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It could be said without exaggeration that just about any jazz guitarist that emerged during 1940-65 sounded such as a comparative of Charlie Christian. The initial important electric powered guitarist, Christian performed his instrument using the fluidity, self-confidence, and swing of the saxophonist. Although officially a golf swing stylist, his …

A brilliant specialist with a lovely tone and a variety, Ernie Royal spent the majority of his profession in the anonymous configurations of studio rings, uplifting the music but just gaining popularity among those in the music market. The younger sibling of altoist Marshall Royal (who was simply nine years …

Drummer Ron Jefferson was fixture from the postwar NEW YORK bop panorama, collaborating with giants which range from Lester Adolescent to Coleman Hawkins. Created in ny on Feb 13, 1926, Jefferson start his career like a faucet dancer before embracing drums, touring and documenting having a who’s who of bebop …

A very dear bassist closely from the Kansas Town jazz picture, Gene Ramey’s walking bass design and fairly simple but swinging solos were a secured asset to a many sessions for many years. Ramey was originally a trumpeter when he used his college music group, turned to sousaphone (dealing with …

Group. Golf swing and traditional jazz ensemble offering Glenn Zottola on trumpet, flugelhorn and alto sax, pianist Harold Danko, bassist Rick Laird and drummer/vocalist Butch Mls. They produced 1981 record for the Dreamstreet label.

Guitarist/vocalist Doug Wamble is a jazz traditionalist in the very best sense of the term. Merging music from his southern origins with jazz, Wamble creates a distinctive sound that details upon rural blues, gospel, golf swing, and post-bop. Although in the beginning inspired to consider up jazz after hearing recordings …

A longtime person in Fatty acids Waller’s Tempo, Gene Sedric appeared on many records with the fantastic pianist, taking consistently multi-colored clarinet and tenor solos. Referred to as “Honey Keep” over time in the ’30s when he frequently used a camel-hair overcoat, Sedric acquired a warm audio on his horns …

Main influences: Teddy Wilson, Mel Powell, Ellis Larkins, and Duke Ellington. Like a precocious 15-year-old, Gene DiNovi worked well in 1943 with bandleader Henry Jerome, who was simply in those days getting ready to convert his Hal Kemp-styled dance music group into a contemporary bop ensemble. DiNovi’s changeover from golf …

An excellent tenor saxophonist who is a dear sidemen in lots of configurations, Doug Lawrence finally led his debut Compact disc in 1997, Spirit Carnival (Fable). Everyone in Lawrence’s family members performed music (including his dad, who performed saxophone, and his five old siblings). He began playing traditional clarinet when …

Although virtually unidentified to everyone through the swing era, Gene Gifford was an extremely influential arranger whose work for the Casa Loma Orchestra predated the rise of Benny Goodman. Gifford was raised in Memphis, Tennessee, and he both organized and performed banjo along with his high school music group. Gifford …