well as a horn section. They toured Europe and released an album on Atlantic Records. He played in Italy with Paul Jones and the Blues Society of Italian bluesman Guido Toffoletti. Family life and death In 1950, Korner married Roberta Melville (died 2021), daughter of art critic Robert Melville. He had a daughter, singer Sappho Gillett Korner (died 2006), and two sons, guitarist Nicholas 'Nico' Korner (died 1989) and sound engineer Damian Korner (died 2008). Alexis Korner died in London from lung cancer on 1 January 1984, at the age of 55. Album discography (selected UK and other releases) Blues from the Roundhouse 10" (1957) – Alexis Korner's Breakdown Group R&B from the Marquee (1962) – Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated Red Hot from Alex (1964) – Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated At the Cavern (1964) – Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated (1965) – Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated Sky High (1966) – Alexis Korner Blues Incorporated I Wonder Who (1967) Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated (re-issue of Sky High) – Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated A New Generation of Blues (1968) Both Sides (1970) – New Church CCS 1st (1970) – CCS Alexis Korner (1971) Bootleg Him! (1972) CCS 2nd (1972) – CCS Accidentally Borne in New Orleans (1973) – with Peter Thorup; Snape Live on Tour in Germany (1973) – with Peter Thorup; Snape The Best Band in the Land (1973) – CCS Alexis Korner (1974) Get Off My Cloud (1975) The Lost Album (1977) Just Easy (1978) The Party Album (1979) – Alexis Korner and Friends Me (1980) Rocket 88 (1981) – Rocket 88 Juvenile Delinquent (1984) Testament (1985) – with Colin Hodgkinson Live in Paris (1988) – with Colin Hodgkinson Bibliography Bob Brunning (1986), Blues: The British Connection, London: Helter Skelter, 2002. Bob Brunning, The Fleetwood Mac Story: Rumours and Lies, Omnibus Press, 2004; foreword by B.B. King Dick Heckstall-Smith (2004), The Safest Place in the World: A Personal History of British Rhythm and blues, Clear Books. . First Edition: Blowing the Blues – Fifty Years Playing the British Blues Christopher Hjort, Strange Brew: Eric Clapton and the British Blues Boom, 1965–1970, foreword by John Mayall, Jawbone, 2007. Harry Shapiro, Alexis Korner: The Biography, London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1997; Discography by Mark Troster. References External links [ Biography] at AllMusic Biography at British Music Experience Alexis Korner page at Radio Rewind BBC Radio 2 radio documentary about Alexis