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Cornell Luther Dupree December 19 1942 – May 8 2011 Was An American Jazz And Rhythm & Blues Guitarist. He Worked At Various Times With Bill Withers Donny Hathaway King Curtis And Steve Gadd Appeared On David Letterman And Wrote A Book On Soul And Rhythm & Blues Guitar. He Reputedly Recorded On 2 500 Sessions. Dupree Was Born And Raised In Fort Worth Texas Where He Graduated From I.M. Terrell High School. Dupree Began His Career Playing In The Atlantic Records Studio Band Recording On Albums By Aretha Franklin Aretha Live At Fillmore West And King Curtis As A Member Of Curtis's Band "The King Pins" Having Grown Up With King Curtis In Fort Worth . He Appeared On The 1969 Lena Horne And Gábor Szabó Recording And On Recordings With Archie Shepp Grover Washington Jr. Snooky Young And Miles Davis.
He Was A Founding Member Of The Band Stuff Which Featured Fellow Guitarist Eric Gale Richard Tee On Keyboards Steve Gadd And Chris Parker On Drums And Gordon Edwards On Bass. Dupree And Tee Recorded Together On Many Occasions. Notable Albums Include The Aforementioned Aretha And King Curtis Records Plus Joe Cocker's Stingray And Luxury You Can Afford Plus Cornell's Solo Albums Teasin' Saturday Night Fever Instrumental Shadow Dancing Can't Get Through Coast To Coast Uncle Funky Child's Play Bop 'n' Blues And Unstuffed. He Played On Brook Benton's "Rainy Night In Georgia" And "Please Send Me Someone To Love" And Is Featured On Two Tracks Of Peter Wolf's 1998 Album Fool's Parade. He Is Also Known For Playing The Opening Guitar Riff On Aretha Franklin's "Respect".
In December 1972 The UK Music Magazine NME Reported That Dupree Along With Roberta Flack And Jerry Jemmott Had Been Injured In An Auto Accident In Manhattan.
In Later Years Dupree Used A Fender "red-Knob" Twin Reverb And Played A Yamaha Signature Guitar Called The Dupree Super Jam It Used To Be A Model Similar To The SJ-550 HM But Now Is Closer To A Three-Pickup Pacifica With A Maple Neck .
In 2009 Dupree Appeared In A Documentary Entitled Still Bill Which Chronicled The Life And Times Of Bill Withers. He Appeared On Stage Playing A Guitar-Led Version Of Grandma's Hands. Bill Withers At First Was Sitting In The Audience But Ended Up Joining Him On Stage To Sing The Lyrics To The Song. In This Part Of The Documentary Dupree Played His Guitar On A Stool Breathing Using An Oxygen Machine Which Foretold His Suffering From Emphysema.
Dupree Died On May 8 2011 At His Home In Fort Worth Texas. He Had Been Waiting For A Lung Transplant As A Result Of Suffering From Emphysema. Book Rhythm And Blues Guitar ISBN 0-634-00149-3 2 A Veteran Of Over 2 500 Recording Sessions Guitarist Cornell Dupree Worked Most Prolifically In R&B And Blues But He Was Equally At Home In Jazz Particularly Funky Fusion And Soul-Jazz. Dupree Was Born In Fort Worth TX In 1942 And By The Age Of 20 Was Playing In King Curtis' R&B Group. He Became A Session Musician Soon After Playing On Brook Benton's "Rainy Night In Georgia " As Well As Records By Stars Like Lou Rawls Paul Simon Barbra Streisand Harry Belafonte Lena Horne Roberta Flack Joe Cocker Michael Bolton Mariah Carey And Countless Others. Dupree Was Also A Member Of Aretha Franklin's Touring Band From 1967-1976 And During That Time Also Became A Presence On Many Jazz-Funk Recordings The Sort That Would Find Favor With Rare Groove And Acid Jazz Fans In The Years To Come. Dupree's First Jazz Session As A Leader Was 1974's Teasin' Which Was Followed By Saturday Night Fever In 1977 And Shadow Dancing In 1978. During The Same Period Dupree Was A Member Of The Studio-Musician Fusion Supergroup Stuff Which Signed With Warner Bros. In 1975 And Recorded Four Albums. They Also Reunited Periodically In The '80s And Spawned A Mid-'80s Spin-Off Group Called The Gadd Gang Which Dupree Also Belonged To. Some Of Dupree's Most Rewarding Jazz Albums Came In The Late '80s And Early '90s 1988's Coast To Coast Was Nominated For A Grammy And Funky Sessions Like 1991's Can't Get Through 1992's Live Uncle Funky And 1993's Child's Play Received Positive Reviews. 1994's Bop 'n' Blues Was His Most Straight-Ahead Jazz Album Also Ranking As One Of His Best. ~ Steve Huey
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Cornell Luther Dupree December 19 1942 – May 8 2011 Was An American Jazz And Rhythm & Blues Guitarist. He Worked At Various Times With Bill Withers Donny Hathaway King Curtis And Steve Gadd Appeared On David Letterman And Wrote A Book On Soul And Rhythm & Blues Guitar. He Reputedly Recorded On 2 500 Sessions. Dupree Was Born And Raised In Fort Worth Texas Where He Graduated From I.M. Terrell High School. Dupree Began His Career Playing In The Atlantic Records Studio Band Recording On Albums By Aretha Franklin Aretha Live At Fillmore West And King Curtis As A Member Of Curtis's Band "The King Pins" Having Grown Up With King Curtis In Fort Worth . He Appeared On The 1969 Lena Horne And Gábor Szabó Recording And On Recordings With Archie Shepp Grover Washington Jr. Snooky Young And Miles Davis.
He Was A Founding Member Of The Band Stuff Which Featured Fellow Guitarist Eric Gale Richard Tee On Keyboards Steve Gadd And Chris Parker On Drums And Gordon Edwards On Bass. Dupree And Tee Recorded Together On Many Occasions. Notable Albums Include The Aforementioned Aretha And King Curtis Records Plus Joe Cocker's Stingray And Luxury You Can Afford Plus Cornell's Solo Albums Teasin' Saturday Night Fever Instrumental Shadow Dancing Can't Get Through Coast To Coast Uncle Funky Child's Play Bop 'n' Blues And Unstuffed. He Played On Brook Benton's "Rainy Night In Georgia" And "Please Send Me Someone To Love" And Is Featured On Two Tracks Of Peter Wolf's 1998 Album Fool's Parade. He Is Also Known For Playing The Opening Guitar Riff On Aretha Franklin's "Respect".
In December 1972 The UK Music Magazine NME Reported That Dupree Along With Roberta Flack And Jerry Jemmott Had Been Injured In An Auto Accident In Manhattan.
In Later Years Dupree Used A Fender "red-Knob" Twin Reverb And Played A Yamaha Signature Guitar Called The Dupree Super Jam It Used To Be A Model Similar To The SJ-550 HM But Now Is Closer To A Three-Pickup Pacifica With A Maple Neck .
In 2009 Dupree Appeared In A Documentary Entitled Still Bill Which Chronicled The Life And Times Of Bill Withers. He Appeared On Stage Playing A Guitar-Led Version Of Grandma's Hands. Bill Withers At First Was Sitting In The Audience But Ended Up Joining Him On Stage To Sing The Lyrics To The Song. In This Part Of The Documentary Dupree Played His Guitar On A Stool Breathing Using An Oxygen Machine Which Foretold His Suffering From Emphysema.
Dupree Died On May 8 2011 At His Home In Fort Worth Texas. He Had Been Waiting For A Lung Transplant As A Result Of Suffering From Emphysema. Book Rhythm And Blues Guitar ISBN 0-634-00149-3 2 A Veteran Of Over 2 500 Recording Sessions Guitarist Cornell Dupree Worked Most Prolifically In R&B And Blues But He Was Equally At Home In Jazz Particularly Funky Fusion And Soul-Jazz. Dupree Was Born In Fort Worth TX In 1942 And By The Age Of 20 Was Playing In King Curtis' R&B Group. He Became A Session Musician Soon After Playing On Brook Benton's "Rainy Night In Georgia " As Well As Records By Stars Like Lou Rawls Paul Simon Barbra Streisand Harry Belafonte Lena Horne Roberta Flack Joe Cocker Michael Bolton Mariah Carey And Countless Others. Dupree Was Also A Member Of Aretha Franklin's Touring Band From 1967-1976 And During That Time Also Became A Presence On Many Jazz-Funk Recordings The Sort That Would Find Favor With Rare Groove And Acid Jazz Fans In The Years To Come. Dupree's First Jazz Session As A Leader Was 1974's Teasin' Which Was Followed By Saturday Night Fever In 1977 And Shadow Dancing In 1978. During The Same Period Dupree Was A Member Of The Studio-Musician Fusion Supergroup Stuff Which Signed With Warner Bros. In 1975 And Recorded Four Albums. They Also Reunited Periodically In The '80s And Spawned A Mid-'80s Spin-Off Group Called The Gadd Gang Which Dupree Also Belonged To. Some Of Dupree's Most Rewarding Jazz Albums Came In The Late '80s And Early '90s 1988's Coast To Coast Was Nominated For A Grammy And Funky Sessions Like 1991's Can't Get Through 1992's Live Uncle Funky And 1993's Child's Play Received Positive Reviews. 1994's Bop 'n' Blues Was His Most Straight-Ahead Jazz Album Also Ranking As One Of His Best. ~ Steve Huey read less
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He Was A Founding Member Of The Band Stuff Which Featured Fellow Guitarist Eric Gale Richard Tee On Keyboards Steve Gadd And Chris Parker On Drums And Gordon Edwards On Bass. Dupree And Tee Recorded Together On Many Occasions. Notable Albums Include The Aforementioned Aretha And King Curtis Records Plus Joe Cocker's Stingray And Luxury You Can Afford Plus Cornell's Solo Albums Teasin' Saturday Night Fever Instrumental Shadow Dancing Can't Get Through Coast To Coast Uncle Funky Child's Play Bop 'n' Blues And Unstuffed. He Played On Brook Benton's "Rainy Night In Georgia" And "Please Send Me Someone To Love" And Is Featured On Two Tracks Of Peter Wolf's 1998 Album Fool's Parade. He Is Also Known For Playing The Opening Guitar Riff On Aretha Franklin's "Respect".
In December 1972 The UK Music Magazine NME Reported That Dupree Along With Roberta Flack And Jerry Jemmott Had Been Injured In An Auto Accident In Manhattan.
In Later Years Dupree Used A Fender "red-Knob" Twin Reverb And Played A Yamaha Signature Guitar Called The Dupree Super Jam It Used To Be A Model Similar To The SJ-550 HM But Now Is Closer To A Three-Pickup Pacifica With A Maple Neck .
In 2009 Dupree Appeared In A Documentary Entitled Still Bill Which Chronicled The Life And Times Of Bill Withers. He Appeared On Stage Playing A Guitar-Led Version Of Grandma's Hands. Bill Withers At First Was Sitting In The Audience But Ended Up Joining Him On Stage To Sing The Lyrics To The Song. In This Part Of The Documentary Dupree Played His Guitar On A Stool Breathing Using An Oxygen Machine Which Foretold His Suffering From Emphysema.
Dupree Died On May 8 2011 At His Home In Fort Worth Texas. He Had Been Waiting For A Lung Transplant As A Result Of Suffering From Emphysema. Book Rhythm And Blues Guitar ISBN 0-634-00149-3 2 A Veteran Of Over 2 500 Recording Sessions Guitarist Cornell Dupree Worked Most Prolifically In R&B And Blues But He Was Equally At Home In Jazz Particularly Funky Fusion And Soul-Jazz. Dupree Was Born In Fort Worth TX In 1942 And By The Age Of 20 Was Playing In King Curtis' R&B Group. He Became A Session Musician Soon After Playing On Brook Benton's "Rainy Night In Georgia " As Well As Records By Stars Like Lou Rawls Paul Simon Barbra Streisand Harry Belafonte Lena Horne Roberta Flack Joe Cocker Michael Bolton Mariah Carey And Countless Others. Dupree Was Also A Member Of Aretha Franklin's Touring Band From 1967-1976 And During That Time Also Became A Presence On Many Jazz-Funk Recordings The Sort That Would Find Favor With Rare Groove And Acid Jazz Fans In The Years To Come. Dupree's First Jazz Session As A Leader Was 1974's Teasin' Which Was Followed By Saturday Night Fever In 1977 And Shadow Dancing In 1978. During The Same Period Dupree Was A Member Of The Studio-Musician Fusion Supergroup Stuff Which Signed With Warner Bros. In 1975 And Recorded Four Albums. They Also Reunited Periodically In The '80s And Spawned A Mid-'80s Spin-Off Group Called The Gadd Gang Which Dupree Also Belonged To. Some Of Dupree's Most Rewarding Jazz Albums Came In The Late '80s And Early '90s 1988's Coast To Coast Was Nominated For A Grammy And Funky Sessions Like 1991's Can't Get Through 1992's Live Uncle Funky And 1993's Child's Play Received Positive Reviews. 1994's Bop 'n' Blues Was His Most Straight-Ahead Jazz Album Also Ranking As One Of His Best. ~ Steve Huey read less
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