Results for "Howard McGhee"

Remembering Hank Jones

May 17, 2010

Hank Jones Biography Henry “Hank" Jones (born July 31, 1918; died May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored Hank Jones with its highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters Award. He ...

Joe Locke: Versatile Vibes Master

by R.J. DeLuke
February 15, 2010

Jazz has a history of inclusiveness, accepting the influences of music from around the globe. It also knows no boundaries when it comes to instrumentation, accommodating all kinds of axes if they are played in the spirit of jazz. Rufus Harley even brought the unlikely bagpipes into the lexicon, playing the sound of surprise on the ...

17-Year-Old Daughter of Saxophonist Jesse Davis Shot and Killed in Oakland, CA

September 9, 2009

Desiree Davis, the granddaughter of the late trumpeter Howard McGhee and daughter of alto saxophonist Jesse Davis, was shot and killed on Monday, September 7, 2009 in Oakland, California while visiting with friends. The 17-year-old, who moved to Oakland from New Orleans with her mother and sister after Hurricane Katrina, was a high school senior and ...

Charlie Parker: Bird in Time 1940-1947

by Raul d'Gama Rose
May 5, 2009

Charlie ParkerBird in Time 1940-1947--Selected Recordings and Rare InterviewsESP-Disk2008 Let us now praise a famous ghost... embracing the spirit of Charlie Bird Parker. They are like feathers fluttering down from a spirit up above. Bird feathers. I make haste to collect them as the settle around me ...

Howard McGhee and Howard McGheeVolume 2

By Howard McGhee

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Released: 1999
Track listing:

Howard McGee/Meciendo, Lo-Flame, Fluid Drive, I'll Remember April, Fuguetta, Donnellon Square, Lo-Flame (alt).Introducing the Kenny Drew Trio/Yesterdays, Stella By Starlight, Gloria, Be My Love, Lover Come Back to Me, Everything Happens to Me, It Might as Well be Spring, Drew's Blues, Yesterdays (alt), Everything Happens to Me (alt).

Howard McGee Volume 2/Jarm, Goodbye, Futurity, Shabozz, Tranquility, Ittapnna, Jarm (alt)Tal Farlow Quartet/Lover, Flamingo, Splash, Rock n, Rye, All Through The Night, Tina.

Howard McGhee, The Kenny Drew Trio, The Tal Farlow Quartet: Howard McGhee and Howard McGheeVolume 2

by C. Michael Bailey
March 1, 1999

Who is Howard McGhee?. Howard McGhee (1918 - 1987) today might be considered a footnote (albeit a large one) in jazz. But, during the rise of Bebop in the mid '40s to '50s he was considered one of the most technically proficient and inventive trumpeters performing. Critic Scott Yanow defined McGhee as the “missing [influential] link" ...

Jazzbrothers

By Howard McGhee

Label: Not On Label
Released: 1998

Music From The Connection Composed By: Freddie Redd

By Howard McGhee

Label: New World Records
Released: 1996

Trumpet At Tempo (The Complete Dial Sessions, 1946-1947)

By Howard McGhee

Label: Not On Label
Released: 1996

On Dial - The Complete Sessions

By Howard McGhee

Label: Not On Label
Released: 1995