Tag Archives: Hard Bop

Although he could generally play bop, Ray Bryant’s using combined jointly older elements (including blues, boogie-woogie, gospel, as well as stride) right into a distinctive, soulful, and swinging style; no-one performed “After Hours” that can compare with him. Younger sibling of bassist Tommy Bryant as well as the uncle of …

A busy studio room musician during a lot of his profession, Ralph MacDonald added colorful noises and catchy rhythms to a huge selection of saving classes. His father’s music group performed calypso in Harlem, and it experienced a strong impact on his playing, as do a ten-year stint (1961-1971) with …

A fantastic if underrated tenor saxophonist who frequently sounds directly from the prime many years of Blue Note (most influenced simply by Hank Mobley and Sonny Rollins), Ralph Lalama is a dear soloist in many records. Blessed to a drummer and a vocalist, Lalama is a area of the NY …

It really is to McCoy Tyner’s great credit that his profession after John Coltrane continues to be definately not anti-climatic. Along with Costs Evans, Tyner continues to be the most important pianist in jazz of days gone by 50 years, along with his chord voicings getting adopted and employed by …

An excellent pianist and a talented lyricist, Randy Klein produced a solid impression in 1994 for the tune lyrics he contributed to his Jazzheads Compact disc. In 1995, he documented a sensitive group of duets that showcased the audio of bassist Harvie Swartz. In any other case, he spent some …

An excellent pianist who began taking part in professionally in Louisville through the ’50s, Rahn Burton started with Rahsaan Roland Kirk in 1953, and toured with him through the Midwest for six years. Among Kirk’s first Argo albums included a Burton structure. Burton toured with George Adams, playing body organ …

Although a quintessentially west coast jazz musician, trumpeter/vocalist Nate Birkey is a Midwestern native given birth to in Indiana and raised in Colorado. Having a smooth, tenor tone of voice and pining trumpet audio Birkey pulls easy evaluations with “interesting college” luminaries such as for example Chet Baker, Kilometers Davis …

A fantastic bop-based trumpeter and a occupied session participant during a lot of his profession, Marvin Stamm is definitely a flexible participant. He began on trumpet when he was 12 and later on researched at North Tx State College or university. Stamm was with Stan Kenton’s Mellophonium Orchestra during 1961-1963 …

Shamek Farrah takes on alto saxophone and was featured about albums recorded for Strata-East and RA in the mid and past due ’70s. He also led his personal septet classes for Strata-East.

An adventurous guitarist also in a position to embrace an antique regular, Rudy Linka produced a solid impression in the mid-1990’s with some great CDs (including Czech It Out and Twice Czech for the Enja label). He originally analyzed classical acoustic guitar until influenced by Kilometers Davis’ Jack port Johnson …