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Rudy Collins
Rudy Collins (July 24, 1934 – August 15, 1988) was an American jazz drummer born in New York City. Collins played trombone in high school and started on drums at that time as well. He studied with Sam Ulano during 1953–57 and began gigging in New York City, playing with Hot Lips Page, Cootie Williams, Eddie Bonnemere, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Smith, Carmen McRae, Cab Calloway, and Roy Eldridge. he played with J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding at the Newport Jazz Festival. Later in the 1950s Collins became increasingly interested in the nascent free jazz scene, in addition to playing with more traditional ensembles. He worked with Herbie Mann from 1959 and later with Cecil Taylor, Quincy Jones, Dave Pike, and Lalo Schifrin. His last recordings were in 1981. Discography With Ahmed Abdul-Malik *''Sounds of Africa'' (New Jazz, 1962) With Gene Ammons *'' Night Lights'' (Prestige, 1970 985 With Ray Bryant *'' The Ray Bryant Touch'' (Cadet, 1967) With Billy Butler *'' Thi ...
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ...
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Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in the early 1960s (including "It's My Party") and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations between the jazz artists Frank Sinatra and Count Basie in the same time period. In 1968, Jones became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Eyes of Love" from the film '' Banning''. Jones was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 1967 film '' In Cold Blood'', making him ...
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Dizzy Gillespie And The Double Six Of Paris
''Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris'' is a 1963 studio album collaboration between Dizzy Gillespie and Les Double Six, also known as the Double Six of Paris, a French vocal group who sings in vocalese to songs associated with Dizzy Gillespie. Gillespie, pianist Bud Powell, and a rhythm section accompany; two of the songs feature his quintet, with James Moody. It was reissued on CD in 1989. Reception Leonard Feather described the album as "unique and unprecedented" and described the music as "sensational." Commenting on the vocalists, he wrote, "The results impress partly as a technical tour de force, and the Double Six must be respected for its accuracy and peerless intonation, but these values are a means to an artistically complete end." Track listing # "Emanon" (Gillespie, Shaw) 3:44 # "Anthropology" (Gillespie, Parker) 2:45 # "Tin Tin Deo" (Fuller, Pozo) 4:15 # "One Bass Hit" (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) 3:26 # "Two Bass Hit" (Gillespie, Lewis) 3 ...
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New Wave (Dizzy Gillespie Album)
''New Wave!'' is an album by Dizzy Gillespie consisting of live and studio performances, recorded in 1962 and released on the Philips label in 1963. Reception In his ''DownBeat'' magazine review of March 14, 1963, jazz critic Don DeMichael wrote that "Dizzy plays marvelously on this record... There's a spirit evident that is all too often missing from today's record sessions – a spirit of vivacious humor and playing-for-the-hell-of-it."DownBeat: March 14, 1963 Vol. 30, No.7 The AllMusic review states: "this was one of Dizzy Gillespie's finest sessions of the 1960s... Highly recommended." Track listing # "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town" # "Careless Love" # "Chega de Saudade" # "Taboo" # "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" # "One Note Samba" # "Manhã de Carnaval" # "Pergunte ao Joao" Personnel * Tracks 1, 2, 5: ** Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet **Leo Wright - alto sax, flute **Lalo Schifrin - piano **Bola Sete - guitar ** Chris White - bass **Rudy Collins - drum ...
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The New Continent
''The New Continent'' is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band featuring performances arranged and composed by Lalo Schifrin and conducted by Benny Carter recorded in 1962 and released on the Limelight label.Dizzy Gillespie discography
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The CD reissue added four bonus tracks originally released on '' An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet'' (Verve, 1961).


Track listing

''All compositions by Lalo Schifrin except as indicated'' # "The Empire" - 5:48 # "The Conquerors" - 7:32 # "The Legend of Atlantis" - 7:43 # "The Chains" - 9:10 # ...
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This Is Billy Butler!
''This Is Billy Butler!'' is the debut album by guitarist Billy Butler which was recorded in 1968 and released by Prestige Records.Prestige Records discography
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awarded the album 4 stars stating "It took the Philadelphian 43 years to record as a leader, and this excellent LP proved that he was certainly up to the task".Henderson, A
Allmusic listing
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* Billy Butler – guitar, ...
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Billy Butler (guitarist)
William Butler Jr. (December 15, 1924 – March 20, 1991) was an American soul jazz guitarist. Career A native of Philadelphia, Butler began his career in the 1940s behind the Harlemaires. In the 1950s he was a member of a trio led by Doc Bagby and accompanied keyboardist Bill Doggett. He co-wrote "Honky Tonk", an R&B hit for Doggett. Butler also worked with Al Casey, King Curtis, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Bill Davison, Tommy Flanagan, Panama Francis, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Johnny Hodges, Floyd "Candy" Johnson, David "Fathead" Newman, Houston Person, Sammy Price, Jimmy Smith, Norris Turney, and Dinah Washington. He is credited as the guitarist on Joey Dee and the Starliters' "Peppermint Twist, Parts 1 & 2" recorded in September 1961 at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City. Part 1 of the song went to the top of the Billboard pop charts in January 1962. Butler died of a heart attack at home in Teaneck, New Jersey, in 1991. Discography As leader *''This Is Billy Butle ...
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The Ray Bryant Touch
''The Ray Bryant Touch'' is a live album by pianist Ray Bryant recorded in Los Angeles and released by Sue Records in 1967.Jazzlists: Argo/Cadet discography (LP 700 to LP 799)
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Track listing

All compositions by Ray Bryant except where noted # "Little Susie" – 5:00 # " This Is All I Ask" () – 5:38 # "City Tribal Dance" – 2:27 # "Prayer Song" – 4:02 # "" (
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Ray Bryant
Raphael Homer "Ray" Bryant (December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Early life Bryant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 24, 1931. His mother was an ordained minister who had taught herself to play the piano; his father also played the piano and sang. His brothers were the bass player Tommy, drummer and singer Len, and Lynwood. Ray began playing the piano around the age of six or seven, following the example of his mother and his sister, Vera. Gospel influences in his playing came from being part of the church at this stage in his early life. He had switched from classical music to jazz by his early teens and played the double bass at junior high school. He was first paid to play when he was 12: "I would play for dances, and they'd sneak me into bars. I'd get four or five bucks a night, which was good money then." He turned professional aged 14, and immediately joined a local band led by Mickey Collins. Later lif ...
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Night Lights (Gene Ammons Album)
''Night Lights'' is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.Gene Ammons discography
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awarded the album 3 stars with its review by stating, "One of his first recording sessions after he returned to the scene following a rather severe jail sentence was this tribute to ... was quickly forgotten as Ammons recorded some more commercial mat ...
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Gene Ammons
Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R&B. Biography Born in Chicago, Illinois, Ammons studied music with instructor Walter Dyett at DuSable High School. Ammons began to gain recognition while still at high school when in 1943, at the age of 18, he went on the road with trumpeter King Kolax's band. In 1944, he joined the band of Billy Eckstine (who bestowed on him the nickname "Jug" when straw hats ordered for the band did not fit), playing alongside Charlie Parker and later Dexter Gordon. Performances from this period include "Blowin' the Blues Away," featuring a saxophone duel between Ammons and Gordon. After 1947, when Eckstine became a solo performer, Ammons then led a group, including Miles Davis and Sonny Stitt, that performed at Chicago's Jumptown Club. In 1949, Ammo ...
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Sounds Of Africa
''Sounds of Africa'' is the fourth album by double bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik featuring performances recorded in 1962 (with one track from 1961) and originally released on the New Jazz label.Prestige Records discography
accessed May 31, 2013


Reception

Rob Ferrier of Allmusic says, "Soaked with sounds that wouldn't become fashionable in jazz for nearly another decade, this is a very interesting statement by an overlooked musician... For those looking for something new, or perhaps in search of a missing musical link, this disc will reward repeated listens".Ferrier, R

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