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Eddie Bert was born May 16, 1922 in Yonkers, New York and learned to lay the trombone as a child. Among his early teachers were Benny Morton and Trummy Young and by age 18 he was a member of the Sam Donahue Orchestra.
Bert would leave Donahue and join up with Red Norvo in 1941, cutting his first recorded solo on Jersey Bounce. Through the Forties he played with the bands of Charlie Barnet, Woody Herman, Herbie Fields, Benny Goodman and Stan Kenton, rejoining Norvo for the legendary Town Hall concert. By the Fifties he was performing briefly again with Stan Kenton before becoming a leader and recording for Discovery, Savoy, Jazztone and Trans-world record labels.
He has performed and recorded with Charles Mingus, various Miles Davis/Gil Evans projects, Thelonious Monks big bands, and was a part of the Dick Cavett TV big band in the Sixties. He has toured Europe with the Mel Lewis/Thad Jones Orchestra, recorded for several obscure labels, worked extensively as a sideman with Michel Legrand, Nat Pierce, Stan Getz, Gene Harris, Ken Peplowski, Loren Schoenberg and others. When performing, trombonist Eddie Bert continuously played to sold-out shows.
Eddie received a Musician of the Year award from Metronome magazine, a Grammy for Musician of the Year, Jazz at the Kennedy Center honors and is inducted into the Rugers University Jazz Hall of Fame.
Trombonist Eddie Bert, whose photography can be seen on Jazz Giants, To Bird With Love (Chan Parker and F. Pandras) and The Band That Never Was (Spotlight Records album cover and liner notes), passed away on September 27, 2012 at age 90 in Danbury, Connecticut.
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Jazz In Film
Bullitt: This 1968 crisp, technically assured thriller was directed by Peter Yates and starred Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Vaughn. The story follows an all guts, no glory San Francisco cop who becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection. The film featured violent deaths, one of the best car chases in film history and a self-conscious message.
The modernistic music score was composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin with Howard Roberts – guitar, Bud Shank – flute, Mike Melvoin – piano, Ray Brown – bass, Larry Bunker – drums, Bud Brisbois – trumpet and Milt Bernhart – trombone.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Joe Gordon was born Joseph Henry Gordon on May 15, 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts and took up trumpet in his youth. His first professional gigs were in Boston in 1947 and he would later play with Georgie Auld, Charlie Mariano, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker, Art Blakey and Don Redman into the mid Fifties.
In 1956 he toured the Middle East with Dizzy Gillespie’s big band soloing on “A Night In Tunisia”. Following this Gordon played with Horace Silver and then moved to Los Angeles. During his California stay over the next five years he recorded with Barney Kessel, Benny Carter, Harold Land, Shelly Manne, Donald Byrd, Dexter Gordon and Thelonious Monk.
Trumpeter Joe Gordon would record two studio sessions and one live album as a leader prior to his death in a house fire on November 4, 1963 in Santa Monica, California.
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Shelter In Your Arms / Rene Marie – Live At Jazz Standard ♦ My Funny Valentine / Athur Prysock – Compact Jazz ♦ Never Let Me Go / Shawnn Monteiro – Shawnn Monteiro With Clark Terry ♦ What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life / Grady Tate – All Love ♦ A Time For Love- Small World / Irene Kral – Where Is Love ♦ Where Do You Start / Tony Bennett – The Art Of Romance ♦ Loving You / Shirley Horn – Loving You ♦ I’m In The Mood For Love – Moody’s Mood For Love / Robert Moore – Cool Blue ♦ I Wish You Love / Gloria Lynne – Golden Classics ♦ One For My Baby / Frank Sinatra – Live At The Meadowlands ♦ Guess Who I Saw Today / Nancy Wilson – Anthology
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I Wanna Be Love / Nancy Wilson – Save Your Love For Me ♦ Tomorrow Never Came / Ian Shaw – Soho Stories ♦ Make It Easy On Yourself / Laverne Butler – A Foolish Thing To Do ♦ I Apologize / Billy Eckstine – Once More With Feeling ♦ How High The Moon / Ella Fitzgerald – Hello Dolly ♦ The Folks Who Live On The Hill / Johnny Hartman – Today ♦ Weak For The Man / Carla Cook – Simply Natural ♦ Where Did Everyone Go-How Did She Look / Freddy Cole – I’m Not My Brother, I’m Me ♦ Don’t Go To Strangers / Etta jones – Don’t Go To Strangers ♦ The Windmills Of Your Mind / Alan Bergman – Lyrically ♦ Drinking Again / Dinah Washington – Drinking Again