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Brother Jack McDuff
Eugene McDuffy (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001), known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. He was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio. He is also credited with giving guitarist George Benson his first break. Career Born Eugene McDuffy in Champaign, Illinois, McDuff began playing bass, appearing in Joe Farrell's group. Encouraged by Willis Jackson in whose band he also played bass in the late 1950s, McDuff moved to the organ and began to attract the attention of Prestige while still with Jackson's group. McDuff soon became a bandleader, leading groups featuring a young George Benson on guitar, Red Holloway on tenor saxophone and Joe Dukes on drums. McDuff recorded many classic albums on Prestige, including his debut solo '' Brother Jack'' in 1960; ''The Honeydripper'' (1961), with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Champaign, Illinois
Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Illinois, tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in the state outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is a principal city of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, which had 236,000 residents in 2020. Champaign shares the main campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois with its twin city of Urbana, Illinois, Urbana, and is also home to Parkland College (United States), Parkland College, which gives the city a large student population during the academic year. Due to the university and a number of technology startup company, startup companies, it is often referred to as a hub of the Illinois Silicon Prairie. Champaign houses offices for the Fortune 500 companies Abbott Laboratories, Abbott, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Caterpillar Inc., Caterpillar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willis Jackson (saxophonist)
Willis "Gator" Jackson (April 25, 1932 – October 25, 1987) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Biography Born in Miami, Florida, Jackson joined Cootie Williams's band in 1948 as a teenager, and was part of it on and off until 1955. Under his own name (Willis Jackson and His Orchestra) he recorded various rhythm-and-blues instrumentals for Atlantic Records. His most famous record for Atlantic is "Gator's Groove" (1952), with "Estrellita" as the B-side. Jackson toured as leader of the backing band for singer Ruth Brown. Publicly they were married, but privately they never married but lived together from 1950 to 1955.Dik de Heer, ''This Is My Story'' series, "Shakin' All Over" web articles Jackson joined Prestige Records in 1959, making a string of albums. Jackson died in New York City one week after heart surgery, in October 1987, at the age of 55. Discography As leader * '' Please Mr. Jackson'' (Prestige, 1959) * '' Cool "Gator"'' (Prestige, 1959) * '' Blue Gator'' (Prest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Witherspoon
James Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American jump blues and jazz singer. Early life, family and education Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. His father was a railroad worker who sang in local choirs, and his mother was a piano player. Witherspoon's grandson Ahkello Witherspoon is a cornerback for the Los Angeles Rams. Witherspoon served in the Merchant Marines until 1944. Career Witherspoon first attracted attention singing in Calcutta, India, with Teddy Weatherford's band, which made regular radio broadcasts over the US Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II. Having made his first gramophone record, records with Jay McShann's band in 1945, he first recorded under his own name in 1947, and two years later, still with the McShann band, he had his first hit, "Ain't Nobody's Business", a song that came to be regarded as his signature tune. In 1950 he had hits with two more songs closely identified with him—"No Rollin' Blues" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues Shouter
A blues shouter is a blues singer, capable of singing unamplified with a band. Notable blues shouters include: *Big Maybelle *Big Mama Thornton *Piney Brown *Walter Brown (singer), Walter Brown, of the Jay McShann orchestra *Beulah Bryant *H-Bomb Ferguson *Wynonie Harris *Screamin' Jay Hawkins *Duke Henderson, who operated mainly in the late 1940s and early 1950s. *Jimmy Rushing, blues shouter with Count Basie. *Big Joe Turner – his style hardly changed at all between 1938's "Roll 'Em Pete", and 1954's "Shake, Rattle and Roll". AllMusic called Turner "the premier blues shouter of the postwar era". *Eddie Vinson, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, an unusual combination of blues shouter and bebop saxophone, alto saxophone player. *Big Joe Williams *Jimmy Witherspoon, who also appeared with Jay McShann. *Billy Wright (musician), Billy Wright *Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) References Blues Blues singers, * Extended techniques {{music-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Seek A New Home
''To Seek a New Home'' is an album by American organist Brother Jack McDuff recorded in England in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label.Blue Note Records discography accessed December 3, 2010 Reception The review awarded the album 3 stars. Allmusic Reviewaccessed December 3, 2010Track listing :''All compositions by Jack McDuff except as indicated'' # "Yellow Wednesday" – 6:35 # "Come and Carry Me Home" – 4:48 # "Mystic John" – 5:11 # "Hunk O' Funk" ([...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother Jack McDuff Live!
''Brother Jack McDuff Live!'' is a live album by jazz organist Jack McDuff, recorded in New Jersey in 1963 and released on the Prestige label. accessed January 16, 2013 The album is one of the first albums to feature guitarist ; Benson had recorded the novelty blues single "It Should Have Been Me #2" as an 11-year-old in 1954, but he did not record commercially again until he joined McDuff's band in 1963. Reception In his review for , Scott Mason states,"''Brother Jack McDuff Live!'' ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Burrell
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige Records, Prestige, Blue Note, Verve Records, Verve, CTI Records, CTI, Muse Records, Muse, and Concord Records, Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith (musician), Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Top Twenty hit Verve album ''Organ Grinder Swing''. He has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore, and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters.Cohassey, John. "Kenny Burrell: Guitarist, Educator." ''Contemporary Musicians. Profiles of the People in Music.'' Ed. Julia M. Rubiner. Vol. 11. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1994. 29–31. Print.Nash, Sunny. "Kenny Burrell Biography". ''PRLog,'' May 13, 2009. Burrell is a professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Early life Burrell was born in Detroit. Both his pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Wright
Leo Wright (December 14, 1933 in Wichita Falls, Texas – January 4, 1991 in Vienna) was an American jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and clarinet. He played with Booker Ervin, Charles Mingus, John Hardee, Kenny Burrell, Johnny Coles, Blue Mitchell and Dizzy Gillespie in the late 1950s, early 1960s and in the late 1970s. Relocating to Europe in 1963, Wright settled in Berlin and later Vienna. During this time he performed and recorded primarily in Europe, using European musicians or fellow American expatriates, such as Kenny Clarke and Art Farmer. He died of a heart attack in 1991 at the age of 57. Discography As leader/co-leader * '' Blues Shout'' (Atlantic, 1960) * '' Suddenly the Blues'' (Atlantic, 1961) * '' Soul Talk'' (Vortex, 1963) * ''Modern Jazz Studio Number 4'' (Amiga, 1965 970 * ''Flute + Alto – Sax'' (Amiga, 1965 967 *'' Alto Summit'' ( MPS, 1968) with Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter and Phil Woods * ''It's All Wright'' (MPS, 1972) * ''Evening Bree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Ammons r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother Jack Meets The Boss
''Brother Jack Meets the Boss'' is an album by the organist Jack McDuff and the saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1962 and released on the Prestige label.Gene Ammons discography Jazz Disco. Retrieved December 11, 2012 Recording and music The album was recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on January 23, 1962. Although billed as a meeting of organist and tenor saxophonist , a second tenorist, |
Grant Green
Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Green has been called one of the "most sampled guitarists." Biography Grant Green was born on June 6, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, to John and Martha Green. At various times his father was a laborer and a Saint Louis policeman. Grant began studying guitar while he was in primary school. He received early instruction in guitar playing from his father, who played blues and folk music. Grant studied for a year with Forrest Alcorn, but he was mostly self-taught, learning from listening to records. Grant Green first performed in a professional setting at the age of 13 as a member of a gospel music ensemble. Through his 20s, he was a member of jazz and R&B bands. His influences were Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and Jimmy Raney. Green's style mimicked that of a saxophonist playing single note rather than chords. His first recordings were at the age of 24, in St. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Forrest (musician)
James Robert Forrest Jr. (January 24, 1920 – August 26, 1980) was an American jazz musician who played tenor saxophone throughout his career. Forrest is known for his first solo recording of "Night Train (Jimmy Forrest composition), Night Train". It reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' R&B chart in March 1952, and stayed at the top for seven weeks. "Hey Mrs. Jones" (No. 3 R&B) and "Bolo Blues" were his other hits. All were made for United Records, for which he recorded between 1951 and 1953; he recorded frequently as both a sideman and a bandleader. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Forrest played alongside Fate Marable as a young man. He was with Jay McShann in 1940-42 and with Andy Kirk (musician), Andy Kirk from 1942 until 1948 when he joined Duke Ellington. During the early 1950s, Forrest led his own combos. He also played with Miles Davis, in early 1952 at The Barrel Club. After his solo career, he played in small combos wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
