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Frankie Dunlop
Francis Dunlop (December 6, 1928 – July 7, 2014) was an American jazz drummer. Dunlop, born in Buffalo, New York, grew up in a musical family and began playing guitar at age nine and drums at ten. He was playing professionally by age 16 and received some classical education in percussion. He toured with Big Jay McNeely and recorded with Moe Koffman in 1950 before serving in the Army during the Korean War. After his discharge he played with Sonny Stitt, Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins (1958, 1966–67), Maynard Ferguson (1958–60), Lena Horne, Duke Ellington (1960), and Thelonious Monk (1960–64); it is for his recordings with the last of these that he is principally remembered. Later in his life he recorded with Lionel Hampton (1975–81), Earl Hines (1973–74), Ray Crawford, and Joe Zawinul. In 1984, Dunlop retired, having recorded on over 100 albums. His brother, Boyd Lee Dunlop, was a jazz pianist who was "rediscovered" while living at a nursing home in Buffalo. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Zawinul
Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, a musical genre that combined jazz with rock. He co-founded the groups Weather Report and The Zawinul Syndicate. He pioneered the use of electric piano and synthesizer, and was named "Best Electric Keyboardist" twenty-eight times by the readers of ''DownBeat'' magazine. Biography Early life and career Zawinul grew up in Vienna, Austria. Accordion was his first instrument. When he was six or seven, he studied clarinet, violin, and piano at the Vienna Conservatory (Konservatorium Wien). During the 1950s he was a staff pianist for Polydor. He worked as a jazz musician with Hans Koller, Friedrich Gulda, Karl Drewo, and Fatty George. In 1959 he moved to the U.S. to attend Berklee College of Music, but a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mose Allison
Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to New York in 1956, he worked primarily in jazz settings, playing with jazz musicians like Stan Getz, Al Cohn, and Zoot Sims, along with producing numerous recordings. He is described as having been "one of the finest songwriters in 20th-century blues."Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris, eds. (2003). ''All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues''. Hal Leonard. p. 7. His songs were strongly dependent on evoking moods, with his individualistic, "quirky", and subtle ironic humor.Komara, Edward; Lee, Peter, eds. (2006). ''The Blues Encyclopedia''. Routledge. p. 22. His writing influence on R&B had well-known fans recording his songs, among them Pete Townshend, who recorded his "Young Man Blues" for the Who's ''Live at Leeds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monk In Tokyo
''Monk in Tokyo'' is a live album recorded in 1963 and first released in Japan by Columbia Records as two separate LPs in 1963 (PSS 46 "In Tokyo 1" and PSS 47 "In Tokyo 2"), then in edited form as a single LP in 1969 by CBS/Sony Records and reissued in complete form as a double LP in 1973, featuring several original Monk compositions as well as jazz standards. Allmusic entry for ''Monk in Tokyo''/ref> Track listing All tracks are written by Thelonious Monk except where noted. Disc One: # " Straight, No Chaser" - 9:46 # "Pannonica" - 7:46 # " Just a Gigolo" ( Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci) - 2:30 # "Evidence (Justice)" - 7:55 # "Jackie-ing" - 5:07 # "Bemsha Swing" (Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk) - 4:25 # "Epistrophy heme (Kenny Clarke, Monk) - 1:10 Disc Two: # "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) - 9:28 # "Hackensack" - 11:03 # "Blue Monk" - 13:18 # "Epistrophy" (Clarke, Monk) - 8:25 Personnel * Thelonious Monk – piano * Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Band And Quartet In Concert
''Big Band and Quartet in Concert'' is the fifth album Thelonious Monk released for Columbia Records, featuring several Monk compositions. It was recorded live at Lincoln Center, Philharmonic Hall, New York, New York on December 30, 1963. It was called by reviewer Scott Yanow "essential for all jazz collections". Track Listing The 1994 reissue on CD and LP restored the entire concert including selections and drum solos left off the original 1964 release. Disc 1 # Bye-Ya* - 11:23 # I Mean You* - 12:49 # Evidence* - 14:03 # Epistrophy* - 2:07 # (When It’s) Darkness On The Delta ** - 5:15 # Played Twice*** - 7:48 Disc 2 1. Misterioso*** - 9:52 2. Epistrophy*** - 1:18 3. Light Blue* - 12:53 4. Oska T* - 13:18 5. Four In One* - 14:43 6. Epistrophy* - 2:23 *Big Band **Solo ***Quartet Track Listing 1964 LP # "I Mean You" – 12:42 # "Evidence" – 12:38 # "(When It's) Darkness On The Delta" (Al Neiburg, Jerry Livingston, Marty Symes) – 5:03 # "Oska T." – 9:20 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles & Monk At Newport
''Miles & Monk at Newport'' is a split album featuring separate performances by the Miles Davis sextet and the Thelonious Monk quartet at the Newport Jazz Festival, recorded in 1958 and 1963, respectively, and released in June 1964 by Columbia records. Despite the album's title, the two artists do not perform together at either date. On the first side of the LP was a series of high tempo performances of bebop tunes and other staples of the Davis live repertoire from 1958. The performance was contemporaneous with Davis' ''Milestones'' album. Aside from the 1973 release '' Jazz at the Plaza'' (also a 1958 concert) during the LP era, this was the only legitimate (non-bootleg) recording of a live Davis combo performance earlier than the 1960 Blackhawk recordings. As such, this performance and ''Jazz at the Plaza'' were the only legitimate live recordings representing the ''Kind of Blue'' sextet. On the second side were a few numbers by Thelonious Monk's combo, from a 1963 Newpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelonious Monk In Italy
''Thelonious Monk in Italy'' is a live album by American jazz pianist Thelonious Monk featuring tracks recorded in Italy in 1961 and released on the Riverside label in 1963. accessed November 1, 2012 Reception awarded the album 3 stars stating "This is not one of Thelonious Monk's more significant dates, but his fans will still find moments to enjoy".Yanow, SAllmusic Review accessed November 1, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Thelonious Monk except ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criss Cross (album)
''Criss-Cross'' is an album by Thelonious Monk that was released by Columbia; his second for that label. The album consists of previously released Monk compositions that were re-recorded for Columbia by the Thelonious Monk Quartet. History ''Criss-Cross'' was recorded during and shortly after the sessions for Monk's first Columbia LP, '' Monk's Dream''. The quartet of musicians that appear on the album had been playing together for four years at the time of the recording sessions, and was thus one of the longer-lived bands of Monk's career. Allmusic's Lindsay Planer called the album "some of the finest work that Monk ever did in the studio with his '60s trio and quartet." The critical and popular success of the group during this period led to Monk's appearance on the cover of ''Time'' magazine in February 1964. It later became known that as Monk's international profile was reaching its apex in the mid-1960s, his manic depressive episodes were getting more severe and his composi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monk's Dream (Thelonious Monk Album)
''Monk's Dream'' is an album by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk that was released by Columbia Records in March 1963. It was Monk's first album for Columbia following his five-year recording period with Riverside Records. Recording and music "Bye-Ya" and "Bolivar Blues" were recorded on October 31, 1962; "Body and Soul" and "Bright Mississippi" on November 1; "Sweet and Lovely", "Just a Gigolo" and "Monk's Dream" on November 2; and "Five Spot Blues" on November 6. "Bright Mississippi" is the only composition on the album that Monk had not previously recorded. "Bolivar Blues" was originally titled "Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are" and had been on Monk's 1957 Riverside album, ''Brilliant Corners''. "Five Spot Blues" was called "Blues Five Spot" and first appeared on the album '' Misterioso'', which was recorded in concert at the Five Spot Cafe in New York in 1958 and released by Riverside. "Monk's Dream", "Bye-Ya", and "Sweet and Lovely" were recorded for Prestige at a session ten years earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monk In France
''Monk in France'' is an album by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, originally recorded on April 18, 1961. The remastered album includes two bonus tracks, "Body and Soul" and "Crepuscule with Nellie." Allmusic entry for ''Monk in France''/ref> Track listing All songs by Thelonious Monk unless otherwise noted Side One # "Well You Needn't" – 11:30 # "Off Minor" – 11:41 # " Just A Gigolo" (Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci, Julius Brammer) – 1:42 Side Two # "I Mean You" (Monk, Coleman Hawkins) – 11:02 # "Hackensack" – 9:46 # "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (Ned Washington, George Bassman) – 8:30 1995 reissue bonus tracks # " Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 2:48 # "Crepuscule with Nellie" - 2:39 Personnel * Thelonious Monk – piano * John Ore - bass * Charlie Rouse - Tenor Saxophone * Frankie Dunlop - Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maynard '64
''Maynard '64'' is an album released by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson collecting tracks recorded between 1959 and 1962 which was originally released on the Roulette Records, Roulette label.Minn, MMaynard Ferguson discography accessed February 8, 2017 Reception AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "the boppish performances feature such soloists as altoist Lanny Morgan, the tenors of Willie Maiden and Don Menza and pianist Mike Abene. The arrangements took advantage of the band's many strengths and the result is a solid set of swinging music". Track listing All compositions by Willie Maiden except where noted. # "For the Cats" – 2:46 # "Vignette" – 2:52 # "New Bag Blues" (Mike Abene) – 3:07 # "Easy Chair" (Don Sebesky) – 3:59 # "My Sweetie Went Away, She Didn't Say Where, When, or Why" (Rey Turk, Lou Handman) – 2:51 # "Animated Suspension" – 2:22 # "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 2:47 # "Great Guns" (Ern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz For Dancing
''Maynard Ferguson Plays Jazz for Dancing'' is an album released by Canadian jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1959 and originally released on the Roulette label.Minn, MMaynard Ferguson discography accessed October 30, 2015 Reception Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars and states "Ferguson and his excellent orchestra purposely play it safe, performing pleasing but unadventurous music that is not as exciting as their more jazz-oriented sessions of the era". Track listing # "Hey There" ( Jerry Ross, Richard Adler) – 2:58 # "Where's Teddy" (Maynard Ferguson, Willie Maiden) – 2:37 # " If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 3:35 # " I'll Be Seeing You" ( Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 2:25 # " 'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo) – 3:07 # " Secret Love" (Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:22 # "I'm Beginning to See the Light" ( Duke Ellington, Don George, Harry James, Johnny Hodges) – 2:38 # "It Might as Well Be Spring" ( Richard Rodgers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
