Coronado Coronado may refer to:
People
* Coronado (surname) Coronado is a Spanish surname derived from the village of Cornado, near A Coruña, Galicia.
People with the name
* Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (1510–1554), Spanish explorer often referred t ...
, California) is an American jazz drummer and educator.
Biography
Soph was raised in Houston, Texas. He enrolled at
North Texas State University
The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public university, public research university located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its main campus is in Denton, Texas, Denton, with a satellite campus in Frisco, Texas, Frisco. It serves as the ...
(
University of North Texas
The University of North Texas (UNT) is a public university, public research university located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its main campus is in Denton, Texas, Denton, with a satellite campus in Frisco, Texas, Frisco. It serves as the ...
) in 1963 as a music major but switched his concentration to English during his sophomore year. While at North Texas, he performed with the One O'Clock Lab Band, the
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band that was formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most pop ...
, and
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist. As a pianist, composer, arranger and band leader, he led an innovative and influential jazz orchestra for almost four decades. Though ...
. He graduated in 1968 and joined
Woody Herman
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American 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 roo ...
on a recommendation from
Cannonball Adderley
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Adderley is perhaps best remembered by the general public for the 1966 soul ...
. He moved to New York City in 1971 and began performing and recording freelance.
Soph has worked with
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American Swing music, swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948â ...
,
Bill Watrous
William Russell Watrous III (June 8, 1939 – July 2, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love", which he recorded on a 1993 alb ...
,
Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, block chords, innovative chord voicings, a ...
,
Marvin Stamm
Marvin Louis Stamm (born May 23, 1939) is an American jazz trumpeter.
Career
Stamm was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Stamm began on trumpet at age twelve. He attended North Texas State University, where he was a member of the One ...
,
Randy Brecker
Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock music, rock, and R&B.
Early life
Brecker was ...
,
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and very occasional flute player. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day an ...
,
Pat LaBarbera
Pat (Pascel Emmanuel) LaBarbera (born April 7, 1944) is an American-born Canadian jazz tenor, alto and soprano saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist born in Mt. Morris, New York, most notable for his work as a soloist in Buddy Rich bands from ...
,
Bill Mays
William Allen Mays (born February 5, 1944), known professionally as Bill Mays, is an American jazz pianist from Sacramento, California.
Biography
Mays came from a musical family and at the age of 15 became interested in jazz at an Earl Hines ...
,
Cedar Walton
Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, before establishing a long career as a bandleader and c ...
,
Dave Liebman
David Liebman (born September 4, 1946) is an American saxophonist, flautist and jazz educator. He is known for his innovative lines and use of atonality. He was a frequent collaborator with pianist Richie Beirach.
In June 2010, he received a ...
Carl Fontana
Carl Charles Fontana (July 18, 1928 – October 9, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist. After working in the big bands of Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, and Stan Kenton, he devoted most of his career to playing music in Las Vegas.
Career
Font ...
, and
Slide Hampton
Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombone, jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tub ...
.
He pursued a teaching career while working on the faculty at the
Jamey Aebersold
Wilton Jameson "Jamey" Aebersold (born July 21, 1939) is an American publisher, educator, and jazz saxophonist. His Play-A-Long series of instructional books and CDs, using the chord-scale system, the first of which was released in 1967, are an i ...
Jazz Workshop, the National Stage Band Camp and the
University of Bridgeport
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. He returned to Texas in 1987 and taught Jazz Studies and Performance at the University of North Texas. Soph was inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 2016 and retired in 2017. His former students include
Ari Hoenig
Ari Hoenig (born November 13, 1973) is an American jazz drummer, composer, and educator.
Educational materials
Hoenig has taught and is on the faculty at New York University and The New School in New York. He gives clinics and lectures at music ...
,
Keith Carlock
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, Chris DeRosa,
Jason Sutter
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A well versed drummer, having studied and performed extensively across multiple genres, Sutter is most widely recognized wit ...
, and
Dave Weckl
Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American jazz fusion drummer and the leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the ''Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2000.
Biography
Weckl started playing his first se ...
.
Discography
As leader
* ''Stamm/Soph Project'' with Marvin Stamm (Marstam, 2000)
* ''Live at Birdland NYC'' with Marvin Stamm (Jazzed Media, 2005)
As sideman
With
Woody Herman
Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American 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 roo ...
* ''Heavy Exposure'' (Cadet, 1969)
* ''Light My Fire'' (Chess, 1969)
* ''Brand New'' (Fantasy, 1971)
* ''Giant Steps'' (Fantasy, 1973)
* ''Feelin' So Blue'' (Fantasy, 1981)
* ''Woody and Friends'' (Concord Jazz, 1981)
With
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American Swing music, swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948â ...
* ''Clark Terry and His Jolly Giants'' (Vanguard, 1975)
* ''Clark Terry's Big-B-a-d-Band Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival 1974'' (Vanguard, 1975)
* ''Live! at Buddy's Place'' (Vanguard, 1976)
* ''The Globetrotter'' (Vanguard, 1977)
* ''Live in Chicago'' (Monad, 1995)
With others
* Walter Bishop Jr., ''
Soul Village
''Soul Village'' is an album by pianist Walter Bishop Jr. which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Muse Records, Muse label.Dan Haerle, ''Live at Luminous Sound'' (Seagull, 2012)
*
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and very occasional flute player. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day an ...
, ''
Barcelona
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Dave Liebman
David Liebman (born September 4, 1946) is an American saxophonist, flautist and jazz educator. He is known for his innovative lines and use of atonality. He was a frequent collaborator with pianist Richie Beirach.
In June 2010, he received a ...
John McNeil
John McNeil (February 14, 1813 – June 8, 1891) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was most noted for his role in the Palmyra massacre and other acts of alleged brutality, as well as his participation in the Bat ...
, ''Things We Did Last Summer'' (SteepleChase, 1988)
*
Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort
Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort is a US big band scored for low brass instruments – euphoniums, and tubas – performed by artists who are renowned in jazz or classical or both.
History
The group was formed in 1975 by Rich Matteson and Ha ...
Bobby Shew
Bobby Shew (born March 4, 1941) is an American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player.
Biography
He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. After leaving college in 1960, Shew was drafted into the U.S. Army and played trumpet and toured ...
, ''Tribute to the Masters'' (Double-Time, 1995)
*
Bill Watrous
William Russell Watrous III (June 8, 1939 – July 2, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love", which he recorded on a 1993 alb ...
Carl Fontana
Carl Charles Fontana (July 18, 1928 – October 9, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist. After working in the big bands of Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, and Stan Kenton, he devoted most of his career to playing music in Las Vegas.
Career
Font ...
, ''Nice 'n' Easy'' (TNC, 1997)
* Jiggs Whigham & Carl Fontana, ''Keepin' Up with the Boneses'' (TNC, 2001)
* Phil Wilson &
Rich Matteson
Rich A. Matteson, (born Richmond Albert Matteson, January 12, 1929, Forest Lake, Minnesota – June 24, 1993, Jacksonville, Florida) was an American jazz artist and collegiate music educator who specialized in the euphonium. He played the tuba in ...