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Gene Perla
Gene Perla (born March 1, 1940) is an American jazz bassist. Career At the Berklee School of Music and the Boston Conservatory Perla concentrated on piano before moving to double bass. In 1969 he spent one year as a member of the Woody Herman Orchestra. During the early 1970s, he worked with Elvin Jones, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan, and The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. In 1975 he started the band Stone Alliance with Don Alias and Steve Grossman. Also in the 1970s he founded PM Records ("PM" for Perla Music), which released albums by Steve Grossman, Elvin Jones, Pat LaBarbera, and Dave Liebman. He has taught at Lehigh University and the New School of Jazz & Contemporary Music. Discography As leader * ''Bill's Waltz'' (PM, 2008) * ''Out of the Gate'' (PM, 2017) As sideman With Miles Davis * ''The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions'' (Columbia, 1970) With Frank Foster * '' The Loud Minority'' (Mainstream, 1972) With Elvin Jones * ''Genesis'' (Blue Note, 1971) * '' Merry- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
Woodcliff Lake is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the borough's population was 5,730,DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 for Woodcliff Lake borough, Bergen County, New Jersey , . Accessed March 4, 2013. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loud Minority
''The Loud Minority'' is an album by American saxophonist Frank Foster recorded in 1972 for the Mainstream label.Edwards, D., Callahan, Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, TDiscography of the Mainstream Label (Preview) accessed November 13, 2014 Reception AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "Foster assembled a giant of a big band featuring dual instrumentation all around, including keyboards, basses, and drummers to power a horn section chock-full of the best mainstream jazz and progressive players of the day... a band that knows no bounds or limits, at its core a mighty modern jazz orchestra removed from Foster's work with the Count Basie band".Nastos, M. G.Allmusic Reviewaccessed November 13, 2014 Track listing ''All compositions by Frank Foster'' # "The Loud Minority" – 14:33 # "Requiem for Dusty" – 6:12 # "J.P.'s Thing" – 11:43 # "E.W. – Beautiful People" – 8:48 Personnel * Frank Foster – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto clarinet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triplicity (album)
''Triplicity'' is an album by pianist Mickey Tucker which was recorded in 1975 and released on the Xanadu label. Reception The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing accessed May 2, 2014 stated "Tucker's dazzling harmonic sensibility is impressively united with an idiomatic eclecticism embracing everything from ragtime to Cecil Taylorish flurries". accessed May 2, 2014 Track listing ' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mickey Tucker
Mickey Tucker (born Michael B. Tucker; April 28, 1941) is an American jazz pianist and organist. Biography Tucker was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1941. He grew up in Rankin, Pennsylvania before moving back to North Carolina aged 12. When he was six, he started learning piano, eventually playing in church. While at high school, Tucker played in the school band as well as in a trio that included Grady Tate. Aged 15, Tucker received an early admission scholarship to attend Morehouse College. He became a teacher and taught at a high school in Lake Wales, Florida and Mississippi Valley State College while also performing music. Tucker left Mississippi in 1964 and moved to New York City. In New York, he performed with Damita Jo, with whom he toured London. He moved on to have stints working with comedian Timmy Rogers, Little Anthony and the Imperials and as organist for James Moody. He entered the jazz world in 1969, working for the next several years with Eric Kloss, Rahsaan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fusion (Jeremy Steig Album)
''Fusion'' (also released as ''Something Else'') is a double LP album by American jazz flautist Jeremy Steig released on the Groove Merchant label which reissues tracks recorded in 1970 and originally issued on ''Energy'' along with an additional LP of unreleased tracks from the session.Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 2200 Series accessed April 17, 2018 accessed April 20, 2018 Reception 's Jason Ankeny said: "Steig creates Technicolor grooves that float like butterflies and sting like bees. His music doesn't so much f ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Energy (Jeremy Steig Album)
''Energy'' is an album by American jazz flautist Jeremy Steig released on the Capitol label in 1971.Both Sides Now: Discography Preview for the Capitol label Main Series 100-886 (1968-1972) accessed April 17, 2018 accessed April 20, 2018 Reception 's Jason Ankeny said: "''Energy'' is a miracle of alchemy. Jeremy Steig transforms his flute from the ethereal to the elemental, forging a heavy, deeply funky jazz-rock record that defies gravity ... Steig creates Technicolor grooves that float like b ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Steig
Jeremy Steig (September 23, 1942 – April 13, 2016)Peter Keepnews, "Jeremy Steig, Flutist Who Bridged Jazz and Rock, Dies at 73" '''', June 2, 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016 was an American flutist. Biography Steig was born in Manhattan, the son of '' New Yorker'' cartoonist[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heard Live At The Blue Note
Heard may refer to: *Hearing (sense) *Heard (surname) *The Heard, an American 1960s garage rock band *Heard Island and McDonald Islands, an Australian external territory *Heard County, Georgia, U.S. See also *Herd *Hird The hird (also named "Håndgangne Menn" in Norwegian), in Scandinavian history, was originally an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls, but came to mean not only the nucleus ('Guards') of the royal army, but also ... * Hurd (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Agenda (album)
''New Agenda'' is a jazz album by drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1975 and released on the Vanguard label.Elvin Jones discography accessed April 26, 2012 Track listing # "Someone's Rocking My Jazzboat" (Frank Foster) - 6:50 # "" () - 6:08 # "Haresah" (Steve Grossman) - 8:07 # "Anti-Calypso" (Roland Prince) - 5:19 # "Stefanie" ( Ed Bland) - 4:40 # "My Lover" (Sutekina Hito) - 3:36 # "Agenda" (Elvin Jones) - 7:48[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvin Jones Is "On The Mountain"
''On the Mountain'' is a jazz album by drummer Elvin Jones with keyboardist Jan Hammer and bassist Gene Perla recorded in 1975 and originally released on Perla's PM label. Reception Jim Todd of Allmusic called the album "a minor, if somewhat overlooked, classic from the tail-end of the early '70s to the mid-70s' run of great jazz fusion releases". Track listing # "Thorn of a White Rose" (Jan Hammer) - 5:07 # "Namuh" (Gene Perla) - 7:47 # "On the Mountain" (Perla) - 4:37 # "Smoke in the Sun" (Hammer) - 4:00 # "London Air" (Hammer) - 5:29 # "Destiny" (Perla) - 7:28 Personnel *Elvin Jones - drums * Jan Hammer - piano, electric piano, synthesizer *Gene Perla - bass, electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:On The Mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
At This Point In Time
''At This Point in Time'' is an album by an eleven-piece band led by jazz drummer Elvin Jones that was recorded in 1973 and released in 1998. Track listing # "At This Point in Time" (Frank Foster) – 7:34 # "Currents/Pollen" (Gene Perla, Don Garcia) – 11:13 # "The Prime Element" (Omar Clay) – 8:19 # "Whims of Bal" (Clay) – 12:23 # "Pauke Tanz" (Clay) – 6:24 # "The Unknighted Nations" (Foster) – 6:28 # "Don't Cry (Keiko Jones) - 7:42 Personnel * Elvin Jones – drums * Frank Foster – soprano and tenor saxophone * Steve Grossman – soprano and tenor saxophone * Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone * Jan Hammer – piano, electric piano, synthesizer * Cornell Dupree – guitar * Gene Perla – double bass, bass guitar * Warren Smith – tympani * Omar Clay – percussion, programmable rhythm box * Candido Camero Candido is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Candido Amantini (1914–1992), Italian Roman Catholic prie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masabumi Kikuchi
was a Japanese jazz pianist and composer known for his unique playing style. He worked with many diverse musicians, including Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, and collaborated with Gil Evans and Tōru Takemitsu. Biography Masabumi Kikuchi was born in Tokyo in 1939. Following the firebombing of Tokyo in 1945, his family moved out of the city and settled in the rural Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima prefecture, where his parents were born. He studied music at the Tokyo Art College High School. While a student, he began buying second-hand records, most likely left behind by American soldiers. His early influences were Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. After graduating, he joined Lionel Hampton's Japanese touring band. He started a quintet with Terumasa Hino but soon after left for the US after winning a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music. He died from a subdural hematoma on 6 July 2015 at a hospital in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |