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Walter Benton
Walter Benton (September 8, 1930 in Los Angeles – August 14, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Benton first began playing saxophone as a high schooler in Los Angeles. After three years of service in the Army in the early 1950s, he played in 1954 with Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, and Clifford Brown. From 1954 to 1957 he played with Perez Prado, including on a tour of Asia. He worked with Quincy Jones in 1957 and Victor Feldman in 1958-59. He led his own group from 1959, recording under his own name in 1960 with Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Tootie Heath. That same year he worked with Max Roach and Julian Priester. In 1961 he recorded with Abbey Lincoln, Roach again, Eric Dolphy, and Slide Hampton. Later in the 1960s he worked with Gerald Wilson and John Anderson. Benton retired from music in 1966 and became a real estate agent. Discography As leader *'' Out of This World'' (Jazzland, 1960) As sideman With Clifford Brown *'' Best Coast Jazz' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, and its Greater Los Angeles, sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tootie Heath
Albert "Tootie" Heath (born May 31, 1935) is an American jazz hard bop drummer, the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and the double-bassist Percy Heath. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, he first recorded in 1957 with John Coltrane. From 1958 to 1974, he worked with, among others, J. J. Johnson, Wes Montgomery, Art Farmer and Benny Golson's Jazztet, Cedar Walton, Bobby Timmons, Kenny Drew, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Herbie Hancock, Friedrich Gulda, Nina Simone, and Yusef Lateef. In 1975, he, Jimmy and Percy formed the Heath Brothers. He remained with the group until 1978, then left to freelance. He has recorded extensively throughout his career. Among his many workshop and classroom teaching assignments, Heath is a regular instructor at the Stanford Jazz Workshop. Tootie Heath is now the producer and leader of The Whole Drum Truth, a jazz drum ensemble featuring Ben Riley, Ed Thigpen, Jackie Williams, Billy Hart, Charlie Persip, Lero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milt Jackson
Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with hard bop and post-bop players. A very expressive player, Jackson differentiated himself from other vibraphonists in his attention to variations on harmonics and rhythm. He was particularly fond of the twelve-bar blues at slow tempos. On occasion, Jackson also sang and played piano. Biography Jackson was born on January 1, 1923, in Detroit, Michigan, United States, the son of Manley Jackson and Lillie Beaty Jackson. Like many of his contemporaries, he was surrounded by music from an early age, particularly that of religious meetings: "Everyone wants to know where I got that funky style. Well, it came from church. The music I heard was open, relaxed, impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latinsville!
''Latinsville!'' is an album by vibraphonist and pianist Victor Feldman recorded in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label.Contemporary Label Discography accessed January 5, 2017 The album was re-released on CD in 2003 containing with five previously unreleased tracks from an earlier session. Reception The review by Matt Collar states: "Although artists such as vibist Cal Tjader and Dizzy Gillespie had been producing Afro-Cuban and Brazilian inflected jazz for a few years, the cross-pollination didn't really catch on until the '60s. Consequently, ''Latinsville'', while in no way as influential as say, '' |
Go West, Man!
''Go West, Man!'' is the second studio album by Quincy Jones. It was released in 1957 by ABC Records. Track listing # "Dancin' Pants" (Jimmy Giuffre) – 3:50 # "Blues Day" (Giuffre) – 4:40 # "Bright Moon" (Giuffre) – 5:20 # "No Bones at All" (Johnny Mandel) – 3:58 # "The Oom Is Blues" (Charlie Mariano) – 5:10 # "Be My Guest" (Lennie Niehaus) – 4:29 # Medley: "What's New?" - Bill Perkins solo ( Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) / "We'll Be Together Again" - Pepper Adams solo ( Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) / " Time on My Hands" - Buddy Collette solo (Vincent Youmans); / "You Go to My Head" - Carl Perkins solo (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie); / " Laura" - Walter Benton solo (David Raksin / Johnny Mercer) – 6:17 # "London Derriere" (Johnny Mandel) – 4:06 # "Kings Road Blues" (Lennie Niehaus) – 5:06 Personnel * Quincy Jones – conductor * Conte Candoli (2, 4, 8) – trumpet * Pete Candoli (2, 4, 8) – trumpet * Harry Edison (2, 4, 8) – trumpet * Jack Sheldon (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telefunken Blues
''Telefunken Blues'' is an album led by jazz drummer Kenny Clarke recorded in late 1954 and early 1955 and first released on the Savoy label.Savoy Records Catalog: 12000 series accessed September 17, 2018 accessed September 17, 2018 Reception The review by Jim Todd stated: "Everyone's in good form on these two sessions from the mid-'50s. The earlier 1954 set, though, is the more interesting. It teams Modern Jazz Quartet alumn ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Brown All Stars
''Clifford Brown All Stars'' (also released as ''Caravan'') is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown featuring tracks recorded in 1954 but released on the EmArcy label posthumously in 1956. accessed October 5, 2012 Reception awarded the album 3 stars and Stewart Mason, in his review, states "While nowhere close to bottom-of-the-barrel scrapings, these are clearly inferior performances".Mason, SAllMusic Review accessed October 5, 2012 Track ...
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Best Coast Jazz
''Best Coast Jazz'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown featuring tracks recorded in 1954 and released on the EmArcy label. accessed October 5, 2012 Further tracks from the same sessions were released as '''' in 1956 following Brown's untimely death. Reception awarded the album 4½ stars and Scott Yanow, in his review, states "fine solos all around but Brownie's closi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of This World (Walter Benton Album)
''Out of This World'' is the sole album led by American jazz saxophonist Walter Benton which was recorded in 1960 for the Jazzland label. accessed November 5, 2012 Reception The site awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic Reviewaccessed November 5, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Walter Benton except as indicated'' # "[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Anderson (jazz Trumpeter)
John Anderson (January 31, 1921 – August 18, 1974) was an American jazz trumpeter. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, he studied at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and the Westlake College of Music. He did a good deal of work in West Coast jazz with Stan Kenton and others. Anderson died in Birmingham in 1974. Discography With Count Basie *'' Everyday I Have the Blues'' (Roulette, 1959) - with Joe Williams *''Dance Along with Basie'' (Roulette, 1959) *''The Count Basie Story'' (Roulette, 1960) With Buddy Collette *''Tanganyika'' (Dig, 1956) With Chico Hamilton *''Chic Chic Chico'' (Impulse!, 1965) With Stan Kenton *'' Stan Kenton's Milestones'' (Capitol, 1943-47 950 *'' Stan Kenton Classics'' (Capitol, 1944-47 952 *'' Artistry in Rhythm'' (Capitol, 1946) *'' Encores'' (Capitol, 1947) *'' A Presentation of Progressive Jazz'' (Capitol, 1947) *''The Kenton Era'' (Capitol, 1940–54, 955 *'' Two Much!'' (Capitol, 1960) with Ann Richards Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Wilson
Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In addition to being a band leader, Wilson wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Nancy Wilson. Early life Wilson was born in Shelby, Mississippi, and at the age of 16 moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he graduated from Cass Technical High School (one of his classmates was saxophonist Wardell Gray).Peter Vacher"Gerald Wilson obituary" ''The Guardian'', 15 September 2014. He joined the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra in 1939, replacing its trumpeter and arranger, Sy Oliver. While with Lunceford, Wilson contributed songs to the band, including "Hi Spook" and "Yard-dog Mazurka", the first influenced by Ellington's recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slide Hampton
Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tuba and flugelhorn. Biography Early life and career Locksley Wellington Hampton was born on April 21, 1932, in Jeannette, Pennsylvania. Laura and Clarke "Deacon" Hampton raised 12 children, taught them how to play musical instruments and set out with them as a family band. The family first came to Indianapolis in 1938. The Hamptons were a very musical family in which mother, father, eight brothers, and four sisters, all played instruments. His sisters included Dawn Hampton and Virtue Hampton Whitted. Slide Hampton is one of the few left-handed trombone players. As a child, Hampton was given the trombone set up to play left-handed, or backwards; and as no one ever dissuaded him, he continued to play this way. At the age of 12, Slide played in his fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
