Christone “Kingfish” Ingram — Montreal Jazz Festival, 2018

Filmed live concert of Christone « Kingfish » Ingram at the Montreal International Jazz Festival on 5 July 2018, as part of the festival’s blues nights. Hailing from Clarksdale, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, the young guitarist and singer was emerging as one of the great revelations of contemporary blues, the very year his debut album « Kingfish » came out on Alligator Records. On stage, Kingfish unleashes incandescent guitar playing, blending the tradition of Mississippi electric blues with rock energy and a personal virtuosity. For about seventy minutes, the trio moves through its material with remarkable ease for so young a musician, alternating voluble solos with more restrained moments. This full concert documents the breakthrough of a major artist of the new blues generation, filmed at one of the world’s most prestigious festivals. Worth discovering for the freshness of the playing and the openly claimed lineage with the great Delta masters.