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Coming out of the Texas Tenor tradition of honkers, Curtis Amy was of the same generation as Booker Ervin, David Fathead Newman, James Clay, and Wilton Felder, but his time in the jazz spotlight was brief. Amy had a beautiful sound and a style that was both brawny and lyrical. The major influences on Amy's style were the tenor saxophonists Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt. Although he had a long and successful career in his transplanted home of Los Angeles, much of it was spent doing high-profile studio work and working with his wife, the extraordinary vocalist Merry Clayton.
Born in 1927, Amy had taken up the clarinet when he was a child, and in 1946 enrolled at Wiley College, in Texas, to continue his studies. He dropped out and then worked as a postman before joining the US Army in 1947. He took up the tenor saxophone while in the Army. Afterwards, Amy resumed his studies and at 19 he was awarded a scholarship to Kentucky State College. He achieved his bachelor's degree and then taught music in a high school in Tennessee. In 1955, he moved to Los Angeles, where he put together a quintet with the trombonist Melba Liston. He went on to join the rhythm and blues group led by the pianist Amos Milburn and led a variety of groups of his own, using such outstanding local jazz musicians as Carmell Jones, Roy Ayers, Victor Feldman, and Kenny Barron.
Two hours of Roy Ayers as a sideman, and his earlier work as a leader
by Andy Crowther
A real journey of discovery and education for me here, I learnt so much and hope you do too. Two hours of Roy as a sideman, and his early work as a leader. Playlist Curtis Amy Featuring Victor Feldman “A Soulful Bee, A Soulful Rose" from Way Down (Pacific Jazz) 00:00 Gerald Wilson Orchestra ...
The Fox
by Richard J Salvucci
There was once a legendary trumpet player named Jack Purvis who was a disciple of Louis Armstrong. Purvis was an excellent player, but he was in and out of trouble for most of his life. So he spent some time in jail. In fact, so much time that Purvis once led (documented in the Fort-Worth Star ...
Where in the World is Dupree Bolton?
by Patrick Burnette
This fortnight's spectacular focuses on two very different sets of music--two albums by modern jazz violinists and the two best-known recordings featuring elusive trumpeter Dupree Bolton (they are just about the ONLY recordings featuring him--stay tuned for the details). Pop matters range from St. Vincent to Sparks to Sade--and that's some ranging. Playlist Discussion ...
Hard Bop: An Alternative Top Ten
by Chris May
Hard bop was the jazz centre of the world from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s, producing many hundreds of immortal albums. Trying to whittle these down to a definitive Top Ten is fun--but it is a subjective and ultimately impossible exercise. In an attempt to dodge those hurdles, the list which ...
The Doors: The Soft Parade - 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
by Doug Collette
The 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of The Doors' The Soft Parade might well be reconfigured to a great degree without sacrificing its multi-configuration format. In doing so, this milestone package would then even more vividly depict this turbulent period in the iconic band's history. Even as it is, however, the existing combination of compact disc and ...
Harold Land: A New Shade Of Blue
by Chris May
If Harold Land had left nothing else behind him other than the 1960 Contemporary Records album The Fox, a place in jazz history would be secure. The disc not only featured some of the finest mid-period hard-bop tenor saxophone to come out of the West Coast, but in Land's frontline partner, Dupree Bolton, it showcased a ...
I classici Xanadu - Seconda parte
by Angelo Leonardi
In questo nuovo blocco di riedizioni Xanadu, pubblicate dalla Elemental, dopo la puntata dedicata ai sassofonisti, ci occupiamo soprattutto di pianisti, ovviamente legati alla scuola bop secondo le preferenze stilistiche del produttore Don Schlitten: Kenny Drew, Dolo Coker e Barry Harris. Questi non sono leader in tutti i dischi ma il loro contributo è sempre centrale. ...
Mosaic Select 7
By Curtis Amy
Label: Mosaic Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Disc One: 1. Searchin' 2. Goin' Down, Catch Me A Woman 3. The Blues Message 4. Come Rain Or
Come Shine 5. This Is The Blues 6. Meetin' Here 7. Early In The Morning 8. If I Were A
Bell 9. One More Hamhock Please 10. Angel Eyes 11. Just Friends
Disc Two:
1. Gone Into It 2. Annsome 3. Bobbin' 4. Groovin' Blue 5. Beautiful You 6. Very Frank 7.
Way Down 8. Liberia 9. 24 Hours Blues 10. Lisa 11. A Soulful Bee, A Soulful Rose 12. All
My Life 13. Bells And Horns
Disc Three: 1. Tippin' On Through 2. Funk In The Evening 3. For Ayers Only 4. In Your Own Sweet
Way 5. Summertime 6. Set Call 7. Katanga 8. Lonely Woman 9. Native Land 10. Amyable
11. You Don't Know What Love Is 12. A Shade Of Brown
Curtis Amy: Mosaic Select 7
by Colin Fleming
Relatively unknown as far as storming tenor players go, Texas-born Curtis Amy perhaps wasn't so storming after all, as this set suggests. Familiar to rock fans for his solo on the Doors' “Touch Me, Amy was more restrained, more a player of shadings and touch, than his reputation and birthright might lead one to believe. These ...
