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Leroy Vinnegar
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Leroy Vinnegar - acoustic double bass (1928 - 1999) Regarded as the ‘Master of the Walking Bass,’ Leroy Vinnegar was a mainstay on jazz recording sessions from 1952 on where he was on over 600 dates. His signature walking bass was the foundation for his impeccable sense of swing, which has gone on to influence several generations of players. Vinnegar was born into a musically inclined family in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 13, 1928. His earliest musical education came from the radio, on which he listened religiously to the great bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie. His two sisters played piano, and young Leroy thought that might be his instrument as well
Trio and Quintet
by C. Michael Bailey
Pianist and composer Elmo Hope has more in common with Tadd Dameron than most of his other jazz peers. Both men were primarily composers and arrangers who concentrated on their own music rather than standards. Both men spent their professional lives in New York City during the twilight of bebop and the flourishing of hard bop. ...
Steve Allee: Naptown Sound
by Steve Allee
Submitted on behalf of Kyle Long, Producer/Host at WFYI in Indianapolis.If you ask the average music fan to name the greatest jazz cities in America, it's unlikely that Indianapolis would top their list. That's a shame, as those familiar with the city's history know better. They see the unique fingerprints of Indianapolis musicians across ...
Leroy Vinnegar Walks
Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Walk On; Would You Like to Take a Walk; On the Sunny Side of the Street; Walking; Walking' My Baby Back
Home; I'll Walk Alone; Walking' By The River
Maggie's Back In Town!!
Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2024
Track listing: Demon Chase; Willow Weep For Me; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; Sunset Eyes; Maggie's Back in Town;
Summertime; Brownie Speaks.
The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr.
Label: Contemporary Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Celia;
This Here;
Domingo;
Prelude to a Kiss;
Well, You Needn't;
Theme for Basi ;
New Blues;
Way Out West;
Four.
Jazz in Four Colors
By Lou Levy
Label: RCA Victor
Released: 2024
Track listing: Tune Up;
Without You;
Wail Street;
Star Eyes;
The Lady Is A Tramp;
The Gray Fox;
Button Up Your Overcoat;
Imagination;
Gal In Calico;
Indiana.
My Summer with Sonny
by Patrick Burnette
Raise your hands, jazz fans, if you've been thinking about jazz legend Sonny Rollins during the last few months. After all, the great man is still with us at age 94. Reaching such an age is an accomplishment for anybody, but a miraculous feat for an African-American jazz musician born in the early decades of the ...
Les McCann: Never Say No Again
by Chris M. Slawecki
"Be who you are and not who you ain't. Because when you are who you ain't, you're not who you are." Keyboardist, vocalist, bandleader, songwriter and photographer Les McCann really talks like this. About his music, about musicians, about his career--about everything. I learned this during the following interview, scheduled to discuss Omnivore Records' ...
Go West! The Contemporary Records Albums
Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2023
Track listing: I'm An Old Cowhand; Solitude; Come, Gone; Wagon Wheels; There is No Greater Love; Way Out West;
I've Told Ev'ry Little Star; Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody; How High the Moon; You; I've
Found A New Baby; Along Together; In the Chapel in the Moonlight; The Song is You; I'm An Old
Cowhand (alternate); Come, Gone (alternate); Way Out West (alternate); The Song is You; You (alternate);
I've Found a New Baby (alternate).
