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Just Because: Hampton Hawes With Scott LaFaro
Before Scott LaFaro joined the Bill Evans Trio in late 1959, the young bassist’s second west coast stint included work with Chet Baker, Barney Kessel, Victor Feldman, Cal Tjader, Stan Getz and Hampton Hawes, among others. In California, LaFaro’s tone, time and adventurous ideas put him—along with Gary Peacock and Charlie Haden—in the vanguard of a ...
Jimmy Jones Trio: 1954
Jimmy Jones was an in-demand arranger and pianist throughout the 1950s and '60s, working with most leading jazz vocalists and soloists of the era. If you go into Tom Lord's Jazz Discography, you'll find Jones on 307 sessions. But if you modify your search, screened just for Jones's leadership dates, you'll find that the number is ...
Richie Powell in 1954
Pianist Bud Powell not only helped invent bebop in the mid-1940s with Dexter Gordon, J.J. Johnson and Charlie Parker but he also established a new, spidery playing style that was widely imitated on both coasts right up until Bill Evans' cooler introspection in the late 1950s. In the first 10 years of his small-group career, from ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Remembering "The Kid from Red Bank"
Longtime StLJN readers know that it doesn't take much prompting to get yr. humble editor to start posting Count Basie videos, and this week, we're using Jazz St. Louis' upcoming “Basie's Birthday Bash" as an excuse for getting down with the Count. Scheduled for Friday, August 21 and Saturday, August 22 at Jazz at the Bistro, ...
Elliot Lawrence on the Road
What was it like to be on the road in a big band in 1950? It's difficult to say, since we only have the recollections of musicians who were there, and who knows how accurate those memories are. In the case of Elliot Lawrence, two members of his band then—Bob Karch and Howie Mann—took color home ...
Tiny Kahn and Elliot Lawrence
Composer-arranger Johnny Mandel told me a few years ago that Tiny Kahn was among his favorite arrangers. As Johnny put it, no one could craft a flag-waver like Kahn, with huge build, drive and swing. Johnny and Kahn go back to 1944, when both were in Henry Jerome's band. Both also arranged for Woody Herman and ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Six from Trombone Shorty
Today, we check in on the New Orleans multi-instrumentalist and singer Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty, who's returning to St. Louis next weekend to play on Saturday, August 8 at Ballpark Village. Shorty and his band Orleans Avenue have been playing here once a year or so since 2008, turning up most recently last ...
Shelly Manne: Speak Low, 1962
As you know, I often like to end the week with perfection—a video of music that completely knocks me out. Well, I'm still on a Shelly Manne kick. Here's drummer Shelly Manne and His Men (tenor saxophonist Richie Kamuca, trumpeter Conte Candoli, pianist Russ Freeman and bassist Monty Budwig) playing Speak Low on Oscar Brown Jr.'s ...
Hal McKusick: You're Everywhere
Soon after I started this blog in 2007, I interviewed saxophonist Hal McKusick at length. Hal appeared on dozens of my favorite albums and his heart-touching tone was unmistakable. In the years that followed our initial conversation, we spoke every few weeks by phone. Hal was always generous with answers to my questions and hugely encouraging. ...
Brother Jack Meets the Boss
If organists were vehicles, Brother Jack McDuff's sound would be one of those oversized off-road trucks with huge tires. His attack on the Hammond was massive and rock solid, laying down a double-thick bass line and meaty chords. McDuff came on the scene in the late 1950s, when establishments along the Midwest club circuit hired jazz-soul ...
