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 roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...
musician who plays
baritone saxophone
The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...
. He studied at
Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a Private university, private research university in Hempstead, New York, United States. It originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University and became an independent college in 1939. Comprising ten schools, includ ...
before working 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 ...
. He leads a trio with bassist
Ray Drummond
Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946, in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an Master of Business Administration, MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be ...
Dave Holland Dave Holland or David Holland may refer to:
*Dave Holland (bassist)
David Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English double bassist, bass guitarist, cellist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has ...
Big Band and Octet, the
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( ; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improvisation, improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy El ...
All Star Big Band, and he has performed and recorded with
Carla Bley
Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she gained acclaim for her jazz opera ''Escalator ...
's Big Band. His biggest influence is
Pepper Adams
Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a s ...
. When Adams died, Smulyan recorded an album entitled ''Homage'', which included eight pieces composed by Adams.
Dominic Chianese
Dominic Chianese (; ; born February 24, 1931) is an American actor, singer, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Corrado "Junior" Soprano on the HBO series ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2007), Johnny Ola in ''The Godfather Part II'' ( ...
(Capri, 2013)
* ''Royalty at Le Duc'' (Groovin' High 2017)
* ''Alternative Contrafacts'' (SteepleChase, 2018)
* ''Our Contrafacts'' (SteepleChase, 2020)
As sideman
With Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band and Alumni All-Star Big Band
* ''Things to Come'' (MCG, 2002)
* ''Dizzy's Business'' (MCG, 2006)
* ''I'm BeBoppin' Too'' (Half Note, 2008)
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 ...
* ''Woody and Friends'' (Concord Jazz, 1981)
* ''La Fiesta'' (West Wind, 1991)
* ''The Woody Herman Orchestra'' (Jazz Door, 1991)
With
Dave Holland Dave Holland or David Holland may refer to:
*Dave Holland (bassist)
David Holland (born 1 October 1946) is an English double bassist, bass guitarist, cellist, composer and bandleader who has been performing and recording for five decades. He has ...
Overtime
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*by custom (what is considered healthy or reasonable by society) ...
'' (Dare2, 2004)
* '' Pathways'' (Dare2, 2010)
With the
Mel Lewis
Melvin Sokoloff (May 10, 1929 – February 2, 1990), known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations.
Biography
Early years
Lewis was ...
Orchestra
* ''Make Me Smile & Other New Works by Bob Brookmeyer'' (Finesse, 1982)
* ''20 Years at the Village Vanguard'' (Atlantic, 1986)
* ''Soft Lights and Hot Music'' (Musicmasters, 1988)
* ''The Lost Art'' (Musicmasters, 1989)
* ''The Definitive Thad Jones'' (Musicmasters, 1989)
* ''The Definitive Thad Jones Volume 2'' (Musicmasters, 1990)
* ''To You'' (Musicmasters, 1991)
With the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
* ''Lickety Split'' (New World, 1997)
* ''Thad Jones Legacy'' (New World, 1999)
* ''Can I Persuade You?'' (Planet Arts, 2001)
* ''The Way'' (Planet Arts, 2004)
* ''Up from the Skies'' (Planet Arts, 2006)
* ''Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard'' (Planet Arts, 2008)
* ''Forever Lasting: Live in Tokyo'' (Planet Arts, 2011)
* ''Overtime Music of Bob Brookmeyer'' (Planet Arts, 2014)
With others
* Harry Allen, ''The Candy Men'' (Arbors, 2016)
*
Carla Bley
Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936 – October 17, 2023) was an American jazz composer, pianist, organist, and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she gained acclaim for her jazz opera ''Escalator ...
, ''Looking for America'' (WATT/ECM, 2003)
*
David Byrne
David Byrne (; born May 14, 1952) is an American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American New wave music, new wave band Talking Heads.
Byrne has ...
, ''Grown Backwards'' (Nonesuch, 2004)
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Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo (born April 4, 1954) is a Dominican pianist and composer. He specializes in jazz, Latin and classical piano work.
Background and career
Camilo was born into a musical family and as a young child showed aptitude for the accordion ...
, ''One More Once'' (Columbia, 1994)
* Michel Camilo, ''Caribe'' (Calle 54, 2009)
* Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, ''The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band/Music Director Jon Faddis'' (Blue Note, 1996)
* Freddy Cole, ''Merry-Go-Round'' (Telarc, 2000)
*
George Coleman
George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master.
Early life
Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was ...
, ''Danger High Voltage'' (Two and Four, 2000)
* Dena DeRose, ''We Won't Forget You...An Homage to Shirley Horn'' (HighNote, 2014)
*
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 ...
, ''Push'' (Lipstick, 1994)
*
Gil Evans
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian Americans, Canadian–American jazz pianist, Music arranger, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators i ...
Jon Faddis
Jon Faddis (born July 24, 1953) is an American jazz trumpet player, conductor, composer, and educator, renowned for both his playing and for his expertise in the field of music education. Upon his first appearance on the scene, he became known ...
, ''Teranga'' (Koch, 2006)
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John Fedchock
John William Fedchock (born September 18, 1957) is an American jazz trombonist, bandleader, and arranger.
Early life and education
Fedchock was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied at Ohio State University and the Eastman School of Music at th ...
, ''Up & Running'' (Reservoir, 2007)
* John Fedchock, ''Like It Is'' (Mama, 2015)
*
Don Friedman
Donald Ernest Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American jazz pianist. He began playing in Los Angeles and moved to New York in 1958. In the 1960s, he played with both modern stylists and more traditional musicians.
Early life
Fr ...
, ''Don Friedman the Composer Live at Jazz Baltica Salzau'' (Enja, 2010)
* Benny Green, ''The Place to Be'' (Blue Note, 1994)
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Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...
, ''Labyrinth'' (RCA Victor, 1996)
* Tom Harrell, ''The Art of Rhythm'' (RCA Victor, 1998)
*
Gene Harris
Gene Harris (born Eugene Haire, September 1, 1933 – January 16, 2000) was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz.
From 1956 to 1970, he played in The Three Sounds tri ...
, ''Live at Town Hall N.Y.C.'' (Concord Jazz, 1989)
* Gene Harris, ''World Tour 1990'' (Concord Jazz, 1991)
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Jimmy Heath
James Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. He was the brother of bassist Percy Heath and drummer Albert Heath.
Biography
Heath w ...
, ''Turn Up the Heath'' (Planet Arts, 2006)
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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 ...
, ''Big Band'' (Verve, 1996)
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Conrad Herwig
Lee Conrad Herwig III (born November 1, 1959) is an American jazz trombonist from New York City.
Biography
Herwig began his career in Clark Terry's band in the early 1980s and has been a featured member in the Joe Henderson Sextet, Tom Harrell's ...
, ''The Latin Side of John Coltrane'' (Astor Place, 1996)
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Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...
Denise Jannah
Denise Johanna Zeefuik (born 7 November 1956) is a Dutch jazz singer. She made her debut at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1991. Two years later she won her first of two Edison Music Awards with her second album ''"A Heart Full of Music"'' (199 ...
, ''I Was Born in Love with You'' (Blue Note, 1995)
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B.B. King
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, sh ...
, ''Live at the Apollo'' (GRP, 1991)
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Mike LeDonne
Michael Arthur LeDonne (born October 26, 1956) is an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and educator. Having played with Benny Goodman, Milt Jackson, and Benny Golson in various stages of his career, he now leads several of his own groups ...
, ''Bout Time'' (Criss Cross, 1988)
* Mike LeDonne, ''The Feeling of Jazz'' (Criss Cross, 1990)
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Joe Lovano
Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born December 29, 1952)"Joe Lovano." ''Contemporary Musicians''. Vol. 13. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 1994. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, May 5, 2017. is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist. T ...
, ''52nd Street Themes'' (Blue Note, 2000)
* Joe Lovano, ''Streams of Expression'' (Blue Note, 2006)
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Joe Magnarelli
Joseph Anthony Magnarelli (born January 19, 1960) is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.
Early life and education
Magnarelli was born in Syracuse, New York. He received a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Fred ...
Kevin Mahogany
Kevin Bryant Mahogany (July 30, 1958 – December 17, 2017) was an American jazz vocalist who became prominent in the 1990s. Particularly known for his scat singing, his singing style has been compared with those of Billy Eckstine, Joe William ...
, ''Songs and Moments'' (Enja, 1994)
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Mark Masters
Mark Masters is an American media entrepreneur, known for being the CEO of Talk Radio Network and its four sister networks.Mingus Big Band
Mingus Big Band is a 14-piece ensemble, based in New York City, that specializes in the compositions of Charles Mingus. It was managed by his widow, Sue Mingus, along with Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty. In addition to its weekly Wednesday ni ...
, ''Gunslinging Birds'' (Dreyfus, 1995)
* Mingus Big Band, ''Live in Time'' (Dreyfus, 1996)
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Grachan Moncur III
Grachan Moncur III (June 3, 1937 – June 3, 2022) was an American jazz trombonist. He was the son of jazz bassist Grachan Moncur II and the nephew of jazz saxophonist Al Cooper.
Biography
Born in New York City, United States, (his paternal gra ...
, ''
Exploration
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'' (Capri, 2004)
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Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936) is an American Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader, musician, and composer of Corsican and Puerto Rican ancestry. He is the founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II, and Harlem River Drive.
...
Charlie Parker
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz Saxophone, saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of beb ...
, ''Bird'' (Columbia, 2011)
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Charlie Persip
Charles Lawrence Persip (July 26, 1929 – August 23, 2020), known as Charli Persip and formerly as Charlie Persip (he changed the spelling of his name to Charli in the late 1960s), was an American jazz drummer.
Biography
Born in Morristown, N ...
, ''Charlie Persip and Gerry Lafurn's 17-Piece Superband'' (Stash, 1981)
* Charlie Persip, ''Charli Persip & Superband'' (Natasha, 1994)
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown Records", she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown#Major divisions, Motown's most suc ...
Radio Waves
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Reservoir
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Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...
, 1991)
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John Scofield
John Scofield (born December 26, 1951) is an American guitarist and composer. His music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention as part of the band of Miles Davis; he ...
, ''Up All Night'' (Verve, 2003)
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Don Sickler
Don Sickler (January 6, 1944) is an American jazz trumpeter, arranger and producer.Mark Soskin, ''Keys of the City'' (Koei, 1990)
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Dave Stryker
Dave Stryker (born March 30, 1957) is an American jazz guitarist. He has recorded over thirty-five albums as a leader and has been a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and Kevin Mahogany.
Career
Stryker grew up in Omaha, Nebr ...
, ''Blue to the Bone IV'' (SteepleChase, 2013)
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Roseanna Vitro
Roseanna Elizabeth Vitro (born February 28, 1951) is a jazz singer and teacher from Arkansas.
Biography
Born Roseanna Elizabeth VitroScott Fredrickson and Gary W. Kennedy.Vitro (Wickliffe), Roseanna" In ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', 2 ...
, ''Catchin' Some Rays'' (Telarc, 1997)
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Walt Weiskopf
Walt Weiskopf (born July 30, 1959, in Augusta, Georgia) is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, author and educator. He has released sixteen albums as a leader, and performed on countless other albums as a sideman. He h ...
, ''Day in Night Out'' (Criss Cross, 2008)
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Gerald Wilson
Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. He arranged music for D ...