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Robert Banks
Robert (* 1930) is a pianist, organist, and composer. He was discovered by Horace Sims, a guitarist who took him on the road with his band El Tempo. He founded his own trio in the 1950s. During the 1960s, he worked with Solomon Burke, Mildred Anderson, Johnny Otis, Shakey Jake, Curtis Jones, Sunnyland Slim, Al Smith, and Roosevelt Sykes.
In the 1970s, he produced the Myrna Summers & The Interdenominational Singers Tell It Like It Is album that was released by 1970. In 1981, he was part of a duo consisting of himself on piano and bassist Jimmy Lewis, backing singer Lu Elliott at The Cookery at East Eighth Street at University Place in New York. from Wikipedia |
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The Honeydripper Prestige Bluesville BVLP 1014 released 1960 recorded September 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Roosevelt Sykes, piano, vocals King Curtis, tenor sax Robert Banks, organ Leonard Gaskin, bass Belton Evans, drums |
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Slim's Shout Prestige Bluesville BVLP 1016 released 1961 recorded September 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Sunnyland Slim, piano, vocals King Curtis, sax Robert Banks, organ Leonard Gaskin, bass Belton Evans, drums |
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No More In Life Prestige Bluesville BVLP 1017 released 1961 recorded September 1960 in Englewood Cliffs, NJ/USA |
Mildred Anderson, vocals Al Sears, tenor sax Chauncey Westbrook, guitar Robert Banks, organ Leonard Gaskin, bass Bobby Donaldson, drums |
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