Robert Corwin

Bob Corwin’s 1st half-century of jazz piano starts with him furtively following a swaying hands of progressive bebop mastermind Lennie Tristano but winds up in a far more relaxed setting with Corwin seemingly taking it easy beneath the swaying trees and shrubs in Hand Springs. Biographers are keen on talking about the musical affects from within the Corwin family members — a dad who performed piano for silent films, a sibling who performed in big rings — without talking about the real name of either party. For the sibling, scholars wanting to set up the presence of family members dynasties in the jazz picture may choose to postpone. The just people called Corwin who arrive on jazz discographies aside from the pianist are Carl Corwin, a reed participant in mainly Latin rings, and Scott Corwin, an R&B drummer. Both became mixed up in ’80s, and neither look like actually linked to Bob Corwin. If there is a sibling, he evidently didn’t play on way too many information. Bob Corwin’s main musical cachet is usually a solo recording entitled Quartet, documented for Riverside in 1956. He provides continued to superstar in the casual task; in 1997, he and performing partner Shari Lynn released Miss You, Mr. Mercer, a tribute to the fantastic songwriter Johnny Mercer. Corwin’s experience for the composers most well-liked by jazz improvisers was component of his exceptional rapport with market leaders with whom he produced fine recordings, such as for example trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker and vocalist Anita O’Day. He also collaborated frequently with multi-instrumentalist Don Elliott, among the initial bandleaders to provide Corwin stage period after he finished his research. The pianist’s affiliates in his afterwards Hand Springs years consist of Danny Flahive, with whom he performs criteria within a duo setting.