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Sunday, February 28, 2021

Bobby Hutcherson • Candy

 



Biography
NEA jazz master Bobby Hutcherson is the most accomplished vibraphonist of his generation. He is a master of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic improvisation on both the vibes and the marimba. He has performed or recorded with nearly every major living jazz musician.

Born in Los Angeles in 1941, and raised in Pasadena, Hutcherson took a few piano lessons at an early age. But, he says, “I only played piano for my own enjoyment.” Returned to the vibes after hearing the music of Milt Jackson. “One day I was walking down the street and I heard one of his records and that started it I have never tried to directly copy his style, but he's been a great influence on me…” He briefly studied the vibes with Dave Pike.

While still a teenager, Hutcherson worked around Los Angeles with such top musicians as Charles Lloyd and Curtis Amy. In 1960 he toured the country with a group led by AI Grey and BilIy Mitchell before settling in New York in 1961. He worked on and off with Jackie McLean for a year, quickly earning a reputation for his full, fresh sound on an instrument that was still a rarity in jazz. From the 1960's he played with some of the leading New York players, such as Hank Mobley, Archie Shepp, Eric Dolphy, Charles Tolliver, Herbie Hancock and Grachan Moncur, III. He began recording as a sideman during this period, appearing on records with Eric Dolphy, Dolly McLean, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Dexter Gotdon, Andrew Hill, McCoy Tyner and Grant Green.

In 1964, at the age of 23, Hutcherson won the Downbeat critic's poll as “Talent Deserving Wider Recognition” on the vibes. The following year he played with Gil Fuller's big band at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and cut his first recording as a leader, Dialogue, on the Blue Note label. He continued to record with Blue Note for the next twelve years. During this time Bobby released two masterful recordings for Blue Note Records “Stick Up!” and “Dialogue” that would define the vibraphone as a jazz instrument for decades to come.

From 1967 to 1971 he led a quintet with Harold Land. Among those who belonged to the group as sidemen were the pianists Chick Corea, Stanley Cowell, and Joe Sample; the double bass players Reggie Johnson and Albert Stinson; and the drummers Donald Bailey and Billy Higgins.

Hutcherson moved to San Francisco in 1971 and won the International Jazz Critic's Poll as the “World's Best Vibest.” During the '70s and '80s he performed and recorded regularly as a guest or co-leader, appearing on records with McCoy Tyner, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins. He signed with Columbia in 1978 & and recorded the highly acclaimed “Highway One Conception: The Gift of Love” and “Un Poco Loco”. In 1979 he performed as part of an all-star jazz group at the historic Havana Jam Music Festival in Cuba. From 1981 he toured internationally and made recordings as a member of the Timeless All-Stars, with Harold Land, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Buster Williams and Billy Higgins.

In 1985, when veteran producer Orrin Keepnews launched his adventurous new jazz label, Landmark Records, the first release was Hutcherson's “Good Bait”. He has gone on to record “Color Schemes”, “In the Vanguard”, “Cruisin' the Bird”, “Ambos Mundos” and “Mirage” on the Landmark Label. In 1986 he was featured in the Warner Brothers release, Round Midnight along with Dexter Gordon and Herbie Hancock.

In 1994, on the Blue Note label, he recorded Manhattan Moodes, a duo recording with McCoy Tyner. This is a collaboration that has continued to wow Jazz Audiences for over a decade. In 2003 – he again recorded with McCoy Tyner on “Land of Giants” (Telarc Records). The tour that followed this recording along with Charnott Moffett on bass and Eric Harland on drums resulted in some of the most stunning music in recent jazz memory.

In 1999 Bobby Hutcherson recorded the critically acclaimed CD “Skyline” for Verve Records. Skyline's all-star alignment, with pianist Geri Allen, bassist Christian McBride, drummer AI Foster, and special guest saxophonist Kenny Garrett, exemplifies the high standards to which Hutcherson holds himself, as well as his penchant for testing himself in new waters.

Beginning in 2007 Bobby Hutcherson made a series of recordings with Kind of Blue Records. The first recording in the series titled “For Sentimental Reasons” was a recording of classic standards and showcased Bobby Hutcherson at his most melodic. Accompanying Bobby on this date were Renee Rosnes on piano, Dwayne Burno on bass, and Al Foster on drums. In 2010 Bobby Hutcherson released “Wise One” on Kind of Blue Records to wide critical acclaim. This recording was a reflection on the work of John Coltrane and featured Bobby’s longtime touring band from the San Francisco Bay Area with Joe Gilman on piano, Glenn Richman on bass, Anthony Wilson on guitar and Eddie Marshall on drums. In 2012 a scintillating live recording from Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola titled “Somewhere In the Night” on Kind of Blue Records featuring Bobby Hutcherson with the Joey DeFrancsco Trio was released.

In 2014, Blue Note Records released an all-star collaboration titled “Enjoy The View” with Bobby Hutcehrson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco, & Bill Hart.

Bobby Hutcherson was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2010 and during that year he toured with fellow NEA Jazz Master pianist Cedar Walton in a quartet along with David Williams on bass and Eddie Marshall on drums to celebrate this honor. At the 2012 NEA Jazz Master awards Bobby Hutcherson performed in a Duo with Kenny Barron in tribute to Charlie Haden. Although now afflicted with emphazima, Bobby Hutcherson’s performance was spell bounding and is cited as the finest performance ever done at an NEA Jazz Masters ceremony. Today Bobby Hutcherson performs infrequently in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Of his approach to music and life today Bobby Hutcherson states: “I want to squeeze as much life as I can into the day and at the end of the day, when I'm exhausted, I say 'Well. I don't think I can do any more today, I’ll start again tomorrow',” “I'm in a different phase of my life right now and really enjoying where I am,” Hutcherson says. “With music, I found something that I could devote the rest of my life to. If I hear people talking about how they want to make a record and make a lot of money, I want to say 'No, no, no, no. no. That's not what it's about. You're rich already, just to be involved in this music. How about the thrill of participating instead of vying for a certain position? Enjoy being tossed around in the sphere of life and love being tumbled around inside that bowl. Jockeying for position to get on top of that bowl is a dangerous proposition. I just want to be able to walk into a room, go about my business and leave, having caused the whole room to change.”

Early Years
Bobby Hutcherson was born in Los Angeles, California on 27 January 1941. He grew up in Pasdena. Hutcherson was exposed to jazz from an early age, and his family had some connections to the local jazz scene. (His brother was a high-school friend of Dexter Gordon and his sister would later date Eric Dolphy.) He started studying piano as at age nine, but he found the formality of the training stifling. In his teens, Hutcherson decided to take up the vibraphone after hearing a Milt Jackson record. He studied informally with vibist Dave Pike, but, for the most part, he is self-taught on the instrument. Hutcherson's own musical career began when started playing local dances with his friend, bassist Herbie Lewis.

After high school, Hutcherson played with local jazz musicians Les McCann, Charles Lloyd, Paul Bley, Scott LaFaro, and Curtis Amy. (Hutcherson's first full-length album as a sideman was with Amy and Frank Butler, titled Groovin' Blue.) Later, after moving to San Francisco, Hutcherson joined an ensemble co-led by Al Grey and Billy Mitchell, and the band went on to record several albums in both of the leaders' names. During this time, Hutcherson frequently played chords using a four-mallet technique (now more commonly associated with vibist Gary Burton) because there was no pianist in the group. However, since the end of the 1960's, Hutcherson has only occasionally used this technique and has focused instead on more horn- like, linear playing. Around 1960 Hutcherson began working on an album as a leader for Dick Bock's Pacific Jazz label, but he abandoned the effort after recording only four songs. (These recordings have never been released.)

The Early- and Middle-Sixties
In 1961, Hutcherson traveled east with the Grey-Mitchell sextet for a run at Birdland in New York. He decided to stay. Hutcherson was acclaimed for his work with Grey, and he continued to record with him through 1963. More significantly, Hutcherson also began working and recording with two important “New Thing” artists, Eric Dolphy and Jackie McLean. Hutcherson's work with McLean yielded the first album that made many jazz fans and critics sit up and take notice of the new vibist on the scene. The 1963 album One Step Beyond featured an amazing quintet of McLean on alto sax, Grachan Moncur III on trombone, Tony Williams on drums, Eddie Khan on bass, and Hutch on vibes. Hutcherson was also featured on important sessions by Eric Dolphy, most notably on Out to Lunch. Over the next few years, Hutcherson continued working as a sideman on several other landmark jazz recordings. He made more albums with McLean (including the astounding Action), Grachan Moncur, Andrew Hill, Grant Green, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner and others. Hutcherson was also playing in bands with Archie Shepp and Charles Tolliver during this time.

While recording his first album with Jackie McLean, Blue Note chief Alfred Lion offered Hutcherson a recording contract. (Hutcherson's relationship with Blue Note would last longer than any other artist's except Horace Silver's, ending only with the demise of the label in 1977.) Most critics consider his first album as a leader, Dialogue, to be one of his finest. (Hutcherson had recorded another album, subsequently released as The Kicker, before Dialogue, but it was not released until 1999.) Hutcherson went on to record a string of unbelievably strong records for Blue Note throughout the 1960's. His run of recordings rivals that of any other artist on the label during this legendary time. Most of these recordings feature the drumming and compositions of Joe Chambers, one of Hutcherson's key associates during the period.

The Bobby Hutcherson-Harold Land Quintet (1968-71)
In the late-Sixties, after moving back to California, Hutcherson formed a quintet with Harold Land. To this day, the dry-toned tenor saxophonist is probably most well-known for his work with the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet in the middle 1950's. Despite the fact that Land (born 1928) was a generation older than Hutcherson, the two had similar musical visions, and their collaboration produced some amazing work. (Each artist recorded in their own name; Hutcherson on Blue Note and Land on Cadet and Mainstream.) Unfortunately, Hutcherson's partnership with Land coincided with the rise of fusion and jazz rock, and there wasn't much of a market for the subtlety and balance that quintet offered. Since work wasn't regular, the group used several musicians for the rhythm section, depending on the location of the gig. (On Hutcherson's recordings, the drum chair continued to be filled by Joe Chambers.) If the timing were different, the group might easily have been recalled as one of the finest small groups in jazz history. As it was, much of the work that the group recorded didn't even get released until a decade or more later (Spiral and Medina). Other recordings by the quintet, like the superb Peace-Maker (issued in Land's name), have never even been reissued on CD. (However, it was recently released on CD in Japan.).

The Seventies
During the Seventies, there were dramatic changes in the jazz scene. Since Hutcherson resisted electronics and (in general) shied away from fusion, his music was perceived by some as less relevant. It is also true that some of Hutcherson's recordings in the Seventies were less ambitious than they had been during the Sixties. Nonetheless, despite some inconsistency, Hutcherson continued to make challenging, thrilling records throughout the decade. In general, I think his work from this period is enormously undervalued.

In 1971, Hutcherson released Head On, a large band recording featuring the compositions of Todd Cochran, a student of classical music. Much of the music is very grand and exciting, almost uncategorizable. It seemed to build on the efforts of Hutcherson's earlier, unconventional large- ensemble recording, Now! (1969). Other excellent recordings from the decade include Cirrus, with the luminous, transcendent composition “Even Later” (one of Hutcherson's best) and The View from the Inside. Sadly, except for Now!, none of these have been issued on compact disc. (Unbelievably, Inner Glow, recorded in 1975, has never been released anywhere except in Japan. Fortunately, Mosaic Records plans to release several of Hutcherson's 70's LP in a “Select” set soon.) In the last few years, Blue Note has reissued some of Hutcherson's funkier Seventies work (San Francisco and Montara). This music is more immediately appealing, even if it retains some of Hutcherson's characteristic thoughtful intensity (such as on “Procession” on San Francisco).

In 1978, after Blue Note's last gasp, Hutcherson move to Columbia. His work there wasn't as strong as it had been (or soon would be again), although Un Poco Loco, his third and final release on the label is quite good. Hutcherson also continued to work as a sideman throughout the Seventies, though less far less frequently than in the previous decade. His most notable contributions were two excellent albums with McCoy Tyner (Sama Layuca and Together), as well as some fine work with Prince Lasha (released on Lasha's private label, Birdseye).

The Eighties
The 1980's saw a resurgence in more traditional, bop- based jazz forms, and this was good news for Bobby Hutcherson. In general, Hutcherson style of playing during this period is more conservative than in his earlier work. Here he's working in a more conventional mainstream-bop mode. But his playing is never any less convincing. The changes in his style sounds like a natural evolution.

In the early Eighties, at the instigation of Dutch producer and Timeless record label owner Wim Wigt, Hutcherson joined with Harold Land, Curtis Fuller (tb), Cedar Walton (p), Buster Williams (b), and Billy Higgins (d) to form the Timeless All-Stars. The group was outstanding. Instead of just blowing without giving much thought to arrangements or interplay (like many all-star bands), the group had a fine sense of balance, a real ensemble sound. One can hear echoes of groups like the Jazztet and even the MJQ in The Timeless All-Stars. Their first two recordings (It’s Timeless: Recorded Live at Keystone Korner and Timeless Heart) are probably their finest, but Hutcherson sounded completely at home whenever he recorded with them.

Starting in 1984, Hutcherson began recording for Orrin Keepnew's Landmark label. Hutcherson's Good Bait was the very first recording issued by the label. He went on to make a series of very fine recordings, the highlight of which was a live release, In the Vanguard. Unfortunately, the label has subsequently gone out of business and the rights to the recordings have changed hands a few times. Currently, Savoy owns them, but they have chosen not to reissue the discs.

In 1985, Hutcherson participated in the re-birth of the Blue Note label by playing at celebration concert at Town Hall in New York. His work is captured on compact disc One Night With Blue Note, Vol. 1. Footage of the concert has also been released on DVD. Later that same year, Hutcherson participated in the soundtrack recording to the film Round Midnight. Hutcherson also had a minor role in the film.

The Eighties also saw a dramatic uptick in Hutcherson's work as a sideman. [In 1981 alone, Hutcherson participated as a sideman on no less than eight recordings (for Sonny Stitt, Harold Land, Chico Freeman, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, Pharoah Sanders, and McCoy Tyner). He also released his own Solo/Quartet LP in 1981.] Other highlights from the decade include Larry Vuckovich's Blue Balkan, McCoy Tyner's La Leyenda de la Hora, John Hicks' John Hicks, Frank Morgan's Reflections, Barney Kessel's Red Hot and Blues, and Andrew Hill's Eternal Spirit.

Recent Years
During the Nineties and into the present decade, Hutcherson has made fewer recordings, although he has kept up a steady touring schedule. One recent and exciting development in Hutcherson's musical life has been his involvement as a member of the San Francisco Jazz Collective. Beginning in 2004, the octet began touring every Spring. Each tour features compositions by members of the group, as well as the compositions of one “jazz giant,” selected by Musical Director Joshua Redman. In 2004, the collective featured the music of Ornette Coleman. In 2005, it was John Coltrane. In 2006, the tour featured the music of Herbie Hancock. The group has released recordings from each of its tours, Inaugural Season Live and Live 2005: 2nd Annual Tour. (Both of them are excellent, although the group seems more at ease on the second set. I suppose that Hutcherson's familiarity with Hancock's music (and the man) will only serve to make the music from 2006 even better.

Along with the SF Jazz Collective recordings, here are a few more worth highlighting from the last fifteen years: Hutcherson's own Skyline, his collaboration with McCoy Tyner on Manhattan Moods, his work on the Various Artists' compilation Acoustic Masters II; plus his sideman work for Kenny Barron, Other Places and Abbey Lincoln, Wholly Earth.

Hutcherson's work remains entirely compelling. He brings something special every time he plays. In recent years, it's especially noticeable on his recordings as a sideman. If he doesn't play on a particular track, you miss him. When he does play, everyone sounds better.
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Biografía
El maestro de jazz de la NEA, Bobby Hutcherson, es el vibrafonista más consumado de su generación. Es un maestro de la improvisación melódica, armónica y rítmica tanto en el vibráfono como en la marimba. Ha tocado o grabado con casi todos los grandes músicos de jazz vivos.

Nacido en Los Ángeles en 1941 y criado en Pasadena, Hutcherson tomó unas cuantas clases de piano a una edad temprana. Pero, dice, "Sólo tocaba el piano para mi propio disfrute". Volvió a las vibraciones después de escuchar la música de Milt Jackson. "Un día iba caminando por la calle y escuché uno de sus discos y eso lo inició Nunca he tratado de copiar directamente su estilo, pero ha sido una gran influencia para mí..." Estudió brevemente las vibraciones con Dave Pike.

Cuando aún era adolescente, Hutcherson trabajó en Los Ángeles con músicos de primer nivel como Charles Lloyd y Curtis Amy. En 1960 recorrió el país con un grupo liderado por AI Grey y BilIy Mitchell antes de establecerse en Nueva York en 1961. Trabajó de vez en cuando con Jackie McLean durante un año, ganándose rápidamente una reputación por su sonido completo y fresco en un instrumento que todavía era una rareza en el jazz. A partir de los años 60 tocó con algunos de los principales músicos neoyorquinos, como Hank Mobley, Archie Shepp, Eric Dolphy, Charles Tolliver, Herbie Hancock y Grachan Moncur, III. Comenzó a grabar como sideman durante este período, apareciendo en discos con Eric Dolphy, Dolly McLean, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Dexter Gotdon, Andrew Hill, McCoy Tyner y Grant Green.

En 1964, a la edad de 23 años, Hutcherson ganó la encuesta de los críticos de Downbeat como "Talento merecedor de un reconocimiento más amplio" en las vibras. Al año siguiente tocó con la big band de Gil Fuller en el Festival de Jazz de Monterrey, y grabó su primera grabación como líder, Dialogue, con el sello Blue Note. Continuó grabando con Blue Note durante los siguientes doce años. Durante este tiempo Bobby lanzó dos grabaciones magistrales para Blue Note Records "Stick Up!" y "Dialogue" que definirían al vibráfono como un instrumento de jazz durante décadas.

De 1967 a 1971 dirigió un quinteto con Harold Land. Entre los que pertenecían al grupo como sidemen estaban los pianistas Chick Corea, Stanley Cowell y Joe Sample; los contrabajistas Reggie Johnson y Albert Stinson; y los bateristas Donald Bailey y Billy Higgins.

Hutcherson se trasladó a San Francisco en 1971 y ganó el premio de la encuesta de la crítica internacional de jazz como el "Mejor Vibro del Mundo". Durante los años 70 y 80 actuó y grabó regularmente como invitado o co-líder, apareciendo en discos con McCoy Tyner, Dexter Gordon y Sonny Rollins. Firmó con Columbia en 1978 y grabó el muy aclamado "Highway One Conception": The Gift of Love" y "Un Poco Loco". En 1979 actuó como parte de un grupo de jazz de estrellas en el histórico Festival de Música Havana Jam en Cuba. A partir de 1981 realizó giras internacionales y grabaciones como miembro del Timeless All-Stars, con Harold Land, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Buster Williams y Billy Higgins.

En 1985, cuando el veterano productor Orrin Keepnews lanzó su nuevo y aventurado sello de jazz, Landmark Records, el primer lanzamiento fue "Good Bait" de Hutcherson. Posteriormente grabó "Color Schemes", "In the Vanguard", "Cruisin' the Bird", "Ambos Mundos" y "Mirage" en el sello Landmark. En 1986 apareció en el lanzamiento de la Warner Brothers, "Round Midnight" junto con Dexter Gordon y Herbie Hancock.

En 1994, con el sello Blue Note, grabó Manhattan Moodes, una grabación a dúo con McCoy Tyner. Esta es una colaboración que ha continuado cautivando al público de jazz por más de una década. En 2003 - volvió a grabar con McCoy Tyner en "Land of Giants" (Telarc Records). La gira que siguió a esta grabación junto con Charnott Moffett en el bajo y Eric Harland en la batería dio lugar a algunas de las más impresionantes músicas en la memoria del jazz reciente.

En 1999 Bobby Hutcherson grabó el CD aclamado por la crítica "Skyline" para Verve Records. La alineación de estrellas de Skyline, con el pianista Geri Allen, el bajista Christian McBride, el baterista AI Foster y el saxofonista invitado especial Kenny Garrett, ejemplifica los altos estándares a los que se atiene Hutcherson, así como su inclinación a probarse a sí mismo en nuevas aguas.

A partir de 2007 Bobby Hutcherson hizo una serie de grabaciones con Kind of Blue Records. La primera grabación de la serie titulada "For Sentimental Reasons" fue una grabación de estándares clásicos y mostró a Bobby Hutcherson en su forma más melódica. Acompañando a Bobby en esta fecha estaban Renee Rosnes en el piano, Dwayne Burno en el bajo y Al Foster en la batería. En 2010 Bobby Hutcherson publicó "Wise One" en Kind of Blue Records con gran éxito de crítica. Esta grabación fue un reflejo del trabajo de John Coltrane y contó con la larga gira de la banda de Bobby por el área de la bahía de San Francisco con Joe Gilman al piano, Glenn Richman al bajo, Anthony Wilson a la guitarra y Eddie Marshall a la batería. En 2012 se publicó una brillante grabación en vivo del Club Coca-Cola de Dizzy's titulada "Somewhere In the Night" en Kind of Blue Records con Bobby Hutcherson y el Joey DeFrancsco Trio.

En 2014, Blue Note Records lanzó una colaboración estelar titulada "Enjoy The View" con Bobby Hutcehrson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco y Bill Hart.

Bobby Hutcherson fue nombrado un Maestro de Jazz de NEA en 2010 y durante ese año hizo una gira con su compañero el pianista Maestro de Jazz de NEA, Cedar Walton, en un cuarteto junto con David Williams en el bajo y Eddie Marshall en la batería para celebrar este honor. En los premios NEA Jazz Master de 2012 Bobby Hutcherson actuó en un dúo con Kenny Barron en homenaje a Charlie Haden. Aunque ahora está afligido por el énfasis, la actuación de Bobby Hutcherson fue fascinante y se cita como la mejor actuación jamás realizada en una ceremonia de los NEA Jazz Masters. Hoy en día Bobby Hutcherson actúa con poca frecuencia en el área de la bahía de San Francisco.

De su enfoque de la música y la vida de hoy Bobby Hutcherson afirma: "Quiero exprimir toda la vida que pueda en el día y al final del día, cuando estoy agotado, digo 'Bien'. No creo que pueda hacer nada más hoy, empezaré de nuevo mañana', "Estoy en una fase diferente de mi vida ahora mismo y estoy disfrutando realmente de donde estoy", dice Hutcherson. "Con la música, he encontrado algo a lo que puedo dedicar el resto de mi vida. Si oigo a la gente hablar de cómo quieren hacer un disco y ganar mucho dinero, quiero decir 'No, no, no, no. no. No se trata de eso. Ya eres rico, sólo por estar involucrado en esta música. ¿Qué tal la emoción de participar en vez de competir por una cierta posición? Disfruta de ser lanzado en la esfera de la vida y del amor siendo lanzado dentro de ese tazón. Luchar por una posición para estar encima de ese bol es una proposición peligrosa. Sólo quiero ser capaz de entrar en una habitación, seguir con mis asuntos e irme, habiendo causado que toda la habitación cambie."

Los primeros años
Bobby Hutcherson nació en Los Ángeles, California, el 27 de enero de 1941. Creció en Pasdena. Hutcherson estuvo expuesto al jazz desde una edad temprana, y su familia tenía algunas conexiones con la escena de jazz local. (Su hermano era amigo de Dexter Gordon en el instituto y su hermana saldría más tarde con Eric Dolphy). Empezó a estudiar piano a los nueve años, pero encontró la formalidad del entrenamiento sofocante. En su adolescencia, Hutcherson decidió tomar el vibráfono después de escuchar un disco de Milt Jackson. Estudió informalmente con el vibrafonista Dave Pike, pero, en su mayor parte, es autodidacta en el instrumento. La carrera musical de Hutcherson comenzó cuando empezó a tocar en los bailes locales con su amigo, el bajista Herbie Lewis.

Después del instituto, Hutcherson tocó con los músicos de jazz locales Les McCann, Charles Lloyd, Paul Bley, Scott LaFaro, y Curtis Amy. (El primer álbum completo de Hutcherson como sideman fue con Amy y Frank Butler, titulado Groovin' Blue.) Más tarde, después de mudarse a San Francisco, Hutcherson se unió a un grupo codirigido por Al Grey y Billy Mitchell, y la banda grabó varios álbumes a nombre de los dos líderes. Durante este tiempo, Hutcherson tocaba frecuentemente los acordes usando una técnica de cuatro mazos (ahora más comúnmente asociada con el vibrafonista Gary Burton) porque no había ningún pianista en el grupo. Sin embargo, desde finales de los años 60, Hutcherson sólo ha utilizado esta técnica ocasionalmente y se ha centrado en su lugar en la ejecución más lineal de la trompa. Alrededor de 1960 Hutcherson comenzó a trabajar en un álbum como líder para el sello Pacific Jazz de Dick Bock, pero abandonó el esfuerzo después de grabar sólo cuatro canciones. (Estas grabaciones nunca han sido publicadas).

A principios y mediados de los sesenta
En 1961, Hutcherson viajó al este con el sexteto Grey-Mitchell para una carrera en Birdland en Nueva York. Decidió quedarse. Hutcherson fue aclamado por su trabajo con Grey, y continuó grabando con él hasta 1963. Más importante aún, Hutcherson también comenzó a trabajar y a grabar con dos importantes artistas de "New Thing", Eric Dolphy y Jackie McLean. El trabajo de Hutcherson con McLean dio como resultado el primer álbum que hizo que muchos fanáticos y críticos de jazz se sentaran y se fijaran en el nuevo vibrafonista de la escena. El álbum de 1963, One Step Beyond, presentaba un increíble quinteto de McLean en el saxo alto, Grachan Moncur III en el trombón, Tony Williams en la batería, Eddie Khan en el bajo y Hutch en el vibráfono. Hutcherson también participó en importantes sesiones de Eric Dolphy, sobre todo en Out to Lunch. Durante los siguientes años, Hutcherson continuó trabajando como asistente en otras grabaciones de jazz. Hizo más álbumes con McLean (incluyendo la asombrosa Action), Grachan Moncur, Andrew Hill, Grant Green, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner y otros. Hutcherson también tocó en bandas con Archie Shepp y Charles Tolliver durante este tiempo.

Mientras grababa su primer álbum con Jackie McLean, el jefe de Blue Note, Alfred Lion, le ofreció a Hutcherson un contrato de grabación. (La relación de Hutcherson con Blue Note duraría más tiempo que la de cualquier otro artista, excepto la de Horace Silver, terminando sólo con la desaparición del sello en 1977). La mayoría de los críticos consideran que su primer álbum como líder, Dialogue, es uno de los mejores. (Hutcherson había grabado otro álbum, posteriormente publicado como The Kicker, antes de Dialogue, pero no fue lanzado hasta 1999.) Hutcherson llegó a grabar una serie de discos increíblemente fuertes para Blue Note a lo largo de los años 60. Su serie de grabaciones rivalizó con la de cualquier otro artista de la discográfica durante esta época legendaria. La mayoría de estas grabaciones presentan la batería y las composiciones de Joe Chambers, uno de los asociados clave de Hutcherson durante el período.

El quinteto Bobby Hutcherson-Harold Land (1968-71)
A finales de los sesenta, después de volver a California, Hutcherson formó un quinteto con Harold Land. Hasta el día de hoy, el saxofonista tenor de tono seco es probablemente más conocido por su trabajo con el Quinteto Clifford Brown-Max Roach a mediados de los 50. A pesar de que Land (nacido en 1928) era una generación mayor que Hutcherson, los dos tenían visiones musicales similares, y su colaboración produjo un trabajo sorprendente. (Cada artista grabó con su propio nombre; Hutcherson en Blue Note y Land en Cadet and Mainstream.) Desafortunadamente, la asociación de Hutcherson con Land coincidió con el auge de la fusión y el jazz rock, y no había mucho mercado para la sutileza y el equilibrio que ofrecía ese quinteto. Como el trabajo no era regular, el grupo usaba varios músicos para la sección rítmica, dependiendo de la ubicación del concierto. (En las grabaciones de Hutcherson, el sillón de batería seguía siendo ocupado por Joe Chambers.) Si el ritmo fuera diferente, el grupo podría haber sido fácilmente recordado como uno de los mejores grupos pequeños en la historia del jazz. Tal como fue, gran parte del trabajo que el grupo grabó no se publicó hasta una década o más tarde (Spiral y Medina). Otras grabaciones del quinteto, como la magnífica Peace-Maker (publicada a nombre de Land), nunca se han reeditado en CD. (Sin embargo, fue recientemente lanzado en CD en Japón).

Los años setenta
Durante los años setenta, hubo cambios dramáticos en la escena del jazz. Desde que Hutcherson se resistió a la electrónica y (en general) evitó la fusión, su música fue percibida por algunos como menos relevante. También es cierto que algunas de las grabaciones de Hutcherson en los setenta eran menos ambiciosas de lo que habían sido durante los sesenta. No obstante, a pesar de algunas incoherencias, Hutcherson siguió haciendo discos difíciles y emocionantes durante todo el decenio. En general, creo que su trabajo de este período está enormemente infravalorado.

En 1971, Hutcherson lanzó Head On, una grabación de una gran banda con las composiciones de Todd Cochran, un estudiante de música clásica. Mucha de la música es muy grande y emocionante, casi imposible de categorizar. Parecía basarse en los esfuerzos de la anterior y poco convencional grabación de Hutcherson para un gran grupo, Now! (1969). Otras excelentes grabaciones de la década incluyen Cirrus, con la luminosa y trascendente composición "Even Later" (una de las mejores de Hutcherson) y "The View from the Inside". Lamentablemente, excepto Now!, ninguna de ellas ha sido editada en disco compacto. (Increíblemente, Inner Glow, grabada en 1975, nunca ha sido lanzada en ningún lugar excepto en Japón. Afortunadamente, Mosaic Records planea lanzar pronto varios de los LP de los 70 de Hutcherson en un set "Select"). En los últimos años, Blue Note ha reeditado algunos de los trabajos más funky de los 70 de Hutcherson (San Francisco y Montara). Esta música es más atractiva de inmediato, incluso si conserva algo de la característica intensidad reflexiva de Hutcherson (como en "Procesión" en San Francisco).

En 1978, después del último suspiro del Blue Note, Hutcherson se mudó a Columbia. Su trabajo allí no era tan fuerte como lo había sido (o pronto lo sería de nuevo), aunque Un Poco Loco, su tercer y último lanzamiento en el sello es bastante bueno. Hutcherson también continuó trabajando como sideman durante los años setenta, aunque con menos frecuencia que en la década anterior. Sus contribuciones más notables fueron dos excelentes álbumes con McCoy Tyner (Sama Layuca y Together), así como un buen trabajo con Prince Lasha (editado en el sello privado de Lasha, Birdseye).

Los ochenta
Los años 80 vieron un resurgimiento de las formas de jazz más tradicionales, basadas en el bop, y esto fue una buena noticia para Bobby Hutcherson. En general, el estilo de tocar de Hutcherson durante este período es más conservador que en su obra anterior. Aquí está trabajando en un modo de bop más convencional. Pero su forma de tocar nunca es menos convincente. Los cambios en su estilo parecen una evolución natural.

A principios de los ochenta, a instancias del productor holandés y propietario del sello Timeless, Wim Wigt, Hutcherson se unió a Harold Land, Curtis Fuller (tb), Cedar Walton (p), Buster Williams (b), y Billy Higgins (d) para formar el Timeless All-Stars. El grupo fue excepcional. En lugar de soplar sin pensar mucho en los arreglos o en la interacción (como muchas bandas de estrellas), el grupo tenía un fino sentido del equilibrio, un verdadero sonido de conjunto. Se pueden escuchar los ecos de grupos como el Jazztet e incluso el MJQ en The Timeless All-Stars. Sus dos primeras grabaciones (It's Timeless: Recorded Live at Keystone Korner y Timeless Heart) son probablemente las mejores, pero Hutcherson sonaba completamente en casa cuando grababa con ellos.

A partir de 1984, Hutcherson comenzó a grabar para el sello Landmark de Orrin Keepnew. Good Bait de Hutcherson fue la primera grabación emitida por el sello. Hizo una serie de grabaciones muy buenas, la más destacada de las cuales fue un lanzamiento en vivo, In the Vanguard. Desafortunadamente, el sello ha dejado de funcionar y los derechos de las grabaciones han cambiado de manos varias veces. Actualmente, Savoy es el propietario, pero han decidido no reeditar los discos.

En 1985, Hutcherson participó en el renacimiento del sello Blue Note tocando en un concierto de celebración en el Town Hall de Nueva York. Su trabajo está capturado en el disco compacto One Night With Blue Note, Vol. 1. Las imágenes del concierto también se han publicado en DVD. Más tarde ese mismo año, Hutcherson participó en la grabación de la banda sonora de la película Round Midnight. Hutcherson también tuvo un papel secundario en la película.

Los años 80 también vieron un aumento dramático en el trabajo de Hutcherson como ayudante. [Sólo en 1981, Hutcherson participó como sideman en nada menos que ocho grabaciones (para Sonny Stitt, Harold Land, Chico Freeman, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Rollins, Pharoah Sanders y McCoy Tyner). También publicó su propio LP de solista/cuarteto en 1981]. Otros de los más destacados de la década incluyen Blue Balkan de Larry Vuckovich, La Leyenda de la Hora de McCoy Tyner, John Hicks de John Hicks, Reflections de Frank Morgan, Red Hot and Blues de Barney Kessel y Eternal Spirit de Andrew Hill.

En los últimos años
Durante los años noventa y en el presente decenio, Hutcherson ha hecho menos grabaciones, aunque ha mantenido un programa de giras constantes. Un reciente y emocionante desarrollo en la vida musical de Hutcherson ha sido su participación como miembro del San Francisco Jazz Collective. A partir de 2004, el octeto comenzó a hacer giras cada primavera. Cada gira presenta composiciones de los miembros del grupo, así como las composiciones de un "gigante del jazz", seleccionado por el Director Musical Joshua Redman. En 2004, el colectivo presentó la música de Ornette Coleman. En 2005, fue John Coltrane. En 2006, la gira presentó la música de Herbie Hancock. El grupo ha lanzado grabaciones de cada una de sus giras, Inaugural Season Live y Live 2005: 2nd Annual Tour. (Ambas son excelentes, aunque el grupo parece estar más a gusto en el segundo set. Supongo que la familiaridad de Hutcherson con la música de Hancock (y el hombre) sólo servirá para hacer la música de 2006 aún mejor.

Junto con las grabaciones del SF Jazz Collective, aquí hay algunas más que vale la pena destacar de los últimos quince años: El Skyline del propio Hutcherson, su colaboración con McCoy Tyner en Manhattan Moods, su trabajo en la compilación de Various Artists Acoustic Masters II; además de su trabajo como sideman para Kenny Barron, Other Places y Abbey Lincoln, Wholly Earth.

El trabajo de Hutcherson sigue siendo totalmente convincente. Trae algo especial cada vez que toca. En los últimos años, se nota especialmente en sus grabaciones como sideman. Si no toca en una pista en particular, lo extrañas. Cuando toca, todos suenan mejor.
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Avenue Blue Featuring Jeff Golub • Naked City

 



Review by Daevid Jehnzen
Avenue Blue's Naked City is a laid-back, mellow jazz and soul fusion, highlighted by blues flourishes. The main distinguishing feature of the group is guitarist Jeff Golub, whose fluid playing dominates the record, even when he is accompanying such guest stars as Phoebe Snow and Bob James.
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Reseña de Daevid Jehnzen
Naked City, de Avenue Blue, es una fusión de jazz y soul relajada y suave, con toques de blues. El principal rasgo distintivo del grupo es el guitarrista Jeff Golub, cuya fluida interpretación domina el disco, incluso cuando acompaña a estrellas invitadas como Phoebe Snow y Bob James.
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Friday, February 26, 2021

VA • Lost Legends Of The Surf Guitar - Vol.3



Ben Paterson • Blues for Oscar

 



Combining a joyful swing feel with an impeccable touch, Steinway Artist Ben Paterson has quickly established himself as one of the most exciting young pianists on the Jazz scene today, garnering international acclaim for his superb musicianship and engaging performances. Whether playing lush ballads on the piano, digging into some hard-driving blues-tinged organ jazz on the Hammond B3, or singing classic tunes by the likes of Ray Charles and Nat King Cole, Ben combines effortless technique with soulful honesty, drawing in both aficionados and Jazz neophytes alike.

   Originally from Philadelphia, Ben studied both classical and Jazz music before moving to the great city of Chicago, absorbing the unique blend of Jazz and Blues that can only be found in the Windy City. Now based in New York, Ben is poised to bring his unique talents and style to a wider audience, performing regularly at top notch venues around town, and at clubs and festivals around the world.

Starting in 2005, Ben was honored to join the band of NEA jazz master Von Freeman, performing with him regularly until Von’s passing in August 2012. Other notable collaborations include work with Bobby Broom, Johnny O’Neal, Red Holloway, Eldee young, Jerry Weldon, Peter Bernstein and Ed Cherry to name a few, with performances opening for groups like Steely Dan and B.B. King.

   In 2018, Ben was named as the First Place winner of the inaugural Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition, with judges including Ellis and Branford Marsalis, Arturo O’Farrill and Jon Batiste.

   Ben currently has 6 CD’s released under his own name: Breathing Space (OA2 Records 2007) Blues For Oscar (Meetinghouse Records 2012), Essential Elements (MAXJAZZ 2013), For Once In My Life (Origin 2015), That Old Feeling (Cellar Live 2018), and Live at Van Gelder’s (Cellar Live 2018)
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Combinando un alegre sentimiento de swing con un toque impecable, el artista de Steinway Ben Paterson se ha establecido rápidamente como uno de los pianistas jóvenes más excitantes de la escena del jazz actual, cosechando elogios internacionales por su magnífica musicalidad y sus atractivas actuaciones. Ya sea tocando exuberantes baladas al piano, profundizando en un jazz con tintes de blues en el Hammond B3, o cantando temas clásicos de la talla de Ray Charles y Nat King Cole, Ben combina una técnica sin esfuerzo con una honestidad conmovedora, atrayendo tanto a los aficionados como a los neófitos del jazz.

   Originario de Filadelfia, Ben estudió música clásica y jazz antes de trasladarse a la gran ciudad de Chicago, absorbiendo la mezcla única de jazz y blues que sólo puede encontrarse en la Ciudad del Viento. Ahora, con sede en Nueva York, Ben está preparado para llevar su talento y estilo únicos a un público más amplio, actuando regularmente en los mejores locales de la ciudad y en clubes y festivales de todo el mundo.

A partir de 2005, Ben tuvo el honor de unirse a la banda del maestro del jazz NEA Von Freeman, actuando con él regularmente hasta el fallecimiento de Von en agosto de 2012. Otras colaboraciones notables incluyen trabajos con Bobby Broom, Johnny O'Neal, Red Holloway, Eldee young, Jerry Weldon, Peter Bernstein y Ed Cherry, por nombrar algunos, con actuaciones como telonero de grupos como Steely Dan y B.B. King.

   En 2018, Ben fue nombrado como el ganador del Primer Lugar del Concurso Internacional de Piano de Jazz Ellis Marsalis inaugural, con jueces como Ellis y Branford Marsalis, Arturo O'Farrill y Jon Batiste.

   Ben tiene actualmente 6 CD's editados bajo su propio nombre: Breathing Space (OA2 Records 2007) Blues For Oscar (Meetinghouse Records 2012), Essential Elements (MAXJAZZ 2013), For Once In My Life (Origin 2015), That Old Feeling (Cellar Live 2018), y Live at Van Gelder's (Cellar Live 2018).
https://benpaterson.com/about


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Thursday, February 25, 2021

VA • Lost Legends Of The Surf Guitar - Vol.2



Quincy Jones His Life in Music

 


Quincy Jones (b. 1933) is one of the most prolific composers, arrangers, bandleaders, producers, and humanitarians in American music history and the recording and film industries. Among pop music fans he is perhaps most famous for producing Michael Jackson's album, Thriller. Clarence Bernard Henry focuses on the life, music, career, and legacy of Jones within the social, cultural, historical, and artistic context of American, African American, popular, and world music traditions.

Jones's career has spanned over sixty years, generating a substantial body of work with over five hundred compositions and arrangements. The author focuses on this material as well as many of Jones's accomplishments: performing as a young trumpeter in the bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, becoming the first African American to hold an executive position in the competitive white-owned recording industry, breaking racial barriers as a composer in the Hollywood film and television industries, producing the best-selling album of all time, and receiving numerous Grammy Awards.

The author also discusses many of Jones's compositions, arrangements, and recordings and his compositional study in France with legendary teacher Nadia Boulanger. In addition, details are provided about Jones's distinct ability as one of the most innovative composers and arrangers who incorporates many different styles of music, techniques, and creative ideas in his compositions, arrangements, and film scores. He collaborated with an array of musicians and groups such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Clifford Brown, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, USA for Africa, and many others. Clarence Bernard Henry shows how Jones has, throughout his career, wholeheartedly embraced philosophies of globalization and cultural diversity in his body of work, collaborations, humanitarian projects, and musical creativity.

 

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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

VA • Lost Legends Of The Surf Guitar - Vol.1



John Williams's Film Music

 


John Williams is one of the most renowned film composers in history. He has penned unforgettable scores for Star Wars, the Indiana Jones series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Superman, and countless other films. Fans flock to his many concerts, and with forty-nine Academy Award nominations as of 2014, he is the second-most Oscar-nominated person after Walt Disney. Yet despite such critical acclaim and prestige, this is the first book in English on Williams’s work and career.
            Combining accessible writing with thorough scholarship, and rigorous historical accounts with insightful readings, John Williams’s Film Music explores why Williams is so important to the history of film music. Beginning with an overview of music from Hollywood’s Golden Age (1933–58), Emilio Audissino traces the turning points of Williams’s career and articulates how he revived the classical Hollywood musical style. This book charts each landmark of this musical restoration, with special attention to the scores for Jaws and Star Wars, Williams’s work as conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, and a full film/music analysis of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The result is a precise, enlightening definition of Williams’s “neoclassicism” and a grounded demonstration of his lasting importance, for both his compositions and his historical role in restoring part of the Hollywood tradition.

 

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Ernest Ranglin • Guitar In Ernest


 
Artist Biography
Ernest Ranglin was born June 19, 1932 and grew up in the small town of Robin's Hall in the Parish of Manchester, a rural community In the middle of Jamaica. Music has always claimed a special place In the Island's culture, and Ranglin's destiny was set from an early age when two of his uncles showed him the rudiments of playing the guitar. When they discovered just how good the young boy was, they bought him a ukulele. Ranglin learned how to play by imitating his uncles, but he was soon to be influenced by the recordings of the great American jazz guitarist Charlie Christian. Living in rural Jamaica, however, inhibited the boy's ambitions, which, even at the age of fourteen, were focused on music. He then moved to Kingston - the country's capital - ostensibly to finish his studies at Bodmin College. Very high on Ranglin's agenda was to seriously study the guitar; something not on the school's priorities.

His lessons came from guitar books and late-night sessions watching the Jamaican dance bands of the time: he was particularly influenced by Cecil Houdini, an unrecorded local musician. By the time he was sixteen years old, Ranglin was acknowledged as the rising young talent in the city. In 1948 he joined his first group, the Val Bennett Orchestra, playing in the local hotels. Such was Ranglin's burgeoning reputation that he soon came to the attention of rival dance bands and, by the early-Fifties, he was a member of Jamaica's best-known group, the Eric Deans Orchestra, touring around the Caribbean and as far north as the Bahamas.

The big bands gave Ranglin the hugely beneficial experience of learning how to orchestrate and arrange. The typical repertoire of the day Included tunes by Les Brown, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton and Duke Ellington, together with Cuban music and the hot Broadway show songs. The constant tours also gave Ranglin a wider vision, meeting musicians from other traditions. Once, for instance, when he was working In Nassau his performance was heard by Les Paul, who gave Ranglin a guitar In admiration of his talents.

It was, however, back In Jamaica that his career was to be transformed by a chance meeting. In 1958 Ranglin was leading his own quintet, playing the leading hotels In Kingston and the resorts on the north of the Island. One engagement was at the Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay, a show caught by a young would-be record producer called Chris Blackwell.

Immediately Impressed by Ranglin's extraordinary talents, Blackwell offered him the chance to make a record. The album featured a pianist called Lance Heywood on one side with Ernest Ranglin on the other: It was the very first release by Island Records and the start of a long association between Ranglin and Blackwell.

By the following year, 1959, Ranglin had joined the bassist Cluett Johnson in a studio group called Clue J and His Blues Blasters. This was a very different kind of style to the big bands. Jamaican music was in a state of flux, the traditional mento superseded by a tough urban stance influenced by the pervading sounds of American R&B. Johnson and Ranglin recorded several instrumentals for producer Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd at Federal - the only real studio facility on the island. The first of these tunes, Shuffling Bug, is widely regarded as the first example of ska, the shuffle rhythm which exaggerated the 'jump beat' heard on New Orleans' R&B records of the Fifties. Ska became the bedrock of Jamaican popular music, leading to rock steady, reggae, ragga and all the innovations the island has brought into the global mainstream.

Ranglin's fluent and versatile guitar style, coupled with his arrangement skills, meant he was in constant demand right through the ska era. In addition to his work with Prince Buster and Baba Brooks, Ranglin was also remembered by Chris Blackwell who, in 1962, had launched Island Records in Britain. Blackwell had a song he thought could be a pop smash. He also had a young Jamaican singer called Millie, who'd previously recorded some sides for Coxsone Dodd. In 1964 Blackwell brought both Millie and Ranglin to London; they recorded My Boy Lollipop which, in the spring of that year, reached number two in the UK chart. It went on to become a worldwide hit, the first time ska had infiltrated into the vocabulary of pop music.

In recent years, Ernest Ranglin has gone back to his roots and has made various cross cultural collaborations and concept albums. On Below the Bassline he covers some of the greatest songs of the rock and roll era. Memories of Barber Mack is Ernest Ranglin's tribute to the late Jamaican saxophonist Barber Mack. The Search of the Lost Riddim album took Ernest Ranglin to Senegal for his first visit since the mid 1970's when he toured as part of the Jimmy Cliff band. These recording sessions represent the accomplishment of a dream he had cherished for over 20 years: returning to Africa to record with African musicians. Modern Answers to Old Problems is an adventuresome mix of jazz sophistication and Afro-pop syncopation, and finaly his last album Gotcha! shows what a perfect instrumentalist Ernest realy is.
https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/ernestranglin

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Biografía del artista

Ernest Ranglin nació el 19 de junio de 1932 y creció en el pequeño pueblo de Robin's Hall en la Parroquia de Manchester, una comunidad rural en el centro de Jamaica. La música siempre ha ocupado un lugar especial en la cultura de la isla, y el destino de Ranglin se fijó desde muy joven cuando dos de sus tíos le enseñaron los rudimentos de tocar la guitarra. Cuando descubrieron lo bueno que era el joven, le compraron un ukelele. Ranglin aprendió a tocar imitando a sus tíos, pero pronto se vio influenciado por las grabaciones del gran guitarrista de jazz estadounidense Charlie Christian. Sin embargo, vivir en la Jamaica rural inhibió las ambiciones del niño, que, incluso a la edad de catorce años, se centraban en la música. Luego se trasladó a Kingston, la capital del país, aparentemente para terminar sus estudios en el Bodmin College. Lo más importante en la agenda de Ranglin era estudiar seriamente la guitarra, algo que no estaba entre las prioridades de la escuela.

Sus lecciones provenían de libros de guitarra y sesiones nocturnas para ver las bandas de baile jamaicanas de la época: estaba particularmente influenciado por Cecil Houdini, un músico local no registrado. Para cuando tenía dieciséis años, Ranglin era reconocido como el joven talento en ascenso en la ciudad. En 1948 se unió a su primer grupo, la Val Bennett Orchestra, tocando en los hoteles locales. Tal era la creciente reputación de Ranglin que pronto llamó la atención de las bandas de baile rivales y, a principios de los años cincuenta, era miembro del grupo más conocido de Jamaica, la Eric Deans Orchestra, que viajaba por el Caribe y por el norte hasta las Bahamas.

Las grandes bandas le dieron a Ranglin la experiencia enormemente beneficiosa de aprender a orquestar y arreglar. El repertorio típico del día incluía temas de Les Brown, Benny Goodman, Stan Kenton y Duke Ellington, junto con música cubana y las canciones calientes del show de Broadway. Las constantes giras también le dieron a Ranglin una visión más amplia, conociendo a músicos de otras tradiciones. Una vez, por ejemplo, cuando trabajaba en Nassau, su actuación fue escuchada por Les Paul, que le regaló a Ranglin una guitarra en admiración por su talento.

Sin embargo, fue en Jamaica donde su carrera fue transformada por un encuentro casual. En 1958 Ranglin lideraba su propio quinteto, tocando en los principales hoteles de Kingston y en los resorts del norte de la isla. Un compromiso fue en el Half Moon Hotel en Montego Bay, un espectáculo capturado por un joven aspirante a productor de discos llamado Chris Blackwell.

Inmediatamente impresionado por el extraordinario talento de Ranglin, Blackwell le ofreció la oportunidad de hacer un récord. El álbum presentaba a un pianista llamado Lance Heywood de un lado y Ernest Ranglin del otro: Fue el primer lanzamiento de Island Records y el comienzo de una larga asociación entre Ranglin y Blackwell.

Al año siguiente, 1959, Ranglin se había unido al bajista Cluett Johnson en un grupo de estudio llamado Clue J y His Blues Blasters. Este era un estilo muy diferente al de las grandes bandas. La música jamaicana estaba en un estado de cambio, el mento tradicional reemplazado por una dura postura urbana influenciada por los sonidos omnipresentes del R&B americano. Johnson y Ranglin grabaron varios instrumentos para el productor Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd en Federal - el único estudio real en la isla. La primera de estas canciones, Shuffling Bug, es ampliamente considerada como el primer ejemplo de ska, el ritmo de shuffle que exageraba el'jump beat' que se escuchaba en los discos de R&B de Nueva Orleans de los años cincuenta. Ska se convirtió en la base de la música popular jamaicana, llevando al rock steady, reggae, ragga y todas las innovaciones que la isla ha traído a la corriente dominante global.

El estilo fluido y versátil de la guitarra de Ranglin, junto con sus habilidades de arreglo, significaba que estaba en constante demanda a lo largo de la era del ska. Además de su trabajo con Prince Buster y Baba Brooks, Ranglin también fue recordado por Chris Blackwell quien, en 1962, había lanzado Island Records en Gran Bretaña. Blackwell tenía una canción que pensó que podría ser un éxito. También tenía una joven cantante jamaicana llamada Millie, que previamente había grabado algunos lados para Coxsone Dodd. En 1964 Blackwell trajo a Millie y Ranglin a Londres; grabaron My Boy Lollipop que, en la primavera de ese año, alcanzó el número dos en la lista de éxitos del Reino Unido. Se convirtió en un éxito mundial, la primera vez que el ska se había infiltrado en el vocabulario de la música pop.

En los últimos años, Ernest Ranglin ha vuelto a sus raíces y ha realizado varias colaboraciones interculturales y álbumes conceptuales. En Below the Bassline interpreta algunas de las mejores canciones de la era del rock and roll. Memories of Barber Mack es el tributo de Ernest Ranglin al difunto saxofonista jamaiquino Barber Mack. El álbum The Search of the Lost Riddim llevó a Ernest Ranglin a Senegal para su primera visita desde mediados de la década de 1970, cuando realizó una gira como parte de la banda de Jimmy Cliff. Estas sesiones de grabación representan la realización de un sueño que había albergado durante más de 20 años: volver a África para grabar con músicos africanos. Modern Answers to Old Problems es una mezcla aventurera de sofisticación de jazz y sincopa afro-pop, y finalmente su último álbum Gotcha! muestra lo que es un perfecto instrumentista Ernest realmente.

https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/ernestranglin

 

Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music

 


In 1946, Harry Choates, a Cajun fiddle virtuoso, changed the course of American musical history when his recording of the so-called Cajun national anthem "Jole Blon" reached number four on the national Billboard charts. Cajun music became part of the American consciousness for the first time thanks to the unprecedented success of this issue, as the French tune crossed cultural, ethnic, racial, and socio-economic boundaries. Country music stars Moon Mullican, Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, and Hank Snow rushed into the studio to record their own interpretations of the waltz-followed years later by Waylon Jennings and Bruce Springsteen. The cross-cultural musical legacy of this plaintive waltz also paved the way for Hank Williams Sr.'s Cajun-influenced hit "Jamabalaya."

Choates' "Jole Blon" represents the culmination of a centuries-old dialogue between the Cajun community and the rest of America. Joining into this dialogue is the most thoroughly researched and broadly conceived history of Cajun music yet published, Cajun Breakdown. Furthermore, the book examines the social and cultural roots of Cajun music's development through 1950 by raising broad questions about the ethnic experience in America and nature of indigenous American music. Since its inception, the Cajun community constantly refashioned influences from the American musical landscape despite the pressures of marginalization, denigration, and poverty. European and North American French songs, minstrel tunes, blues, jazz, hillbilly, Tin Pan Alley melodies, and western swing all became part of the Cajun musical equation. The idiom's synthetic nature suggests an extensive and intensive dialogue with popular culture, extinguishing the myth that Cajuns were an isolated folk group astray in the American South. Ryan Andre Brasseaux's work constitutes a bold and innovative exploration of a forgotten chapter in America's musical odyssey.

 

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Monday, February 22, 2021

Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers • The Kneeanderthal Sounds Of




Rastafari From Outcasts to Culture Bearers

 


Since its emergence from the ghettoes of West Kingston, Jamaica in the 1930s, the Rastafarian Movement has been transformed from an obscure group of outcasts to a vibrant movement that has not only become firmly entrenched in Jamaican society, but has successfully expanded beyond the Caribbean to North America, the British Isles, and Africa. Ennis Barrington Edmonds provides a compelling portrait of the Rastafarian phenomenon and chronicles how a once-obscure group, much maligned and persecuted, became a dominant cultural force in the world today.
Edmonds charts the evolution of the relationship between Rastafari and the wider Jamaican society. In the early years of the movement, there was outright confrontation and repression, as Rastas were seen as a threat to Jamaican society. This evolved into a grudging tolerance and eventually an aggressive appropriation of Rastafarian symbols in the 1970s and 1980s--as evidenced by the veritable coronation of reggae artist Bob Marley--resulting in the "culture tourism" of the late twentieth century. Edmonds focuses in particular on the internal development of Rastafarianism as a social movement, with its network of "houses" (small, informal groups that form around leading Rastas) and "mansions" (larger, more communal associations), to track the process of this strikingly successful integration. He further demonstrates how Rastafarian artistic creativity, especially in fashioning the music and message of reggae, was a significant factor in the transition of Rastas from the status of outcasts to the position of culture bearers.
Rastafari presents an intimate account of a unique movement, which over the course of several decades had entrenched itself in Jamaican society and has become the international cultural and political force it is today.

 

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Sunday, February 21, 2021

Ramsey Lewis • Them Changes


Biography
Pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis has been a major figure in contemporary jazz since the late '50s, playing music with a warm, open personality that's allowed him to cross over to the pop and R&B charts. Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 27, 1935, and was introduced to music by his father, who directed the choir at a local church and enjoyed the music of Duke Ellington and Art Tatum. Lewis began studying the piano when he was four years old, and was soon accompanying the choir at Sunday services. At the age of 15, he joined a jazz combo called the Cleffs, who played at parties and dances. Lewis was interested in a leaner, more bebop-oriented sound, and when the group splintered after several members joined the military, he formed the Ramsey Lewis Trio with two other former Cleffs, bassist Eldee Young and percussionist Redd Holt. The trio became a fixture on the Chicago jazz scene, and they were signed to a deal with Chess Records, releasing their first album, Ramsey Lewis & His Gentlemen of Jazz, in 1956.
Lewis and his trio continued to record and tour steadily over the years, building a sizable audience among jazz fans, but their career received a serious boost in 1965, when they recorded a swinging version of Dobie Gray's hit "The In Crowd" at a gig in Washington, D.C. Chess released the track as a single, and it became a sizable pop hit, earning Lewis his first gold record, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance. As Lewis' star rose, he returned to the pop charts in 1966 with versions of "Hang on Sloopy" and "Wade in the Water." Meanwhile, Young and Holt left Lewis' trio to form their own group, Young-Holt Unlimited, and the pianist hired a new rhythm section, Cleveland Eaton on bass and Maurice White on drums.
In 1970, White resigned to form his own group, and Morris Jennings signed on as the trio's new percussionist. Lewis continued to record for Chess until 1972, when he moved to Columbia Records, and as his music developed a more contemporary groove, White's group, Earth, Wind & Fire (also on Columbia), was beginning to enjoy considerable success on the R&B charts. White produced Lewis' 1974 album, Sun Goddess, in which he experimented with electronic keyboards for the first time, and several members of EWF played on the sessions; it became a major crossover hit and took Lewis to the upper ranks of the smooth jazz/fusion scene. Lewis would record R&B-influenced material through the '70s, but continued to explore his roots in more traditional jazz sounds as well as Latin rhythms. In 1983, he went into the studio with Eldee Young and Redd Holt for the album Reunion; in 1984, he collaborated with Nancy Wilson on The Two of Us; in 1988, he recorded with London's Philharmonia Orchestra for the album A Classic Encounter, and in 1989, Lewis and Dr. Billy Taylor cut a set of piano duets, We Meet Again.
In 1992, Lewis signed with the successful jazz label GRP Records, and in 1995, he launched the side project Urban Knights, in which he collaborated with a handful of successful crossover jazz stars, including Grover Washington, Jr., Earl Klugh, and Dave Koz. In 1997, Lewis added disc jockey to his résumé, hosting a popular show on Chicago's WNUA-FM that ran until 2009; the show went into syndication in 2006 under the name Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis, and is still on the air. In 2005, Lewis looked back on his roots in gospel music with the album With One Voice, which earned him the Stellar Gospel Music Award for Best Gospel Instrumental Album. In 2007, he was commissioned to write a jazz ballet for the Joffrey Ballet Company, and "To Know Her..." debuted at Highland Park, Illinois' Ravina Music Festival, where Lewis is artistic director of the festival's jazz series, and helped found their Jazz Mentor Program.
Lewis has also written several pieces for string ensemble and orchestra that have premiered at Ravina; highlights were featured on the 2009 album Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey, his first release from Concord Records. In addition to his work as a performer, composer, educator, and disc jockey, Lewis has received five honorary doctorate degrees, won the National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Master Award in 2007, and is one of the few noted jazz artists to carry the Olympic Torch, having briefly escorted the flame as it passed through Chicago en route to the 2002 Winter Games. In 2011, he delivered Taking Another Look, a reworking of his classic 1974 electric jazz-funk album Sun Goddess. The album was reissued in a deluxe package with bonus tracks in 2015. Two years later, Lewis was a featured guest on pianist Alan Storeygard's trio album New Directions.

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Biografía
Pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis ha sido la mayor figura en el jazz contemporáneo de los 50 ', la música de la música con el calentamiento, la posibilidad de abrir la puerta a través de que el punto de intersección hacia el pop y los R & B. , Que se estrenó en Chicago, Illinois el 27 de mayo de 1935, y fue introducida a la música por su padre, quien dirigió el choir a la iglesia local y disfrutó de la música de Duke Ellington y Tatu. Lewis inició el piano cuando era cuatro años, y estaba pronto acompañando el choir at Sunday services. En la edad de 15, he unido el jazz combo llamado los Cleffs, que jugó en partidos y danzas. Y en el caso de que el grupo se filtró después de varios miembros se unió al ejército, se formó el Ramsey Lewis Trio con otros dos viejos Cleffs, bassist Eldee Young y percussionist Redd Holt. En el año 1956, Ramsey Lewis y su grupo de jazz, en 1956, se convirtieron en el primer álbum, Ramsey Lewis y su Gentlemen de Jazz.
En el año 1965, cuando se registró la swinging version de Dobie Gray, el éxito "The In Crowd" en el gigantes de la banda, en Washington, DC Chess liberado el track a a single, y se convirtió en el pop pop pop, earning Lewis su primer oro de registro, así como el Premio Grammy para el mejor Jazz Performance. En el año 1966 con las versiones de "Hang on Sloopy" y "Wade in the Water." , Y el pianist hired a new rhythm section, Cleveland Eaton on bass y Maurice White on drums.
En 1970, White resigned a formar su propio grupo, y Morris Jennings firmado en el trio's new percussionist. En el caso de que se trate de una película de la saga de la saga de la saga de la saga de la saga, . "White Chain Lewis '1974 álbum, Sun Goddess, in que he experimentado con las teclas electrónicas para el primer equipo, y varios miembros de EWF jugado en las sesiones; que se convirtió en el mayor crossover hit y tomó Lewis a las ranas ranas del jazz / fusión de la música. En el caso de que se produzca un error en el registro de R & B-sustan material a través de los 70, pero continúe explorando su raíz en más tradicional jazz de los sonidos así como Latin rhythms. En 1983, he estado en el estudio con Eldee Young y Redd Holt para el álbum Reunion; en 1984, había colaborado con Nancy Wilson en los dos de nosotros; y en el año 1989, Lewis y el Dr. Billy Taylor cortaron el set del piano duets, We Meet Again.
En 1992, Lewis firmó con el éxito de la película de jazz Recordset, y en 1995, he lanzado el lado del proyecto Urban Knights, en el que he colaborado con el handful de exitoso crossover jazz estrellas, incluyendo Grover Washington, Jr., Earl Klugh, y Dave Koz. En 1997, Lewis agregó disc jockey a su résumé, hospedaje el popular show en Chicago's WNUA-FM que ran hasta 2009; , que se estrenará en el mes de septiembre. En el año 2005, Lewis miró sobre su raíz en la música de la música con el álbum con una voz, que fue el himno de la música de la música de la música. En el año 2007, se le pidió a escribir el jazz ballet para la Joffrey Ballet Company, y "To Know Her ..." debuted at Highland Park, Illinois 'Ravina Music Festival, donde Lewis es director artístico del festival de las series de jazz, su Jazz Mentor Program.
Lewis también ha escrito varias piezas para la cadena de conjuntos y orquestaciones que han premiered at Ravina; , que se estrenará en el 2009 álbum de canciones del Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey, su primera versión de Concord Records. En el año 2007, el Premio de la Academia de los Premios Musicales en el 2007, es uno de los músicos de jazz, el Olympic Torch, que tiene briefly escorted la llama que pasa a través de Chicago en la ruta a los Juegos de invierno de invierno. En el 2011, he emprendido otra cara, la reworking de su clásico 1974 jazz jazz-funk álbum Sun Goddess. El álbum fue reestablecido en el paquete de lujo con las canciones de las primas en el 2015. Dos años, Lewis fue un famoso huésped en el pianist Alan Storeygard's trío álbum New Directions.


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African Roots of the Jazz Evolution

 

 

African Roots of the Jazz Evolution discusses how jazz style evolved from its original source – traditional African music. Reflecting the continental interaction and cultural development that took place over centuries, the book explores how melodic, structural, rhythmic, and other musical elements from Africa are manifested in African-American spirituals, the blues, and various jazz forms. 

The book moves chronologically from the roots of blues music through the advent of recording technology and into the incorporation of new musical styles and electronic media. Beginning with traditional African music, the text examines the sociocultural context in which African-American music emerged and the ways it was traditionally expressed. It also discusses the jazz innovators who emerged in each decade of the 20th Century and their contributions to jazz genres. 

Featuring reserve and in-class recording, discussion questions, and listening examsAfrican Roots of the Jazz Evolution is an informed exploration of the African-America jazz evolution within a broad sociopolitical context. It can be used in a variety of courses in music, humanities, and ethnic studies.

Karlton E. Hester began his career as a composer, recording artist, and music educator. He holds a Ph.D. in composition from the City University of New York, and is currently the director of jazz studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Dr. Hester is also the founding director of the Fillmore Jazz Preservation Big Band in San Francisco. He has received fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Mellon Foundation, among other. An acclaimed performer, Dr. Hester has played throughout the United States and internationally.

 

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Saturday, February 20, 2021

VA • Soul Organs Vol 3



Charles Kynard, Jimmy Caravan, Billy Preston, Wild Bill Davis, Freddie Roach, Hank Marr ...

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Avant-Garde Jazz Musicians: Performing "Out There"

 


Focuses on performers whose own styles, by definition, transcend traditional boundaries of jazz and most Western forms of music. The performers discussed include John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Daniel Carter, Billy Bang, and Jemeel Moondoc.

 

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Friday, February 19, 2021

VA • Soul Organs Vol 2



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Charles Earland, Hank Marr, Merl Saunders, Jesse Butler, Truman Thomas, Georgie Fame, Bill Doggett  ...


Johnny Cash - Life Unseen

 


LIFE partners with Sony Music Entertainment and its vast archive of photography to launch a new series of special books: LIFE Unseen, surprising looks at some of our most legendary stars. We kick off the series with Johnny Cash, who passed away 10 years ago, but it seems like he has never left us.

There have been iconic American performers whose lives seemed even larger than their stage personas. Then there was Johnny Cash, unique and-yes-transcendent. He is seen as a country singer, but he is also in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Gospel Hall of Fame. Coming out of Arkansas, rebellious and an early adherent of rockabilly (he was part of Sun Studios' Million Dollar Quartet, along with Elvis, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis), he found his audience. Cash was also a TV star and he formed supergroups with other top recording artists. Movies were made about the Man in Black, and he would have been calcified as a "legend" had he not been so genuine.

LIFE was at its apex when Cash "arrived," and this special volume includes that great photography, interviews with Cash and his family-as well as his soul mate, June Carter Cash, in a special section-and, of course, the never-before-seen imagery.

Johnny Cash lives on through his eternal music and personal story-and through this tribute that presents, perhaps even reveals, the Man in Black, Johnny Cash, as you've never seen him.

 

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Thursday, February 18, 2021

VA • Soul Organs Vol 1



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La Estética Musical desde la Antiguedad hasta el Siglo XX

 

 

En esta obra, considerada desde hace años un clásico de la disciplina, Enrico Fubini arroja luz sobre los temas fundamentales, las corrientes más importantes y los problemas clave de la estética musical. Proporciona así una síntesis cronológica del pensamiento musical en Occidente, desde los poemas homéricos hasta las últimas tendencias contemporáneas, que comprende las reflexiones sobre la música no sólo de los propios músicos y estudiosos de la estética, sino también de filósofos, matemáticos, físicos y pedagogos.

 

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Peter Nero • Piano Forte



Biography
Peter Nero was trained as a classical musician, and became interested in jazz at the age of 19 after hearing the legendary Art Tatum. In the late 50s, he spent four years playing jazz clubs such as the Village Gate, Village Vanguard, the Blue Angel, and the Tropicana lounge in Las Vegas, before being discovered by RCA Records in 1960. They were looking for a ‘pop’ pianist, and auditioned more than 100 before choosing Nero. During the next eight years, he recorded some 24 albums, including the Grammy-winning “The Colorful Peter Nero,” in 1963. Two years previously, in 1961, Nero had won the Grammy for Best New Artist.

Peter Nero is unrivaled as a pianist and Pops conductor. His blending of classical, swing, Broadway, blues and jazz - all performed with vibrant virtuosity, amazing authenticity and an inviting sense of humor, have won him a loyal and enthusiastic audience. “The best aspect of Nero's art could well be his crazy creativity. He has the gift of seeing a song as no one has seen it before,” exclaimed Mary Kunz, music critic for The Buffalo News. The Washington Post has dubbed Peter “the epitome of the Pops Conductor/Performer.”

One of Peter's greatest achievements is being the founding Music Director of the world renowned Peter Nero and the Philly Pops. Extraordinary for any orchestra these days, Peter Nero and the Philly Pops also recently signed a three-record deal with DRG Records.

The Maestro's recent guest performances include return engagements with the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Buffalo and Dayton Philharmonics, the Florida Philharmonic, and the Pacific, St. Louis, Ottawa, Detroit and Virginia Symphony Orchestras. Peter also continues to tour throughout the year in solo recitals. As a Steinway artist for close to 50 years, Peter returned to New York's Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2003 to perform at the 150th Anniversary of Steinway Gala with many noted pianists, including Dr. Billy Taylor, Herbie Hancock and Michel Legrand.

The Brooklyn-born musician started his formal music training at the age of 7. By the time he was 14, he was accepted to New York City's prestigious High School of Music and Art and won a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music. Constance Keene, his teacher and mentor, once wrote in an issue of Keyboard Classics, “Vladimir Horowitz was Peter's greatest fan!”

Peter recorded his first album in 1961 and won a Grammy that year for “Best New Artist.” Since then, he has received another Grammy Award, garnered 10 additional nominations and released 67 albums. Peter's early association with RCA Records produced 23 albums in eight years. His subsequent move to Columbia Records resulted in a million-selling single and album.
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Biografía
Peter Nero se formó como músico clásico, y se interesó por el jazz a la edad de 19 años después de escuchar al legendario Art Tatum. A finales de los 50, pasó cuatro años tocando en clubes de jazz como el Village Gate, Village Vanguard, el Blue Angel y el Tropicana lounge de Las Vegas, antes de ser descubierto por RCA Records en 1960. Buscaban un pianista 'pop', y audicionaron más de 100 antes de elegir a Nero. Durante los siguientes ocho años, grabó unos 24 álbumes, incluyendo el ganador del Grammy "El colorido Peter Nero", en 1963. Dos años antes, en 1961, Nero había ganado el Grammy al Mejor Artista Nuevo.

Peter Nero no tiene rival como pianista y director de Pops. Su mezcla de música clásica, swing, Broadway, blues y jazz -todos ellos interpretados con un virtuosismo vibrante, una autenticidad asombrosa y un atractivo sentido del humor- le han hecho ganar un público leal y entusiasta. "El mejor aspecto del arte de Nerón bien podría ser su loca creatividad. Tiene el don de ver una canción como nadie la ha visto antes", exclamó Mary Kunz, crítica musical de The Buffalo News. El Washington Post ha apodado a Peter "el epítome del director/intérprete de Pops".

Uno de los mayores logros de Peter es ser el Director Musical fundador del mundialmente conocido Peter Nero y los Philly Pops. Extraordinario para cualquier orquesta en estos días, Peter Nero y los Philly Pops también firmaron recientemente un acuerdo de tres discos con DRG Records.

Las recientes actuaciones como invitado del Maestro incluyen compromisos de regreso con la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional en el Centro John F. Kennedy para las Artes Escénicas, las Filarmónicas de Buffalo y Dayton, la Filarmónica de Florida y las Orquestas Sinfónicas del Pacífico, St. Louis, Ottawa, Detroit y Virginia. Peter también continúa haciendo giras a lo largo del año en recitales como solista. Como artista de Steinway durante casi 50 años, Peter regresó al Carnegie Hall de Nueva York en la primavera de 2003 para actuar en la Gala del 150º Aniversario de Steinway con muchos pianistas de renombre, entre ellos el Dr. Billy Taylor, Herbie Hancock y Michel Legrand.

El músico nacido en Brooklyn comenzó su formación musical formal a la edad de 7 años. A los 14 años fue aceptado en la prestigiosa Escuela Superior de Música y Arte de la ciudad de Nueva York y ganó una beca para la Escuela de Música Juilliard. Constance Keene, su profesora y mentora, escribió una vez en un número de Keyboard Classics, "¡Vladimir Horowitz era el mayor fan de Peter!"

Peter grabó su primer álbum en 1961 y ganó un Grammy ese año por "Mejor Nuevo Artista". Desde entonces, ha recibido otro premio Grammy, ha conseguido 10 nominaciones adicionales y ha lanzado 67 álbumes. La temprana asociación de Peter con RCA Records produjo 23 álbumes en ocho años. Su posterior traslado a Columbia Records dio como resultado un single y un álbum de ventas de un millón.
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