Samuel Jones (November 12, 1924 – December 15, 1981) was an American
jazz
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double bassist, cellist, and composer.
Background
Sam Jones was born in
Jacksonville, Florida
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, United States, to a musical family. His father played piano and drums and his aunt played organ in church. In 1955, he moved to
New York City
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and began his recording career with
Tiny Bradshaw
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Bill Evans
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,
Bobby Timmons
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, Les Jazz Modes,
Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public ...
,
Illinois Jacquet
Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on " Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.
Although he was a pioneer of ...
,
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives ...
,
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but a ...
(1958–59), and
Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", ...
. He is probably best known for his work with
Cannonball Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single " Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", w ...
, performing in his quintet from 1955 to 1956 and then again from 1959 to 1964, and recording extensively for Riverside Records as both a leader and
sideman
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. He later spent several years working with
Oscar Peterson
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(1966-1970) and
Cedar Walton
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(1972-1977). In the 1970s, Jones recorded several albums as a bandleader for the Xanadu and
SteepleChase
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labels. Jones wrote the
jazz standards
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"Del Sasser" and " Unit 7" while working with Adderley. Other compositions include "Blue Funk", "O.P.", "Bittersweet", and "Seven Minds".
He died of lung cancer in 1981 at the age of 57.
Discography
As leader
* 1960: ''
The Soul Society
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Seven Minds
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'' (
SteepleChase
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) – with
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
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Pedersen was born in Osted, near Roskilde, on the Danish island of Zealand, the son of ...
* 1977: ''
Changes & Things
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Muse
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SteepleChase
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)
* 1979: ''Groovin' High'' (
Muse
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Keith Copeland
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His father, Ray Copeland, was a jazz trumpeter, and he learned by watching him, but he decided to play d ...
,
Kenny Barron
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Born in Philade ...
* 1979: '' Something New'' (Interplay)
* 1988: ''Right Down Front: The Riverside Collection'' ( Original Jazz Classics) – compilation of Riverside recordings
As sideman
With
Cannonball Adderley
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Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single " Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", w ...
Blue Note
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)
* ''
Portrait of Cannonball
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''The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco'' is a 1959 album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet.
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'' (1959; Riverside)
* ''
Them Dirty Blues
''Them Dirty Blues'' is an album by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, recorded in 1960.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "Recorded in early 1960, ''Them Dirty Blues'' contains two classic jazz co ...
'' by Cannonball Adderley (1960; Riverside)
* ''
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at the Lighthouse
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'' (1960; Riverside)
* ''
African Waltz
''African Waltz'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, released on the Riverside label and performed by Adderley with an orchestra conducted by Ernie Wilkins.
Cannonball in Europe!
''Cannonball in Europe!'' is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at the Comblain-la-Tour in Belgium and released on the Capitol label featuring performances by Adderley with Nat Adderley, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam J ...
'' (1962; Riverside)
* ''
Jazz Workshop Revisited
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* ''
Nippon Soul
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Cannonball Adderley Live!
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'' (1964)
* ''
Live Session!
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Phenix Phenix or Phénix may refer to:
Buildings
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* Phenix Building (Chicago), an office building, demolished in 1957
* De Phenix, Marrum, a smock mil ...
'' (1975, Fantasy)
With
Nat Adderley
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Work Song
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In the Bag
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'' (1962; Jazzland)
*''
Autobiography
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'' (1964; Atlantic)
With Joe Alexander
*''Blue Jubilee'' (Jazzland, 1960)
With
Gene Ammons
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Sonny Stitt
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Chet Baker
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Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr. (October 4, 1927 – January 24, 1998) was an American jazz pianist.
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All Blues
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Kenny Burrell
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Donald Byrd
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Byrd in Hand
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David "Fathead" Newman
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A Double Dose of Soul
''A Double Dose of Soul'' is the second album by saxophonist/flautist James Clay featuring performances recorded in 1960 and originally released on the Riverside label.
'' (Riverside, 1960)
With
Arnett Cobb
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Al Cohn
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Dexter Gordon
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Ronnie Cuber
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*''Cuber Libre'' (Xanadu, 1976)
With
King Curtis
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Soul Meeting
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'' (Prestige, 1960)
With
Walter Davis Jr.
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Davis Cup
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With
Kenny Dorham
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This Is the Moment!
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Ted Dunbar
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Born in Port Arthur, Texas, Dunbar trained as a pharmacist at Texas Southern University, but by the 1970s he only did pharma ...
Bill Evans
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Everybody Digs Bill Evans
''Everybody Digs Bill Evans'' is an album by jazz musician Bill Evans. It was released in early 1959 on the Riverside label.
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''Everybody Digs Bill Evans'' was Evans's second album, done two years after his first record as a leader. Thoug ...
'' (1958; Riverside)
With
Art Farmer
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Homecoming
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'' (Mainstream, 1971)
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Yesterday's Thoughts
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Reception
Ken Dryden of AllMusic states, " Don't expect to find ...
Victor Feldman
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Red Garland
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Soul Burnin'
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*'' Solar'' (Jazzland, 1962)
*'' Red's Good Groove'' (Jazzland, 1962)
*'' Auf Wiedersehen'' (MPS, 1971 975
*'' Feelin' Red'' (Muse, 1978)
With
Terry Gibbs
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He has performed or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson,Theroux, Gary"Gibbs, Terry".''Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Press. R ...
Bopstacle Course
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Track listing
# "Bopstacle Course" (Gibbs) - 4:39
# "Body and Soul" (Eyton, Green, Heyman, Sour) - 7:06
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'' (Xanadu, 1974)
With
Dizzy Gillespie
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Have Trumpet, Will Excite!
''Have Trumpet, Will Excite!'' is a 1959 studio album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.
Reception
''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' rates the album three stars and states that "there's a case for saying that this is one of the best of all Gillespie's s ...
'' (Verve, 1959)
With
Paul Gonsalves
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Dexter Gordon
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The Jumpin' Blues
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'' (Prestige, 1970)
*'' Biting the Apple'' (SteepleChase, 1977)
With Rein de Graaff
*''New York Jazz'' (Timeless Records,1979) – with
Louis Hayes
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With
Grant Green
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Gooden's Corner
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'' (Blue Note, 1961
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'' (Blue Note, 1962
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Barry Harris
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Harris was born in Detroit, Michigan, on December ...
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Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop
''Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop'' is a live album by pianist Barry Harris recorded in San Francisco in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.
'' (Riverside, 1960)
*'' Live in Tokyo'' (Xanadu, 1976)
With
Louis Hayes
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Louis Hayes
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Johnny Hodges
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Blue Hodge
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'' (Verve, 1961)
With
John Lee Hooker
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Freddie Hubbard
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Open Sesame
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Milt Jackson
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More Gravy
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J. J. Johnson
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Hank Jones
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Jo Jones
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The Main Man
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With
Philly Joe Jones
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Clifford Jordan
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On Stage Vol. 3
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The Highest Mountain
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'' (Steeplechase, 1975)
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Duke Jordan
Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.
Biography
Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School. An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regul ...
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Misty Thursday
''Misty Thursday'' is an album led by pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.
Lover Man
"Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" (often called simply "Lover Man") is a 1941 popular song written by Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, and James Sherman. It is particularly associated with Billie Holiday, for whom it was written, and her ...
It's Magic
"It's Magic" is a popular song written by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, published in 1947. They wrote the song for Doris Day in her Warner Brothers film debut, ''Romance on the High Seas'' (retitled ''It's Magic'' in the United Kingdom ...
'' (Riverside, 1958)
*'' Abbey Is Blue'' (Riverside, 1959)
With
Mike Longo
Michael Josef Longo (March 19, 1937 – March 22, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and author.
Early life
Longo was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to parents who had a musical background. His father played bass, his mother played organ at c ...
*''Matrix'' (Mainstream, 1972)
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Johnny Lytle
Johnny Dillard Lytle (October 13, 1932 in Springfield, Ohio – December 15, 1995 in Springfield) was a jazz drummer and vibraphonist.
Life and career
Lytle grew up in Springfield, Ohio in a family of musicians, the son of a trumpeter father ...
Chuck Mangione
Charles Frank Mangione ( ; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, voice actor, trumpeter and composer.
He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother ...
*''Recuerdo'' (Jazzland, 1962)
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Warne Marsh
Warne Marion Marsh (October 26, 1927 – December 18, 1987) was an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, his playing first came to prominence in the 1950s as a protégé of pianist Lennie Tristano and earned attention in the 1970s as ...
980
Year 980 ( CMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) a ...
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Jack McDuff
Eugene McDuff (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001), known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz ...
Eric Dolphy
Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist and flautist. On a few occasions, he also played the clarinet and piccolo. Dolphy was one of several multi-instrumentalists to ga ...
Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady)
''Siku Ya Bibi (Day of the Lady)'' is an album by saxophonist Charles McPherson, dedicated to Billie Holiday, which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Mainstream label.Beautiful!'' (Xanadu, 1975)
*'' Live in Tokyo'' (Xanadu, 1976)
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Billy Mitchell
William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force.
Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, command ...
Blue's Moods
''Blue's Moods'' is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.A Sure Thing'' (1962; Riverside)
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", ...
5 by Monk by 5
''5 by Monk by 5'' is an album by the jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, recorded in 1959. It contains five of Monk's original compositions performed by a quintet.
Recording and music
The album was recorded over three sessions in June 1959. In additi ...
017
Seventeen or 17 may refer to:
*17 (number), the natural number following 16 and preceding 18
* one of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017
Literature
Magazines
* ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine
* ''Seventeen'' (Japanese ...
; Sam Records)
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Wes Montgomery
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. Montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a dist ...
The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr.
''The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr.'' is an album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in 1961 and 1962 and released on the Contemporary label.
'' (Contemporary, 1963)
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Sal Nistico
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* Sal (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname
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* Sal, Cape Verde, an island and municipality
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* Ca ...
Neo/Nistico
''Neo/Nistico'' is an album by saxophonist Sal Nistico which was recorded in 1978 and released on the Bee Hive label.Bee Hive
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, 1978)
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Horace Parlan
Horace Parlan (January 19, 1931 – February 23, 2017) was an American pianist and composer known for working in the hard bop and post-bop styles of jazz. In addition to his work as a bandleader Parlan was known for his contributions to the Cha ...
Cecil Payne
Cecil Payne (December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist born in Brooklyn, New York. Payne also played the alto saxophone and flute. He played with other prominent jazz musicians, in particular Dizzy Gilles ...
and
Duke Jordan
Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.
Biography
Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School. An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regul ...
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Brooklyn Brothers
''Brooklyn Brothers'' is an album led by saxophonist Cecil Payne and pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1973 and released on the Muse label.Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, ...
Bud Powell
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Along with Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke and Dizzy Gillespie, Powell was a leading figure in the development of mode ...
Sonny Red
Sylvester Kyner Jr. (December 17, 1932 – March 20, 1981), known as Sonny Red, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer associated with the hard bop idiom among other styles.
Sonny Red played with Art Blakey, Curtis Fuller, Paul Q ...
Bird Lives!
''Bird Lives!'' is an album by trumpeter Red Rodney featuring performances of tunes by, or associated with, Charlie Parker which was recorded in 1973 and released on the Muse label.
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz.
Biography Early life
Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but ...
Sonny Stitt
Edward Hammond Boatner Jr. (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982), known professionally as Sonny Stitt, was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/ hard bop idiom. Known for his warm tone, he was one of the best-documented saxophonists of h ...
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Tune-Up!
''Tune-Up!'' is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1972 and released on the Cobblestone label.Constellation
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The origins of the earliest constellation ...
Idrees Sulieman
Idrees Sulieman (August 7, 1923 – July 23, 2002) was an American bop and hard bop trumpeter.
Biography
He was born Leonard Graham in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, later changing his name to Idrees Sulieman, after converting to Is ...
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Now Is the Time
''Now Is the Time'' is the second studio album by Alanis Morissette, released only in Canada on October 20, 1992. It was her final album for MCA Records Canada. Morissette recorded the album with Leslie Howe, who produced her debut album, '' ...
'' (SteepleChase, 1976)
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Art Taylor
Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".Watrous, Peter (February 7, 1995)"Art Taylor, 65, Jazz Drummer Who Inspired Young Musicians" ''The Ne ...
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duk ...
Lucky Thompson
Eli "Lucky" Thompson (June 16, 1924 – July 30, 2005) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist whose playing combined elements of swing and bebop. Although John Coltrane usually receives the most credit for bringing the soprano sa ...
Bobby Timmons
Robert Henry Timmons (December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he wa ...
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion ...
Harold Vick
Harold Vick (April 3, 1936 – November 13, 1987) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist.
Biography
Harold Vick was born on April 3, 1936 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. At the age of 13 he was given a clarinet by his uncle, Prince Robi ...
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (born Edward L. Vinson Jr.; December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988) was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter. He was nicknamed Cleanhead after an incident in which his hair was a ...
Cedar Walton
Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and co ...
A Night At Boomers, Vol. 2
''A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2'' (partially reissued on the compilation CD ''Naima - Recorded Live at Boomer's NYC'' ) is a live album by pianist Cedar Walton recorded in 1973 and released on the Muse label.Firm Roots'' (Muse, 1974 976
*'' Pit Inn'' (East Wind, 1974)
*'' Eastern Rebellion'' (Timeless, 1976) – with George Coleman &
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop.
Biography
Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, ...
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The Pentagon
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First Set
''First Set'' is a live album by pianist Cedar Walton recorded in Denmark in 1977 and released on the Danish SteepleChase Records, SteepleChase label.Second Set'' (SteepleChase, 1977)
*'' Third Set'' (SteepleChase, 1977)
*'' Eastern Rebellion 3'' (Timeless, 1980) – with
Curtis Fuller
Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings.
Early life
Fuller was born in Detroit on December 15, 19 ...
, Bob Berg & Billy Higgins
With Roosevelt Wardell
*''The Revelation'' (Prestige, 1960)
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Ben Webster
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Career Early life and career
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...
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 bec ...
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Don Wilkerson
Don Wilkerson (c. 1932 – 18 July 1986) was an American soul jazz / R&B tenor saxophonist born in Moreauville, Louisiana, probably better known for his Blue Note Records recordings in the 1960s as bandleader with guitarist Grant Green. Prior ...
Claude Williamson
Claude Berkeley Williamson (November 18, 1926 – July 16, 2016) was an American jazz pianist.
Williamson was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music before moving to jazz, influenced mai ...
*''New Departure'' (Interplay, 1978)
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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 bec ...