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'Smatter
Smatter'' is an album by saxophonist Gerd Dudek. It was recorded on February 20, 1998, at Gateway Studios in London, and was issued in 2002 by Psi Records as the label's second release. On the album, Dudek is joined by guitarist John Parricelli, double bassist Chris Laurence, and drummer Tony Levin. The album features three compositions by Kenny Wheeler, including the title track, plus three jazz standards. Although Dudek had been active as a musician since the 1960s, and had participated as co-leader and sideman on a number of albums, Smatter'' is his debut as a leader. Saxophonist Evan Parker, who produced the album, and who founded Psi Records, remarked: "After so many years playing, so many recordings, can this really be the first record under his own name?" Reception In a review for AllMusic, François Couture called the album "a nice straight-ahead session, elegant but lacking challenge." The authors of ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' wrote: "the open tonality offe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerd Dudek
Gerhard Rochus "Gerd" Dudek (28 September 1938 – 3 November 2022) was a German jazz Tenor saxophone, tenor and Soprano saxophone, soprano saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist. Dudek studied clarinet privately and attended music school in the 1950s, before joining a big band led by his brother Ossi until 1958. During the early 1960s, Dudek played in the Berliner Jazz Quintet, in Karl Blume's group and in Kurt Edelhagen's orchestra until 1965. He then became interested in free music and joined Manfred Schoof's quintet. Dudek took part in the first sessions of The Globe Unity Orchestra in 1966, and played with them at various times into the 1980s. He also worked with many other European free musicians and composers, including Alexander von Schlippenbach, Loek Dikker and The Waterland Ensemble And European Jazz Quintet. Dudek was best known for his work with Manfred Schoof, Wolfgang Dauner, Branislav Lala Kovačev, Lala Kovacev, the Globe Unity Orchestra, Berlin Contemporary Jazz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psi Records
Psi Records is an independent record label that was founded by saxophonist Evan Parker, and that focuses on free improvisation Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any general rules, instead following the intuition of its performers. The term can refer to both a technique—employed by any musician in any genre—and as a recognizable genre of .... History Parker founded Psi in 2001 with the assistance of Martin Davidson of Emanem Records. Parker had previously co-founded Incus Records in 1970, but left the label in 1986, after which he recorded for Leo, FMP, Emanem, and ECM. According to Parker, he started the label because he "missed the feeling of overseeing a project from start to finish," and chose the name Psi "for all the associations with irrational numbers, golden ratios etc. but above all for the Psi phenomena which I am convinced are at the heart of improvised music making." From 2001 to 2012, Psi released nearly 90 CDs, after which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day And Night (Gerd Dudek Album)
''Day and Night'' is an album by saxophonist Gerd Dudek. It was recorded on January 30, 2012, at Curtis Schwartz Studio in Ardingly, West Sussex, England, and was released later that year by Psi Records. On the album, Dudek is joined by pianist Hans Koller (pianist), Hans Koller, double bassist Oli Hayhurst, and drummer Gene Calderazzo. Reception In a 5-star review for ''All About Jazz'', John Eyles wrote: "That material is perfectly chosen to showcase Dudek at his best. All the pieces have strong melody lines that are played beautifully... Everything about Dudek's playing is enviably flawless... Every track here is so good that it is impossible to single out any one as the best, but altogether ''Day and Night'' is one of the very best albums of 2012." Stephen Graham of ''Jazzwise'' remarked: "Although clearly not cutting edge music as we understand it today, ''Day and Night'' is all about fine craftsmanship and the power of instinctive interpretation. There's no attempt to be cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Parricelli
John Parricelli (born 5 April 1959 in Evesham, Wychavon, Worcestershire, England) is a jazz guitarist who has worked mainly in the United Kingdom. Parricelli began his career as a guitarist in 1982. He was one of the founding members of the British big band Loose Tubes, with whom he recorded three albums. He has worked with Annie Whitehead, Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian, Chris Laurence, Peter Erskine, Vince Mendoza, Julian Argüelles, Iain Ballamy, Mark Lockheart, Andy Sheppard, Gerard Presencer, Colin Towns, and Stacey Kent. In 2011, he appeared on stage with Peter Erskine and John Paul Jones at the Royal Opera House, London, in the opera '' Anna Nicole''. Discography With Gary Barlow * ''Since I Saw You Last'' (Polydor, 2013) With Emma Bunton * '' Free Me'' (19, 2004) With Toni Braxton * ''Pulse'' (Atlantic, 2010) With Charlotte Church * '' Enchantment'' (Columbia, 2001) With Jamie Cullum * '' Twentysomething'' (Verve, 2003) With Lars Danie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Laurence
Chris Laurence (born 6 January 1949) is an English musician. Born in London, he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and primarily works with jazz and classical music. In the classical world he was principal double bass with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields orchestra until 1995, playing on many of their recordings ranging from the film ''Amadeus (film), Amadeus'' to Benjamin Britten's ''Curlew River''. He has recorded with many jazz artists, including trombonist J. J. Johnson, Tony Coe, Joe Williams (jazz singer), Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan, Clark Terry, Johnny Mathis, and Lena Horne. His most recent recordings include John Surman's ''The Spaces in Between'' (2007), Kenny Wheeler's ''The Long Waiting'' (2012) and ''Songs for Quintet'' on ECM Records, and Norma Winstone's ''Manhattan in the Rain'' (1998). He has also recorded music for television, film, and albums, most notably ''Leaving Las Vegas'' (1995), Ken Loach's ''Looking for Eric'' (2009), ''The Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York City Jazz Record
''The New York City Jazz Record'' is a New York City based monthly free newspaper about 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. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ... music, including interviews, album releases, and a schedule of live jazz shows. It was launched in May 2002 by co-founders Laurence Donohue-Greene (Managing Editor) and Andrey Henkin (Editorial Director/Production Manager, who departed at the end of 2022) under the name ''AllAboutJazz-New York''. The gazette's name change switched permanently to ''The New York City Jazz Record'' as of March 2011. It is available alongside other free newspapers in unlocked boxes throughout New York City, as well as in pdf form online. Saxophonist Joe Lovano called it "Simply the hippest journal about jazz in New York that has ever been published." It has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Rowles
James George Hunter (August 19, 1918 – May 28, 1996), known professionally as Jimmy Rowles (sometimes spelled Jimmie Rowles), was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer. As a bandleader and accompanist, he explored multiple styles including swing and cool jazz. Music career Rowles was born in Spokane, Washington, and attended Gonzaga University in that city. After moving to Los Angeles, he joined Lester Young's group in 1942. He also worked with Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Les Brown, Tommy Dorsey, and Tony Bennett, and as a studio musician. With female singers Rowles was praised as an accompanist by female singers. He recorded '' Sarah Vaughan with the Jimmy Rowles Quintet'' with Sarah Vaughan and accompanied Carmen McRae on her 1972 live album '' The Great American Songbook''. McRae described Rowles as "the guy every girl singer in her right mind would like to work with". In the 1950s and 1960s, he frequently played behind Billie Holiday and Peggy Lee. In the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Coleman
George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master. Early life Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was taught how to play the alto saxophone in his teens by his older brother Lucian Adams, inspired (like many jazz musicians of his generation) by Charlie Parker. Among his schoolmates were Harold Mabern, Booker Little, Frank Strozier, Hank Crawford, and Charles Lloyd. Later life and career After working with Ray Charles, Coleman started working with B.B. King in 1953, at which point he switched to tenor saxophone. In 1956 Coleman moved to Chicago, along with Booker Little, where he worked with Gene Ammons and Johnny Griffin before joining Max Roach's quintet (1958–1959). Coleman recorded with organist Jimmy Smith on his album '' House Party'' (1957), along with Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Kenny Burrell, and Donald Bailey. Moving to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Eyton
Frank Eyton (30 August 1894 – 11 November 1962) was an English popular music lyricist best known for co-writing the lyrics of Johnny Green's " Body and Soul" (1930) with Edward Heyman and Robert Sour. Frank Eyton biographyat Allmusic - retrieved on 18 May 2009 Most of Eyton's work was collaborations with Noel Gay and Billy Mayerl in London-based musical theatre. With Mayerl as composer, Eyton co-wrote with Desmond Carter Herbert Desmond Carter (15 June 1895 – 3 February 1939) was a British lyricist who worked with George and Ira Gershwin, Ivor Novello, and others, and also wrote one of the first English language versions of the notorious "suicide song", " ... the lyrics for the celebrated sequence "Side by Side" from '' Over She Goes'' (filmed 1938). His most successful play was the 1948 musical farce, '' Bob's Your Uncle'', written in collaboration with Gay. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sour
Robert Sour (1905 – 1985) ''The New York Times'', March 8, 1985. was a and , and the president of (BMI). He was also one of the jurors in the murder trial of Eddie Lee Mays, who became the last man executed in |
Edward Heyman
Edward Heyman (March 14, 1907October 16, 1981) was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his lyrics to " Body and Soul", " When I Fall in Love", and " For Sentimental Reasons". He also contributed to a number of songs for films. Biography Heyman studied at the University of Michigan, where he had an early start on his career writing college musicals. After graduating from college, Heyman moved back to New York City, where he started working with a number of experienced musicians including Victor Young (" When I Fall in Love"), Dana Suesse (" You Oughta Be in Pictures") and Johnny Green (" Body and Soul", " Out of Nowhere", " I Cover the Waterfront" and "Easy Come, Easy Go"). From 1935 to 1952, Heyman contributed songs to film scores including '' Sweet Surrender'', '' That Girl from Paris'', '' Curly Top'', '' The Kissing Bandit'', '' Delightfully Dangerous'' and '' Northwest Outpost''. Arguably Heyman's biggest hit is his lyric to " Body and Soul", written in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
