Sunnyland Slim was one of the key figures in Chicago blues history, one who became a legend long before he died but who really never became a star. The pianist had a prolific recording career that ...

A key figure in turning the blues from a rural to an urban art form, Sunnyland Slim was not just a true embodiment of a pure Mississippi Delta piano style but an innovator of a new kind of blues.

”I want everyone here to limber up a bit-I see one guy in the audience who looks like he`s at a wake,” saxophonist Von Freeman teased the crowd at the Lincolnwood Public Library. ”This is not the ...

Blues musician Albert Luandrew, known as “Sunnyland Slim,” who brought his percussive piano style and soulful voice to Chicago from the Mississippi Delta, died late Friday. He was 87. Mr. Luandrew ...

Browse Sunnyland Slim movies, appearances, and specials.Spy series ‘Slow Horses’ returns for its fourth season in all its sweary glory. The series,... 75 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ...

The Chicago blues can be wielded with a guitar or through the keys of a piano. Pianist Sunnyland Slim's 100th birthday will be noted and celebrated this Sunday at the Chicago Blues Festival. Sunnyland ...

Sunnyland Slim, 87, a legendary blues pianist who helped power the raucous Chicago sound, died Friday in Chicago, Alligator Records announced. Slim, also a singer and composer, was awarded a National ...