Jazz Articles about Joe Temperley

Joe Temperley (Naxos Jazz: Double Duke

by C. Michael Bailey
June 1, 1999

Happy Birthday, Maestro Ellington!. A perfect time for Joe Temperley’s Naxos Jazz debut: The 100th birthday of the grand maestro himself, Edward Kennedy Ellington. Temperley was an important figure in the late bands of the Duke having replaced the venerable Harry Carney after his 42 years (the longest of any single Duke band member) 1974. Temperley added the soprano sax to the arsenal of baritone and bass clarinet, two of the important underpinnings to the super Ellington sound. Double Duke ...