Biography
Erwin Helfer was introduced to piano blues as a young teenager growing up in Chicago in the early '50s, the heyday of the city's blues clubs and the fortunes of labels such as Chess Records. A native of Chicago's south side, he...
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Erwin Helfer piano, Odie Payne drums, Bernie Attridge.....aka Kid Kaiser bass, Now resident in New Orleans for...

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Mama Yancey performs EZee Rider with Erwin Helfer piano & SP Leary drums at UofC Folk festival in 1979....

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Jazz, Blues & Beyond Erwin Helfer & Katherine Davis @ Chicago Cultural Center Tuesday, May 16 2006...

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Chicago Blues at Elsewhere II opening weekend - Chicago - 1978...

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Music at a backyard party for the Prop Theater in Chicago in 2004. Blues singer Katherine Davis with Erwin Hel...

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Chicago piano players, Steven Solomon (young jazz professional pianist) and Erwin Helfer (world famous veteran...

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Legendary pianist Erwin Helfer and Elizabeth in Chicago, March 2012....


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Chicago piano legend, Erwin Helfer plays at Katarina s with Elizabeth O Hara...

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Steve Solomon jams with Erwin Helfer, famous veteran Boogie Woogie Jazz Pianist, at a private party on 5-25-09...

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Chicago piano legend, Erwin Helfer with Elizabeth O Hara at Katarina s...


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Three of the Blues Week piano instructors at the Augusta Heritage Arts summer workshops gather for one of a se...


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Queen Sylvia Embry performs at the Piano Man with Erwin Helfer on piano & Odie Payne on drums about 1981....

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Port Townsend s Country Blues Workshop concludes with a weekend of blues in the clubs. Here s a short sampler ...

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Below stage after Erwin Helfer/ Mama Yancey performance at Uof C Folk fest...

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Erwin Helfer piano, Clark Dean saxophone, Odie Payne drums recorded 1980....


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Mama Yancey singing Make Me A Pallet On The Floor , accompanied by Erwin Helfer at the piano. From the 1980 ge...

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Floyd Mc Daniel & Erwin Helfer - A Hundred Years From today A True Gem From The Chrisly Records & Soulshine Re...


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Homesick performing with Erwin Helfer piano & Mr. Robert Whitehead drms. at Elsewhere s on Clark Grand Opening...

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Floyd McDaniels (vocal & guitar), Erwin Helfer (piano) and SP Leary (drums)...

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The Chicago All Stars - When I Lost My Baby (1992) Katherine Davis - vocal Erwin Helfer - piano John Brumbach ...

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