Tag Archives: 1940s – 2000s

By virtue of his warm, flamboyant stage manner, longevity, continuous touring, and appearances within the media, Tito Puente is just about the most beloved symbol of Latin jazz. But a lot more than that, Puente were able to maintain his music amazingly fresh on the decades; like a timbales virtuoso, …

Because the vibraphonist for Martin Denny’s group, Lyman was instrumental in crafting the audio of exotica. Lyman didn’t stick with Denny for lengthy, however, departing the ensemble in 1957 to start out a solo profession which was almost as effective as Denny’s. To no one’s shock, Lyman’s albums sounded like …

Jazz accordion-master, Vehicle Damme plays a lot more than great/accordion mush. Actually, he was an innovator during 60s post-bop. He’s an unsung hero.

Despite a singing job that spanned from your 1930s towards the 1970s, Thurl Ravenscroft is without a doubt most widely known for applying his deep, wealthy vocal skills inside a different professional pursuit — specifically, for over half of a century he was the inimitable voice of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes …

An excellent swing clarinetist who spent a lot of his profession either within the studios or re-creating the task of Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman, Abe Most was the older sibling of flutist Sam Most. He became a member of Les Dark brown in 1939, spent 1942-1945 within the armed …

Manny Oquendo began percussion studes in 1945 and gained drumming experience with the rings of Carlos Valero, Luis del Campo, Juan “Un Youngster” Torres, Jose Budet, Juanito Sanabria, Marcelino Guerra, Jose Curbelo and Pupi Campo before starting to be Tito Puente’s bongo participant in 1950. Four years afterwards Oquendo was …

Leonard Pennario was being among the most well-known American-born concert pianists from the twentieth hundred years. Pennario’s professional profession began on the sensitive age group of 12 when he stuffed set for an ailing soloist for the Grieg Concerto in A in a 1936 concert using the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. …

An excellent singer having a warm, expressive tone of voice, Helen Merrill’s infrequent recordings have a tendency to end up being quite particular with a lot of surprises and chance-taking. She began singing in public areas in 1944 and was using the Reggie Childs Orchestra during 1946-1947. Merrill, who was …

The youngest from the three Montgomery brothers, Friend Montgomery was a trusted, if underrated, vibraphonist and pianist. He became a specialist in 1948 and the next 12 months toured with Big Joe Turner. He performed piano with Slide Hampton in his indigenous Indianapolis, IN, offered in the Military, and was …

Most widely known for his decades-long cooperation with Body fat Domino, tenor saxophonist Herbert Hardesty was an essential element of the vintage Dave Bartholomew-produced classes that helped form both New Orleans R&B and rock and roll & roll all together, contributing lyrical, energetic solos to such landmark information while “I’m …