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Johnny Rae
John Anthony Pompeo, better known as Johnny Rae (August 11, 1934 – September 4, 1993), was an American jazz drummer and vibraphonist. Born in Saugus, Massachusetts, Rae graduated from East Boston High School in 1952 and studied music at the New England Conservatory and at the Berklee College of Music in the early 1950s. His mother was a night club pianist in the Boston area. His first major professional gig was with Herb Pomeroy in 1953-54; following this he played with George Shearing (1955–56), Johnny Smith (1956), Ralph Sharon (1957), Cozy Cole (1957–58), Herbie Mann (1959–60), Cal Tjader (1961–66, 1968–70), Stan Getz (1962), Gábor Szabó, Charlie Byrd, Earl Hines, Art Van Damme, and Barney Kessel. In addition to modern jazz, he also played Latin jazz percussion. Through the 1980s Rae worked in music education and authored several instruction books. He was also a disc jockey in San Francisco for many years. From 1982 until his passing, Rae led a tribute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio, film, and television recording sessions. Kessel was a member of the group of session musicians informally known as the Wrecking Crew. Biography Kessel was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1923. Kessel's father was an immigrant from Hungary who owned a shoe shop. His only formal musical study was three months of guitar lessons at the age of 12. He began his career as a teenager touring with local dance bands. When he was 16, he started playing with the Oklahoma A&M band, Hal Price & the Varsitonians. The band members nicknamed him "Fruitcake" because he practiced up to 16 hours a day. Kessel gained attention because of his youth and being the only white musician playing in all African American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Sauce
''Soul Sauce'' is an album by Latin jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader recorded in late 1964 and released on the Verve label.Verve Records discography accessed April 3, 2014 Reception The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "''Soul Sauce'' is one of the highlights from Tjader's catalog with its appealing mixture of mambo, samba, bolero, and boogaloo styles... an album full of smart arrangements, subtly provocative vibe solos, and intricate percussion backing."Cook, S.Allmusic Review accessed Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breeze From The East
''Breeze from the East'' is a 1964 album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader, arranged by Stan Applebaum. The album features jazzy lounge music with a quasi-Asian sound. Reception Stephen Cook reviewed the album for Allmusic and described the album as combining "the vibist's jader'sLatin lounge style with kitschy Asian touches" describing the songs "Sake and Greens," "Cha," and "Shoji" as sounding like "'60s-era James Bond on a wild chase through the heart of Tokyo". Cook concluded by feeling that "The ultra-smooth Latin jazz sound Tjader favored has always been more infectious than demanding and Breeze from the East's commercialized mod/eastern elements only end up expanding the pop exotica mix". Track listing # "Sake and Greens" (Stan Applebaum) – 2:24 # "Cha" (Applebaum) – 3:03 # "Leyte" (Cal Tjader, Lonnie Hewitt) – 3:00 # "Shoji" (Applebaum) – 2:33 # "China Nights" (Nobuyuki Takeoka, Sedores, Yaso Saijo) – 2:28 # "Fuji" (Tjader) – 2:23 # "Black Orchid" (Tjader) – 3:04 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Several Shades Of Jade
''Several Shades of Jade'' is a 1963 album by Cal Tjader arranged by Lalo Schifrin. It peaked at 79 on the Billboard 200. Reception Stewart Mason reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that of Tjader and Schifrin's collaboration that it was "...no more traditional Asian music than Tjader's similar albums from this period are traditional Latin American music, but the pair wisely avoids the standard clichés of Asian music (no smashing gongs after every musical phrase or melodies that sound like rejects from The Mikado). Instead, Schifrin frames Tjader's meditative vibraphone solos in arrangements that strike a cool balance between western kitsch and eastern exotica, never tipping too far in either direction. ...Several Shades of Jade is actually an interesting experiment that succeeds more often than it fails." Track listing # "The Fakir" (Lalo Schifrin) # "Cherry Blossom" (Ronnell Bright) # "Borneo" (Schifrin) # "Tokyo Blues" (Horace Silver) # "Song of the Yellow River" (Schi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soña Libré
''Soña Libré'' is a 1962 album by Cal Tjader. Reception ''Billboard'' magazine reviewed the album in their May 25, 1963 issue and wrote that on the album Tjader has "a solid collection of tracks that have swing and a quiet insistent sound". Track listing # "Hip Walk" (Cal Tjader) – 2:33 # "Sally's Tomato" (Tjader) – 3:14 # "O Barquinho (The Little Boat)" (Ronaldo Boscoli, Roberto Menescal) – 4:24 # "El Muchacho" ( Herbert Owen Reed) – 2:59 # "Insight" (Bill Fitch) – 5:35 # "My Reverie" (Larry Clinton, Claude Debussy) – 2:44 # "Manhã de Carnaval" (Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Maria) – 6:17 # "Azul" (Tjader) – 2:47 # " Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:08 # "Alonzo" (Lonnie Hewitt) – 4:21 Personnel *Cal Tjader – vibraphone *Clare Fischer – electronic organ, piano *Freddy Schreiber – double bass *Bill Fitch – congas *Johnny Rae – drums, timbales *Creed Taylor Creed Bane Taylor V (May 13, 1929 – August 22, 2022) was an Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cal Tjader Plays The Contemporary Music Of Mexico And Brazil
''Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil'' is a 1962 studio album by Cal Tjader. Track listing # "Vai Querer" (Laurindo Almeida, Fernando Lobo) – 3:03 # "Qué Tristeza" (Mario Ruiz Armengol) – 2:51 # " Meditação (Meditation)" (Newton Mendonça, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel) – 3:32 # "Soñé" (Armengol) – 3:09 # "Se é Tarde, Me Perdoa" (Ronaldo Bôscoli, Carlos Lyra) – 2:48 # "Não Diga Nada" (Carlita, Noacy Mercenes) – 2:50 # "Silenciosa" (Armengol) – 3:28 # "Elizete" (Clare Fischer) – 2:30 # "Imagen" (Armengol) – 2:40 # "Tentaço do Incoveniente" (Manoel Da Conceição, Augusto Mesquita) – 2:33 # "Preciosa" (Armengol) – 2:42 # "Chôro e Batuque" (Almeida) – 5:02 Personnel * Freddie Schreiber - double bass * Changuito - conga * Laurindo Almeida - guitar * Johnny Rae - percussion, drums, timbales * Milt Holland - percussion * Clare Fischer - piano, arranger * Gene Cipriano - woodwind * Bernard Fleischer * Paul Horn * Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verve Records
Verve Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). Founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, the label is home to the world's largest jazz catalogue, which includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, and Oscar Peterson, among others. It absorbed the catalogues of Granz's earlier label, Clef Records, founded in 1946; Norgran Records, founded in 1953; and material which was previously licensed to Mercury Records. Verve also served as the original home of rock acts such as The Velvet Underground, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. The restructured Verve Records is now part of the Verve Label Group (VLG), a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. This company is also home to historic imprints including Verve Forecast, Impulse! and Decca Records. History Norman Granz created Verve to produce new recordings by Ella Fitzgerald, whom he managed; the first album the label released was ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A Latin Bag
''In a Latin Bag'' is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader featuring performances recorded in 1961 and released on the Verve label.Verve Records Catalog: 8400 series accessed July 31, 2017 accessed July 31, 2017 Reception awarded the album 3 stars stating "Cal Tjader recorded prolifically for Verve during the first half of the 1960s, though this is one of his lesser-known dates ... it is well worth snapping up if found" ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Records
Fantasy Records is an American independent record label company founded by brothers Max and Sol Stanley Weiss in 1949. The early years of the company were dedicated to issuing recordings by jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, who was also one of its investors, but in more recent years the label has been known for its recordings of comedian Lenny Bruce, jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, the last recordings made on the Wurlitzer organ in the San Francisco Fox Theatre before the theatre was demolished, organist Korla Pandit, the 1960s rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, bandleader Woody Herman, and Disco/R&B singer Sylvester. Formation In 1949, Jack Sheedy, owner of a San Francisco-based record label called Coronet, was talked into making the first recording of an octet and a trio featuring Dave Brubeck (not to be confused with either the Australian Coronet Records or the New York City-based Coronet Records of the late 1950s). Sheedy's Coronet Records had recorded area Dixieland bands. But h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen
''Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen'' is an album by American vibraphonist Cal Tjader, five of its 11 tracks arranged by Tjader's longtime colleague Clare Fischer. Recorded in June 1960 Album notes for 2002 CD re-issue, ''Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen and West Side Story''. and released in February 1962 on the Fantasy label,Fantasy Album Discography, Part 3 Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved 2013-02-07. it would be reissued on CD – together with Tjader's similarly semi-orchestral 1961 LP, '''' (by which time Fischer had become Tjader's full-time pianist and musical director) – on July 30, 2002, as ''Cal Tjader Plays Harold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savoy Records
Savoy Records is an American record company and label established by Herman Lubinsky in 1942 in Newark, New Jersey. Savoy specialized in jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel music. In September 2017, Savoy was acquired by Concord Bicycle Music. History In the 1940s, Savoy recorded some of the biggest names in jazz: Charlie Parker, Erroll Garner, Dexter Gordon, J. J. Johnson, Fats Navarro, and Miles Davis. In 1948, it began buying other labels: Bop, Discovery, National, and Regent. It also reissued music from Jewel Records. In the early 1960s, Savoy briefly recorded several avant-garde jazz artists. These included Paul Bley, Ed Curran, Bill Dixon, Mark Levin, Charles Moffett, Perry Robinson, Joseph Scianni, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Marzette Watts, and Valdo Williams. After Lubinsky's death in 1974, Clive Davis, then manager of Arista Records, acquired Savoy's catalogue. After that, Joe Fields of Muse Records purchased the catalogue from Arista. In 1986, Malaco Records a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
