On February 7, New York City’s B.B. King Blues Club will host a celebration in honor of legendary guitarist Cornell Dupree. The evening will pay tribute to the legacy and life of Dupree, who is known ...

Guitarist Cornell Dupree, one of the most prolific and talented session players in R&B and jazz, died May 8 in Fort Worth, Texas. Dupree was 68 and had recently been diagnosed with chronic obstructive ...

Cornell Dupree, a prolific session guitarist in jazz, R&B and funk, died at 69 in Fort Worth, Tex. on Sunday (May 8). By Jason Lipshutz Co-Chief Content Officer Cornell Dupree, a prolific session ...

Later in the decade, Cornell Dupree reunited with Richard Tee and Steve Gadd for the drummer's group The Gadd Gang, recording two studio albums that gave an '80s spin to a lot of '60s tunes. When the ...

For a time in the mid-1960s, the band of the great rhythm and blues tenor saxophonist King Curtis contained two guitarists. The first, Jimi Hendrix, stayed only a short while before going on to ...

I'm Alright, has the stamp of Cornell through and through. Cornell's theory was to surround himself with great musicians and he got what he needed from the young hotbed of players in Austin TX. In the ...

(CBS/AP) FORT WORTH, Texas - Cornell Dupree Jr., a guitarist who played in Aretha Franklin's touring band, including on her 1971 album "Aretha Live at Fillmore West," has died. He was 68. (Scroll down ...

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Until Cornell Dupree came on the scene, legendary Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler would hire three or more guitarists for a recording session. That led time and again to “a hellacious mess as ...

Cornell Dupree, a versatile guitarist whose long, productive career included performances and recordings with such artists as Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Miles Davis and Lena Horne, died Sunday at ...