Gene Gammage

Gene Gammage arrived of the Atmosphere Force in the first ’50s and without apparent musical history decided to turn into a drummer. Regarding to this tale it was just a matter of a year or two prior to the drummer was keeping forth at a LA nightspot together with Teddy Charles. Pianist Hampton Hawes, who professes to become discerning regarding drummers in his autobiography, caused Gammage for pretty much four a few months at a spot when the drummer still experienced significantly less than five many years of professional encounter. Just a few even more choruses of “Auld Lang Syne” and Gammage is usually jamming with a few of the most hard music artists in jazz from a specialized standpoint, included in this guitarist Barney Kessel and pianists Oscar Peterson and André Previn. Some kind of internal drumming force is obviously recommended by this profession, to which Gammage provides the charismatic heroics of his personal standard bearers, the most common gang of suspects including Maximum Roach, Kenny Clarke, Philly Joe Jones, Artwork Blakey, and Elvin Jones. Documenting highlights because of this drummer certainly are the pairing with amazing bassist Scott LaFaro as accompanists for pianist Pat Moran. Gammage’s traditional golf swing part comes out in the trio establishing with Peterson and mentioned bassist Ray Dark brown.