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b. John Thomas Baker, 9 Sept 1952, Oakdale, California, USA, d. 23 Oct 2001, holland. Baker first researched the piano, sang in the institution choir, with age 15 begun to play the trumpet. His family members shifted to Australia in 1973. He performed within the Ray Cost band and in …

Possessor of the very most beautiful tone have you ever heard in jazz, altoist Johnny Hodges formed his design in early stages and had little cause to change it all through the years. Although he could stomp with the very best golf swing players and was masterful around the blues, …

Known for his perfect and tasteful taking part in, Tommy Flanagan received lengthy overdue acknowledgement for his skills within the 1980s. He performed clarinet when he was six and turned to piano five years later on. Flanagan was a significant area of the fertile Detroit jazz picture (apart from 1951-1953 …

Featured using the Louis Armstrong All-Stars during many periods, Arvell Shaw was arguably Armstrong’s finest bassist and the only real musician in his group that was inspired for an extent by bebop. Shaw performed tuba in senior high school before switching to bass. He used Destiny Marable on riverboats in …

For a while in the later ’70s and early ’80s, it seemed as though jazz’s avant-garde was in the verge of a favorite breakthrough in the individual and music of Arthur Blythe. Blythe was authorized by Columbia Information; the label’s hype-heavy advertising from the saxophonist nearly produced him a celebrity. …

Among the great drummers from the 1950s, Artwork Taylor was on the many hard bop and jam session-styled classes. His first essential gig was with Howard McGhee in 1948, which was accompanied by organizations with Coleman Hawkins (1950-1951), Friend DeFranco (1952), Bud Powell (1953 and 1955-1957), and George Wallington (1954-1956). …

Despite an amazingly colorful and challenging life, Artwork Pepper was quite consistent within the saving studios; just about any recording he produced is really worth buying. In the 1950s he was mostly of the altoists (alongside Lee Konitz and Paul Desmond) who was simply in a position to develop his …

A fantastic tenor saxophonist and an excellent arranger/composer, Al Cohn was greatly admired by his fellow music artists. Early gigs included organizations with Joe Marsala (1943), Georgie Auld, Boyd Raeburn (1946), Alvino Rey, and Friend Rich (1947). Nonetheless it was when he changed Herbie Steward among the “Four Brothers” with …

Archie Shepp continues to be at various occasions a feared firebrand and radical, soulful throwback and contemplative veteran. He was seen within the ’60s as possibly the most articulate and troubling person in the free era, a released playwright ready to speak within the record in unsparing, explicit style about …

Adam Makowicz produced a solid impression when he 1st found the U.S. and at that time, he was frequently compared to Artwork Tatum. Although his technique ‘s almost on Tatum’s level, Makowicz offers long got his own design, mixing together different facets of jazz, which range from golf swing to …