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Unexpected Vibraphonists
Over the weekend, a reader sent along two terrific links to videos of artists who don't normally play the vibes. One was pianist Terry Pollard and the other was singer Sammy Davis Jr. The clips inspired me to feature a bunch of unsuspecting vibists: Here's Terry Pollard (at 2:26, with Steve Allen on piano)... Here's ...
Bobby Plater + Marshal Royal
Saxophonists in Count Basie's band didn't record much as leaders. They didn't have to considering how busy Basie kept them on the road. The notable exceptions, of course, were tenor saxophonists Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Budd Johnson and Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis. On the other end of the spectrum, baritone saxophonist Charlie Fowlkes didn't record a single ...
Jon Raney on Doug Raney
Doug Raney (1956-2016), a son of guitar legend Jimmy Raney and a brilliant lyrical guitarist in his own right who lived in Denmark for much of his career, died of heart failure in Copenhagen on May 1, according to his brother Jon. He was 59. Many jazz fans in the States are unfamiliar with Raney, since ...
Fran Jeffries: the Sixties
Many female pop singers who were young adults in the mid-1960s ran into career trouble. Most had come up in the late 1950s with their hearts set on becoming traditional pop singers and had dreams of being signed by Capitol Records. But the powerful rock and Motown incursions of the pop charts mid-decade completely changed the ...
Richard 'Groove' Holmes: 1980
If you were to wander into a club on the Chitlin' Circuit in the 1960s, you'd likely hear music by Richard “Groove" Holmes or any number of organists leading a trio or quartet. Here are a series of videos posted recently at YouTube of Holmes on organ in Barcelona, Spain, in 1980 with Willis “Gator" Jackson ...
Bill Charlap: Notes From N.Y.
Unlike most jazz pianists today, Bill Charlap doesn't treat the piano like a muscle car. Instead, Bill is at his best when he's gentle and tender, providing the listener with plenty of space to admire what he's doing with a song. Playing gentle isn't mousey. There's enormous complexity required by artists who force audiences to lean ...
Phil Woods: 1960
I'm just back from Kansas City and will have a full BBQ report this coming weekend. For now, dig Phil Woods in 1960 with the Quincy Jones Big Band and his own ensemble in Paris: Here's Quincy Jones's big band (with Phil) in Belgium playing Birth of a Big Band, Moanin', Lester Leeps In, The Gypsy, ...
Duke Ellington: Denmark, 1970
On Jan. 23, 1967, Duke Ellington was in Copenhagen where he filmed two programs at TV-Byen Studio. The first was an octet of band members playing Ellington hits. The second was a trio featuring Ellington with bassist John Lamb and drummer Rufus Jones. One of the songs they performed was The Fringe of the Jungle. Also ...
Bill Evans: Sweden, 1970
In the spring of 1970, pianist Bill Evans was in Europe on tour with bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell. They made stops in Finland, Denmark, Germany and Sweden. In Finland, he visited the home of composer Ilkka Kuusisto, where Evans was filmed by Finnish TV in conversation with guests and performing three songs. For ...
Charlie Parker: Old Folks
It all started with Charlie Parker's walk-on solo during Neal Hefti's recording of Repetition at the tail end of 1947 just hours before the start of the second American Federation of Musicians' recording ban. Producer Norman Granz loved the results of Parker's bop backed by Hefti's moody strings. So in November 1949, Granz brought Parker into ...
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