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Clark Terry (1920-2015)
Clark Terry, one of the most admired and accomplished jazz trumpeters and flugelhornists of his generation who appeared on an astonishing 928 known jazz recording sessions and played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra throughout the 1950s before recording extensively as a freelancer, died on Feb. 21. He was 94. Like a tap dancer, Clark liked to ...
Laurie Pepper: The Tampa Story
Art Pepper recorded two albums on the Tampa label—The Marty Paich Quartet Featuring Art Pepper in August 1956 and The Art Pepper Quartet in November of that year. Tampa was founded in Los Angeles in 1955 by Robert Scherman, who previously had been president of Atlas Records (1944-1948), head of Webster Records (1949-1950), head of A&R ...
Why Lesley Gore Mattered
Lesley Gore, who died on February 16 of lung cancer at age 68, was best known for her hit, It's My Party, which went to #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 and R&B charts in 1963. But the teen singer stood for much more than adolescent anguish and the right to bawl at one's own bash. Gore ...
Georgie Auld: The Tiger Bands
Tenor saxophonist Georgie Auld was a born soloist. By the time he was 20 in 1939, Auld had recorded more solos than musicians twice his age. While in Bunny Berigan's band between 1936 and 1938, Auld had nearly as many solos on records as Berigan himself. Auld also was a standout in Artie Shaw's orchestra between ...
Rodrigo Lima: Saga
Temperatures dropped to single digits in New York today, compelling me to break out something tasty and warm: Saga, a new double-CD album by Brazilian guitarist and composer-arranger Rodrigo Lima. Produced by Arnaldo DeSouteiro, the album is Lima's first as a leader and a tribute of sorts to CTI's sultry Brazilian jazz recordings of the 1970s, ...
Seven Rare Soul Videos
I'm a big fan of '60s sweet soul, so when I was on YouTube over the weekend, I shopped around for rare clips of favorite songs and came up with seven to share with you... In 1982, singer Denise Williams had a huge hit with It's Gonna Take a Miracle that went to #1 on Billboard's ...
Report From the Grammys
Jim Eigo of Jazz Promo Services sent along an email yesterday summing up what he saw and heard at the Grammys last Sunday. He flew out to Los Angeles to represent several Grammy nominees, and he took his two kids, Agnes, 16, and Jamie, 19. I asked Jim if he'd mind if I shared his email ...
Bill Evans' 'Kind of Blue' Notes
Most jazz fans know that pianist Bill Evans wrote the liner notes that appear on the back of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. What you probably don't know is that Evans' draft was worded slightly differently in places before he edited the text prior to submission. Yesterday, JazzWax reader Robert Brais sent along a copy of the ...
Carmen McRae for Cool Ones
Between 1954 and 1958, singer Carmen McRae recorded 12 albums for Decca. She was signed by Milt Gabler, Decca's head of A&R, after he had seen her sing at a Brooklyn club. Gabler had great success producing Billie Holiday between 1944 and 1950 for Decca and Ella Fitzgerald between 1942 and 1955. When Fitzgerald announced in ...
Exclusive: Bill Evans Interview
A few weeks ago I received an email from two ardent Bill Evans fans. James Farber and Larry Goldbert wrote to say they had interviewed Evans back in 1976 for a radio station in Madison, Wis., and asked if I wanted to hear it. I said I'd be happy to and, if I loved it and ...
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