, trumpet John Andrews, guitar Michael Bloomfield, guitar Bob Cardwell, guitar Jack Lee, guitar Boz Scaggs, guitar James Day, pedal steel Ben Keith, dobro Clay Cotton, organ, piano Barry Goldberg, organ Andy McMahon, organ, piano Mark Naftalin, organ, piano Hargus "Pig" Robbins, organ Sammy Dodge, fiddle Johnny Gimble, fiddle Bob Arthur, bass Tim Drummond, bass Steve Mendel, bass Dave Zettner, bass Lonnie Castille, drums Karl Himmel, drums George Rains, drums Farrell Morris, percussion |
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An Anthology: The Elektra Years Elektra 62124-2 compilation |
Paul Butterfield, flute, guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals David Sanborn, soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax Brother Gene Dinwiddie, tenor sax, flute, vocals Trevor Lawrence, baritone sax Keith Johnson, trumpet Steve Madaio, trumpet Howard "Buzz" Feiten, French horn, guitar Elvin Bishop, guitar Ralph Wash, guitar Michael Bloomfield, guitar, Hammond organ, piano Ted Harris, piano Al Kooper, organ Mark Naftalin, organ, piano Jerome Arnold, bass Rod Hicks, bass Bugsy Maugh, bass, vocals Billy Davenport, drums, percussion George Davidson, drums Sam Lay, drums Dennis Whitted, drums Phillip Wilson, drums, percussion, vocals Big Black, congas Bobbye Hall, bongos, congas |
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Skunkmello Red House Records RHR CD 192 recorded in Rhinebeck, NY and Gallatin, NY/USA |
Guy Davis, guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals Walt Michael, guitar, mandolin Nerak Roth Patterson, guitar John Platania, guitar T-Bone Wolk, banjo, accordion, organ Mark Naftalin, organ, piano Mark Murphy, bass Gary Burke, drums |
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