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Jaik Willis lives in Chicago. Jaik Willis is f*cking brilliant. "Jaik is a hardcore troubador somewhere inbetween Steve Earle and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. He has wandered around the USA like a modern minstrel, surfing sofas, car camping, and paying dues to sing the blues. It is a high energy solo show featuring Jaik's horn-like voice darting around a blistering broken-string approach to his acoustic flying V guitar, with original songs that are accessible, and message driven" - (Chicago Jams 2005) A nationally touring performer based in the Chicago area, Jaik has shared bills with artists such as the Drovers,...

The Willis Brothers were a country music ensemble from Oklahoma, consisting of several brothers. Three of the Willis brothers (James, Charles, and Joe) played together as teenagers from the early 1930s under the name Oklahoma Wranglers. They were regulars on Shawnee, Oklahoma station KGEF through the decade, but in 1939, Joe married and left the group. John (Vic) joined, and soon after the group moved to Kansas City, where they appeared on the Brush Street Follies through 1942. All three members fought in World War II separately, preventing them from continuing as a group until war's end, but in 1946...

Ralph Willis (1910 – June 11, 1957) was an American Piedmont and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. Some of his Savoy records were released under pseudonyms, such as Alabama Slim, Washboard Pete and Sleepy Joe. Biography Willis was born near Birmingham, Alabama. In the late 1930s, Willis moved to North Carolina and started to play along with musicians who were familiar with Blind Boy Fuller. Willis recorded his debut material in 1944, and continued until 1953, issuing fifty tracks via several record labels including Savoy, Signature, 20th Century, Abbey, Jubilee, Prestige, Par, and King Records. Similar to Gabriel Brown,...

Willis "Gatortail" Jackson - тенор саксофонист начавший свои исполнительскую карьеру в Майами во Флориде. В период 1948-1955 гг. работал с Cootie Williams. Замечательный импровизатор, своё прозвище "Gatortail" получил после исполнения композиции "Gator Tail", особо удачная композиция музыкантов 1948 года. Известен как сессионный музыкант, исполнял R&B и soul jazz. с 1950 года Willis работает как лидер и сотрудничает с Рут Браун в течение восьми лет. Сотрудничает с Prestige recordings, работает вплоть до 80-х годов. Сотрудничает с Jack McDuff и Pat Martino. Экспериментирует со стилем ska. Умер 25 октября 1987 года в Нью -Йорке. .

Christopher Willis (born 1978) is a British composer. He is the composer of the music to the 2013 Disney Mickey Mouse Shorts, and co-composer (with Rupert Gregson-Williams) of the music to the HBO comedy series Veep. He has also written music for a number of film scores (credited with "additional music") with several other film composers including Carter Burwell, Harry Gregson-Williams, and Henry Jackman. His filmography includes The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Winnie the Pooh, X-Men: First Class, Shrek Forever After, Grown Ups, You Don't Mess With The Zohan and Veep. .