Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Joseph Gabriel Esther Maneri was born on February 9, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. His formal schooling only went through the eighth grade, dropping out because of an undiagnosed attention deficit disorder. He went on to receive a rigorous classical music education from Josef Schmid, who taught courses in Arnold Schoenberg’s harmony, counterpoint and composition. As a composer he was mostly self-taught and his compositions were featured at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1961, including his Divertimento for piano, drums, and double bass.
His early work was with Gunther Schuller and his 20th Century Innovations Ensemble performances of Third Stream music at Carnegie Hall. Schuller arranged a record deal for Maneri with Atlantic Records, but the 1963 recording was not released. Twenty-five years later the Atlantic recording session tapes were released by the Avant label under the title Paniot’s Nine. During the 1990s Joe released 14 additional albums on the ECM, Hat Hut, Leo labels, often in collaboration with his free-style violinist son Mat.
Maneri went on to teach harmony, 16th Century counterpoint and composition at the Brooklyn Conservatory while continuing to compose. In 1963, he was commissioned by Erich Leinsdorf of the Boston Symphony Orchestra to write a piano concerto that premiered in 1985 by the American Composers Orchestra and pianist Rebecca la Brecque at Alice Tully Hall. He founded the Boston Microtonal Society, dedicated to microtonal music and tuning.
Saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Joe Maneri invented a keyboard that had 588 notes: 72 pitches per octave and co-authored a theory book titled Preliminary Studies in the Virtual Pitch Continuum, died on August 24, 2009 at the age of 82 of heart failure.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
David Joseph Shepherd was born February 7, 1929 in Walthamstow, London, England to Joseph Shepherd, a semi-professional piano player and gas company employee. He began on piano before switching to clarinet at age 16 in 1945. He studied under a clarinetist from the Hamburg State Opera Orchestra while stationed in Hamburg, Germany after World War II. Upon his return to England in 1950 he played with Reg Rigden, Joe Daniels and his Hotshots, and Freddy Randall to the middle of the decade.
He played with Billie Holiday and Gerry Mulligan on their British tours. He played in New York City in 1956 with Ted Kotick, then returned to England to play with the Jazz Today Unit and with the Jazz at the Philharmonic. He also played with Mary Lou Williams several times during the 1950s.
The 1960s and 1970s saw Dave playing with Randall again and with Teddy Wilson, at the Montreux Jazz Festival and in South Africa. During this period he was heard a lot more with his quartet on BBC Radio 2’s Jimmy Young programme as well as Round Midnight, Breakfast Special, and Music While You Work.
Centered in the UK found him working regularly with trombone player Roy Williams, Len Skeat and many more. He was a frequent guest with his line up called The Dave Shepherd Quintet on BBC Radio 1’s Sounds of Jazz. He based his style on Benny Goodman and was praised for his accuracy and unfailing swing and a quality of musical elegance.
He performed with Peter Boizot’s Pizza Express All Stars Band at the Pizza Express Jazz Club from 1980 to 1999. He led several of his own bands and has done extensive work producing music for film and television. Shepherd continued to solo and make guest appearances until shortly before his death.
Clarinetist Dave Shepherd, who was described by fellow jazz musician Digby Fairweather as Britain’s greatest swing clarinettist since 1948, on December 15, 2016 in Hampshire, England.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is departing Phoenix and jumping on a two hour flight to the West Coast and that city by the bay, San Francisco, California. We will find our destination, the Black Cat, in the heart of the Tenderloin neighborhood. The historic arts and entertainment district was once home to great supper clubs and fabled live jazz venues. Tapping into that legacy, Black Cat is a refined social dining experience featuring a modern American supper club menu.
On the stage for a four day residency is Marc Cary and The Focus Trio. They’ll be celebrating nearly 20 years of synergy, exploring the rich interplay between Native American music and jazz. The pianist enlists tabla drummer Sameer Gupta and bassist David Ewel to the feel of the music as he taps into his multicultural heritage.
For those of you who have never been to this establishment, the venue is located at 400 Eddy Street 94109. For more info go to https://notoriousjazz.com/event/marc-cary-focus-trio.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Oscar Klein was born on January 5, 1930 in Graz, Austria. His family fled the Nazis when he was young. He became known for older jazz like swing and Dixieland.
In the early Sixties he joined the famous Dutch Swing College Band in the Netherlands as first trumpeter and he is to be found on several of their recordings.
He played with Lionel Hampton, Joe Zawinul, Jerry Ricks and others. In 1996 he was honored by the Austrian President Thomas Klestil
Trumpeter Oscar Klein, who also played clarinet, harmonic and swing guitar, died on December 12, 2006 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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The Jazz Voyager
The Jazz Voyager is departing NOLA for the Mountain Time Zone of Phoenix, Arizona with the next destination being a jazz spot called The Nash. Named for internationally renowned drummer and Phoenix native Lewis Nash. As one of the reat jazz venues in the world, the club is not only a music room but an education facility that is a community of jazz enthusiasts and musicians who build on the past to create a modern musical experience.
Taking the stage for this Saturday’s performance is Beth Lederman with her group Jazz Con Alma. They feature jazz that grooves and draws from latin rhythms, taking standards and pop music and adding their own special twists. From Coltrane and Gershwin to the Beatles and Stevie Wonder, they play anything that embraces the creativity which embodies jazz is fair game. Jazz Con Alma consists of saxophonist Mary Petrich, bassist Jon Murray, Adam Clark on drums and percussionist Frank Valdes.
The Nash is located at 110 E. Roosevelt Street 85004 . For more information visit https://notoriousjazz.com/event/beth-lederman.
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