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"Corky Siegel is a phenomenon" WASHINGTON POST
"They Love Corky Siegel in Lincoln Center" NEW YORK TIMES
"National treasure" DOWNBEAT
"A masterpiece of profound proportions" GOLDMINE
"A piano and harmonica virtuoso of remarkable invention and wit." BILLBOARD
"Corky Siegel is a phenomenon" WASHINGTON POST "They Love Corky Siegel in Lincoln Center" NEW YORK TIMES "National treasure" DOWNBEAT "A masterpiece of profound proportions" GOLDMINE "A piano and harmonica virtuoso of remarkable invention and wit." BILLBOARD
About Corky Siegel
SHORT BIO - for a long history music (60 years and counting)
Corky Siegel is known internationally as one of the worlds great blues harmonica players, blues pianist, singer-songwriter, creator of CHAMBER BLUES and the sole pioneer/composer of award-winning revolutionary works that weave blues and classical forms together. Co-founder of the SIEGEL-SCHWALL BAND, and Blues Hall of Fame Inductee, Corky Siegel has a catalogue of recordings on RCA, Vanguard, Alligator, and million selling blues/classical recordings on the iconic classical label Deutsche Grammophon. His close associations with the blues masters in the earlier days of Chicago blues, his essential part in the blues rock revolution, and his surprising success in bringing together blues and classical audiences make him a pivotal (though inconspicuous) figure in modern music history. “underappreciated national treasure” - DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE. Full Bio: CORKY SIEGEL BIO
1966 Wolf invited the band on the road - Left to right: Siegel-Schwall’s bass player, Jack Myers, Schwall, Howlin’ Wolf, Corky on Wolf’s knee, and drummer Russ Chadwick. Also in 1966 Siegel-Schwall was invited to perform with the Chicago Symphony. This is a July 1968 photo of Corky with harmonica, composer William Russo, and Maestro Seiji Ozawa, at Ravina for a rehearsal with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This was the first time Symphonic Blues was performed.
CHAMBER BLUES
“For more than half a century, Corky Siegel has brought new colors to the blues ...to bridge musical genres and cultural divides, making the world slightly smaller and kinder “ Steven Wine - ASSOCIATED PRESS More
Kalyan, Corky, Jaime, Chihsuan, Jocelyn, Doyle
SINGER-SONGWRITER
“A piano and harmonica virtuoso of remarkable invention and wit” - BILLBOARD ...More
SYMPHONIC BLUES
A grand success in a multitude of ways; box office, new audience, and artistically … A remarkable virtuoso, a refined musician with imagination … I would go as far as to call him a poet … The music he makes is like witnessing a miracle. – LA PRESSE - Montréal Symphony …More
REMEMBERING SIEGEL-SCHWALL 1965-2016
With Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Sam Lay and the one and only Rollo Radford. They knock everybody flat"- ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE ...More
GLOBAL FUSION with Dr. L. Subarmaniam
Corky Siegel, Jerry Watts, Dr. L. S. Kavita Krishnamurty, drummer, Ambi Suramaniam, Larry Coryell
Corky Siegel is featured on Dr. L. Subramaniam’s 2026 release of Beyond Borders with Stephane Grappelli, Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ernie Watts, Herbie Hancock, Larry Coryell, Hubert Laws, and Bindu Subramaniam.
