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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] |
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. ''Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern Jr. (March 20, 1936 – September 17, 2019) was an American jazz pianist and composer, principally in the hard bop, post-bop, and soul jazz fields.Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007) ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. p. 425. Oxford University Press. He is described in ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' as "one of the great post-bop pianists". Early life Mabern was born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 20, 1936. He initially started learning drums before switching to learning piano. He had access to a piano from his teens, after his father, who worked in a lumber yard, saved to buy him one. Mabern learned by watching and emulating pianists Charles Thomas and Phineas Newborn Jr. Mabern attended Douglass High School,. before transferring to Manassas High School;Johnson, David Brent (March 18, 2011"A Few Miles from Memphis: Harold Mabern, the Early Years" Indiana Public Media. he played with saxophonists Frank Strozier, George Coleman and trumpeter Booker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeflight (album)
''Freeflight'' is a live album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography accessed April 14, 2011 Additional performances from this concert were released as '' Outertimeinnerspace'' in 1972. It was also the first album to have Jamal play electric piano. The Rhodes Piano was given to him by somebody living in Switzerland, and Jamal said he would continue to play the instrument in the future as well as his standard acoustic piano. Critical reception The |
The Awakening (Ahmad Jamal Album)
''The Awakening'' is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1970 for the Impulse! label.Impulse! Records discography accessed April 14, 2011 Production The album was recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on February 2 and 3, 1970. It was produced by Ed Michel, whose production credits also include jazz and blues artists such as , , |
Tranquility (Ahmad Jamal Album)
''Tranquility'' is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1968 and originally released on ABC-Paramount and subsequently rereleased on the Impulse! label in 1973.Impulse! Records discography accessed May 18, 2012 Critical reception awarded the album 3 stars stating "While not to be ranked amongst his greatest works, ''Tranquility'' is a very fine recording and any opportunity to hear this master should not be missed".Bloom, LAllmusic Review< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heat Wave (Ahmad Jamal Album)
''Heat Wave'' is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1966 and released on the Cadet label.Ahmad Jamal discography accessed May 18, 2012 Track listing # "" () – 3:35 # " April in Paris" (, |
Solar (Red Garland Album)
''Solar'' is an album by jazz musician Red Garland, recorded in 1962 and released the same year on Jazzland as JLP 73. Track listing #"Sophisticated Swing" (Hudson, Parish) - 5:31 #" Solar" (Miles Davis/Chuck Wayne) - 5:03 #" Where Are You?" (Adamson, McHugh) - 5:17 #"Marie's Delight" (Garland) - 3:33 #" This Can't Be Love" (Rodgers, Hart) - 4:08 #"The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 5:29 #"Blues For 'News" (Garland) - 3:24 #"I Just Can't See for Lookin'" (Nadine Robinson, Dok Stanford) - 5:46 Personnel * Red Garland - piano * Les Spann - guitar, flute (#3, 6) * Sam Jones - bass * Frank Gant - 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 instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ... References 1962 albums Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews Riverside Records albums Red Garland albums {{19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nearness Of You (Red Garland Album)
''The Nearness of You'' (subtitled ''ballads played by Red Garland'') is an album by American pianist Red Garland. Recorded in 1961, it was released on the Jazzland label in 1962.Red Garland discography accessed December 5, 2012 Reception The site awarded the album 3 stars stating it is "Particularly effective when used as background music".Yanow, SAllmusic Review accessed December 5, 2012 Track listing # " |
The Fabric Of Jazz
''The Fabric of Jazz'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1959 and released on the Savoy label. Reception A review in the British ''Gramophone'' magazine stated: "When the mood takes him, Lateef can rip through tile choruses, eating up the chord changes like a man with only minutes to live, but most of the time he is more concerned in using his considerable instrumental technique to its best advantage and displaying one of the most gorgeous tenor saxophone tones since Don Byas". pg. 96, May 1965 Track listing ''All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated'' # "Moon Tree" - 5:48 # " Stella by Starlight" ( |
The Dreamer (Yusef Lateef Album)
''The Dreamer'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1959 and released on the Savoy label. Reception A review in the British '' Gramophone'' magazine stated: "a great deal of his passionate, richtoned saxophone work can be heard here". p. 101, April 1965 Track listing ''All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated'' # "Oboe Blues" - 5:49 # " Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, ) - 5:13 # "The Dreamer" - 6:53 # "Arjuna" - 7:39 # " |
Lateef At Cranbrook
''Lateef at Cranbrook'' (also reissued as ''Yusef Lateef'') is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1958 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and released on the Argo label. accessed September 18, 2012 Reception The site awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Reviewaccessed September, 18, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated'' # "Morning" - 15:05 # " |
