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Stu Williamson
Stu Williamson (May 14, 1933 – October 1, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter and valve trombonist. Born in Brattleboro, Vermont, Williamson was the younger brother of jazz pianist Claude Williamson. In 1949, he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked with Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Billy May, Charlie Barnet, and Shelly Manne. He worked often as a session musician until his retirement in 1968. He battled drug addiction for much of his life and died in Studio City, California in 1991. Discography As leader * ''Sapphire'' (Bethlehem, 1955) * ''Stu Williamson Plays'' (Bethlehem, 1955) * ''A Jazz Band Ball'' with Jack Sheldon (Bethlehem, 1957) * ''Stu Williamson'' (Bethlehem, 1958) As sideman or guest With Pepper Adams *''Pepper Adams Quintet'' (Mode, 1956) With Clifford Brown's All Stars *''Jazz Messages'' *'' Jazz Immortal'' (Pacific Jazz, 1956) With Benny Carter *'' Aspects'' (United Artists, 1959) With Terry Gibbs * ''Dream Band'' recorded 1959 (Contemporary, 1986) * ' ... [...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] |
Terry Gibbs
Terry Gibbs (born Julius Gubenko; October 13, 1924) is an American jazz vibraphonist and band leader. He has performed or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson,Theroux, Gary"Gibbs, Terry".''Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 December 2022. Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Alice Coltrane, Louie Bellson, Charlie Shavers, Mel Tormé, Buddy DeFranco, and others. Gibbs also worked in film and TV studios in Los Angeles. Biography On being discharged from the armed forces, where he played drums in military bands, Gibbs worked in New York with Bill De Arango and recorded with Tiny Kahn in Aaron Sachs’s quintet (1946). In the 1950–1951 season, Gibbs was a popular guest on '' Star Time'' on the DuMont Television Network. Thereafter, he was a regular in 1953–1954 on NBC's ''Judge for Yourself''. In the late 1950s, he appeared on NBC's ''The Steve Allen Show'', on which he regularly played lively vibraphone duets with the entertainer and compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gambit (album)
''The Gambit'' is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded at sessions in 1957 and 1958 and released on the Contemporary label.Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015 Reception The site rated the album 3 stars.Allmusic listingaccessed May 18, 2015 Track listing ''All compositions by Charlie Mariano except as indicated'' # "The Gambit: Queen's Pawn" - 4:41 # "The Gambit: En Passant" - 3:25 # " ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concerto For Clarinet & Combo
''Concerto for Clarinet & Combo'' (full title ''Premiere Recording of Concerto for Clarinet & Combo by Bill Smith, with the Composer on Clarinet, & Bags' Groove, Sophisticated Rabbit, My Old Flame'') is an album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men recorded at sessions in 1955 and 1957 and released on the Contemporary label.Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015 Reception The review by Scott Yanow states: "All in all, this is a well-balanced and continually interesting set that deserves to be reissued" ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Swinging Sounds
''More Swinging Sounds'' is a jazz album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded in 1956 and released by the Contemporary label.Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015 Early releases of the album were labelled ''Vol 5'', indicating it was the fifth volume of recordings released by the group. Reception The review by Scott Yanow states: "Shelly Manne deserves great credit for being continually open to new directions and fresh material while staying on his own singular path".[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swinging Sounds
''Swinging Sounds'' is a jazz album by drummer Shelly Manne's group Shelly Manne & His Men, recorded in 1956 and released on the Contemporary label.Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015 Early releases of the album were labelled ''Vol 4'', indicating it was the fourth volume of recordings released by the group. Reception In an review by Scott Yanow, it is stated: "This early edition of Shelly Manne & His Men is a well-integrated unit".Track listing # "The Dart Game" (Char ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Innovations Orchestra
''The Innovations Orchestra'' is a compilation album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton's "Innovations" Orchestra featuring performances recorded in 1950 and 1951. The CD includes the albums ''Innovations in Modern Music'' and '' Stan Kenton Presents'' and was released by Capitol in 1997.Vosbein, PStan Kenton Discographyaccessed April 11, 2016Maynard Ferguson Discography accessed April 11, 2016 Reception The review by Scott Yanow observed, "The music was quite uncommercial, complex, and advanced with the emphasis on the arrangements rather than the soloists". In |
Contemporary Concepts
''Contemporary Concepts'' is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton with featuring performances of jazz standards recorded in 1955 and released on the Capitol label.Vosbein, PStan Kenton Discographyaccessed April 11, 2016 Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow noted "The music swings well (with drummer Mel Lewis pushing the rhythm section) and such talented soloists as altoists Charlie Mariano and Lennie Niehaus, tenor-saxophonist Bill Perkins, trombonist Carl Fontana, and trumpeters Sam Noto and Stu Williamson are well-featured. Nothing all that innovative occurs but this accessible set should be of interest to fans of bop". Track listing # "What's New?" ( Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) - 5:43 # " Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 5:11 # "I've Got You Under My Skin" ( Cole Porter) - 5:30 # "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) - 3:06 # "Stompin' at the Savoy" ( Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Andy Razaf) - 4:36 # " Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kenton Era
''The Kenton Era'' is a compilation album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring recordings from 1940 to 1954 which was originally released in two limited edition box sets, as fifteen 7 inch 45 rpm discs and four 12 inch LPs, on Capitol in 1955. accessed April 19, 2016 Critical reception The review by Scott Yanow states "Kenton is heard reminiscing about his first 15 years in the business, there are some selections taken from his famous 1941 stint at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa, CA, numbers from rehearsals in 1944, radio airchecks dating from 1944-48, some startling performances by Kenton's Innovations orchestra of 1950-51 and a few swinging numbers from his 1952-53 big band. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenton Showcase
''Kenton Showcase'' refers to two 10-inch LPs by bandleader Stan Kenton recorded in early 1954 on Capitol Records, Capitol, one each featuring compositions by Bill Holman (musician), Bill Holman and William Russo (musician), Bill Russo. These albums were combined as a 12-inch LP in 1955.Vosbein, PStan Kenton Discography: Kenton Showcase - The Music of Bill Holmanaccessed April 17, 2016 accessed April 17, 2016 Critical reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "It's a fine showcase for the two talented writers".Track listing All compositions by Bill Russo (tracks 1-8) or Bill Holman (tracks 9-17 & 20) unless noted. # "A Theme of Four Values" - 2:51 # "A Study for Bass" - 3:34 # "Blues Befor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Modern World (album)
''This Modern World'' is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances of compositions by Robert Graettinger recorded between 1951 and 1953 and originally released as a 10-inch LP on Capitol as well as a set of three 7 inch 45 rpm singles.Vosbein, PStan Kenton Discographyaccessed April 11, 2016Watts, R., Edwards, D., Eyries, P. and Callahan, Maccessed April 11, 2016Maynard Ferguson Discography accessed April 11, 2016 Critical reception The review by Richard S. Ginell calls it "the most complex, atonal, uncompromising, potentially alienating music that even the iconoclastic Stan Kenton band ever played" and said "''This M ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trio And Quintet
''Trio and Quintet'' is an album by jazz pianist Elmo Hope which compiles sessions recorded in 1953, originally released as a 10" LP titled ''Elmo Hope Trio'', and 1954, originally released as a 10" LP titled ''Elmo Hope Quintet, Volume 2'', for the Blue Note label along with a session from 1957 originally released on Pacific Jazz as part of a 1962 LP release shared with a Jazz Messengers reissue. Reception The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook stated "Of the collections of Elmo Hope's '50s recordings, ''Trio and Quintet'' is the one to get. It includes his prime Blue Note sessions and features a stellar cast of hard bop musicians... This Blue Note release is great not only for its cross-section of Hope compositions, but also for the many fertile ideas they've inspired in top-drawer soloists".Cook, SAllmusic Reviewaccessed August 20, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Elmo Hope except as indicated'' # "It's a Lovely Day Today" (Irving Berlin) - 2:47 # "Mo Is On" - 2:50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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