Daily Dose Of Jazz…

Laila Dalseth was born November 6, 1940 in Bergen, Norway. After an early debut in her hometown she became active on the Oslo, Norway jazz scene, recording with Kjell Karlsen, Egil Kapstad and Helge Hurum’s big band. Her first recording was Metropol Jazz in 1963, then she was a part of Stokstad/Jensen Trad Band from 1973 to 1975. This she followed with a stint in a band with Per Borthen, then at Teatret Vårt in the play Havhesten in 1976.

>With her own band, Laila recorded Listen Here! (1999), 1960’s album One of a Kind (2000) and then Everything I Love (2003), all on the Gemini label. Her L. D. Quintet consisted of her husband Totti Bergh on saxophone, pianist Per Husby, bassist Kåre Garnes and Tom Olstad on drums.

Dalseth was awarded Buddyprisen in 1976, the Spellemannprisen i klassen jazz on three occasions, for Just Friends in 1975, Glad There is You in 1978 and in 1984 for Daydreams. International recognition came in the Eighties with her release of  for the record Time for Love with Red Mitchell, Travelling Light with Al Cohn, and into the 1990s with The Judge and I with Milt Hinton, A Woman’s Intuition, her own sextet featuring guitarist Philip Catherine, and into the new century with We Remember You with Al Cohn, and Everything I Love.

At 80, vocalist Laila Dalseth has recorded thirteen albums, received eight awards and remains active on the jazz scene.

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Daily Dose Of Jazz…

Joe McPhee was born November 3, 1939 in Miami, Florida and grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. He began playing trumpet when he was eight, before learning other instruments. He played in various high school and then military bands before starting his recording career. His first recording came in 1967 when he appeared on the Clifford Thornton album titled Freedom and Unity.

McPhee taught himself saxophone at the age of 32 after experiencing the music of John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and Ornette Coleman. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he lectured on jazz music at Vassar College.

In 1975, Werner Uehlinger started the Swiss label Hathut Records with the specific intent of showcasing McPhee’s music. In the 1980s, he met Pauline Oliveros, began studying her musical theories, and worked with her Deep Listening Band.

Not having been signed with any major label in his native United States, Joe was better known throughout Europe until the 1990s. His 1996 album As Serious As Your Life, which takes its title from the jazz book by Val Wilmer, has been said to arguably be the finest of his solo recordings, according to the AllMusic review.

He has recorded or performed with Ken Vandermark, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Mats Gustafsson, Jeb Bishop, The Thing, Clifton Hyde, Jérôme Bourdellon, Raymond Boni, and Joe Giardullo. Since 1998, he, Dominic Duval, and Jay Rosen have performed and recorded as Trio X. In the 1990s Dominique Eade and McPhee had a jazz ensemble called Naima.

He has written reviews and commentary for Cadence magazine and was awarded the Resounding Vision Award by Nameless Sound. Multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, who plays tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone, trumpet, flugelhorn and valve trombone, is most notable for his free jazz work done from the late 1960s to the present day.

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Daily Dose Of Jazz…

Pim Jacobs was born Willem Bernard Jacobs on October 29, 1934 in Hilversum, the Netherlands to artistic parents and was the older brother to bassist Ruud. With his brother he formed a trio with drummer Wessel Ilcken in 1954 and the band grew with the addition of guitarist Wim Overgaauw and Ilcken’s wife, Rita Reys.

The trio recorded with Herbie Mann in 1956 and following Ilcken’s death in 1957, Pim and Reys performed as a duo or trio with Overgaauw. They often recorded and played jazz festivals in Europe and New Orleans, Louisiana featuring vocal standards and bebop material.

He worked as a producer of non-jazz radio and television programs beginning in 1964, briefly operated the Go Go Club in Loosdrecht from 1967, and recorded with Bob Cooper, Louis van Dijk, and his own trio. For television, he hosted the music show Music for All, composed film music, and in the 1970s and 1980s he presented concerts in schools.

Pianist, composer and television presenter Pim Jacobs, who had a theatre in Maarssen named for him, passed away on July 3, 1996 in Tienhoven, the Netherlands.

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Three Wishes

Nica’s request of Julian Priester led him to answering the question of three wishes with: 

1. 1. “The first one is a government~sponsored music program.”
   2. “I’d like to play with Monk.”
   3. “A change in this country’s economic system.”

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Three Wishes

Butch Warren responded to  the Baroness’s inquiry as to his three wishes if he were given them by saying: 

1. 1. “I don’t know. I don’t have nothing to wish for.”

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