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EmArcy
EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by the American Mercury Records. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company. During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, and Sarah Vaughan recorded for EmArcy. It is today a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its .... The catalogue is managed by the Island Records subsidiary. Discography :Mono 12" LP series (1954–c. 1958)Derived from issue dates given in Neal Umphred ''Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Jazz Albums 1949-69'', Iola: WI: Krause, 1994 of the earliest and last items on the list. References External links Official siteModern Jazz Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz Jazz drumming, drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, and Booker Little. He was inducted into the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in 1980 and the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1992. In the mid-1950s, Roach co-led a pioneering quintet along with trumpeter Clifford Brown. In 1970, he founded the percussion ensemble M'Boom. He made numerous musical statements relating to the civil rights movement. Biography Early life and career Max Roach was born to Alphonse and Cressie Roach in the Township of Newland, Pasquotank County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Brown
Clifford Benjamin Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car accident, leaving behind four years' worth of recordings. His compositions "Sandu", "Joy Spring", and "Daahoud" have become jazz standards. Brown won the '' DownBeat'' magazine Critics' Poll for New Star of the Year in 1954; he was inducted into the ''DownBeat'' Hall of Fame in 1972. Early career Brown was born into a musical family in Wilmington, Delaware. His father organized his four sons, including Clifford, into a vocal quartet. Around age ten, Brown started playing trumpet at school after becoming fascinated with the shiny trumpet his father owned. At age thirteen, his father bought him a trumpet and provided him with private lessons. In high school, Brown received lessons from Robert Boysie Lowery and played in "a jazz group that Lowery organized", making trips to Philadelphia. Brown briefly attended Delaware State University as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maynard Ferguson
Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for his bands, which often served as stepping stones for up-and-coming talent, his versatility on several instruments, and his ability to play in a high register. Biography Early life and education Ferguson was born in Verdun (now part of Montreal), Quebec, Canada. Encouraged by his mother and father (both musicians), he started playing piano and violin at the age of four. At nine years old, he heard a cornet for the first time in his local church and asked his parents to buy one for him. When he was thirteen, he soloed with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra. He was heard frequently on the CBC, notably featured on a "Serenade for Trumpet in Jazz" written for him by Morris Davis. He won a scholarship to the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jam Session (album)
''Jam Session'' is a live album by trumpeters Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, and Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1954 and released on the EmArcy Records, EmArcy label. accessed September 28, 2012 The album was recorded at the same session that produced Dinah Washington's ''Dinah Jams''. Reception ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' in 1955 wrote: "Good as all the sidemen are, it's the three trumpets which walk off with top honors. Recording is excellent." AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and Scott Yanow, in his review, calls it "A brilliant set that is highly recommended".Yanow, S[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jam Session Featuring Maynard Ferguson
''Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson'' is an album by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1954 and released on the EmArcy Records, EmArcy label. accessed September 28, 2012 The album was Ferguson's first 12-inch LP and was released on CD compiled with ''Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson'' as ''Hollywood Jam Sessions'' in 2005. Reception Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "Although the music contains no real surprises, this album has its exciting moments and will be enjoyed by bebop fans".Yanow, SAllmusic Review accessed Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Terry (album)
''Clark Terry'' (also released as ''Introducing Clark Terry'' and ''Swahili'') is the debut album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry featuring tracks recorded in early 1955 and released on the EmArcy label.Lord, T.Clark Terry Discography accessed March 9, 2015 Reception Allmusic awarded the album 4 and a half stars, stating: "There are no losers in this swinging meeting".Dryden, KAllmusic Reviewaccessed September 27, 2012. Track listing ''All compositions by Clark Terry except as indicated'' # "Swahili" (Quincy Jones) - 6:07 # "Double Play" (Jones) - 3:33 # "Slow Boat" - 4:28 # "Co-Op" (Terry, Rick Henderson) - 3:45 # "Kitten" - 5:35 # "The Countess" (Freddie Green, Terry) - 6:42 # "Tuma" (Jones) - 3:06 # "Chuckles" - 4:19 *Recorded at Fine Sound Studios, New York City, on January 3 (tracks 1–4) and January 4 (tracks 5–8), 1955 Personnel *Clark Terry - trumpet *Jimmy Cleveland - trombone *Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone *Horace Silver - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moods (Paul Quinichette Album)
''Moods'' (also referred to as ''Moods Featuring Paul Quinichette'') is the 1954 debut album by American jazz saxophonist Paul Quinichette featuring compositions and arrangements by Quincy Jones released on the EmArcy label. The tracks were recorded on two session dates in November 1954 with two different line-ups, an (almost) regular jazz sextet with flutist Sam Most as second horn player and two guitarists. The second session featured an Afro-Cuban combo with Herbie Mann on flute and also on tenor saxophone and Latin percussion instead of a drum set. The difference between the two sessions was preserved in splitting the album with the later recorded Latin jazz session on the LP's A-side, the more straight ahead approach on the other. accessed September 27, 2012 Recep ...
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For Those In Love
''For Those in Love'' is a studio album by American jazz vocalist Dinah Washington with musical arrangements by Quincy Jones. It was originally released by EmArcy Records in June 1955, and was reissued by EmArcy Records in 1991. In popular culture Washington's version of "I Could Write a Book", which appears as the seventh track of ''For Those in Love'', was used in the ninth episode of the first season of the American television series ''Ash vs Evil Dead''. Track listing # "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 6:17 # " Blue Gardenia" (Lester Lee, Bob Russell) – 5:18 # " Easy Living" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:00 # "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Don Raye, Gene de Paul) – 4:02 # " This Can't Be Love" (Rodgers and Hart) – 6:50 # "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:05 # "I Could Write a Book" (Rodgers and Hart) – 4:23 # "Make the Man Love Me" (Dorothy Fields, Arthur Schwartz) – 5:23 ;Additional tracks on 1992 CD reissue Personnel * Dinah Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown And Roach Incorporated
''Brown and Roach Incorporated'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in August 1954 and released on the EmArcy Records, EmArcy label. accessed September 27, 2012 Reception Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Near-classic music from a legendary group".Yanow, SAllmusic Review accessed September 27, 2012 Track listing # "Sweet Clifford" (Clifford Brown) - 6:41 # "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (Bing Crosby, Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 7:19 # "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke Ellington (1951–59), Quincy Jones (1960), and Oscar Peterson (1964–96). He was with The Tonight Show Band on ''The Tonight Show'' from 1962 to 1972. His career in jazz spanned more than 70 years, during which he became one of the most recorded jazz musicians, appearing on over 900 recordings. Terry also mentored Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, and Terri Lyne Carrington.Terry, C. ''Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry'', University of California Press (2011). Early life Terry was born to Clark Virgil Terry Sr. and Mary Terry in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 14, 1920. Yanow, Scott Clark Terry biographyat Allmusic. He attended Vashon High School and began his professional care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Gullin (album)
Lars Gunnar Victor Gullin (4 May 1928 – 17 May 1976) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist. Career Lars Gullin was born in Visby, Sweden. He was a child prodigy on the accordion. At age thirteen, he played clarinet in a military band and later learned the alto saxophone, but, after moving to Stockholm in 1947, became a professional musician as a pianist. He planned on a classical career, studying privately with classical pianist Sven Brandel. Although he actually filled the baritone chair in Seymour Österwall’s band in 1949 by chance, it was enough for him to decide that it was an instrument with possibilities, influenced too by hearing the American baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan for the first time on the ''Birth of the Cool'' recordings. He worked as a member of Arne Domnérus’s septet (initially co-led by the trumpeter Rolf Ericson) for two years from 1951; the group mainly performed at Nalen, a leading dance spot in Stockholm. At the same time, Gullin began to work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Vaughan With Clifford Brown
''Sarah Vaughan'', reissued in 1991 as ''Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown'', is a 1955 jazz album featuring singer Sarah Vaughan and trumpeter Clifford Brown, released on the EmArcy label. It was the only collaboration between the two musicians. Well received, though not without some criticism, the album was Vaughan's own favorite among her works through 1980. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The album has been re-released on CD and LP many times, with its original nine-track listing and with an additional track. Critical reception ''Sarah Vaughan'' was overwhelmingly a critical success. Contemporary critics were enthusiastic, with '' Billboard'' opining, "Here are nine examples of Sarah Vaughan's vocal gifts. Her individual phrasing, her highly distinctive mannerisms are in the grooves. ..For the dealer with any jazz trade at all, this package is virtually a must." The record's reputation has grown since its release. In ''Bebop: The Best Musicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
