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Wade Legge
Wade Legge (February 4, 1934, Huntington, West Virginia – August 29, 1963, Buffalo, New York) was an American jazz pianist and bassist. About Wade Legge was born in Huntington, West Virginia, but soon thereafter moved to Buffalo, New York with his parents, both of whom were musicians. Legge played more bass than piano in his early years, and it was with the bass that he was first noticed by Milt Jackson, who recommended him to Dizzy Gillespie. Gillespie hired him and shortly thereafter moved him to piano; he remained a member of Gillespie's ensemble until 1954, and during that time recorded a date in France as a trio session leader recorded by Vogue and leased to Blue Note. Following his tenure with Gillespie, Legge moved to New York City and freelanced there. He played in Johnny Richards's orchestra, and appeared on sessions with Charles Mingus, Sonny Rollins, Joe Roland, Bill Hardman, Pepper Adams, Jimmy Knepper, and Jimmy Cleveland. Legge was one of three pianists who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell County, West Virginia, Cabell and Wayne County, West Virginia, Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The County seat, seat of Cabell County, the city is located at the confluence of the Ohio River, Ohio and Guyandotte River, Guyandotte rivers in the state's southwestern region. With a population of 46,842 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 44,942 in 2024, Huntington is the List of municipalities in West Virginia, second-most populous city in West Virginia. The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, spanning seven counties across West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, has an estimated 368,000 residents. Surrounded by extensive natural resources, the area was first settled in 1775 as Holderby's Landing. Its location was selected as ideal for the western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, which founded Huntington as one of the nation's first planned communities to facilitate transportation industries. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Cleveland
James Milton Cleveland (May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008) was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.Jazztimes Cleveland was signed by in 1955. Cleveland was married to jazz vocalist Janet Thurlow. He died on August 23, 2008, in , at the age of 82. He was buried beside his wife at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roll 'Em Bags
''Roll 'Em Bags'' is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded in 1949 and 1956 and released on the Savoy label.Milt Jackson discography accessed January 16, 2012 Reception The review by Jim Todd states: "Although not commonly viewed as a hard bop pioneer, the urbane, bluesy structures that distinguish Jackson's writing at this time, arguably, make him a trailblazer for the movement."Todd, JAllmusic Review accessed January 16, 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meet Milt Jackson
''Meet Milt Jackson'' is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded between 1949 and 1956 and released on the Savoy label.Milt Jackson discography accessed January 16, 2012 Reception The review by Jim Todd stated: "This collection is valuable for its three tracks from Jackson's January 1956 collaborations with Lucky Thompson.".Todd, JAllmusic Review accessed January 16, 2012 Track listing :''All compositions by Milt Ja ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Gryce And The Jazz Lab Quintet
''Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Gigi Gryce, recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label. Reception AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "This is exciting and still fresh-sounding bebop."Yanow, SAllmusic Reviewaccessed August 30, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated'' # " Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 7:59 # "Geraldine" (Wade Legge) – 5:34 # "Minority" – 6:26 # "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" ( James F. Hanley) – 5:59 # "Straight Ahead" (Gryce as "Lee Sears") – 9:29 # "Wake Up!" – 4:37 *Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on February 27, 1957 (tracks 1–3) and March 7, 1957 (tracks 4–6) Personnel * Gigi Gryce – alto saxophone * Donald Byrd – trumpet * Wade Legge – piano * Wendell Marshall – bass * Art Taylor – drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter, composer and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist. As a bandleader, Byrd was an influence on the early career of Herbie Hancock and many others. Biography Early life and career Byrd was born in 1932 in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. His family came from the African-American middle class, African-American middle-class. His father, Elijah Thomas Byrd, was a Methodism, Methodist minister who greatly valued education and oversaw his son's schooling. His mother, Cornelia Taylor, introduced Byrd to jazz music and it was her brother who gave Byrd his first trumpet. He attended Cass Technical High School. He performed with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school. During this period, his first professional rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Lab
''Jazz Lab'' is an album by American jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd and saxophonist Gigi Gryce, released in 1957 by Columbia Records, Columbia. accessed August 31, 2012 Reception AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "With some of the best arrangements heard in jazz and excellent solos by Gryce, Byrd, and Flanagan, ''Jazz Lab'' makes for an excellent introduction to the hard bop catalog."Cook, SAllmusic Review accessed August 31, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Gigi Gryce except as indicated'' # "Speculation" (Horace Silver) - 3:38 # "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 8 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigi Gryce
Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice Jr.; November 28, 1925 – March 17, 1983), later in life changing his name to Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator. While his performing career was relatively short, much of his work as a player, composer, and arranger was quite influential and well-recognized during his time. However, Gryce abruptly ended his jazz career in the 1960s. This, in addition to his nature as a very private person, has resulted in very little knowledge of Gryce today. Several of his compositions have been covered extensively ("Minority (Gigi Gryce song), Minority", "Social Call", "Nica's Tempo") and have become minor jazz standards. Gryce's compositional bent includes harmonic choices similar to those of contemporaries Benny Golson, Tadd Dameron and Horace Silver. Gryce's playing, arranging, and composing are most associated with the classic hard bop era (roughly 1953–1965). He was a well-educat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Recital
''Jazz Recital'' (also released as ''Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra'') is an album by the trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1954 and 1955 and released on the Norgran label. It consists of quintet, sextet and jazz orchestra tracks.Dizzy Gillespie discography Retrieved March 27, 2012. Release and reception ''Jazz Recital'' was released by in 1956 and by the following year. Two of the tracks from the album were also released as singles. '' |
Dizzy And Strings
''Dizzy and Strings'' (also released as ''Diz Big Band'') is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, released in 1955 by Norgran Records.Dizzy Gillespie discography accessed March 27, 2012 Track listing ''All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except as indicated'' # " Roses of Picardy" (, Haydn Wood) – 4:38 # "Silhouette" ( |
Afro (album)
''Afro'' is a studio album by the jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. It was released in November 1954 through Norgran Records. Gillespie worked with many Cuban musicians on the album. Reception The AllMusic review states "Pairing Dizzy Gillespie with Cuban arranger/composer Chico O'Farrill produced a stunning session which originally made up the first half of a Norgran LP... A later small-group session features the trumpeter with an all-Latin rhythm section and flutist Gilberto Valdes... it is well worth acquiring."Dryden, KAllmusic Reviewaccessed March 28, 2012 Track listing # " Manteca Theme" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo) - 4:10 # "Contraste" (Gillespie, Chico O'Farrill, Pozo) - 2:45 # "Jungla" (Gillespie, O'Farrill, Pozo) - 4:44 # "Rhumba Finale" (Gillespie, O'Farrill, Pozo) - 4:43 # "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 4:19 # " Con Alma" (Gillespie) - 5:05 # "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) - 7:19 Personnel *Dizzy Gillespi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952-1953
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
