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Artist: David Maxwell
 
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Mr. B

Worked With:

Michael Ward, Pinetop Perkins, Per Hanson, Bob Margolin, Ronnie Earl, James Cotton

Formal Connection With:

Watermelon Slim
  • Born: March 10, 1950, Waltham, MA
  • Active: '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Blues
  • Instrument: Piano
  • Representative Albums: "Maximum Blues Piano," "Max Attack," "Max Attack"

Biography

Pianist David Maxwell has been a part of the Boston blues scene as a sideman since the late 1960s, but has only in the '90s begun leading his own band and recording under his own name.

Maxwell took some of his early stylistic cues from the likes of Spann, Sunnyland Slim and Pinetop Perkins, also listening to the recordings of Big Maceo, Ray Charles and Memphis Slim; he became friendly with Muddy Waters' longtime piano player, Otis Spann, in the late 1960s.

Maxwell went on to back many great players over the years, including Freddie King, whom he worked with for two years in the early 1970s; Bonnie Raitt, whom he worked with in 1974 and '75, while she was still based in Boston; and James Cotton from 1977 to 1979. He toured Europe and Japan with Otis Rush in the 1990s, and has performed over the years with dozens of others, including John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Rogers, Paul Oscher, Hubert Sumlin, Bob Margolin, John Primer and Ronnie Earl. He has joined many of these same people on their studio efforts, including Cotton for his 1997 Grammy-winning Deep in the Blues. Maxwell also can be heard on the soundtrack to the movie Fried Green Tomatoes with longtime Boston musicians Ronnie Earl and Peter Wolf.

Maxwell's debut record for Tone-Cool, Maximum Blues Piano, is a collection of instrumental tunes that showcase many of the Boston scene's veteran players: Ronnie Earl and Duke Levine on guitars, Kaz Kazanoff and Gordon Beadle on saxophones, drummer Marty Richards and bassist Marty Ballou. Echoes of all of his influences can be heard throughout the tracks, including Pete Johnson on "Down at A.J.'s Place," and Otis Spann on "Deep Into It." ~ Richard Skelly, All Music Guide
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Political Biography: David Patrick Maxwell-Fyfe
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(b. Edinburgh, 29 May 1900; d. 27 Jan. 1967) British; Home Secretary 1951 – 4, Lord Chancellor 1954 – 62; Kt. 1942, Viscount Kilmuir 1954, Earl 1962 Educated at George Watsons' College and Balliol College, Oxford, Maxwell-Fyfe was a distinguished barrister before being elected to parliament as Conservative MP for the West Derby division of Liverpool in 1935. He was appointed Solicitor-General in 1942 and Attorney-General in 1945, serving subsequently as Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg war trials (1945 – 6). In Opposition, he chaired a party committee that produced a report — the Maxwell-Fyfe Report — that opened up candidatures to those without personal fortunes. Churchill appointed him to the Cabinet in 1951 as Home Secretary and Minister for Welsh Affairs and three years later made him Lord Chancellor. He held the post for eight years, before becoming one of the principal victims of Macmillan's "Night of the Long Knives" in 1962, the speed of his removal from office taking him by surprise. He subsequently held various business appointments before his death in 1967.

Though he contributed to a significant reform of the Conservative Party, he was neither a reforming Home Secretary nor Lord Chancellor, adopting a highly traditionalist stance on most issues. Even though it was during his tenure of the Home Office that the Wolfenden Committee to consider prostitution and homosexual offences was established, he reputedly refused to sit at the Cabinet table if homosexual law reform was discussed. He had an unhappy marriage — his wife lived openly with another peer — and he deeply resented the manner of his dismissal from office. Macmillan later described him as "the stupidest Lord Chancellor ever… hopeless in Cabinet — that's why I got rid of him".

 
Wikipedia: Maxwell (musician)
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Maxwell

Background information
Born May 23, 1973 (1973-05-23) (age 36)
Origin Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genre(s) R&B, soul, neo soul
Occupation(s) singer
Voice type(s) Countertenor
Years active 1994-present
Label(s) Columbia Records
Website Official website

Maxwell (born in Brooklyn, New York on May 23, 1973) is an American R&B artist. He played an important role in the development of the subgenre of neo-soul music.[1].

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Biography

Born of Puerto Rican and West Indian heritage[2]. Maxwell lost his father in a plane crash when he was just three years old. The experience influenced his strong religious background, and he started singing in his Baptist church. Still, he didn't really become serious about music until age 17, when he began writing his own songs using a cheap Casio keyboard given to him by a friend. Initially influenced by early-'80s urban R&B, he progressed rapidly, and by 1991 he was performing on the New York club scene. After making a name for himself, he signed a recording contract with Columbia in 1994. [3]

Musical career

Maxwell began working with songwriter Leon Ware and noted guitarist Wah Wah Watson to record his debut Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite in the early 1990s. When the album was finished, Columbia had doubts about the album's potential, and shelved it for two years, but finally issued it in 1996.

Heavily inspired by the sound of classic soul music, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite did not catch on with audiences until the release of its second single, "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)", which became a hit. Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite sold over 500,000 copies, earning gold status, and was nominated for a Grammy Award.

On June 15, 1997, Maxwell taped an episode of the MTV concert series MTV Unplugged in New York City, performing his own songs as well as covers of songs by Kate Bush ("This Woman's Work) and Nine Inch Nails ("Closer") [4]. He clashed with his label about the release of an album of his unplugged session, so only an EP [5] containing seven songs was released for sale.

Maxwell's second studio album, Embrya, was released in 1998. The following year, Maxwell released "Fortunate", a single written by R. Kelly and featured on the soundtrack for the 1999 film Life. The single peaked at number one on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart. To date, "Fortunate" is Maxwell's most successful single, and was Billboard's number one R&B single of 1999.

Now, Maxwell's third album, was released in 2001, becoming his first No. 1 on both the Billboard 200 album chart and Billboard's R&B album chart. It featured the hit singles "Lifetime" and a studio version of "This Woman's Work"; the Kate Bush song Maxwell covered during his 1997 MTV Unplugged set [6].

Maxwell appeared on the 2008 BET Awards, where he performed the song "Simply Beautiful" in a tribute to Al Green [7][8][9].

At the 2009 BET Awards, he performed "Pretty Wings" from his upcoming 2009 Album, "BLACKsummers' night", released on July 7, 2009

Upcoming albums

Maxwell's current project is his fourth album BLACKsummers'night. On his myspace Maxwell states that it is a trilogy of albums released over three years, starting July 7, 2009 with BLACKsummers'night. The second album, blackSUMMERS'night coming out in 2010 and the third album blacksummers'NIGHT 2011. An audio clip of the song "Pretty Wings" from BLACK was featured on his MySpace page in spring 2008. The full single made its world premier on the Tom Joyner Morning Show on April 28, 2009, after the New School/Old School Remix by Steve "Silk" Hurley. "Pretty Wings" is also sold as a digital download on iTunes.

On his 2008 fall tour, he has played tracks from the upcoming album "BLACK", including, "Pretty Wings", "Bad Habits", "Never Do W/Out You", "Help Somebody", and "Cold". Maxwell also made an appearance at the 2009 BET Awards where performed the single from his BLACKsummers'night album, "Pretty Wings".

Discography

Albums

Year Title Chart positions[10][11]
Certifications[12][13]
U.S. U.S.
R&B		 UK
Studio albums
1996 Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite 37 8 39
1998 Embrya 3 2 11
2001 Now 1 1 46
2009 BLACKsummers'night TBA TBA 66
  • TBA
Other releases
1997 MTV Unplugged 53 15 45

Singles

Year Title Chart positions[10][11] Album
US US R&B US AC UK
1996 "Til the Cops Come Knockin'" – 79 – 63 Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
"Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" 36 8 2 28
"Sumthin' Sumthin'" – 23 10 27
1997 "Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)" – 64 – –
"Whenever, Wherever, Whatever" – 54 – – MTV Unplugged
1998 "Luxury: Cococure" – 16 2 – Embrya
"Matrimony: Maybe You" – 79 – –
1999 "Fortunate" 4 1 1 – Life OST
"Let's Not Play the Game" – 55 – – The Best Man OST
2001 "Get to Know Ya" – 25 2 – Now
"Lifetime" 22 5 1 –
2002 "This Woman's Work" 41 16 2 –
2009 "Pretty Wings" 52 5 1 – BLACKsummers'night
"Bad Habits" – 51 31 –
"Cold" – 62 – –

Soundtrack contributions

Other works

  • 1996: Red Hot + Rio ("Seguranca")
  • 2004: Cottonbelly NYC Sessions ("Luxury")

As a featured artist

Awards and nominations

Awards

  • Soul Train Awards (1996) (11th Annual): Best R&B/Soul Single - Male, "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)"; Best R&B/Soul Album - Male, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite; Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist
  • Billboard Music Awards (1999) (10th Annual): R&B single, "Fortunate", Maxwell
  • Soul Train Awards (2000) (15th Annual): Best R&B/Soul Single - Male, "Fortunate" by Maxwell

Nominations

  • Grammy Awards- 1996 (39th Annual): Best R&B Album, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite - Maxwell
  • Grammy Awards- 1997 (40th Annual): Best Pop Male Vocalist - "Whenever Wherever Whatever"
  • Grammy Awards- 1998 (41st Annual): Best Male R&B Vocal Performance - "Matrimony: Maybe You"; Best R&B Album - Embrya - Maxwell
  • Grammy Awards-1999 (42nd Annual): Best R&B Male Vocalist, Maxwell - "Fortunate"
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards- 1999 (6th Annual): Favorite Song, "Fortunate"
  • Soul Train Music Awards- 1999 (14th Annual): Best R&B/Soul Album - Male, Embrya
  • NAACP Image Awards- 2001 (33rd Annual): Outstanding Male Artist - "Lifetime"
  • Soul Train Music Awards

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/maxwell/artist.jhtml
  2. ^ Encyclopedia.com
  3. ^ [1] "allmusic.com"
  4. ^ Maxwell Unplugged tv.com
  5. ^ Maxwell Unplugged CD entertainment.circuitcity.com
  6. ^ Maxwell Borrows From NIN, Kate Bush mtv.com
  7. ^ flash required http://www.imeem.com/24summerbreeze/video/d_9c0nAD/2008_bet_awards_maxwell_simply_beautiful_music_video
  8. ^ flash required http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=37720501
  9. ^ http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2008/06/maxwell_shocks_awes_and_delights_at_bet_awards.php
  10. ^ a b "Maxwell Chart History". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=146798&model.vnuAlbumId=1082730. Retrieved on 2008-10-26. 
  11. ^ a b "Maxwell UK Chart History". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=7762. Retrieved on 2008-10-26. 
  12. ^ "Maxwell Certification History". riaa.com. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. Retrieved on 2008-10-26. 
  13. ^ "Maxwell UK Certification History". bpi.co.uk. http://www.bpi.co.uk/. Retrieved on 2008-10-26. 
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Maxwell
Studio albums
Other albums
MTV Unplugged  · For Lover's Only: The Best of Maxwell
Solo singles
"...Til the Cops Come Knockin'" · "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" · "Sumthin' Sumthin'" · "Suitelady (The Proposal Jam)" · "Whenever, Wherever, Whatever" · "Luxury: Cococure" · "Matrimony: Maybe You" · "Fortunate" · "Let's Not Play the Game" · "Get to Know Ya" · "Lifetime" · "This Woman's Work" · "Pretty Wings" ·

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