Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Lou Gare was born Leslie Arthur Gare on June 16, 1939 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. He is best known for his works with the improvised music ensemble AMM and recorded six albums with the group and another two as a soloist.
Eventually settling in the West Country, he still played in relative obscurity. Then Lou joined a big band that became The Uncommon Orchestra. He remained with them until health problems limited his participation.
Throughout his career he played with musicians such as Eddie Prévost, Mike Westbrook, Cornelius Cardew, Keith Rowe and Sam Richards
Free-jazz tenor saxophonist Lou Gare transitioned on October 6, 2017.
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The Jazz Voyager
From Italy to the Czech Republic to France is a journey that has led this Jazz Voyager to the long-running jazz club Le Duc des Lombards where American pianist Bobby Few opened the venue, then called the Bar de l’Etoile. With an upright piano under the stairs they have been hosting diverse artists for nearly 40 years.
The venue has been the essential club in Paris offering an intimate setting with drinks & nibbles. Decorated by the American designer Elliot Barnes, the club has become the Parisian reference for jazz clubs. Performances are Monday to Saturday and its free entry Jams every Friday and Saturday beginning at 11:30 p.m.
This week I will be in the 10:00pm audience to partake of the talents of drummer and vocalist Roni Kaspi and her trio with Oxy on Keyboards & synthesizer and bassist Noé Berne. Later that night the jam session commences where musicians, young and old come to improvise, explore and learn.
Located at 42, rue des lombards 75001 Paris, more information can be attained by calling 01.42.33.22.88.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
René “Rudy” Bruder was born on June 15, 1914 in Brussels, Belgium. His father was a bandleader and Rudy played in his father’s group in the mid-1930s. He then joined Jean Omer’s group, accompanying visiting American musicians such as Benny Carter, Bill Coleman, Coleman Hawkins, and Bobby Martin.
He worked with Omer through the early 1940s. He also recorded several times with Jean Robert and Gus Deloof. He led his own band, which recorded in the early 1940s and again in 1946.
Pianist Rudy Bruder retired from music and according to sources is 108 yers old.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Peter Naphtali Lemer was born June 14, 1942 in London, England and studied piano and composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Sven Weber and John Gardner, privately with Thomas Rajna, and then at workshops in London run by Jack Goldzweig. He then went to New York to study double bass with David Walter, attended workshops run by Bill Dixon, and studied piano with Jaki Byard and Paul Bley.
In 1965, Lemer formed a trio with John Stevens and Jeff Clyne, which opened the Little Theatre Club. In 1966, he formed the Peter Lemer Quintet, with drummer Jon Hiseman, tenor saxophonist George Khan, baritone saxophonist John Surman and bassist Tony Reeves. They successfully played a season at Ronnie Scott’s that helped to pave the way for the British free jazz movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
In 1969 Peter delved into experimental jazz with the group Spontaneous Music Ensemble,then joined Barbara Thompson that developed into Thompson forming Paraphernalia with husband Jon Hiseman. Paraphernalia became the most frequently performing jazz-oriented group in Europe. By 1974 he joined Gilgamesh, then became an in-demand session player and became a member of rock band Ken Elliot’s Seventh Wave.
The following year he joined Ginger Baker, Mr Snips, and The Gurvitz brothers in the Baker Gurvitz Army. His next move was with Jan Dukes de Grey briefly and then on to Mike Oldfield’s fifty-piece touring band as one of two keyboard players. Most recently Lemer has worked with the band In Cahoots, recording with them as well as with Paraphernalia.
Pianist and keyboardist Peter Lemer currently plays with the Spanish Harlow Orchestra and coaches piano, improvisation, and music technology. He is active in lobbying to end global hunger and poverty.
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Three Wishes
Joe Henderson and the Baroness was having a conversation when she inquired what his three wishes would be if granting them was possible and he replied:
- “I wish there would be one that would cover all three. I mean, something very crazy and earthy. I’ve got it! That love would be paramount to everything – possibly except food. That’s it! That’s the only way I can get it together, Nica: love, love, love!”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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