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Wilton Gaynair
Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair (11 January 1927 – 13 February 1995) was a Jamaican-born jazz musician, whose primary instrument was the tenor saxophone. "Blue Bogey", "Kingston Bypass" "Debra", and "Wilton Mood" are among his better known songs. Life and career Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Gaynair was raised at Kingston's Alpha Boys School, where fellow Jamaican musicians Joe Harriott, Harold McNair and Don Drummond were also pupils of a similar age. Gaynair began his professional career playing in the clubs of Kingston, backing such visitors as George Shearing and Carmen McRae, before travelling to Europe in 1955, deciding to base himself in Germany because of the plentiful live work on offer. He recorded very seldom, only three times as a bandleader. Two of those recordings came during visits to England, 1959's ''Blue Bogey'' (1959) on Tempo Records and ''Africa Calling'' (1960), also recorded for Tempo but unreleased until 2005 on account of that label's demise. Soon after recording ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Musician
This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. Do not enter names that lack sources. Accordion * Kamil Běhounek (1916–1983) * Luciano Biondini (born 1971) * Asmund Bjørken (1933–2018) * Stian Carstensen (born 1971) * Gabriel Fliflet (born 1958) * Richard Galliano (born 1950) * Tommy Gumina (1931–2013) * Frode Haltli (born 1975) * Pete Jolly (1932–2004) * Guy Klucevsek (1947–2025) * Nisse Lind (1904–1941) * Frank Marocco (1931–2012) * Mat Mathews (1924–2009) * Joe Mooney (musician), Joe Mooney (1911–1975) * Eivin One Pedersen (1956–2012) * Leon Sash (1922–1979) * George Shearing (1919–2011) * Art Van Damme (1920–2010) Banjo Double bass Bass guitar * Victor Bailey (musician), Victor Bailey (1960–2016) * Brian Bromberg (born 1960) * Stanley Clarke (born 1951) * Bob Cranshaw (1932–2016) * Mark Egan (born 1951) * Alphonso Johnson (born 1951) * Bill Laswell (born 1955) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Brookmeyer
Robert Edward "Bob" Brookmeyer (December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011) was an American jazz valve trombone, valve trombonist, Jazz piano, pianist, arranger, and composer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Gerry Mulligan's quartet from 1954 to 1957. He later worked with Jimmy Giuffre, before rejoining Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band. He received eight Grammy Award nominations during his lifetime. Biography Brookmeyer was born on December 19, 1929, Kansas City, Missouri, United States. He was the only child of Elmer Edward Brookmeyer and Mayme Seifert. Brookmeyer began playing professionally in his teens. He attended the Kansas City Conservatory of Music, but did not graduate. He played piano in big bands led by Tex Beneke and Ray McKinley, but concentrated on valve trombone from when he moved to the Claude Thornhill orchestra in the early 1950s. He was part of small groups led by Stan Getz, Jimmy Giuffre, and Gerry M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Coppieters
Francis Coppieters (September 7, 1930 in Brussels – 1990) was a Belgian jazz pianist. He was the son of Fernand Coppieters. Coppieter's first professional experience was as a teenager, playing with Toots Thielemans in 1947-1948. He also played in Hazy Osterwald's band soon after. Following a move to Paris, he played with Jacques Pelzer, Buck Clayton, René Thomas, Bobby Jaspar and then became a member of Aime Barelli's ensemble after Francy Boland's departure. He relocated to Germany in 1957, where he played with Kurt Edelhagen for several years and taught at the Cologne Conservatory. Later he worked with musicians such as Charly Antolini, Taps Miller, Klaus Weiss, Slide Hampton, Lucky Thompson, Wilton Gaynair, and Jiggs Whigham. References *Robert Pernet, "Francis Coppieters". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlheinz Kästel
Karlheinz is a German given name, composed of Karl and Heinz. Notable people with that name include: * Karlheinz Böhm (1928–2014), Austrian actor * Karlheinz Brandenburg (born 1954), audio engineer * Karlheinz Deschner (1924–2014), German agnostic * Karlheinz Essl (born 1960), Austrian composer, performer, sound artist, improviser and composition teacher * Karlheinz Förster (born 1958), former German football player * Karlheinz Hackl (1949–2014), Austrian actor * Karlheinz Kaske (1928–1998), German manager and CEO of the Siemens AG * Karlheinz Klotz (born 1950), West German athlete * Karlheinz Martin (1886–1948), German stage and film director * Karlheinz Oswald (born 1958), German sculptor * Karlheinz Pflipsen (born 1970), retired German soccer player * Karlheinz Schreiber (born 1934), German-born lobbyist, fundraiser, arms dealer and businessman * Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007), German composer * Karlheinz Zöller (1928–2005), German flutist See also * Karl-H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Dies
Werner Dies (January 15, 1928, Frankfurt - February 5, 2003) was a German jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, guitarist, composer, and arranger. Dies was an autodidact on guitar and saxophone, and studied clarinet and composition starting in 1947. From 1947 to 1955 he played guitar in the dance band of Willy Berking, and was a member of the bands Hotclub Combo and Two Beat Stompers. He also led his own ensemble, which went on a tour of Yugoslavia in 1955. From 1955 to 1965 he was a member of Hazy Osterwald's sextet, and also worked as a session musician and arranger. He toured with Joe Turner and, in 1968, Charly Antolini. He had a hit in Germany in 1954 with "Schuster bleib bei deinen Leisten", the German-language version of the song "The Little Shoemaker". This spent eight weeks at #1 on the German hit parade starting in October 1954. He also wrote a treatise on clarinet improvisation, published by Schott in 1967. He later worked for Howard Carpendale, Adam & Eve, Graham B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Warland
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' * Jean Luc Picard, fictional character from ''Star Trek Next Generation'' Places * Jean, Nevada, United States; a town * Jean, Oregon, United States Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) * Valjean (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shake Keane
Ellsworth McGranahan "Shake" Keane (30 May 1927 – 11 November 1997) was a Vincentian jazz musician and poet. He is best known today for his role as a jazz trumpeter, principally his work as a member of the ground-breaking Joe Harriott Quintet (1959–65). Early life in St Vincent Born on the Caribbean island of St Vincent into "a humble family that loved books and music", Keane attended Kingstown Methodist School and St Vincent Grammar School. He was taught to play the trumpet by his father, Charles (who died when Keane was 13), and gave his first public recital at the age of six. When he was 14 years old, Keane led a musical band made up of his brothers. In the 1940s, with his mother Dorcas working to raise six children, the teenager joined one of the island's leading bands, Ted Lawrence and His Silvertone Orchestra. During Keane's early adulthood in St Vincent, his principal interest was literature, rather than the music for which he would become better known. He had be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiggs Whigham
Jiggs Whigham (born Oliver Haydn Whigham III; August 20, 1943) is an American jazz trombonist. Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, he began his professional career at the age of 17, joining the Glenn Miller/Ray McKinley orchestra in 1961. He left that band for Stan Kenton, where he played in the touring "mellophonium" band in 1963, then settled in New York City to play commercially. Frustrated with commercial playing, Whigham migrated to Germany, where he still lives. He taught at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. He played for many years in the big band of Kurt Edelhagen, was a featured soloist in the Bert Kaempfert orchestra, and was also a member of the Peter Herbolzheimer band. He is widely admired by trombonists and other musicians for his fluent and expressive playing, and has produced an extensive discography as a leader, including work with Bill Holman, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Carl Fontana, and many others. In more recent years, Whigham has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charly Antolini
Charly Antolini (born 24 May 1937) is a Swiss jazz drummer. Career Born in Zürich, Antolini started playing the traditional Swiss Basler drum. In 1956, he went to Paris, where he played with Sidney Bechet and Bill Coleman. He joined the Tremble Kids with trumpeter Oscar Klein and clarinettist Werner Keller. In 1962 he lived in Stuttgart, Germany, where he spent five years playing with bassist Peter Witte and pianist Horst Jankowski in the SWR Big Band led by Erwin Lehn. With Witte, between 1965 and 1967, he recorded five albums for the Romanian pianist Eugen Cicero, who combined classical music with jazz. He also played in big bands with Kurt Edelhagen, Peter Herbolzheimer, and Max Greger in the NDR Bigband. In 1976 he formed Charly Antolini's Jazz Power with Steve Hooks (tenor sax), Andrei Lobanov (trumpet), David Gazarov (keyboards). and Rocky Knauer (bass). Later members were Len Skeat and Brian Lemon. In the 1980s he toured Germany, Italy, and Denmark with Benny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legends Of Ska
A legend is a historical narrative, a symbolic representation of folk belief. Legend(s) or The Legend(s) may also refer to: Narrative * A fictitious identity used in espionage Books, comic books, and theater * ''Legend'' (Gemmell novel), a 1984 fantasy novel by David Gemmell * ''Legend'' (comic imprint), a comic-book brand-name * ''Legend'' (Lu novel), the first novel in ''Legend: The Series'': A trilogy by Marie Lu * ''Legend'' (1958 play), an Australian play by Ric Throssell * ''Legend'' (1976 play), a Broadway play by Samuel A. Taylor * Legend Books, an imprint of Random House * ''Legends'' (comics), comic-book limited series published by DC Comics * ''Legends'' (anthology), a 1998 collection of short novels edited by Robert Silverberg ** ''Legends II'' (anthology), a 2003 second collection * ''Legends!'', a 1986 stage play by James Kirkwood, Jr. * ''Dragonlance Legends'', trilogy of books central to the Dragonlance series * ''The Legend'', a 1969 novel by Evelyn Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clue J & His Blues Blasters
Clue J & His Blues Blasters were a Jamaican band of the late 1950s and early 1960s led by Cluett Johnson, who were one of the first bands to play ska. Several of the band's members went on to join The Skatalites. History Formed in the late 1950s, the band was led by double bassist Cluett Johnson (aka Clue J),Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2004) ''The Rough Guide to Reggae, 3rd edn.'', Rough Guides, , p. 24 and other members included Ernest Ranglin (guitar), Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez (trombone), Roland Alphonso (tenor saxophone), Theophilus Beckford (piano), Aubrey Adams (piano/organ), and Arkland "Drumbago" Parks (drums).Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p. 63 The band was the first to make records in Jamaica, their earliest releases being calypso or R&B, such as "Shuflling Jug", and were promoted on producer Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's ''Downbeat'' sound system and released on his Worldisc label. Johnson is sometimes credited with crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso OD or Rolando Alphonso "The Chief Musician" (12 January 1931 – 20 November 1998)Thompson, p. 262 was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of the Skatalites. Biography Born in Havana, Cuba, Alphonso came to Jamaica at the age of two with his Jamaican mother, and started to learn saxophone at the Stony Hill Industrial School.Unterberger. In 1948 he left school to join Eric Deans' orchestra and soon passed through other bands in the hotel circuit and first recorded as a member of Stanley Motta's group in 1952, going on to record frequently as a session musician. In 1956 he first recorded for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, although these early recordings were lost before they were mastered. By 1958, he was a part of the stage-act of comedians Bim and Bam, who toured Jamaica sponsored by "McAulay liquor". Alphonso's dynamic version of Louis Prima's "Robin Hood" was one of highlights of the act. Following this, Clement Dodd and Duke Reid made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
