THE CHESS PROJECT
Blues • United States
Jazz music community with review and forums
On the groundbreaking new collection ‘New Moves’, Marshall Chess and Jamar Chess team with producer Keith LeBlanc to dive into their family’s hallowed Chess Records vault; offering stunning reinterpretations of Chess’ blues legends, many of whom Marshall worked with firsthand. Featuring The Chess Project - a band hand-recruited by LeBlanc with Marshall and Jamar - the album highlights world class musicians who’ve backed artists like James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner as they reimagine Chess gems first recorded by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Memphis Slim, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson and more.
The Chess family are clearly no strangers to a trailblazing path. After spending his early years alongside his father and uncle in Chicago studios and record pressing plants, Marshall Chess made his mark at the family label in the late '60s with his own label Cadet Concept producing the groundbreaking albums Electric Mud (Muddy Waters) and Rotary Connection
read more...
Thanks to snobb for the addition
THE CHESS PROJECT Online Videos
See all THE CHESS PROJECT videos
Buy THE CHESS PROJECT music
More places to buy jazz & THE CHESS PROJECT music
THE CHESS PROJECT Discography
THE CHESS PROJECT albums / top albums
THE CHESS PROJECT EPs & splits
THE CHESS PROJECT live albums
THE CHESS PROJECT demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)
THE CHESS PROJECT re-issues & compilations
![]()
THE CHESS PROJECT singles (0)
THE CHESS PROJECT movies (DVD, Blu-Ray or VHS)
THE CHESS PROJECT Reviews
No THE CHESS PROJECT music reviews posted yet.
THE CHESS PROJECT Movies Reviews
No THE CHESS PROJECT movie reviews posted yet.
THE CHESS PROJECT Shouts
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!