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Ronnell Bright: 10 Clips
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Ronnell Bright's passing last week was so sad. Even in my business, where I'm interviewing top artists each week, Ronnell was special. Today, I want to share Ronnell's playing with you in 10 clips: Here's Ronnell on piano accompanying Nancy Wilson on What Kind of Fool Am I, from TV's Burke's Law in 1965... Here's Ronnell accompanying Sarah Vaughan in Amsterdam in 1958 on Over the Rainbow, They All Laughed, Lover Man, Cherokee and Sometimes I’m Happy... Here's Ronnell and ...
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Ronnell Bright (1930-2021)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Ronnell Bright, a jazz pianist and composer who accompanied many of the finest mid-century female jazz vocalists, including Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Nancy Wilson, Lena Horne, Lorez Alexandria and Anita O'Day and subbed for Count Basie on several albums and tours, died on August 12. Ronnell was 91. His wife, Dianne Bright, said the cause was dementia. When I started this blog in 2007, part of my motive was to track down favorite jazz artists few people knew much about ...
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Sassy and Ronnell Bright
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I had a lovely phone chat with Ronnell Bright last week. As is the case whenever we talk, the conversation turned to Sarah Vaughan. Ronnell accompanied Sassy in the late 1950s and early '60s before working with Nancy Wilson. As readers of this blog know, Ronnell is my favorite accompanist. I love his chord voicings and how he lushly supported singers without getting in their way. In the case of Vaughan, their choreography is remarkable. Ronnell is there but he ...
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Ronnell Bright: Japan, 1990
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
As long-term readers of this blog know, I'm a huge Ronnell Bright fan. My love for the pianist's playing is well documented in my interviews with him (go here) and in videos in which I've been asked about him. It all started with my passion for Sarah Vaughan's After Hours at the London House (1958)an album of exquisite singing by the vocalist and extraordinary playing by Ronnell, her accompanist at the time. It's in my Top 10 jazz albums of ...
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