Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Lutz Templin was born Ludwig Templin on June 18, 1901 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He started out playing violin and saxophone, and studied composition before finding work playing and arranging in dance ensembles.
From 1941 to 1949 Lutz led a big band in Germany which recorded extensively and was broadcast on German radio. This ensemble also recorded as Charlie and his Orchestra, doing arrangements of American jazz hits with propagandistic lyrics inserted. These were broadcast on Nazi radio stations and whether he was forced to do so is unknown.
Templin’s ensemble operated out of Berlin until 1943, when Allied bombing resulted in their relocation to Stuttgart. He remained there after the war and continued performing there for most of the rest of his life. Bandleader Lutz Templin passed away on March 7, 1973 in Stuttgart, Germany.
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The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
Remaining vigilant as the city and country are open to unmasking and an honor system that I don’t trust, this week I’m pulling out the seventh album by pianist Mulgrew Miller titled From Day To Day.
The trio album was recorded on March 14~15, 1990 at BMG Studios in New York City. It was released the same year on Landmark Records. It was produced by Orrin Keepnews and engineered by Paul Goodman.
Track List | 55:00- La Chambre ~ 7:35
- What A Diff’rence A Day Made ~ 8:08
- Four ~ 7:53
- From Day To Day ~ 7:26
- Playthang ~ 7:01
- Farewell To Dogma ~ 5:06
- One Notch Up ~ 4:50
- More Than You Know ~ 6:15
- Mulgrew Miller ~ piano
- Robert Hurst ~ double bass
- Kenny Washington ~ drums
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Sing Miller was born James Edward Miller on June 17, 1914 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He started his career as a singer with the Harmonizing Browns Quartet. His main instrument was banjo until late in the 1920s, when he moved to piano. He worked as a freelance musician with the Percy Humphrey band during the 1930s.
After serving in the military during World War II, he was in a band led by drummer Earl Foster from 1945 to 1961. He became a member of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in New Orleans in the 1960s. He played in that band with Polo Barnes, Kid Sheik, Jim Robinson, and Kid Thomas Valentine.
His rare performances as a solo act included 1979 and 1981 when he went on tour in Europe. He recorded one album for Dixie Records in 1972 and one for Smoky Mary in 1978.
Pianist Sing Miller, who was a member of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, passed away on May 18, 1990.
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Daily Dose Of Jazz…
Marilyn Montez Moore was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 16, 1930. Her vocal style was similar to that of Billie Holiday’s, at twenty-six she recorded her only solo album as a leader in 1957 on the Bethlehem label titled Moody Marilyn Moore. With Jackie Paris she recorde another album titled Oh, Captain.
She was the first wife of saxophonist Al Cohn, who played on Moody Marilyn Moore, and the mother of guitarist Joe Coh. After she and Cohn separated and later divorced, Moore was left to raise her family and never recorded again.
Singer Marilyn Moore, whose short career was limited to activity during the 1950s, passed away on March 19, 1992 at the age of 61 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
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Three Wishes
The answer that Billy Strayhorn gave Pannonica when she asked him what his three wishes would be, if given, was:
1. “I would wish that music would become ever more beautiful than it is, and that I would be able to listen to it forever, and write it forever.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats ~ Compiled and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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