Biography by AllMusic
b. Robert Hamilton Kindred, 11 May 1940, Lansing, Michigan, USA. Raised just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kindred began studying clarinet and later played this instrument and the alto saxophone with the Philadelphia Youth Jazz Band, under the direction of Jimmy DePriest. At 17 he was with Pennsylvania Sixpence, a small band that played swing and dixieland and which played at many east coast venues and also toured Europe and made records. After graduating from college, Kindred left music and entered the business world, becoming a corporate head-hunter and forming his own company. At the age of 30 he heard Phil Woods in concert and decided to being playing again. He studied with Woods and after two years decided to re-enter the world of music on a full-time basis. He joined the ongoing Glenn Miller Orchestra and then joined Woody Herman, appearing on 1975’s Live At Carnegie Hall. Among other artists with whom he played around this time were Charles Earland, Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison, Hank Jones, Mel Lewis, Shirley Scott and Buddy Tate, and he has also played with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra.
Kindred, who would gradually become better known as a tenor saxophonist, also plays baritone saxophone and flute. His own concert performances include a tribute to Ben Webster and Johnny Hodges, To Ben And Johnny, With Love, and an annual work, Bending Towards The Light … A Jazz Nativity, of which he is co-composer with his wife, singer Anne Phillips. During the 90s, Kindred appeared at many prestigious venues both in the USA and overseas, including among the former the Topeka Jazz Festival, the Colorado Springs Jazz Party, Carnegie Hall, in a tribute to the Nicholas Brothers, and the Fairbanks Arts Festival at which he conducted clinics for jazz woodwinds and performed as soloist with the symphony orchestra. In 2001, Kindred recorded two well-received albums with Little Jimmy Scott, Over The Rainbow and But Beautiful, and in the same year a duo set with Larry Willis for Mapleshade Records.
In addition to performing, Kindred is also active in jazz education as a clinician and has worked with the International Art Of Jazz, Festival Jazz and the Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Company. Although much reference has been made to other tenor saxophonists in reviews of Kindred’s work, his greatest quality is that while he might evoke occasional thoughts of these other players, he is at all times his own man, original, commanding and eloquent. Like Spike Robinson, whose late flowering was a thing of beauty, in the early years of the twenty-first century Kindred was attaining that same level of creative and popular success. That this recognition should not have happened until the mature years of his career is jazz’s loss but for all its tardiness, it is certainly very well deserved.
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Biografía de AllMusic
b. Robert Hamilton Kindred, 11 de mayo de 1940, Lansing, Michigan, Estados Unidos. Criado en las afueras de Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Kindred comenzó a estudiar clarinete y más tarde tocó este instrumento y el saxofón alto con la Philadelphia Youth Jazz Band, bajo la dirección de Jimmy DePriest. A los 17 años formó parte de Pennsylvania Sixpence, una pequeña banda que tocaba swing y dixieland y que actuó en muchos locales de la costa este y también hizo giras por Europa y grabó discos. Tras graduarse en la universidad, Kindred dejó la música y entró en el mundo de los negocios, convirtiéndose en cazatalentos de empresas y formando su propia compañía. A los 30 años escuchó a Phil Woods en concierto y decidió volver a tocar. Estudió con Woods y después de dos años decidió volver a entrar en el mundo de la música a tiempo completo. Se incorporó a la Orquesta de Glenn Miller, que estaba en activo, y después se unió a Woody Herman, apareciendo en el álbum Live At Carnegie Hall de 1975. Entre otros artistas con los que tocó en esta época se encuentran Charles Earland, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Hank Jones, Mel Lewis, Shirley Scott y Buddy Tate, y también ha tocado con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Carolina del Norte.
Kindred, que poco a poco sería más conocido como saxofonista tenor, también toca el saxofón barítono y la flauta. Entre sus propias actuaciones en concierto se incluye un homenaje a Ben Webster y Johnny Hodges, To Ben And Johnny, With Love, y una obra anual, Bending Towards The Light ... A Jazz Nativity, de la que es co-compositor con su esposa, la cantante Anne Phillips. Durante la década de los 90, Kindred actuó en muchos lugares prestigiosos tanto en EE.UU. como en el extranjero, incluyendo entre los primeros el Festival de Jazz de Topeka, la Fiesta de Jazz de Colorado Springs, el Carnegie Hall, en un homenaje a los Nicholas Brothers, y el Festival de Artes de Fairbanks, en el que dirigió clínicas para vientos de madera de jazz y actuó como solista con la orquesta sinfónica. En 2001, Kindred grabó dos álbumes muy bien recibidos con Little Jimmy Scott, Over The Rainbow y But Beautiful, y ese mismo año un dúo con Larry Willis para Mapleshade Records.
Además de actuar, Kindred se dedica a la enseñanza del jazz como profesor y ha trabajado con el International Art Of Jazz, el Festival Jazz y la Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Company. Aunque se ha hecho mucha referencia a otros saxofonistas tenores en las reseñas del trabajo de Kindred, su mayor cualidad es que, aunque pueda evocar ocasionalmente pensamientos de estos otros músicos, es en todo momento su propio hombre, original, dominante y elocuente. Al igual que Spike Robinson, cuyo florecimiento tardío fue algo hermoso, en los primeros años del siglo XXI Kindred estaba alcanzando ese mismo nivel de éxito creativo y popular. Que este reconocimiento no se haya producido hasta los años de madurez de su carrera es una pérdida para el jazz, pero a pesar de su tardanza, es ciertamente muy merecido.
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1 - Dos Gardenias (Two Gardenias) - 5:36
2 - Que Te Pedi (What I Asked You For) - 7:46
3 - Taboo - 4:44
4 - Toda Una Vida (All My Life) - 4:27
5 - Angelitos Negros (Little Black Angels) - 5:01
6 - Obsession - 5:34
7 - Alma Con Alma (Soul To Soul) - 6:45
8 - Estrellita (Little Star) - 5:28
9 - La Comparsa - 2:48
10 - La Mentira (Yellow Days) - 6:20
Credits:
Bass – Boris Kozlov
Design – Taz (48)
Drums – Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
Engineer – Katherine Miller
Mixed By, Mastered By – Shuji Kitamura, Tetsuo Hara
Piano – John Di Martino
Producer – Tetsuo Hara
Tenor Saxophone – Bob Kindred
Notes:
Recorded at The Studio in New York on August 10 & 11, 2006.
Label: Venus Records – TKCV-35402
Country: Japan
Released: 2007
Genre: Jazz
Style: Easy Listening
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