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Alvin Jackson (musician)
Alvin "AJ" Jackson was a jazz bassist. His first performances were in a high school band with his younger brother, Milt Jackson, Willie Anderson, Lucky Thompson, Art Mardigan, and George Sirhagen, c. 1939–40. About 1947, he was playing with Tommy Flanagan’s trio with Kenny Burrell, before briefly joining the house band led by Billy Mitchell at Detroit's Blue Bird Inn, before leading it himself in 1955. The Billy Mitchell-led house band comprised Flanagan, Tate Houston and Milt Jackson, who had just returned from touring with Woody Herman.Björn, Lars Olof (2001) ''Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60'', p. 124. University of Michigan Press At Google Books. Retrieved 9 July 2013. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milt Jackson
Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with hard bop and post-bop players. A very expressive player, Jackson differentiated himself from other vibraphonists in his attention to variations on harmonics and rhythm. He was particularly fond of the twelve-bar blues at slow tempos. On occasion, Jackson also sang and played piano. Biography Jackson was born on January 1, 1923, in Detroit, Michigan, United States, the son of Manley Jackson and Lillie Beaty Jackson. Like many of his contemporaries, he was surrounded by music from an early age, particularly that of religious meetings: "Everyone wants to know where I got that funky style. Well, it came from church. The music I heard was open, relaxed, imprompt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Gant
Frank Gant (born May 26, 1931- July 19, 2021) was an american jazz drummer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Gant recorded with Donald Byrd, Sonny Stitt, and extensively with Yusef Lateef in the late 1950s and then Red Garland before becoming a member of Ahmad Jamal's trio (1966-1976). His first gigs were with Billy Mitchell and Pepper Adams, and after working with Little John Wilson and his Merry Men at the Madison Ballroom, including four days backing Billie Holiday, he went on to join Alvin Jackson's house band at the Blue Bird. As the house drummer at Detroit's Club 12, with Jackson's band, he backed Thelonious Monk and Charlie Rouse in September 1959. In the 1970s, he accompanied Jamil Nasser and Harold Mabern as the rhythm section for workshops run by Cobi Narita. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Savoy Sessions
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vibrations (Milt Jackson Album)
''Vibrations'' is an album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1960 and 1961 and released on the Atlantic label in 1964.Milt Jackson discography accessed January 18, 2012 Reception The review awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Reviewaccessed January 18, 2012 Track listing :''All compositions by Milt Jackson except as indicated'' # "Darbin and The Redd Fox" ([...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evans Bradshaw '' (Riverside, 1958)
*'' Pieces of Eighty-Eight'' (Riverside, 1959)
Evans Bradshaw (1933 – November 17, 1978) was an American jazz pianist. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Bradshaw learned piano from an early age and was playing in his father's band by the age of 12. He moved to New York City in 1958 and recorded two albums for the Riverside label.Fitzgerald, MEvan Bradshaw leader entryaccessed August 29, 2012 Following these two albums, Bradshaw never recorded again. Discography *''Look Out for Evans Bradshaw! ''Look Out for Evans Bradshaw!'' is the debut album by American jazz pianist Evans Bradshaw featuring tracks recorded in 1958 for the Riverside label. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bradshaw, Evans[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pieces Of Eighty-Eight
''Pieces of Eighty-Eight'' is the second and final album by American jazz pianist Evans Bradshaw featuring tracks recorded in 1959 for the Riverside label. accessed August 30, 2012 Reception awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Reviewaccessed August 30, 2012 Track listing # "" ( |
Tanganyika Strut
'' Tanganyika Strut '' is the last of the three 1958 Savoy recordings made by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden. The album features the two men as leaders, and is Harden's final as a leader. The sessions also produced a couple of alternate takes which can be found on some compilations, most notably the ones featuring the complete Savoy recordings made by Harden and Coltrane together, ''The Complete Mainstream 1958 Sessions'' (2009) and ''The Complete Savoy Sessions'' (1999). Track listing # "Tanganyika Strut" (Curtis Fuller) – 9:57 # "B.J." (Wilbur Harden) – 4:32 # "Anedac" (Wilbur Harden) – 5:12 # "Once in a While (1937 song), Once in a While" (Michael Edwards (American composer), Michael Edwards (m) - Bud Green (w)) – 9:28 ''Recorded on June 24 (#1) and May 13 (all others), 1958.'' Personnel * John Coltrane – tenor saxophone * Wilbur Harden – trumpet, flugelhorn * Curtis Fuller – trombone * Tommy Flanagan – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Way Out
''Jazz Way Out'' is an album by jazz musicians Wilbur Harden and John Coltrane, the second of three 1958 Savoy recordings featuring Harden and Coltrane together as leaders. The session also produced an alternate take of "Dial Africa", which can be found on some compilations, most notably the ones featuring the complete Savoy recordings made by Harden and Coltrane together, '' The Complete Mainstream 1958 Sessions'' (2009) and '' The Complete Savoy Sessions'' (1999). Track listing # "Dial Africa" (Wilbur Harden) — 8:42 # "Oomba" (Wilbur Harden) — 5:31 # "Gold Coast" (Curtis Fuller) — 14:34 Personnel * John Coltrane — tenor saxophone * Wilbur Harden — trumpet/flugelhorn * Curtis Fuller — trombone * Tommy Flanagan — piano * Ali Jackson — bass * Art Taylor — drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instrumen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byrd Jazz
''Byrd Jazz'' is an album by trumpeter Donald Byrd recorded in Detroit in 1955 and originally released on Tom Wilson's Transition label.Donald Byrd discography accessed September 3, 2012 The album contains Byrd's first recordings as a leader (although the sessions that comprised '' Byrd's Eye View'' were released first), and was later re-released as ''First Flight'' on the Delmark label. Reception In his review for , Scott Yanow stated "all of the music is straightah ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chano Pozo
Luciano Pozo González (January 7, 1915 – December 3, 1948), known professionally as Chano Pozo, was a Cuban jazz percussionist, singer, dancer, and composer. Despite only living to age 33, he played a major role in the founding of Latin jazz. He co-wrote some of Dizzy Gillespie's Latin-flavored compositions, such as " Manteca" and "Tin Tin Deo", and was the first Latin percussionist in Gillespie's band. Early life Luciano "Chano" Pozo González was born in Havana to Cecelio González and Carnación Pozo. Chano grew up with three sisters and a brother, as well as his older half brother, Félix Chappottín, who would later become one of the great Cuban '' soneros''. The family struggled with poverty throughout his youth. His mother died when Chano was eleven, and Cecelio took his family to live with his long-time mistress, Natalia, who was Felix's mother. Chano showed an early interest in playing drums, and performed ably in Afro-Cuban religious ceremonies in which drumming w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Clarke
Kenneth Clarke Spearman (January 9, 1914January 26, 1985), nicknamed Klook, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. A major innovator of the bebop style of drumming, he pioneered the use of the ride cymbal to keep time rather than the hi-hat, along with the use of the bass drum for irregular accents (" dropping bombs"). Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was orphaned at the age of about five and began playing the drums when he was eight or nine on the urging of a teacher at his orphanage. Turning professional in 1931 at the age of seventeen, he moved to New York City in 1935 when he began to establish his drumming style and reputation. As the house drummer at Minton's Playhouse in the early 1940s, he participated in the after-hours jams that led to the birth of bebop. After military service in the US and Europe between 1943 and 1946, he returned to New York, but from 1948 to 1951 he was mostly based in Paris. He stayed in New York between 1951 and 1956, performing with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lewis (pianist)
John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Early life John Lewis was born in La Grange, Illinois, and after his parents' divorce moved with his mother, a trained singer, to Albuquerque, New Mexico when he was two months old. She died from peritonitis when he was four and he was raised by his grandmother and great-grandmother. He began learning classical music and piano at the age of seven. His family was musical and had a family band that allowed him to play frequently and he also played in a Boy Scout music group. Lyons, p. 77. Even though he learned piano by playing the classics, he was exposed to jazz from an early age because his aunt loved to dance and he would listen to the music she played. He attended the University of New Mexico, where he led a small dance band that he formed Giddins, p. 378. and double majored in Anthropology and Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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