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Ralph Dollimore was born on December 20, 1930 in Ealing, London, England. During the 1950s he worked with Kenny Graham, Terry Brown Sextet, Jimmy Walker Quintet, Ted Heath, Eric Winstone, Harry Bence, Vic Ash, Geraldo. He was Petula Clark’s pianist in variety shows around the United Kingdom in 1959.
During the Sixties he accinoanied singer Matt Monro, led his own trio, and once again joined Ted Heath. The 1970s and 1980s saw Ralph as a pianist in Monte Carlo hotel. Returning to Britain he formed his own small group.
Pianist, arranger and composer Ralph Dollimore died on August 25, 1988 in London, England.
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Peter Charles Strange was born on December 19, 1938 in Plaistow, Newham, London, England. He played violin as a child before switching to trombone as a teenager.
His first major gig was with Eric Silk and his Southern Jazz Band when he was just 18 years old. In 1957, Silk’s clarinetist Teddy Layton split off and formed his own band, and Strange went with him. Called up for National Service in 1958 he became a bandsman in the Lancashire Fusiliers, whilst serving in Cyprus.
Following his discharge from service Peter played with Sonny Morris, Charlie Gall, and Ken Sims, then joined Bruce Turner from 1961 to 1964. After 1964, Turner went into partial retirement for about 10 years, so he played off and on with Freddy Randall, Joe Daniels, and Ron Russell, but not carrying any full-time associations. He returned to play with Turner again permanently in 1974.
In 1978 co-founded the Midnite Follies Orchestra with Alan Elsdon. 1980 saw Strange founding the five-trombone ensemble, Five-A-Slide, which featured Roy Williams and Campbell Burnap. He joined Humphrey Lyttelton’s band in 1983, and remained with the ensemble until he died.
Trombonist, arranger and composer Peter Strange, who played with his own side group, the Great British Jazz Band, died of cancer at the age of 65 on August 14, 2004 in Banstead, Surrey, England.
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The Jazz Voyager
Leaving Miami for the cold climes of our nation’s capital and heading to my old stomping grounds that have been gentrified and transformed into a multicultural hangout. The laction is U Street, the venue is JoJo Restaurant & Bar. This is where the Jazz Voyager will be spending an evening dining on calamari and grilled vegetables while taking in some great jazz.
On tap for this week’s adventure in jazz is the Tedd Baker Trio who is bringing his trio to the stage. The Boston native has been playing professionally since he was a teenager around the city before venturing out. He has worked with a host of musicians such as Barry Harris, David Sanborn, Arturo Sandoval, Slide Hampton, Eddie Daniels, George Duke, Victor Lewis, Orrin Evans, Jason Moran, Wycliffe Gordon, and Kurt Elling.
JoJo Restaurant & Bar is located at 1518 U Street NW, Washington, DC 20009. For more information visit https://www.jojodc.com.
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Nicholas Stabulas was born on December 18, 1929 in New York City, New York. After working in commercial music, Stabulas was a member of Phil Woods group from 1954 to 1957.
Through the Fifties he did extensive work as a sideman in the 1950s, with Jon Eardley, Jimmy Raney, Eddie Costa, Friedrich Gulda, George Wallington, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Gil Evans, Mose Allison, Carmen McRae, and Don Elliott.
In the 1960s he worked with Chet Baker, Kenny Drew, Bill Evans, Lee Konitz and Lennie Tristano. He remained active into the Seventies.
Drummer Nicholas Stabulas, who recorded fourteen albums as a sideman, died in a car crash on February 6, 1973 in Great Neck, New York.
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Ze Luis was born José Luis Segneri Oliveira was born December 17, 1957 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and as a child lived next to Antonio Carlos Jobim in the historic Ipanema neighborhood. Early on Oliveira began playing flute and he graduated from Pro-Art Conservatoire in flute and traditional harmony in 1975. Two years later he continued his studies in Performance Arts at Villa-Lobos Institute and soon after studied with renowned Brazilian saxophonist and clarinet player Paulo Moura.
The mid-70s saw him becoming heavily influenced by the album Native Dancer, a collaboration between Wayne Shorter and Milton Nascimento. He was also drawn to the music of Ian Anderson, leader and flutist of the British band Jethro Tull.
Zé’s first professional engagement began with Brazilian vocalists Ney Matogrosso and Luiz Melodia. Oliveira met pianist Tomás Improta while working with Brazilian actress and singer Zezé Motta, who at that time was working with emerging Caetano Veloso and recorded on his album and eventually joined Veloso’s newly formed band.
During this time Oliveira worked extensively with Gilberto Gil, The Wailers, Chico & Caetano on Globo TV and played with Chico Buarque, Rita Lee, Milton Nascimento, João Bosco, Elza Soares, and Mercedes Sosa.
He moved to New York City in 1990 and began studying with saxophonists Joe Lovano and Ted Nash at New York University. In 2004, Oliveira received his Masters in Composition and Arranging from the Juilliard School. His career includes multiple Grammy Award nominations.
Throughout the 1990s, Oliveira continued to record and perform with hundreds of artists from different genres, composed and performed for choreographer and dancer Patricia Hoffbauer and became a part of the New York Samba Band with Duduka da Fonseca, Romero Lubambo, Cyro Baptista and Nilson Matta.
Saxophonist and flutist Zé Luis Oliveira is the current producer of Just Play, a traveling improvisational music series and global storytelling project.
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