⬇️ OTIS SPANN ⬇️
DISCOGRAPHY 1960-2024 (67CD)
BIOGRAPHY
Otis Spann (March 21, 1930 – April 24, 1970) was an American blues
musician, who many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues
pianist.
Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, Spann became known for his
distinct piano style.
Born to Frank Houston Spann and Josephine Erby. One of five children -
three boys and two girls. His father played piano, non professionally,
while his mother had played guitar with Memphis Minnie.
Spann began playing piano by age of eight, influenced by his local
ivories stalwart, Friday Ford.
At the age of 14, he was playing in bands around Jackson, finding more
inspiration in the 78s of Big Maceo Merriweather, who took the young
pianist under his wing once Spann migrated to Chicago in 1946.
Other sources say that he moved to Chicago when his mother died in 1947
playing the Chicago club circuit and working as a plasterer. Spann
gigged on his own, and with guitarist Morris Pejoe, working a regular
spot at the Tic Toc Lounge before hooking up with Muddy Waters in
1952.... (Wikipedia)