Tag Archives: Hard Bop

A fantastic if underrated pianist, Don Friedman began playing in the Western Coastline in 1956 with Dexter Gordon, Shorty Rogers, Pal Collette, Pal DeFranco (1956-1957), Chet Baker, and also the then-unknown altoist Ornette Coleman. After shifting to NY in 1958, Friedman performed in many configurations, including along with his very …

Elvin Jones will be best-known for his association using the common John Coltrane Quartet (1960-1965) but he also had a notable profession being a bandleader and stayed a major impact in music. Among the all-time great drummers (bridging the difference between advanced hard bop as well as the avant-garde), Jones …

A gifted and versatile bassist, Stafford James has played bebop, really difficult bop, totally free, and R&B material since emerging in the later ’60s dealing with Monty Alexander, Albert Ayler, and Sun Ra. He’s similarly able on acoustic or electrical, and it has supported both jazz and R&B performers. Adam …

Eddy Louiss has spent the majority of his profession leading his very own group in France, but twice has made particularly significant recordings, both in organ. He previously sung as an associate of the Increase Six (1961-1963), performed piano with Johnny Griffin within the middle-’60s, and proved helpful sometimes with …

Joe Zawinul belonged within a category unto himself — a Euro in the heartland from the classical music custom (Vienna) who learned to golf swing as freely as any American jazzer, and whose urge for food for development and transformation remained insatiable. Zawinul’s interest and openness to all or any …

Possessor of a unique tone along with a liquid bop-oriented design, Charlie Rouse is at Thelonious Monk’s Quartet for more than ten years (1959-1970) and, although somewhat overlooked, was a significant component in Monk’s music. Rouse was generally a modern participant and he caused Billy Eckstine’s orchestra (1944) as well …

Despite a comparatively brief profession (he first found notice like a sideman at age 29 in 1955, formally launched a single profession at 33 in 1960, and was deceased at 40 in 1967), saxophonist John Coltrane was being among the most important, & most controversial, numbers in jazz. It appears …

A talented bop-based pianist and an extremely appealing and sensuous vocalist, Ellyn Rucker is definitely a fixture within the Denver region. Although she began playing piano when she was eight, found out jazz at 13, and analyzed traditional piano at Drake University or college, she didn’t decide to turn into …

An excellent alto saxophonist and flutist who is able to change from bop and really difficult bop to extremely adventurous flights, Adam Spaulding gained his ideal recognition while an associate of Freddie Hubbard’s quintet within the mid-’60s. He examined on the Chicago Cosmopolitan College of Music and gigged and documented …

It is a genuine rarity for any jazz musician to get his profession interrupted for any 30-yr period and have the ability to create a complete return. Frank Morgan demonstrated significant amounts of guarantee in his start, nonetheless it was quite a while before he could fulfill his potential. The …