Results for "Bill Le Sage"

Bill Le Sage

Born: January 20, 1927

Bill Le Sage: New Directions in Jazz

June 1, 2023

If British pianist, vibraphonist, arranger, composer and bandleader Bill Le Sage had an American counterpart, that musician would probably be Mundell Lowe. Like Mundy, Le Sage (pronounced like massage) was exemplary on his instruments, and he arranged and composed for groups of all sizes and wrote for TV and the movies. Le Sage was so busy ...

Harold McNair: Harold McNair / Flute & Nut

by Duncan Heining
November 1, 2012

Harold McNair Harold McNair / Flute & Nut Dutton Vocalion 2012 (1968/1969)The story of Jamaican saxophonist/flautist Harold McNair is one of the great “what-might've-beens" of British jazz. He was, by all accounts, a charming, well-mannered guy with a beautiful sound on tenor, alto and, in particular, on flute, and the ...

Farewell, Sir John

by Jack Bowers
March 4, 2010

Some of us are old enough to remember when Sir John Dankworth was simply Johnny Dankworth, and quite simply one of the finest jazz musicians Great Britain has ever produced. Johnny became Sir John in 2006 when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, nine years after his wife, the marvelous singer Cleo Laine, was made a ...

Twice Times Keyboard

By Bill Le Sage

Label: Birdology
Released: 1966

Road To Ellingtonia

By Bill Le Sage

Label: Birdology
Released: 1965