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Wilbur Harden
Wilbur Harden (December 31, 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama – June 10, 1969 in New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. Harden is best remembered for his recordings with saxophonists Yusef Lateef and John Coltrane, and with trombonist Curtis Fuller. One of the earliest jazz trumpeters to double on flugelhorn, he began his career with Roy Brown and Ivory Joe Hunter, before moving to Detroit in 1957 to play with Yusef Lateef's quintet. His music career ended in 1960 due to health problems. He is a 1991 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Discography As leader * ''The King and I'' (1958, Savoy Records) * ''Mainstream 1958'' (1958, Savoy) * '' Jazz Way Out'' (1958, Savoy) * ''Tanganyika Strut'' (1958, Savoy) Compilations * '' Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions'' (1977, Savoy) * ''Gold Coast'' (1977, Savoy) * '' Countdown: The Savoy Sessions'' (1978, Savoy) * ''The Complete Savoy Sessions'' (1999) * ''The Complete Mainstream 1958 Sessions '' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% from the 2020 Census, making it Alabama's third-most populous city after Huntsville and Montgomery. The broader Birmingham metropolitan area had a 2020 population of 1,115,289, and is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama as well as the 50th-most populous in the United States. Birmingham serves as an important regional hub and is associated with the Deep South, Piedmont, and Appalachian regions of the nation. Birmingham was founded in 1871, during the post- Civil War Reconstruction period, through the merger of three pre-existing farm towns, notably, Elyton. It grew from there, annexing many more of its smaller neighbors, into an industrial and railroad transportation center with a focus on mining, the iron and steel industry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alabama Jazz Hall Of Fame
The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHF) was founded in 1978, and opened a museum on September 18, 1993, with a mission "to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate a general appreciation of the medium of jazz music as a legitimate, original and distinctive art form indigenous to America. Its mission is also to preserve a continued and sustained program of illuminating the contribution of the State of Alabama through its citizens, environment, demographics and lore, and perpetuating the heritage of jazz music." It is located in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The AJHoF Museum The museum is located in Birmingham's historic Carver Theatre, which is part of the Birmingham Civil Rights District, along with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 16th Street Baptist Church and Kelly Ingram Park. The museum contains more than of exhibits. The Jazz Hall of Fame also sponsors jazz performances around the city and brings jazz to many local students with school visits from musicians. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prayer To The East
''Prayer to the East'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1957 and released on the Savoy label. accessed July 18, 2012 The title track was composed by Ali Jackson, drummer Oliver Jackson's brother. Reception The site stated: "''Prayer to the East'' by Yusef Lateef remains a seemingly blessed moment of creative interaction between American modern jazz and the music of the so-called Arab Eas ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz And The Sounds Of Nature
''Jazz and the Sound of Nature'' is an album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1957 and released on the Savoy label. accessed July 18, 2012 Reception The site awarded the album 4½ stars.Allmusic Reviewaccessed July 18, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Yusef Lateef except as indicated'' # "Seulb" (Wilbur Harden) - 6:13 # "Song of Delilah" ( |
Images Of Curtis Fuller
''Images of Curtis Fuller'' is an album by jazz trombonist Curtis Fuller, released in 1960 on the Savoy label.Savoy Records Discography accessed September 5, 2012 accessed October 22, 2019 Reception awarded the album 4 stars.Allmusic Reviewaccessed S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahia (album)
''Bahia'' is an album by jazz musician John Coltrane, released in 1965 on Prestige Records, catalogue 7353. It was recorded at two sessions at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1958. Prestige drew on a stockpile of Coltrane material for several years after his contract had ended without the saxophonist's input. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Ron Wynn called the album "a steady, often very good hard-blowing and blues date." The authors of ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' wrote: "Harden's warm, unemphatic trumpet-playing is perfectly appropriate to the setting, and it rarely attempts anything that will scare the horses." A reviewer for the ''Record Mirror'' commented: "Talk of Coltrane being 'anti-jazz' must be dispelled by this little lot." ''Tremrs Charlie Wooley described ''Bahia'' as "an enjoyable listen," and stated that it "proves that Coltrane manages to be thoroughly entertaining, even at some of his weakest, most traditional moments. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Coltrane (album)
''Standard Coltrane'' is an album by jazz musician John Coltrane released in October 1962 by Prestige Records. It was recorded at a single recording session at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey, in 1958. This album was rereleased in 1970 as ''The Master'' (PR 7825) with that version rereleased on CD to include the other four tunes recorded at the same 11 July session. Those other tunes had previously been released on two other albums assembled from unissued recordings ('' Stardust'' and ''Bahia''). Reception In a review for AllMusic, Steve Leggett stated that the album is "more historical than vital or transitional, although it's pleasant enough." The authors of ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' called the album "a low-intensity operation with the emphasis on ballads," and commented: "Harden's warm, unemphatic trumpet-playing is perfectly appropriate to the setting, and it rarely attempts anything that will scare the horses. He and the leader seem to have worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestige Records
Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City which issued recordings in the mainstream, bop, and cool jazz idioms. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them on subsidiary labels. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord. History The Prestige office was located at 446 West 50th Street, New York City. Its catalogue included Gene Ammons, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins. Audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder was the recording engineer of many Prestige albums in the 1950s and early-to-mid-1960s. Prestige created new labels in 1960: Swingville, Moodsville, covering jazz, Bluesville featuring blues revival artists, Lively Arts featuring spoken word recordings and Prestige International, Prestige Folklore, Irish and Near East with folk and world music. By the later 1950s, We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardust (John Coltrane Album)
''Stardust'' is an album by jazz musician John Coltrane which was released in July 1963 by Prestige Records. It was assembled from two separate sessions at the studio of Rudy Van Gelder in Hackensack, New Jersey in 1958. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Alex Henderson wrote: "''Stardust'' contains some highlights of two bop-oriented Coltrane dates from 1958... At both sessions, Coltrane's playing is quite engaging. He is a lyrical, expressive ballad player on 'Then I'll Be Tired of You,' 'Stardust,' and 'Time After Time,' but he swings fast and aggressively on 'Love Thy Neighbor'... Coltrane is well served by Garland's piano and Chambers' bass... Although not quite essential, ''Stardust'' paints a consistently attractive picture of Coltrane's 1958 output." Track listing # " Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) – 10:44 # " Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 7:45 # "Love Thy Neighbor" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 9:21 # "Then I'll Be Tired of You" (Yip H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Coast (album)
'' Gold Coast '' is a compilation album by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden, released in 1977 just after '' Dial Africa: The Savoy Sessions'', featuring pieces recorded during the two 1958 sessions that produced ''Tanganyika Strut'' and ''Jazz Way Out''. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote: "John Coltrane's Savoy recordings with fluegelhornist Wilbur Harden are enjoyable but not particularly innovative... Despite all of the emphasis on Africa in the song titles, the music is essentially American bebop featuring Coltrane, Harden and trombonist Curtis Fuller; Harden and Fuller contributed two originals apiece. This album is a companion of ''Dial Africa''." Track listing # "Tanganyika Strut" – 9:57 # "Dial Africa" – 8:42 # "Gold Coast" – 14:34 # "B.J." – 4:32 Personnel * John Coltrane – tenor saxophone * Wilbur Harden – trumpet, flugelhorn * Curtis Fuller – trombone * Tommy Flanagan – piano (trac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Savoy Sessions
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanganyika Strut
'' Tanganyika Strut '' is the last of the three 1958 Savoy recordings made by jazz musicians John Coltrane and Wilbur Harden. The album features the two men as leaders, and is Harden's final as a leader. The sessions also produced a couple of alternate takes which can be found on some compilations, most notably the ones featuring the complete Savoy recordings made by Harden and Coltrane together, ''The Complete Mainstream 1958 Sessions'' (2009) and ''The Complete Savoy Sessions'' (1999). Track listing # "Tanganyika Strut" (Curtis Fuller) – 9:57 # "B.J." (Wilbur Harden) – 4:32 # "Anedac" (Wilbur Harden) – 5:12 # "Once in a While (1937 song), Once in a While" (Michael Edwards (American composer), Michael Edwards (m) - Bud Green (w)) – 9:28 ''Recorded on June 24 (#1) and May 13 (all others), 1958.'' Personnel * John Coltrane – tenor saxophone * Wilbur Harden – trumpet, flugelhorn * Curtis Fuller – trombone * Tommy Flanagan – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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