Results for "Randy Kaye"

Randy Kaye

Born: May 20, 1947

Born on May 20, 1947 in Brooklyn, N.Y.,Randy grew up in a household where music was a part of life.The son of Alan Kaye, a saxophone player in many big bands and his mother Leona was also a jazz singer. Randy took uo the saxophone at a young age. When young Randy was sick with rheumatic fever Rhis father bought him a set of drums and he never looked back. Randy attended schools in Brooklyn and was a golden glove boxer,played baseball and ran track. Kaye was asked to cut his hair in high school and when he refused he was expelled. Mr. Kaye,a lifelong musician began playing professionally when he was only 15 years old! He started sitting in with players like Kenny Dorham and Roland Kirk and even sat in with Duke Ellington once

The Jimmy Giuffre 3: Music for People, Birds, Butterflies & Mosquitoes

by Joshua Weiner
March 20, 2024

Has any musician who is not a pianist explored the trio as a basis for musical invention as thoroughly as Jimmy Giuffre? There have been many versions of the Jimmy Giuffre 3, from the initial 1950s unit with Jim Hall on guitar and either Ralph Peña on bass or Bob Brookmeyer on valve trombone, through the ...

Brooklyn 1967, May 24th

By Randy Kaye

Label: Philology Jazz Records
Released: 2016
Track listing:
CD 1:
Apricot Lady; Pretty Sweet; Tears for a Year Gone By.
CD 2:
Laughter; What Little Girls Are Made Of; To Angel with Love.

Randy Kaye Quintet: Brooklyn 1967, May 24th

by Alberto Bazzurro
December 5, 2016

Ha abbastanza dell'incredibile il destino di queste matrici: registrate, verosimilmente per finire su un doppio LP, nella primavera 1967, in studio, con materiale di sicuro interesse e adeguata resa fonica, sono rimaste invece nel fatidico cassetto (o scaffale che dir si voglia) per quasi mezzo secolo, uscendo a otto anni (nessun anniversario particolare, quindi) dalla morte ...

Percussionist Randy Kaye Dies at 61

August 17, 2008

Music for People, Birds, Butterflies & Mosquitoes

By Jimmy Giuffre

Label: Candid Records
Released: 1973
Track listing: Mosquito Dance; Night Dance; Flute Song; Eternal Chant; The Bird; The Waiting; The Butterfly; The Chanting; Moonlight; Dervish; Phoenix; Feast Dance.