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Johnny Lytle

Born: October 13, 1932

Johnny Lytle (1932-1995) was one of the most promising young vibraphonists to emerge during the early 1960s. Influenced by Lionel Hampton and Milt Jackson, he had a particularly percussive approach and a distinctive brittle sound.

Lytle started out on drums, playing with his father’s band when he was only nine. He worked with Ray Charles in 1950 and with Gene Ammons’s band while also having a career as a Golden Gloves boxing champion. After switching to vibes in the mid-1950s, Lytle worked with Boots Johnson during 1955-1957. He led his own groups in various jazz clubs in the East and Mideast before he began to record. During 1960-1964 he led six albums for Jazzland and Riverside.

Groove Town: Buffalo Jazz And Its Legacy - Historical Insights

by Barbara Ina Frenz
April 5, 2022

From early on, Buffalo attracted musicians as a place to live and pursue their artistic endeavors—and they were excellent ones: Lil Hardin Armstrong, Jimmie Lunceford, Pete Johnson, and Stuff Smith. Dodo Greene, two masters of polyrhythm, Frankie Dunlop and Clarence Becton, as well as pianist and bassist Wade Legge grew up here. Two distinctive voices on ...

Take Five with Christos Delasito

by AAJ Staff
August 29, 2020

Meet Christos Delasito: Christos Delasito is a classical percussionist. Christos has been an orchestral member for many years (Thessaloniki State Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra of the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Volos Symphonic Orchestra) performing numerous concerts in Athens Megaron, Thessaloniki Megaron and many festivals all around Greece. He is a founding member of many percussion bands (Percaddiction, Kroustodia, ...

If You're Not Part Of The Solution... (Soul, Politics And Spirituality In Jazz 1967 To 1975)

By Various

Label: BGP Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: If You're Not Part Of The Solution, You're Part Of The Problem; Black Feeling; Celestial Bodies; John Coltrane; H.N.I.C.; Tawhid; Bitches Brew; Africans Unite; Warriors Of Peace; Let's Make Peace And Stop The War;

Jazz Dispensary: Cosmic Stash

By Various

Label: Fantasy
Released: 2016
Track listing: Disc 1 - Soul Diesel; Fire Eater [7" Edit]; No Way; Cold Sweat; Psychedelic Sally; Greeze; Sure 'Nuff, Sure 'Nuff; Got Myself A Good Man; O' Baby (I Believe I'm Losing You); Disc 2 - Purple Funk; Hihache; A Gritty Nitty; Kool Is Back [Edit]; Life Is Funky; Patch It Up; Rock Creek Park; Bouncy Lady; Mucho Chupar; The Hump; Dear Limmertz [12" Mix]; Disc 3 - OG Kush; Mystic Brew ; Hung Up On My Baby; Our Generation; Free Angel (Thoughts...And All I've Got To Say); E.V.A.; Can't We Smile; Mysterious Vibes; Gentle Smiles (Saxy); Love Till The End Of Time; Disc 4 - Astral Travelin'; Leaving This Planet; Expansions ; Astral Traveling; Epilog; Celestial Blues; Open Your Eyes You Can Fly; Tawhid;

The Return Of Jazz Club (Dancefloor Classics From The Original Jazz Dance DJ)

By Paul Murphy

Label: BGP Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: St. Thomas; Manteca; Bye-Ya; Blue Stompin'; Flying Home; Hiyo Silver; Grease Monkey; Spider Man; Pedro Stroller; Parchman Farm; Filthy McNasty; Mau Mau; Mambo Inn; Flatjacks; Blue Gator;

Got That Feeling / Moon Child

By Johnny Lytle

Label: Milestone (4)
Released: 2001
Track listing: Got That Feeling!; Got That Feeling!; Pow-Wow; (In The) Wee Small Hours (Of The Morning); Big John Grady; The Breeze And I; It Ain't Necessarily So; Lela; Love Is Here To Stay; The Soulful One; Moon Child; Moon Child; Work Song; The Nearness Of You; The Moor Man; A Taste Of Honey; When My Dreamboat Comes Along; Moonlight In Vermont; The House Of Winchester;

Johnny Lytle Trios: Got That Feeling/Moon Child

by David Rickert
July 1, 2001

Back in the early sixties a group consisting of Larry Young, Bobby Hutcherson, and Grant Green recorded a series of outstanding sessions that both extended the vocabulary and enriched the possibilities of the jazz organ combo. Part of this was the unusual addition of vibes in a spot normally occupied by a sax, but to a ...

Johnny Lytle (OJC: Nice And Easy

by Douglas Payne
May 1, 1999

Jazz was unfair to soulful vibraphonist Johnny Lytle (1932-1996). He recorded frequently throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s, often as part of producer Orrin Keepnews's label affiliations (Jazzland, Riverside, Tuba and Milestone). Lytle nearly scored a hit with 1963's “The Village Caller" (reissued on CD by OJC last year) and acquired belated fame when ...

Easy Easy

By Johnny Lytle

Label: 32 Records
Released: 1997